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TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Mr Nuclear successfully retained his title after an okay match with Jay Chord, which didn’t quite grab the crowd’s imagination, and is a little longer match than Mr Nuclear should be wrestling. He was tired by the end of the match and Jay Chord… pretended to be tired as well to match his opponent. They exchanged failed attempts at finishers when Killer Shark made his way down to the ring. The competitors stopped and stared for a moment, before Chord went for a Jay Cutter on Nuclear, which Mr Nuclear reversed into a Mushroom Cloud to end the match in an underwhelming fashion. That was the trigger for Killer Shark to enter to ring and attack Mr Nuclear, delivering two Big Bites to end the show with the monster standing over the champion. Elsewhere in the show Spencer Spade was on Edd Stone’s case all show about his fitness test, but Edd passed… as did David Stone. They promised that they would be back in the ring next week, which left Spade annoyed. His Empire colleagues Dazzling Dave Diamond and Hellion retained their tag titles in a brief brawl, but the best tag match of the night saw Wolf Hawkins and Joshua Taylor defeat Steven Parker and High Flyin Hawaiian in a fantastic contest, which The Syndicate members only won because of The Syndicate interference. Before that match Matty Faith won his debut match over Matthew Keith (despite Keith outperforming his colleague). He took the mic afterwards to put over his family’s credentials but was cut off by Wolf Hawkins. The Syndicate leader told Matty Faith that no-one cares about his family – there are too many people in wrestling trying to live off their father’s legacy, but the greatest legacy in TCW is his. In the opener Chris Flynn joined Freddy Huggins and T-Bone Bright in a good match against Shockura and Seth Whitehead, Flynn getting the pin over Whitehead. Sifu Storm continued their good run with victory against the former Camp Tornado (no, he wasn’t mentioned on TV) members, while Aaron Andrews took a victory over Bear Bekowski. Jennifer Heat is working with Aaron Andrews and Mainstream Hernandez to motivate themselves after recent defeats – it’s working better with Andrews than Hernandez right now. Freddy Huggins, T-Bone Bright and Chris Flynn defeated Shockura and Seth Whitehead in 10:50 (82) Sifu Storm defeated Marc DuBois and Davis Wayne Newton in 9:52 (72) The Empire © defeated Hammond & Brown to retain the TCW Tag Team Titles in 7:30 (76) Aaron Andrews defeated Bear Bekowski in 8:07 (77) Matty Faith defeated Matthew Keith in 8:28 (82) Wolf Hawkins and Joshua Taylor defeated Steven Parker and High Flyin Hawaiian in 13:13 (94) Mr Nuclear © defeated Jay Chord in 19:12 to retain the TCW World Heavyweight Title (85) Overall Rating 90 What happened in the Main Event? A good match, but too long, not the greatest finish, but more importantly… Mr Nuclear has lost the Midas Touch. In the last two years he has been one of the hottest wrestlers in North America, and I was eager to capture some of this golden run, which did get me some great matches (and he still had the Midas Touch when he won at the PPV). But now he’s a World Champion with popularity 86, which puts him under Andrews, Chase, Huggins, Chord, Hernandez, Mighty Mo (who has been off main show for a while), Spade, Bright and Hawkins… Elsewhere we’re desperately moving pieces around to set up Threatening Behaviour after ending a few feuds – we have exactly nothing announced yet. 18-year-old AP Backlund causes his second injury in the last five weeks, and this time it’s a worse injury to Jessica Conroy in a mixed gender match. He slammed Conroy’s back into the ringpost without offering any protection – it was clearly his fault, and Conroy was very vocal about it after the show. The youngster is on a handshake deal for his technical skills, but if anyone offers him a deal I’m tempted to cut him loose for him to prove himself elsewhere. Wow, that was quite a main event to Saturday Night Showcase, coming after Mighty Mo, Emma Chase and Queen Emily cut a hot promo in the ring with Mo making Emily promise that he would have a match at Threatening Behaviour. Earlier in the show we had Edd and David Stone arguing with The Empire, and David Stone seems to have developed a new catchphrase… let’s go for “You can’t keep me down”. Remo extends his SWF deal, earning himself almost half a million dollars each month. They also sign COTT World Heavyweight champion Frankie Boy Fernandez who has been one of the indy stars in the last year, whether or not that transfers to mainstream success remains to be seen. He effectively replaces Valiant, who moves on to USPW. And… Eddie Peak signs a new deal with TCW? I never offered him one. Oh, Stallings has stepped in to personally offer a new deal. Guess that’s his right to. I had Peak’s last match in TCW planned next week, now I don’t know where I want to go with him (no surprise to anyone given he’s been offscreen for a month, and has only had four matches all year, three involving Chris Flynn in a feud which is well and truly over). He’s not happy that I didn’t give him a pay rise last month, so seems to be sticking around for the cash… TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Quentin Queen vs Killer Shark T-Bone Bright and Chris Flynn vs Shockura to name the No 1 Contenders to the TCW Tag Team Titles One Man Army and Nick Gilbert vs The New Syndicate Mr Nuclear © vs Eddie Peak in a non-title match Total Stone vs Marc DuBois and Davis Wayne Newton High Flyin Hawaiian vs Joshua Taylor Aaron Andrews, Freddy Huggins, Mainstream Hernandez and Roderick Remus vs The Empire (Jay Chord, Spencer Spade, Dazzling Dave Diamond and Hellion)

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: The new World Heavyweight Champion, Mr Nuclear started the show, and he got a couple of minutes thanking the TCW crowd for their overwhelming support since coming to TCW, before Jay Chord came out to tell him to just stop it. He told Nuclear that his was a fraudulent title reign – he had Nuclear beaten until Edd Stone decided to interfere in his business. This brought Edd Stone out to ask if Chord had any idea why he got involved in the Main Event. The former champion seemed to have no idea, until Edd Stone reminded him how he helped Killer Shark brutalise his nephew last week. Queen Emily told Edd Stone that his interference was not acceptable on Sunday, and he wasn’t even cleared to wrestle yet following his ankle injury. Edd Stone insisted he was, and Emily told him he would be assessed by doctors next week, but until then he was banned from the ring, at risk of his TCW career. Meanwhile, she announced that Jay Chord would get his title rematch next week and would team with Spencer Spade against Mr Nuclear and T-Bone Bright tonight. When it came to the Main Event it was an even contest, and as Mr Nuclear looked to get the upper hand on Spencer Spade the rest of The Empire hit the ring, double teaming the champion to end the match in a DQ, and The Empire stood strong in the ring as the show ended. It had been a fantastic match – by far the best of the night as every other match was decent, without being spectacular. Nick Gilbert got his first Total Wrestling appearance, but only managed a small amount of offence before being crushed by Killer Shark. Findlay O’Farraday retained his title against Quentin Queen, while Queen’s former partner Raphael fell to Freddy Huggins. The former Tag Champions, Hammond & Brown took victory against Marc DuBois and Davis Wayne Newton (no mention of Camp Tornado), and they have also got a rematch for the titles next week. We did have a debut, as Matty Faith appeared backstage to state that he was in TCW to make an impact against the best wrestlers in the world. He was confronted by Matthew Keith who challenged his credentials, and they’ll meet next week. Backstage and we had a despondent Mainstream Hernandez, having lost his World Heavyweight Title shot to Wolf Hawkins at Destructive Energy, and even his former partner Roderick Remus was having issues cheering him up. Aaron Andrews told Hernandez that he had felt that way earlier this year and could be feeling that way after being defeated by Ranger on Sunday – but Jennifer Heat had got him focus, and he knows that he can take revenge. After The New Syndicate defeated Two Man Army Wolf Hawkins told both Andrews and Hernandez that they were both failures, and The Syndicate is the perfect unit that is going to take over again when he wins his World Heavyweight Title shot. The other match saw Chris Flynn team up with Sifu Storm to take victory over Titan, Human Arsenal and Benny Benson, while backstage the Freddy Huggins / Edd Stone / David Stone alliance seems to be being secured, even though Huggins is the only man not carrying an on screen injury right now. Findlay O’Farraday © defeated Quentin Queen to retain the TCW TV Title in 8:37 (78) Chris Flynn and Sifu Storm defeated Titan, Human Arsenal and Benny Benson in 11:59 (76) The New Syndicate defeated Two Man Army in 7:29 (76) Killer Shark defeated Nick Gilbert in 3:36 (76) Hammond & Brown defeated Marc DuBois and Davis Wayne Newton in 12:34 (78) Freddy Huggins defeated Raphael in 9:04 (78) Mr Nuclear and T-Bone Bright defeated Jay Chord and Spencer Spade by disqualification in 13:33 (97) Overall Rating 94 Outside the Main Event the show was moderately decent, but considering a lot of my stars sat this one out I was happy with the show. Nick Gilbert will be keeping an eye on Matty Faith’s development, as he may not be happy if he’s used in a role that he thinks he should take (Gilbert is definitely the better wrestler, but less well known (although Faith barely cracked the midcard at SWF)). Next week there are a couple of title matches on the line, the highlight being Jay Chord being awarded his rematch for the World Heavyweight Title free on TV. Roderick Remus signs a new deal after a bit of competition for SWF – he’s now earning twice the salary of Aaron Andrews. After leaving APW a couple of weeks ago, Victor Goliath opens up YEPW. We’ll see if that has any impact – he signs up Debonair David Peterson as head booker. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Freddy Huggins, T-Bone Bright and Chris Flynn vs Shockura and Seth Whitehead Sifu Storm vs Marc DuBois and Davis Wayne Newton The Empire © vs Hammond & Brown for the TCW Tag Team Titles Aaron Andrews vs Bear Bekowski Matty Faith vs Matthew Keith Steven Parker and High Flyin Hawaiian vs Wolf Hawkins and Joshua Taylor Mr Nuclear © vs Jay Chord for the TCW World Heavyweight Title

Ah, you made me look. 823 hours not including time spent on the mobile . Been playing it for three year, still playing it.

Not everyone cleans up in rehab, especially when they didn't choose to be there, you've sent them on an all expenses paid trip... In other words, he's sponged off you for 9 months.

I love a bit of MAW - the talent that has come through that roster is immense. As for the diary, I like the length. Pictures are a case of copying and pasting the IMG link, and it's time consuming (even if you've got a separate document with them all saved). At one point I did it for all matches, but posting a show just took too long, so I stopped. However, without pictures you may lose some readers. A couple of key pictures should suffice. Good start.

Turning Andrews isn't always as easy as it sounds - in my save he's very fond of his slice of merchandise income, and uses his creative control to block a turn.

John has made some pretty bad decisions this diary, but not trying to call Grace at the beginning of this conversation is probably the worst one of the lot. But that decision fits into John's character completely. Foolish but well meaning.

I like the length, but it'll take me a while to get used to the roster, working out where everyone stands. You've given good background for some workers, but it's difficult to tell if I should be caring more about Davis Wayne Newton or Roy Edison at this stage.

TCW Destructive Energy: The show opened with a TV Title match, which we learnt during the match that David Stone would have been in if it wasn’t for him being taken out by Jay Chord and Killer Shark earlier in the week. Instead, Chris Flynn (hot off his victory over Eddie Peak) got the shot, and it was a quite fantastic opener. Flynn got a couple of nearfalls, but O’Farraday retained his title with an Atomic Spinebuster. In the following match Davis Wayne Newton was out with Marc DuBois for his match against Roderick Remus, but there was no Troy Tornado to be seen… nor was he mentioned on commentary. The men engaged the crowd but didn’t blow anyone away, and the finish came when DWN tried to assist DuBois, but accidentally took DuBois out allowing Remus to deliver the Brainbuster Suplex to take the victory. The next match really should have been later on the card, as Ranger got a huge upset victory over Aaron Andrews. He really had to fight for it, with interference from his Syndicate colleagues and a low blow that was unseen by the ref, but he got the surprise 1-2-3. Syndicate colleagues Joshua Taylor and Ernest Youngman followed that up with a victory over Steven Parker and Joffy Laine, in a match that almost fell apart when Laine bruised his bicep muscle, leaving him unable to use his left arm. Steven Parker did a decent job picking up the slack before Youngman put him away with The Hit, but the match could have been better. Next up Freddy Huggins and Spencer Spade finished off their series of three matches. It was the second best of the three matches, and again, for some reason, the psychology was off. It was still a great match, and Freddy Huggins took the victory cleanly with a Huggins Kiss. That psychology dipped even further in the next match between T-Bone Bright and Killer Shark, but that was always expected. The former Sinner Society member hasn’t lost a singles match in over a year, and he continued on the run here in a wandering brawl which had both men plowing through the ring barriers. Killer Shark was the first to recover and dragged Bright into the ring for a short exchange before putting him away with the Big Bite. Another brawl was next (this card was clearly misordered) as the tag reign of Hammond & Brown ended at the hands of The Empire, and it was Hellion’s power that put away Doc Hammond as the former RIPW star continued his impressive start to his TCW career. Then Wolf Hawkins and Mainstream Hernandez had a fantastic, if short match, a match where Ranger continued to have an impact, turning Hernandez inside out as Hawkins distracted the ref. This allowed Hawkins to deliver a Full Moon Rising for the victory, taking Mainstream Hernandez’s title shot from him that he earned last month. Finally, the steel cell came down before champion Jay Chord and challenger Mr Nuclear had the Match of the Night. It built up slowly, before the two men started using the steel around the ring as a weapon. The men exchanged finishing moves, but both men were able to kick out, and the commentary team begun to wonder what it would take to win this match. Emma Chase was also concerned, so slipped Jay Chord a set of brass knuckles through the cage. There was a swing and a miss, but after a minute Chord managed to connect, dropping Mr Nuclear to the floor. An exhausting Jay Chord dropped to his knees, and unusually the cameraman who was in cell stepped into the ring and put the camera in Mr Nuclear’s face. Jay Chord shoved the cameraman to the side, before dragging Mr Nuclear to his feet. As he prepared for a Cradle Piledriver the cameraman blasted Chord from behind with his camera. He pulled down his hood to reveal he was none other than Edd Stone, who followed up with a Party’s Over on Chord. Mr Nuclear staggered to his feet and delivered a Mushroom Cloud, before making the pin to take the TCW World Heavyweight Title. Findlay O’Farraday © defeated Chris Flynn in 9:07 to retain the TCW TV Title (83) Roderick Remus defeated Marc DuBois in 8:28 (75) Ranger defeated Aaron Andrews in 18:58 (82) Joshua Taylor and Ernest Youngman defeated Steven Parker and Joffy Laine in 11:15 (69) Freddy Huggins defeated Spencer Spade in 14:11 (89) Killer Shark defeated T-Bone Bright in 8:48 (78) The Empire defeated Hammond & Brown © to win the TCW Tag Team Titles in 10:47 (78) Wolf Hawkins defeated Mainstream Hernandez in 13:50 (92) Mr Nuclear defeated Jay Chord © in a steel cage match in 19:28 to win the TCW World Heavyweight Title (94) Mr Nuclear becomes TCW World Heavyweight Champion, just two months after he joined TCW. This has upset some fans who believe that he hasn’t yet earned the title, and makes SWF look bigger than TCW. It certainly wasn’t the plan, but Edd Stone’s injury left my main event plans disrupted and putting Mr Nuclear into the mix was an easy solution. Even then I only decided that he would get the victory after I planned the Edd Stone “cameraman” finish. It wasn’t all bad for The Empire, as Dazzling Dave Diamond and Hellion took the Tag Team Titles. The injury to Joffy Laine is something that he should be able to work through, but after he fell apart in the match he will likely be kept out of the ring during his recovery. So, the news I kept hush hush before the PPV was my first ever positive drugs test result (in any version of the game). Now, it was for prescription painkillers, but Troy Tornado could not produce a prescription to go with the drugs. If ever a man has a right to be on painkillers it’s a man who broke his neck at TCW, but he doesn’t work house shows, doesn’t work B shows, and has doesn’t wrestle every week. If he’s abusing meds despite this, we’ve got a problem, and I told him that he had to go to rehab, fully paid for by TCW. It looks like he’s going to make the most of it, as he’s taking the full nine months. This was the reason why DuBois lost via botched Davis Wayne Newton interference. Camp Tornado cannot exist in its current form, so plans got adapted. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Findlay O’Farraday © vs Quentin Queen for the TCW TV Title Nick Gilbert vs Killer Shark Two Man Army vs The New Syndicate Freddy Huggins vs Raphael Hammond & Brown vs Marc DuBois and Davis Wayne Newton Chris Flynn and Sifu Storm vs Titan, Human Arsenal and Benny Benson Mr Nuclear and T-Bone Bright vs Jay Chord and Spencer Spade

Good luck - I liked the concept of the first one, and if you can turn it into something as Organic as the Cornellverse the stories that come out could be great.

They can certainly go up (there's a stud 24 year old ref in my game who's gained over 20 points in the last 12 months, earning him a move from CZCW to SWF), can't find any evidence of them going down.

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: The show opened with Jay Chord threatening Mr Nuclear, which made Queen Emily add the stipulation that he would be stripped of his title if he touched Mr Nuclear before Sunday – but also in fairness, Mr Nuclear couldn’t touch him. However, this came back to haunt Mr Nuclear after the Main Event. Again, David Stone took a beating but kept coming back for more, but an unseen (don’t ask how) attack from Killer Shark earned The Empire the victory. As Spencer Spade kept T-Bone Bright busy Jay Chord continued the assault on David Stone, and Mr Nuclear rushed out from the back… to realise he couldn’t do anything. Jay Chord laughed and rolled Stone to Killer Shark and, while Chord kept himself between Mr Nuclear and Killer Shark, proceeded to drive him through a table. It was only when Freddy Huggins came out to attack Spencer Spade that T-Bone Bright was freed up to go after Killer Shark in a frenetic end of the show. Apart from that, it was mainly someone who had a PPV match vs someone who doesn’t, with relevant winners, including Aaron Andrews teaming with Sifu Storm in another victory. Chris Flynn, who will challenge for the TV Title (but we haven’t announced it), had a blow off match with Eddie Peak after I realised… we had never run it. With no Sinner Society, no Nick Booth, and a contract running down, we may be in the last days of Eddie Peak in TCW. Mr Nuclear defeated Raphael in 3:48 (75) Dazzling Dave Diamond defeated Doc Hammond in 8:24 (75) Aaron Andrews and Sifu Storm defeated Titan, Danny Darkness and Nate Johnson in 7:14 (75) Chris Flynn defeated Eddie Peak in 5:48 (72) Camp Tornado defeated High Flyin Hawaiian, Flying Jimmy Foxx and Huracan Sandoval in 8:44 (70) Ranger defeated Joffy Laine in 5:54 (77) Mainstream Hernandez and Steven Parker defeated Human Arsenal and Benny Benson in 10:40 (86) Jay Chord and Spencer Spade defeated T-Bone Bright and David Stone in 14:02 (90) Overall Rating 91 Not the most competitive card, but a couple of great matches made it a decent show. Sifu Storm’s victory has taken them from unimportant to recognisable, a position recently reached by Hellion, David Stone and Davis Wayne Newton. Matthew Keith and Joffy Laine are still unrecognisable (yes, I know I’ve been booking Laine terribly for over 18 months, but he was in one of my top matches ever last week). I'm not sure if we've ever squeezed eight matches on a card before, but we managed it last night. Before Saturday Night Showcase we found out that Sam Keith has taken Ray Cavalero under his wing as a protegee… he wasn’t exactly a long term plan at TCW… ZWB’s contract came up, and he’s a huge talent, so we offered a contract. As SWF and USPW went to battle big time we realised that time decline was already set in and that, along with the fact we don’t need someone his level, led to me backing out. SWF did enough to get ZWB to re-sign, and I think both parties will be happy with that deal. Meanwhile, USPW finally take the World Title off Tyson Baine, passing it on to Steve Frehley. There were seven better matches on the card (including a great match between Greg Gauge and Sammy Bach). And… that’s huge news. Well, maybe I’ve made it bigger news than it was? The press haven’t found out about it, so we’ll keep this one quiet until after the PPV. TCW Destructive Energy: T-Bone Bright vs Killer Shark Steven Parker and Joffy Laine vs Joshua Taylor and Ernest Youngman Roderick Remus vs Marc DuBois Findlay O’Farraday © vs Chris Flynn for the TCW TV Title Aaron Andrews vs Ranger Freddy Huggins vs Spencer Spade Mainstream Hernandez vs Wolf Hawkins Hammond & Brown © vs The Empire for the TCW Tag Team Titles Jay Chord © vs Mr Nuclear for the TCW World Heavyweight Title

Do you own ROH? That's where you've previously had to hire all the staff - if the development fed is AI owned (like MAW in the default data) then they will make their own hires.

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Since Mr Nuclear arrived the show has been booked around his feud with The Empire, and again he fought in the Main Event, getting a victory over Spencer Spade with an assist from Freddy Huggins. However, there has been some great matches down the card, none as good The Syndicate versus Mainstream Hernandez, Steven Parker and Joffy Laine, which was my fifth best match ever, and ended with Taylor pinning Laine after interference by Ranger. The show had started with Queen Emily giving Mr Nuclear a rematch for the World Heavyweight Title at Destructive Energy – and the match would be held in a steel cell to ensure that there were no distractions. Emma Chase was not impressed at this, but Emily added more – she was also awarding Dazzling Dave Diamond and Hellion a tag title shot, but this would be lost if they attacked Mr Nuclear before then. To see them then defeat Akima Brave and Zeus after that was not a surprise. There was somewhat of an upset as, despite being beaten down for most of the match, David Stone was able to make the hot tag to T-Bone Bright who made a clean pin on O’Farraday, much to tag partner's Killer Shark’s anger. Roderick Remus got a hard fought victory over DWN in preparation for his match against Marc DuBois at the PPV, while Sifu Storm took another victory, this time teaming with the tag champions Hammond & Brown. Finally, Aaron Andrews had a straightforward match against Seth Whitehead, before listing to Ranger all the giants who had come to TCW that he had put away. Roderick Remus defeated Davis Wayne Newton in 7:54 (81) The Empire defeated Akima Brave and Zeus in 7:10 (78) Hammond & Brown and Sifu Storm defeated Shockura, Human Arsenal and Benny Benson in 11:06 (79) T-Bone Bright and David Stone defeated Killer Shark and Findlay O’Farraday in 8:24 (79) Aaron Andrews defeated Seth Whitehead in 7:27 (77) The Syndicate defeated Mainstream Hernandez, Steven Parker and Joffy Laine in 11:35 (98) Mr Nuclear defeated Spencer Spade in 17:55 (91) Overall Rating 93 I’m not sure if I’ll ever appreciate how good my quartet of Mainstream Hernandez, Steven Parker, Roderick Remus and Greg Gauge were when they formed a faction together for half year. Their work together made Roderick Remus far more popular (50 to 78 over the last year), and produced some quite fabulous matches, especially in the tag division. Although Parker was moved away from the remaining two from this group after Total Mayhem, he found his way to teaming with Hernandez (and Joffy Laine) here to fantastic results, albeit in defeat. On Saturday Night Showcase Mighty Mo took issues with being rolled out on Showcase again, saying that this proved that Queen Emily didn’t value him. For the rest of the episode he got various distaining comments from Showcase regulars, and for one moment it did look like Zeus would get a victory in the Main Event with the Olympian Crush. It was not to be, and it was Titan who got the pin over Akima Brave to take the victory. We also had Emma Chase accuse Matthew Keith of working with his dad against The Empire, which Keith backed away from saying that he had nothing to do with his father. There’s another botch in HGC, with Texas Hangman having his nose broken by AP Backlund, an 18-year-old School of Pro Wrestling graduate who in technically sound, but needing several years of polish. Drugs in wrestling rears its ugly head as a muscular Simon Flemmingway, who moved from PGHW to BHOTWG last year, is shopped as a steroid user. WLW are expected to exploit this opportunity… Meanwhile at The DAVE Birthday Bash Kurt Laramee poetically won the PSW Championship from Nelson Callum, while at GSW California Love Machine becomes the King of California. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Mr Nuclear vs Raphael Doc Hammond vs Dazzling Dave Diamond Aaron Andrews and Sifu Storm vs Titan, Danny Darkness and Nate Johnson Chis Flynn vs Eddie Peak High Flyin Hawaiian, Flying Jimmy Foxx and Huracan Sandoval vs Camp Tornado Joffy Laine vs Ranger Mainstream Hernandez and Steven Parker vs Human Arsenal and Benny Benson T-Bone Bright and David Stone vs Spencer Spade and Jay Chord

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Early in this show Sam Keith told Queen Emily, on behalf of JK Stallings, that she was abusing her power as TCW Commissioner. Emily refuted this, to say that Jay Chord was the top wrestler in TCW, and promptly booked Sam’s son against Mr Nuclear in the main event. That was booked evenly, and Matthew Keith even managed to apply the Proton Lock. As Mr Nuclear broke the hold by powering over to the ropes he was met by Jay Chord and his World Heavyweight Title between the eyes. This led to the The Empire piling in, with the commentary team arguing with Emma Chase about if this really proved that Jay Chord was the best. Earlier in the night The Empire (excluding Spencer Spade) took victory against the tag champions, Hammond & Brown, and David Stone. Like last week David Stone took plenty of punishment, that he kept coming back from, although he did take the pin following a Devolution Bomb from Hellion. The highest rated match of the night saw Benny Benson’s best singles performance in years, albeit in defeat to Freddy Huggins. After the match Huggins and Spade agreed to a final match in their series to settle their feud once and for all at Destructive Energy. Another feud was settled as Chris Flynn cleanly defeated former tag partner Nick Booth, while Findlay O’Farraday successfully defended the TCW Title against relative newcomer Zeus. We did have a debut of a new tag team, with former 21CW World Champion Ricky Storm joining his old tag team partner, Sifu, at TCW. I’ve shortened their tag team name (for those that don’t know they’ve previously tagged under the name Crouching Sifu, Hidden Storm), but they were as successful as they have been in 21CW, defeating Titan and Nate Johnson. The Syndicate took another victory with Ranger pinning Flying Jimmy Foxx, before Aaron Andrews came out to challenge The Syndicate man, who he has never previously faced, to a match at Destructive Energy. Ranger got a bit of mic time and told Andrews that the former champion was just that – a former. He’s hanging on his legacy, but cannot keep up with the talent coming through, and he will put him back to his losing ways. Later in the show Queen Emily made Mainstream Hernandez, Steven Parker and Joffy Laine vs The Syndicate (Wolf Hawkins, Joshua Taylor and Ernest Youngman) for next week, which if The Syndicate won would earn Hawkins the chance to battle Mainstream Hernandez for his World Heavyweight Title shot that he earned at Hotter Than Hell. T-Bone Bright and Killer Shark also had a backstage confrontation, and we can see where that one’s going. Findlay O’Farraday © defeated Zeus to retain the TCW TV Title in 7:47 (79) The Syndicate defeated Steven Parker, Joffy Laine, High Flying Hawaiian and Flying Jimmy Foxx in 11:13 (84) Chris Flynn defeated Nick Booth in 7:26 (75) Sifu Storm defeated Titan and Nate Johnson in 7:31 (54) The Empire defeated Hammond & Brown and David Stone in 11:08 (76) Freddy Huggins defeated Benny Benson in 11:48 (86) Mr Nuclear defeated Matthew Keith by DQ in 10:47 (80) Overall Rating 86 Nate Johnson was going to complain at another loss, but Sifu has perfected that intimidating look, so he reluctantly jobbed once more. I was not expecting to be able to sign Ricky Storm as both 21CW and SWF offered more hard cash (more than Stallings would let me offer), but the extras added it meant that we now have a healthy addition to our tag division. After the show Nick Booth got sent down to HGC – I don’t want him to become a jobber, but after losing almost every match in his feud with Chris Flynn that looked like his direction of travel, so a change of scenery should do him some good. He got a tag title shot on his debut, teaming with James Diaz, but came up short against champions Zippy Deverell and Jack Pryde. There was worse news in the preshow thought, as English wrestler Lone Wolf, in just his second HGC match, was injured for a couple of months after an Akahito Bunya botch. Bunya is a Japanese rookie light heavyweight with plenty of star quality, but very little skills… of any type. He has been in HGC for almost three months but this was also only in his second match, as booker Tamara McFly doesn’t seem to trust the youngster. At Saturday Night Showcase Pink Spider suffered a whiplash injury… wait, the game crashed. A quick rebook and there’s no injury, so yay, I guess? Ray Cavalero has joined on a short-term deal and teams with Yuri Yoshihara on the novel name of… Yuray. Before crash->after crash American Flash suffers a major concussion against Shooting Star Perez at GSW. He’s gone 33-9 between CZCW and GSW and looked destined for one of the big promotions shortly. Now? The dream might be over. Meanwhile The Apocalypse drop the APW Tag Team Titles as it’s announced that Hatemonger will leave. Does the singles push for Warmonger begin now? TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Hammond & Brown and Sifu Storm vs Shockura, Human Arsenal and Benny Benson Aaron Andrews vs Seth Whitehead Roderick Remus vs Davis Wayne Newton T-Bone Bright and David Stone vs Killer Shark and Findlay O’Farraday Akima Brave and Zeus vs The Empire Mainstream Hernandez, Steven Parker and Joffy Laine vs The Syndicate (Wolf Hawkins, Joshua Taylor and Ernest Youngman) Mr Nuclear vs Spencer Spade

month on All In! Allie Perks takes on Selina Svelte In a six-way match, Papa Swoll vs. James Diaz vs. Cassidy Blaine vs. Original Sinner vs. Quentin Queen vs. The Masked Mauler VII Joy Rider faces off against Modesty Pador Minnesota Awesome dukes it out with The Scofield Index Tag team champs the Silver Bullet defend the RFW Tag Team titles against the Franchise RFW Women’s Champion Grace “Diamond” Kil takes on Sabrina Wells for the title RFW Champion Fro Sure faces Jay Silver for the title A couple of upsets to build challengers, but no surprises in the big matches.

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Emma Chase was gloating with Jay Chord that it didn’t matter what anyone did – The Empire controlled TCW and there was no stopping them. Three of the four members earned victories, with Chord teaming with Spencer Spade in an easy victory over masked men Sandoval and Del Neutron, before Hellion defeated Akima Brave in a match no-one cared for. Dazzling Dave Diamond didn’t fare as well against Mr Nuclear, falling to a Mushroom Cloud as the newcomer carried out the beginning of his promise to remove any obstacles in his path to the World Heavyweight Title. Elsewhere, Wolf Hawkins demanded a chance to take Mainstream Hernandez’s title shot that he earned at Hotter Than Hell off him. Hernandez wasn’t so willing, but The Syndicate did take victory over him and Andrews in a frankly brilliant match, the Syndicate victory in no small part due to an assist by Ranger against Aaron Andrews. Hammond & Brown retained their titles against Human Arsenal and Benny Benson, while T-Bone Bright and Freddy Huggins strode to victory over Team Tornado. In the last match Killer Shark earned victory over David Stone, but he found it difficult as Stone would not stay down and get coming back for more. It took two Big Bite’s but Shark finally took the victory, but he was clearly frustrated. He delivered yet another Big Bite, before dragging David Stone over to the announce table. Fortunately for the youngster T-Bone Bright was out to get between him and the beast. It looked like the two men were going to get at it, but Shark kicked the announce table in frustration before leaving. Jay Chord and Spencer Spade defeated Huracan Sandoval and El Hijo Del Neutron in 7:33 (78) Hellion defeated Akima Brave in 5:34 (47) T-Bone Bright and Freddy Huggins defeated Camp Tornado in 8:56 (85) Killer Shark defeated David Stone in 7:40 (74) Hammond & Brown © defeated Human Arsenal and Benny Benson to retain the TCW Tag Team Titles in 13:25 (77) Mr Nuclear defeated Dazzling Dave Diamond in 6:29 (79) Wolf Hawkins and Joshua Taylor defeated Mainstream Hernandez and Aaron Andrews in 21:04 (98) Overall Rating 95 Well, that was unexpectedly our fifth best match and fourth best show ever. It wasn’t the best match of the night however, as The Hand members Angry Gilmore and Remo defeated The Posse (Rocky Golden and Des Davids) in a fantastic 99 rated match up. Remarkably that was Human Arsenal and Benny Benson’s 43rd match teaming together since last year in some form or another (about half of them were six man or more), yet I’ve still never made them an official team. As apparently I don’t like having tag experience bonuses. At Saturday Night Showcase Chris Flynn and Nick Booth both earned tag victories, as we learned that they would face one another on Tuesday night for the first time ever after feuding on and off since their tag team broke up. Nate Johnson threw his toys out the pram at losing his match partnering with Titan, which was confusing. Sure, he hasn’t won a match in 17 months (ouch) and has been annoyed with me for over a year, but normally he accepts the job each day. We ignored him. The opener was a late addition to the card when we were running short, and local worker Ray Cavalero (in his third appearance for TCW) found great chemistry with Yuri Yoshihara. I couldn’t, could I? Huh, SWF are going to let Valiant go. He’s well into time decline, with his stamina dropping off noticeably, but I thought he could have done a job for another year or so. Copperhead is also leaving MAW – he had a yearlong tag title reign with Deuce Deadline but would like to try his hand elsewhere. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Findlay O’Farraday © vs Zeus for the TCW TV Title Steven Parker, Joffy Laine, High Flying Hawiaain and Flying Jimmy Foxx vs The Syndicate Chris Flynn vs Nick Booth Sifu Storm vs Titan and Nate Johnson Hammond & Brown and David Stone vs The Empire Freddy Huggins vs Benny Benson Mr Nuclear vs Matthew Keith

Oh yes. Having Quentin Queen / Queen Emily and Jaylon Martins / Jay Chord on the same roster has led to some interesting segments. That's not my only careless bookings. I've got a buffer of shows for my diary, so I'm yet to post my two misbooked Main Events. One of which was a PPV...

Veterans retiring and you having to rebuild the company around what's left is a great set up to play the game. I would like to see more changes round the Big 3's lower midcard, even if that means someone like Youngman being on SWF's roster with no momentum and a stupid gimmick, replacing someone who hasn't broken out over the last few years.

TCW Hotter Than Hell: Huge match in the Main Event, where Mr Nuclear proved that he still had the Midas Touch to create a fantastic match with Jay Chord – it could now go down as my best match ever. It was a great brawl, that went inside and outside the ring, with Chord trying to slow it down when he could. This rarely worked for long, with Nuclear showing his strength and focus to power back into the match. At one point he showed too much power by throwing Chord away from him, taking out the referee, and suddenly The Empire rushed out from the back. Dazzling Dave Diamond instantly fell to a Mushroom Cloud, but Hellion delivered a Short Arm Lariat, followed up by a Devolution Bomb. Jay Chord made the cover but Hellion couldn’t wake the ref, which led to Emma Chase leaving her commentary positions and taking off her top (no…) to reveal a zebra striped vest, and she slid into the ring and made the quick three count. Earlier in the night Mainstream Hernandez won the second ever Two Stages of Hell match, where the wrestlers have to climb the ladder to earn a World Heavyweight Title shot, while avoiding the flames shooting from the ceiling (conveniently preceded by beeps and a light). Mighty Mo was the closest to claiming the prize, with the crowd left unsure as to whether he botched retrieving the briefcase, but he took too long extracting the case and had to bail before a blast of fire. Ranger was out to support his Syndicate teammates, which left Wolf Hawkins and Mainstream Hernandez fighting at the top of the ladder to claim the briefcase. The beeps hit which led to Hawkins jumping to save himself, but the light and then fire showed that the blast of flame was at a ringpost only, and Hernandez was able to claim his title shot. Freddy Huggins and Spencer Spade improved on their match from last month, but still the psychology was a little off, and it could have been better as Huggins took his victory back. Hammond & Brown and Findlay O’Farraday retained their titles, the latter helped by Chris Flynn and Nick Booth almost totally focusing on one another. Killer Shark brutalised One Man Army, Remus’s team earned victory over Camp Tornado, while Matthew Keith submitted Flying Jimmy Foxx to earn his team a PPV victory. A debut PPV victory for Seth Whitehead as well – pity I only left him in the ring for less than a minute. Hammond & Brown © defeated Shockura to retain the TCW Tag Team Titles in 13:03 (83) Roderick Remus, Steven Parker and Joffy Laine defeated Camp Tornado in 12:20 (83) Killer Shark defeated One Man Army in 7:24 (74) Human Arsenal, Benny Benson, Matthew Keith and Seth Whitehead defeated High Flyin Hawaiian, Flying Jimmy Foxx, Huracan Sandoval and El Hijo Del Neutron in 11:01 (76) Mainstream Hernandez won the Two Stages of Hell Match in 22:45 (93) Findlay O’Farraday © defeated Nick Booth and Chris Flynn to retain the TCW TV Title in 9:30 (77) Freddy Huggins defeated Spencer Spade in 15:03 (92) Jay Chord © defeated Mr Nuclear to retain the TCW World Heavyweight Title in 22:13 (100) Overall Rating 97 Best match, second best show and Emma Chase came up with a new catchphrase after the Main Event, and it’s hard to not think Star Wars references… The Two Stages of Hell match also delivered, and with Huggins / Spade also crossing the 90 threshold we had a show to be proud of. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Huracan Sandoval and El Hijo Del Neutron vs Jay Chord and Spencer Spade Hammond & Brown © vs Human Arsenal and Benny Benson for the TCW Tag Team Titles David Stone vs Killer Shark Akima Brave vs Hellion T-Bone Bright and Freddy Huggins vs Camp Tornado (Troy Tornado and Davis Wayne Newton) Mr Nuclear vs Dazzling Dave Diamond Mainstream Hernandez and Aaron Andrews vs Wolf Hawkins and Joshua Taylor

I still think there's chance for Diaz, he's not finished yet. As for Grace I see someone coming in with AAA / CZCW experience when Grace starts to take on the boys. We will see!

That Fro Sure can't negotiate, can he?

Thank you - we've had a few changes but we're ticking along. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Mr Nuclear got a big win in advance of his World Heavyweight Title shot on Sunday with a pinfall on Jay Chord, in a match also featuring Freddy Huggins and Spencer Spade. The latter two got into a fight outside the ring and fought up the rampway without Jay Chord noticing, and when he went to tag his partner in he was nowhere to be seen. He turned around into a Devolution Bomb for Mr Nuclear to take the 1-2-3. The best match came in the previous match when Joshua Taylor took the momentum for the heels going into the Two Stages of Hell match with a pinfall on Mainstream Hernandez after Wolf Hawkins raked the face’s eyes and Taylor followed it up with a Super Kick. The biggest surprise of the night came with the quality of match between Matthew Keith and Huracan Sandoval. We took advantage of being in the Tri-State where Keith is a little better known, and it was superb. Shockura were confirmed to be taking on Hammond & Brown for the tag titles, while Roderick Remus announced that his partners against Camp Tornado on Sunday would be Steven Parker and Joffy Laine after they defeated Danny Darkness, Titan and Nate Johnson. Finally, Chris Flynn got a pinfall victory over Nick Booth (before the two men take on O’Farraday for the TV Title on Sunday) teaming with One Man Army who got into argy-bargy with Killer Shark backstage, to give him something to do at the PPV. Roderick Remus, Steven Parker and Joffy Laine defeated Titan, Danny Darkness and Nate Johnson in 8:48 (72) Shockura defeated High Flying Hawaiian and Flying Jimmy Foxx in 10:01 (80) Matthew Keith defeated Huracan Sandoval in 9:21 (82) Chris Flynn and One Man Army defeated Findlay O’Farraday and Nick Booth in 7:57 (66) Wolf Hawkins, Joshua Taylor and Mighty Mo defeated Aaron Andrews, T-Bone Bright and Mainstream Hernandez in 18:30 (89) Mr Nuclear and Freddy Huggins defeated Jay Chord and Spencer Spade in 16:20 (84) Overall Rating 89 Wolf Hawkins developed a new power move on the show, but he also tried to pull out a backstage power move, claiming that until Hellion learnt to sell a little more he shouldn’t be wrestling. Get over yourself Hawkins – a hoss that cannot sell still has a place. Matt Hocking and Joel Bryant had less controversial opinions, recommending Matthew Keith and Ernest Youngman, so my only conclusion is that they think I’m stupid to not realise this. On Saturday Night Showcase we did have a new signee – Zeus, who had been recently released by USPW. I tried not to sign him for a while, but when it came to booking a 90 minute show without anyone who was wrestling on the PPV, I realised that I could do with him. It’s a six month deal, and hopefully some young workers will benefit from working with him. Talking about no-one on this show working the PPV – Human Arsenal and Benny Benson will, as it was announced they were teaming with Matthew Keith and Seth Whitehead to take on High Flyin Hawaiian, Huracan Sandoval, Flying Jimmy Foxx and El Hijo Del Neutron for minor backstage argument reasons. Three HGC workers got called up to do the job – Guillotine, Okamoto and Torri. The Japanese workers did a superb job selling The Empire’s attacks, better than the job that I hoped Nick Gilbert would have done in the main event in a match which I was a little disappointed with. Tana the Mighty retires from an in-ring role – he will be available as a road agent or a personality. TCW Hotter Than Hell: High Flyin Hawaiian, Huracan Sandoval, Flying Jimmy Foxx and El Hijo Del Neutron vs Human Arsenal, Benny Benson, Matthew Keith and Seth Whitehead Roderick Remus, Steven Parker and Joffy Laine vs Camp Tornado One Man Army vs Killer Shark Findlay O’Farraday © vs Chris Flynn vs Nick Booth for the TCW TV Title Freddy Huggins vs Spencer Spade Hammond & Brown © vs Shockura for the TCW Tag Team Titles Aaron Andrews vs T-Bone Bright vs Mainstream Hernandez vs Wolf Hawkins vs Mighty Mo vs Joshua Taylor in the Two Stage of Hell Match Jay Chord © vs Mr Nuclear for the TCW World Heavyweight Title

That's just not true. That's not to say that the more successful something becomes the more it often alters to become more like WWE, but there have been plenty of alternatives (especially as you're going back to 1982!!).