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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!!).

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: This show was all about qualifying matches for Hotter Than Hell, in an extremely solid card from top to bottom. The worst match was Mr Nuclear earning a shot against Jay Chord’s World Heavyweight Title by inflicting Hellion’s first defeat in a furiously fought match. The rest of the matches were for Two Stages of Hell qualification, with first T-Bone Bright defeating Ranger after Hawkins distracted his colleague accidentally, then Mighty Mo defeating Steven Parker. Next Aaron Andrews and Mainstream Hernandez were meant to be taking on Killer Shark and Joshua Taylor, but Shark seemed fed up of teaming with Syndicate men so left Taylor on his own. The Syndicate man refused to complete on his own, and left without opponents Matthew Keith and Seth Whitehead spotted an opportunity for themselves (we’ve been running angles over the last few week with Matthew Keith being upset at not being a star attraction and his dad telling him he had to take his opportunities and earn his spot). The heels did fantastically well, but they were against two of the top faces in TCW and Hernandez eventually pinned Whitehead after and Apparition #14. Joshua Taylor did convince Queen Emily to give him another chance with a singles match against Freddy Huggins that Main Evented the show. It was a great match, with Joshua Taylor even telling Wolf Hawkins not to interfere as he could earn the victory on his own. Spencer Spade didn’t get the memo, and a Stunner from him on Huggins is what secured Taylor the victory and qualification for the Two Stages of Hell. Just two other matches, with Chris Flynn costing Nick Booth his match against Lenny Brown, and Roderick Remus defeating Davis Wayne Newton. Flynn and Booth will take on O’Farraday in a Triple Threat match for the TV Title at Hotter Than Hell, while Troy Tornado challenged Roderick Remus to find two partners to take on Camp Tornado. Lenny Brown defeated Nick Booth in 8:40 (79) T-Bone Bright defeated Ranger in 7:54 (83) Roderick Remus defeated Davis Wayne Newton in 8:28 (82) Mighty Mo defeated Steven Parker in 12:23 (81) Aaron Andrews and Mainstream Hernandez defeated Matthew Keith and Seth Whitehead in 10:10 (82) Mr Nuclear defeated Hellion in 7:55 (73) Joshua Taylor defeated Freddy Huggins in 20:47 (84) Overall Rating 87 Well, that’s set up the Title match and Two Stages of Hell for the PPV – there’s a bit more of the card to sort out as well, as that dominated the show. However, all the competitor did justify their position in the match, with sustained quality throughout the show. In proper skilful booking Jay Chord took part in a preshow match teaming with Two Man Army – fortunately in victory. Jay Chord / Jaylon Martins, Quentin Queen / Queen Emily are still giving me issues. At Saturday Night Showcase we managed to have a tag match where everyone except Davis Wayne Newton were off their games, and Shockura and Hammond & Brown got into a confrontation that suggested that there might be a late addition to Hotter Than Hell. We also finally got to see Quentin Queen and Raphael in one on one action after clashing for the last few weeks, and Queen earned the victory in a respectable match (for two unrecognisable talents). It could have been on the main show, if only any if their feud had happened on a Tuesday night… at all. Over at 21CW Jonathan Faust takes the World Title off Ricky Storm… TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Roderick Remus, Steven Parker and Joffy Laine vs Titan, Danny Darkness and Nate Johnson High Flyin Hawaiian and Flying Jimmy Foxx vs Shockura Huracan Sandoval vs Matthew Keith Chris Flynn and One Man Army vs Findlay O’Farraday and Nick Booth Aaron Andrews, T-Bone Bright and Mainstream Hernandez vs Wolf Hawkins, Joshua Taylor and Mighty Mo Mr Nuclear and Freddy Huggins vs Jay Chord and Spencer Spade

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Despite the show being hyped as having all three titles on the line, it dragged a little until the end of the show. It didn’t start to well with Sandoval and Foxx showing no chemistry, and then Hellion lost the crowd going over Dean Daniels. As a follow on to last week’s booking Quentin Queen tried to get himself into the Two Stages of Hell match, but Queen Emily just put him into a match with Spencer Spade, who took the clean victory. Next we repeated Saturday’s TV Title match to less success, before we found that Aaron Andrews, Mainstream Hernandez, Wolf Hawkins, Joshua Taylor and Mighty Mo were all making noises to be in the Two Stages of Hell match. Marc DuBois got a clean victory over El Hijo Del Neutron before a somewhat disappointing Tag Title match, where after Youngman yelled at Shark to tag him in, Shark did just that, before leaving the ring and refusing to get back in. Youngman may be good, but he’s not that good and he fell to a Star Maker from Lenny Brown. After the match Wolf Hawkins got The Syndicate together backstage for a pep talk when Killer Shark walked past, and Hawkins claimed that they didn’t need the monster. Freddy Huggins took a clean victory over Dazzling Dave Diamond, before the Main Event – and it turned out much as before. Chaos at ringside that was impossible for the ref to deal with, and Hellion smashed Chord’s Title into Bright’s face to allow Chord to take the victory. As he celebrated Mr Nuclear came out and demanded a title match at Hotter Than Hell, and somewhere in here Jay Chord came up with a new catchphrase. Human Arsenal and Benny Benson defeated Flying Jimmy Foxx and Huracan Sandoval in 9:14 (69) Hellion defeated Dean Daniels in 2:46 (30) Spencer Spade defeated Quentin Queen in 8:25 (78) Findlay O’Farraday © defeated Akima Brave to retain the TCW TV Title in 7:48 (72) Marc DuBois defeated El Hijo Del Neutron in 11:18 (70) Hammond & Brown © defeated Ernest Youngman and Killer Shark to retain the TCW Tag Team Titles in 12:16 (78) Freddy Huggins defeated Dazzling Dave Diamond in 8:42 (84) Jay Chord © defeated T-Bone Bright to retain the TCW World Heavyweight Title in 12:33 (88) Overall Rating 87 Three title matches, and perhaps all a slight disappointment? We went to New England to try and take advantage of Hellion’s popularity there in his first singles match… and it failed. To add to that he now cannot team up with stablemates Jay Chord and Spencer Spade, so plans are changing. What we did do was end the relationship between Killer Shark and Ernest Youngman, which has lasted several weeks but was never a long term plan. Both men's future lays elsewhere. On Saturday Night Showcase, Matt Hocking vs David Stone was a late addition to the show… which we regretted when Hocking somehow broke his toe – we’re still not sure how. He’s only out for a few days, but does remind me about the risk of throwing people onto this show. Elsewhere, there were wins and losses for our newcomers, but I wouldn’t read into what is going on too much for the future. Acid II has walked out on NYCW – not sure what the issue was but it couldn’t be his booking, with him going 28-2. Maybe it’s the refusal to give him a title shot?? He stays on at PSW, where he remains firmly in the title picture. Elsewhere Adam Matravers contract came up so I asked if he was interested in coming to America – and he told me how much SWF were offering him - $227k a month. I wouldn’t want to pay that much and Stallings would never get me near that offer. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Lenny Brown vs Nick Booth Steven Parker vs Mighty Mo Roderick Remus vs Davis Wayne Newton T-Bone Bright vs Ranger Aaron Andrews and Mainstream Hernandez vs Matthew Keith and Seth Whitehead Mr Nuclear vs Hellion Freddy Huggins vs Joshua Taylor That's an unusually high number of singles matches for a TV show of mine.

Yes, +1 from me. Don't worry about anything more labour intensive, it works well.

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: A huge meeting in the Main Event featuring new signing Mr Nuclear, T-Bone Bright, World Heavyweight Champion Jay Chord and… Hellion. With a substitution it could have been awesome, in reality it was one of my worst main events in a long time. It was a bit of a mess of an ending as Hellion tried to hit a Devolution Bomb on T-Bone Bright, but Bright grabbed a rope and freed himself up to tag in Mr Nuclear. He went for a Mushroom Bomb, but Jay Chord leaned over tagged himself in without the ref noticing. Chord saved Hellion but as the ref tried to get him out T-Bone Bright re-entered and hit a T-Bone Powerslam on the champion. Hellion speared T-Bone Bright through the ring ropes and brawled with Bright outside the ring, completely unaware that the ref thought he was still the legal man. As Mr Nuclear and Jay Chord continued at one another in the ring the ref made his count up to ten, ending the match in a disappointing manner. Knowing that the main event could have issues, Mainstream Hernandez and Roderick Remus put on a fabulous match with Shockura. If we ever need the faces back in the tag division then there will be some great matches, but plans are elsewhere right now. Apart from Killer Shark helping The Syndicate win, the rest of the matches were all clean, including Joshua Taylor over Huracan Sandoval. After O’Farraday’s title defence Chris Flynn challenged for the TV Title, but Eddie Peak told him that he still had to go through him to earn anything. We also learnt that the Two Stages of Hell match would return at Hotter Than Hell, which Aaron Andrews said that he was ready to compete in to… Quentin Queen? Okay then… Findlay O’Farraday defeated One Man Army to retain the TCW TV Title in 8:37 (76) Marc DuBois and Davis Wayne Newton defeated Flying Jimmy Foxx and El Hijo Del Neutron in 6:43 (68) The Syndicate defeated High Flyin Hawaiian, Steven Parker and Joffy Laine in 11:48 (80) Joshua Taylor defeated Huracan Sandoval in 6:59 (77) Aaron Andrews and David Stone defeated Human Arsenal and Benny Benson in 9:14 (78) Mainstream Hernandez and Roderick Remus defeated Shockura in 13:23 (87) Mr Nuclear and T-Bone Bright defeated Jay Chord and Hellion by count out in 11:27 (75) Overall Rating 84 Ouch, Hellion now has poor chemistry with both Jay Chord and Spencer Spade. Looks like Dazzling Dave Diamond isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. You have to go back to February for an A-show rated at 84, although to be fair I put a complete rookie in the Main Event, so what do I expect? However, Robert Oxford told me that he thought he was a star in the making, and he doesn’t give his opinion too often Yup, Quentin Queen appears on the main show after I told the road agents that “Que..” should be in the segment. Surely they’ve learnt by now that unless it’s a match I’m talking about Queen Emily? Fortunately, Aaron Andrews was ably assisted by Jennifer Heat who is his official manager now, and it kind of worked. When Pretty Okakura joined us he had a hot new move – unfortunately he didn’t have too many opportunities to show it off. So he’s brought over another one that he just invented in EX2000 – a ropewalk springboard into submission. Let’s see how that works out. At HGC there was somewhat of a farewell as Sifu, Nick Gilbert, Pink Spider and Seth Whitehead wrestled their last matches there. Before I get too much criticism for signing foreign stars to development deals, the first three wresters were all inexplicably released when their contracts came up from 21CW, RAW and ZEN, so I haven’t broken my promise about not stealing from the smaller promotions. None are that well known in the US, but will strengthen my Saturday Night Showcase roster as we contemplate extending the show. Let’s have a look at how they’ve been doing: Sifu – the Englishman only wrestled 18 shows for HGC, with 10 victories including a one week tag title reign with Astro. His main feud was with Texas Hangman who he drew with three times, including in his last match. Nick Gilbert – with 46 matches and 21 victories under his belt, Nick Gilbert was the talented Australian who mostly put people over. An occasional tag team partner of Zippy Deverell, he had faced most of the HGC roster at one point or another. Pink Spider – with 30 matches and 12 victories, when the New Zealander’s renewal came around he was almost cut, so it’s now or never in TCW. He does know David Stone well, having feuded with the Canadian for ever when they were in HGC. Seth Whitehead – Seth has been in development for four years now, but has wrestled 15 matches for TCW at various points, including entering the Tag Tournament with Guillotine. No successes in those matches, and his tag partner, who he had a seven month reign of rarely defending the tag titles with, remains at HGC. With 42 wins from his 71 HGC matches he has the most momentum behind him coming up, and left with an unsuccessful tag title shot (with graduate Jesse Monson). He still needs scripted matches, however. With that, we extend the length of Showcase to 90 minutes and see how much we can annoy our fans by putting on a show with a load of unknowns: Okay, so there were people everyone knew in each match. The one I was worried about boring the crowd, David Stone and Seth Whitehead, was fine, but I should have contacted HGC to find out about their poor chemistry first. Pretty Okakura and Pink Spider would make a cool tag team, but with Shockura going strong I’ll file that idea now. Bear Bekowski was released by SWF so has earned a TCW contract, while Masked Mauler (VII) was borrowed from MAW as I ran out of heel jobbers. And then promptly sent him to HGC to help fill some holes. Jungle Lord was also in the plans for Showcase (as I once had him at USPW as World Champion over a decade ago), but he told me he wasn’t working B shows. There might be an A show jobber position for him in the future, but that wasn’t the plan right now, so hopefully he gets an indy contract somewhere. As for the online experiment? We’ve gone from 239k views to 422k, so I’d say that was a success. With it being online, that’s subject to go down if fans get wind of the quality going down… TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Huracan Sandoval and Flying Jimmy Foxx vs Human Arsenal and Benny Benson Findlay O’Farraday © vs Akima Brave for the TCW TV Title Dean Daniels vs Hellion El Hijo Del Neutron vs Marc DuBois Quentin Queen vs Spencer Spade Freddy Huggins vs Dazzling Dave Diamond Hammond & Brown © vs Ranger and Killer Shark for the TCW Tag Team Titles

TCW Summer Showdown: The main event here suffered from a lack of selling – we knew it would, as if we ask T-Bone Bright to go even slightly long, this becomes an issue. Even his selling of an elbow from Hellion to the back of his head wasn’t the best, before being put away with a Cradle Piledriver for Jay Chord as he retained his title. The previous match was fantastic, with Wolf Hawkins defeating Mainstream Hernandez after interference from Ranger. This was despite Joshua Taylor telling Ranger that The Syndicate were able to look after themselves after he also assisted against Roderick Remus earlier in the night. The biggest news though was Atom Smasher / Nevada Nuclear answering Mighty Mo’s challenge under the guise of Mr Nuclear, running a less cartoonish, focused, bad ass gimmick, and picking up a win on his TCW debut with a Mushroom Cloud. He also made his presence felt after the Main Event, coming to T-Bone Bright’s aid after The Empire attacked after the match was over. Aaron Andrews took his first PPV victory in a while over Marc DuBois in an admittedly disappointing match that lacked any kind of chemistry. Freddy Huggins tasted defeat to Spencer Spade (via Dazzling Dave Diamond) in a good match, but it could have been so much more (both men rated in the 90s). I’ll take the blame for the booking of it. Elsewhere Hammond & Brown defended their Tag Titles, O’Farraday the TV Title, Chris Flynn and One Man Army took victory over Nick Booth and Eddie Peak, while The Empire went over Steven Parker and Joffy Laine. Joshua Taylor defeated Roderick Remus in 13:13 (79) Findlay O’Farraday © defeated High Flyin Hawaiian to retain the TCW TV Title in 11:52 (79) The Empire defeated Steven Parker and Joffy Laine in 5:37 (70) Spencer Spade defeated Freddy Huggins in 13:19 (84) Chris Flynn and One Man Army defeated Nick Booth and Eddie Peak in 8:23 (74) Aaron Andrews defeated Marc DuBois in 15:48 (79) Mr Nuclear defeated Mighty Mo in 11:28 (94) Hammond & Brown © defeated Ernest Youngman and Killer Shark to retain the TCW Tag Team Titles in 11:24 (81) Wolf Hawkins defeated Mainstream Hernandez in 23:09 (96) Jay Chord © defeated T-Bone Bright to retain the TCW World Heavyweight Title in 16:21 (88) Overall Rating 91 Yes, that’s why Atom Smasher lost to Brett Biggins and even Chill in the last few weeks – he was on his way to TCW. Now, I don’t sign ready-made Main Eventers, but in the case of Mr Nuclear, as we’ll now know him, I couldn’t resist. The guy is money, and I’m trying to dominate North America. How much merchandise does Hellion sell in a month after his debut involved in the main event? Well, $6 worth of merchandise. He’s only got 40 popularity in my home state. Even Jennifer Heat “Heat Magnet” merch sold over $300 in just over a week – however $1.8 million from Mainstream Hernandez is keeping me ticking over nicely. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Findlay O’Farraday © vs One Man Army for the TCW TV Title Flying Jimmy Foxx and El Hijo Del Neutron vs Marc DuBois and Davis Wayne Newton Huracan Sandoval vs Joshua Taylor High Flyin Hawaiian, Steven Parker and Joffy Laine vs Wolf Hawkins, Ranger and Ernest Youngman Aaron Andrews and David Stone vs Human Arsenal and Benny Benson Mainstream Hernandez and Roderick Remus vs Shockura Mr Nuclear and T-Bone Bright vs Jay Chord and Hellion

This is almost 20 months in, but Dan Horgan graduated for 21CW and has wrestled 38 matches. Good brawling and technical skills, with superb fundamentals. Reasonable psychology for his age, with average Performance Skills. Put him in a performance first product and he's going to do fine, but he could also make it as a tag team worker in any promotion in the world.

By the way the question was worded, it needs a range. 71 technical ability or 89 SQ with no other redeeming figures does not make someone top class. But if they've got Basics / Psychology / Charisma / Safety / Consistency that can be worked on, you might have a gem.

<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>TCW Presents Total Wrestling:</strong></span></p><p> </p><p> We stuck to what we knew best in the Main Event, with a superb tab match that six months ago would have been for the tag titles. However, there was a little confusion again between The Syndicate members after Wolf Hawkins entered the ring without tagging himself in, and again this distracted Taylor who ate an Apparition #14 again.</p><p> </p><p> World Heavyweight Title challenger T-Bone Bright took a quick victory over The Empire’s Dazzling Dave Diamond, with Jay Chord being given a night off before Summer Showdown. That left Spencer Spade and Hellion to team up awkwardly against One Man Army and Chris Flynn… or just One Man Army after Eddie Peak and Nick Booth attacked Chris Flynn, which wasn’t going to work out for Flynn. Jennifer Heat turned up backstage to motivate Aaron Andrews, and despite the Killer Shark induced DQ, he did get a victory teaming with the tag champions.</p><p> </p><p> Steven Parker and Joffy Laine took a victory in the opener as it was revealed that they would be facing The Empire (the team) at Summer Showdown, and Mighty Mo claimed that there was no-one who was in his league to fight him on Sunday. Finally, High Flyin Hawaiian got a momentum building victory going into Sunday’s TV Title match teaming with Akima Brave in victory over champion O’Farraday and Matthew Keith – the latter of whom took the pin.</p><p> </p><p> <span style="color:#0000FF;"><strong>Steven Parker and Joffy Laine defeated Shockura</strong></span> in 10:39 (79)</p><p> <span style="color:#0000FF;"><strong>High Flyin Hawaiian and Akima Brave defeated Findlay O’Farraday and Matthew Keith</strong></span> in 8:16 (78)</p><p> <span style="color:#0000FF;"><strong>Spencer Spade and Hellion defeated One Man Army and Chris Flynn</strong></span> in 7:05 (66)</p><p> <span style="color:#0000FF;"><strong>Mighty Mo defeated Quentin Queen</strong></span> in 6:42 (74)</p><p> <span style="color:#0000FF;"><strong>Aaron Andrews, Hammond & Brown defeated Ranger, Ernest Youngman and Killer Shark</strong></span> by DQ in 12:09 (80)</p><p> <span style="color:#0000FF;"><strong>T-Bone Bright defeated Dazzling Dave Diamond</strong></span> in 5:09 (79)</p><p> <span style="color:#0000FF;"><strong>Mainstream Hernandez and Roderick Remus defeated Wolf Hawkins and Joshua Taylor</strong></span> in 19:04 (92)</p><p> </p><p> <em>Overall Rating 91</em></p><p> </p><p> Spade and Hellion had no chemistry at all – not a huge problem, although there would have been times that they would have been likely to team which will now be shelved. Aaron Andrews facing Marc DuBois just about rounds out the Summer Showdown card, so we went into Saturday Night Showcase without our PPV booked wrestlers. Which normally means a poor show, but we showed strength in depth (or the amount of workers left off the PPV) by putting on a half decent card.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>TCW Saturday Night Showcase:</strong></p><p> <span style="color:#0000FF;"><strong>Flying Jimmy Foxx defeated Davis Wayne Newton</strong></span> in 8:50 (57)</p><p> <span style="color:#0000FF;"><strong>Akima Brave, David Stone and Quentin Queen defeated Danny Darkness, Titan and Raphael</strong></span> in 10:37 (59)</p><p> <span style="color:#0000FF;"><strong>Ranger defeated Jaylon Martins</strong></span> in 3:53 (60)</p><p> <span style="color:#0000FF;"><strong>Human Arsenal and Benny Benson defeated Huracan Sandoval and El Hijo Del Neutron</strong></span> in 11:43 (65)</p><p> </p><p> <em>Overall Rating 71</em></p><p> </p><p> That was the last TCW Saturday Night Showcase on USA Sports 1, as we move to NetStream. Netstream just wanted the program, they have no interest in how good the product is, so the shows may get even worse. The HGC Tag Titles are now hot potatoes, with Prime Time Jack Pryde and Zippy Deverell taking them off Sifu and Astro.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>TCW Summer Showdown:</strong></p><p> Findlay O’Farraday © vs High Flyin Hawaiian for the <strong>TCW TV Title</strong></p><p> Chris Flynn and One Man Army vs Eddie Peak and Nick Booth</p><p> Mainstream Hernandez vs Wolf Hawkins</p><p> Roderick Remus vs Joshua Taylor</p><p> Aaron Andrews vs Marc DuBois</p><p> Will anyone challenge Mighty Mo?</p><p> Steven Parker and Joffy Laine vs The Empire (Dazzling Dave Diamond and Hellion)</p><p> Hammond & Brown © vs Killer Shark and Ernest Youngman</p><p> Freddy Huggins vs Spencer Spade</p><p> Jay Chord © vs T-Bone Bright for the <strong>TCW World Heavyweight Title</strong></p>

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Superb main event as we take a step away from the title picture and The Empire, to the other dominant stable in TCW – The Syndicate. Despite me saying that I needed to push Joshua Taylor he took a loss, in no small part to the ref spotting Wolf Hawkins interfering, a distraction which allowed Hernandez to hit the Apparition #14 for the victory. The Empire did take victory elsewhere, Chord and Spade over Parker and Laine, and Dazzling Dave Diamond and Hellion becoming an official team called… The Empire. That might get confusing. Anyway, a victory over Akima, who was returning from injury, and Dean Daniels, who you don’t want to team with if you’re looking for a win. High Flyin Hawaiian defeated Matthew Keith to earn a TV Title shot (at Summer Showdown – we’ve completely ditched the only for TV nonsense), with Sam Keith having to calm down his son after the match and tell him that he needed to concentrate on earning his place. The younger Keith probably looked at Ernest Youngman in jealousy as he had a great opener with tag champion Doc Hammond, in a match that only ended when Killer Shark had enough of watching and blatantly attacked Hammond. Another blatant attack later in the show came from Nick Booth as he also returned from injury, but as this was in a hardcore match between Chris Flynn and Eddie Peak it was all legal, and Eddie Peak got a victory in his first match for some time. One Man Army was out to assist Flynn, and it’s looks like that’s a PPV match in the making. Mighty Mo is still proclaiming to be untouchable – we’re going somewhere with that, while Aaron Andrews team fell to Camp Tornado in a match that fell apart when Troy Tornado rolled out of the ring grasping his leg. Doc Hammond defeated Ernest Youngman by DQ in 11:41 (76) The Empire defeated Akima Brave and Dean Daniels in 5:01 (60) High Flyin Hawaiian defeated Matthew Keith in 10:35 (85) Eddie Peak defeated Chris Flynn in a hardcore match in 6:21 (77) Camp Tornado defeated Aaron Andrews, El Hijo Del Neutron and David Stone in 9:47 (63) Jay Chord and Spencer Spade defeated Steven Parker and Joffy Laine in 10:52 (92) Mainstream Hernandez defeated Joshua Taylor in 12:56 (96) Overall Rating 95 After the event it was confirmed that Troy Tornado injured his calf in the tag match – there were enough people involved in the match to cover it, but it really affected the flow. At the last moment I decided to switch the order of the last two matches, and Hernandez and Taylor completely justified the change – now I just need to get Taylor some momentum. In Saturday Night Showcase Huracan Sandoval made his debut, after demanding to leave HGC. In typical style, I managed to find a partner with him that he had zero chemistry with – and at one stage of booking this was the Main Event! The two singles matches were between unknowns, and I got away with the former Ground and Pound partners due to how well they were known at HGC (we were conveniently in the South West for this show, where HGC work out of). No such luck with the next one, despite being between superstar Matthew Keith and local legend Masked Cougar. Tough crowd. Eddie Chandler just got a Main Event win on Supreme TV, teaming with The Hand stablemate Remo to defeat Rocky Golden and Des Davids. In a 94 rated match. I haven’t had it all my way with SWF… Meanwhile in HGC Sifu (who after leaving 21CW moved to the US) teamed with Astro to make James Diaz and Texas Hangman’s HGC Tag Title reign last just one match. How is Sifu’s ex-partner, Ricky Storm, doing with his 21CW World Title run? 98 rated match over Tommy Cornell – not too badly. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: High Flying Hawaiian and Akima Brave vs Findlay O’Farraday and Matthew Keith Aaron Andrews, Hammond & Brown vs Ranger, Ernest Youngman and Killer Shark Quentin Queen vs Mighty Mo One Man Army and Chris Flynn vs Spencer Spade and Hellion Steven Parker and Joffy Laine vs Shockura T-Bone Bright vs Dazzling Dave Diamond Mainstream Hernandez and Roderick Remus vs Wolf Hawkins and Joshua Taylor

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: It may not be booked, but it looks increasingly likely that T-Bone Bright will challenge for the World Heavyweight Title after pinning Chord’s Empire colleague, Spencer Spade, in the Main Event. Earlier in the card the rest of The Empire teamed up, making short work of Two Man Army in Xavi Ferrera’s main show debut. Elsewhere there was a great six man match, where Shark pinning Lenny Brown confirmed Shark and Youngman as next in line for a tag title shot (thanks for the assist, Ranger). We also appear to be heading towards Wolf Hawkins versus Mainstream Hernandez, which although we did see at the end of last month could be the MOTN. Mighty Mo got into Aaron Andrews' head by pointing out his losing streak on PPVs, which had Camp Tornado calling him washed up… maybe not a good move. The former world champion did team with High Flyin Hawaiian, but Andrews looked distracted, and it was HFH who was the one behind the victory. Earlier in the night Matthew Keith defeated Bart Biggins cleanly to show him out the door, while Chris Flynn’s title shot was ruined by Eddie Peak who got into a brawl with the youngster, causing a DQ that obviously frustrated Findlay O’Farraday. Joshua Taylor opened the show, but he looks like he needs a bit of a revamp if he’s going to be taken seriously as a singles threat. Joshua Taylor defeated Joffy Laine in 9:36 (78) Matthew Keith defeated Bart Biggins in 6:38 (70) Chris Flynn defeated Findlay O’Farraday © by DQ in a match that had been for the TCW TV Title in 7:09 (75) Dazzling Dave Diamond and Hellion defeated Two Man Army in 4:18 (59) Aaron Andrews and High Flyin Hawaiian defeated Shockura in 13:15 (80) Wolf Hawkins, Ernest Youngman and Killer Shark defeated Mainstream Hernandez, Hammond & Brown in 13:42 (87) Freddy Huggins and T-Bone Bright defeated Jay Chord and Spencer Spade in 20:26 (89) Overall Rating 90 So, I did say that I didn’t think Two Man Army were ready for the main roster – but ready to be fed to Hellion? Sure. One Man Army has just signed a new deal, so I don’t want to job him too hard, even though he’s significantly in decline. The bonus of that segment was finding out Dazzling Dave Diamond and Hellion had great chemistry, which should work out really well. It wasn’t the only chemistry, but the other one was negative – Aaron Andrews and High Flyin Hawaiian. That one worked with the story, with Andrews looking like Mighty Mo’s taunts about his PPV record are getting to him. On Saturday Night Showcase we had a successful Quentin Queen turn after falling out with Raphael, and one of the worst TCW match ever, so – some good, some bad? Ben Williams appearance was as a local wrestler only. Thank goodness. Bart Biggins has definitely gone now, happily jobbing to Matthew Keith and Pretty Okakura on the way out. SWF start a Sammy Bach / Greg Gauge feud to make me sad… TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Aaron Andrews, El Hijo Del Neutron and David Stone vs Camp Tornado Akima Brave and Dean Daniels vs The Empire (Dazzling Dave Diamond and Hellion) High Flying Hawaiian vs Matthew Keith Doc Hammond vs Ernest Youngman Chris Flynn vs Eddie Peak in a hardcore match Mainstream Hernandez vs Joshua Taylor Steven Parker and Joffy Laine vs Jay Chord and Spencer Spade

Don't take it as an insult - of a segment bombs or there's a booking mistake, I'd rather know. It's part of the game, and even better if you can make it part of the story. Sounds like James took it well enough!

A booking mistake and a segment rated 1? This is the content I'm looking for.

Queen of the Ring Title Match Inside a Steel Cage - No one allowed at ringside and anyone who interferes will be Fired Tamara McFly © vs Jaime Quine BSC Girl Power Tag Team Match The Family © vs Diamonds on Fire BSC Hi-Roller Title Match Juana Hurracan © vs Estrella Blanca Emma “Submission Machine” May vs Amber Allen Foxxy LaRue vs Raquel Alvarado Paige Croft & Faith McGee vs Nurse Darla Knight & Carol Singer Brittany Hollywood vs Millie the Minx Nurse Hope Daye vs The SuperStar Sweet as Sugar vs The Great Higa and ??? “The Good Witch” Talia Quinzel vs “Rotten” Roxy Kitten

Thank you - Freddy Huggins has been an absolute workhorse in this save, and I've enjoyed giving him a Main Event run. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: This show actually turned out not too bad, considering a lot of the card was very one sided. The show opened Queen Emily introducing The Empire – Emily, Emma Chase, Jay Chord, Spender Spade, Dazzling Dave Diamond and Hellion. Emily did say that Jay Chord would defend his title in the Main Event against someone who was cheated out of his title shot at Excessive Force, but the crowd were disappointed to find out that she meant Chris Flynn, not Freddy Huggins. Flynn gave a great showing but was no match for Chord with The Empire ringside, and after the match it all broke down. Hellion went to give Flynn a Devolution Bomb when Freddy Huggins, T-Bone Bright and David Stone rushed out from the back, and the show ended in an all out brawl. Earlier Hellion wrestled his first match, taking out Bart Biggins, and Enygma made the mistake of bumping into Dazzling Dave Diamond and arguing with The Empire member before facing Davis Wayne Newton. When Newton cleanly defeated Enygma Queen Emily was out with Dazzling Dave Diamond to tell Enygma that he was an embarrassment and fired him on the spot. Lenny Brown got a decent victory over Ranger, and when Youngman and Killer Shark teamed up again to defeat Steven Parker and Joffy Laine Wolf Hawkins demanded that the two men were given a World Tag Title shot. He then got into a confrontation with Mainstream Hernandez who accused him of dodging their match at Excessive Force. The rest of the card was quite one sided – Del Neutron got some offence in his unsuccessful TV Title match, but DuBois and Andrews strode on to more straight forward victories. Andrews congratulated Mighty Mo on his victory at Excessive Force, but wanted to do it again, but Mo said that he was done with Andrews, and spent the rest of the show trying to impress some of the female managers we have brought in recently (Hannah Potter, Kathleen Lee and Angelle)… to much eye rolling. Marc DuBios defeated Masked Cougar in 8:06 (66) Aaron Andrews defeated Danny Darkness in 4:45 (70) Findlay O’Farraday © defeated El Hijo Del Neutron to retain the TCW TV Title in 7:09 (75) Davis Wayne Newton defeated Enygma in 9:18 (65) Hellion defeated Bart Biggins (44) Ernest Youngman and Killer Shark defeated Steven Parker and Joffy Laine in 13:13 (80) Lenny Brown defeated Ranger in 8:24 (80) Jay Chord © defeated Chris Flynn to retain the TCW World Heavyweight Title in 11:49 (91) Overall Rating 88 Enygma is gone. He filled a great hole to give Jay Chord something to do while waiting for his title shot, but was not worth the contract that SWF were offering. He was not happy with putting over Davis Wayne Newton, nor was Bart Biggins with Hellion, but needs must. Steven Parker was also not impressed with Youngman and Shark stalling his partnership with Joffy Laine’s momentum, but decided that Shark was the wrong person to argue with. Matthew Keith was relegated to preshow duty – he’s suffering with Marc DuBois taking a new heel push, and it made more sense for Davis Wayne Newton to send Enygma packing, which could have been a big victory. He’s still unknown in the US, so I need to do something to increase that. I tried to book Joshua Taylor on Saturday Night Showcase, before being reminded he didn’t work B shows. Then I realised neither did One Man Army, and I don’t Two Man Army are ready for the main roster, so that could be a problem for Xavi Ferrera. PGHW’s Tim Westybrook tears his rotator cuff and it may be a career ender, while Greg Gauge and Joss Thompson get a 99 rated match at USPW Independence Day Slam! The vacant COTT Title was won by Frankie-Boy Fernandez (over Jonnie Perez), much deserved as he has been CZCW’s star in the last year. Had been, until Marc Speed rejoined. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Joffy Laine vs Joshua Taylor Bart Biggins vs Matthew Keith Findlay O’Farraday © vs Chris Flynn for the TCW TV Title Two Man Army vs Dazzling Dave Diamond and Hellion Aaron Andrews and High Flyin Hawaiian vs Shockura Mainstream Hernandez, Hammond & Brown vs Wolf Hawkins, Ernest Youngman and Killer Shark Freddy Huggins and T-Bone Bright vs Jay Chord and Spencer Spade

Nice show, and a well written Rumble. Like to direction this is going.

17 years after This Means War redefined TEW diaries. Over 13 years since the MWA diary came to a close. Scap. Is. Back. Suffice to say, I'll be reading.

TCW Excessive Force The Main Event was a Classic Cage match, with no DQs and victory by pinfall or submission only. The match looked to be Freddy Huggins’ after he hit a Shooting Star Press from the top of the cage, taking out the World Heavyweight Champion. However, as he recovered Hellion made his debut, ripping the door off the cage and hitting a Devolution Bomb in the challenger to hand victory to Jay Chord. After the match Queen Emily joined Emma Chase, Chord and Hellion to celebrate, and it looks as if Emily was always on the side of Chord. Earlier in the show Wolf Hawkins announced that he was unfit to wrestle, but his substitute Killer Shark has been on a run of hot momentum, and he successfully teamed with Youngman in victory over former champions Mainstream Hernandez and Roderick Remus (albeit with a Hawkins assist). One other match wasn’t clean – Eddie Peak threw powder in Chris Flynn’s face, leaving him to fall to Findlay O’Farraday to earn the bruiser the vacanct TCW TV Title. At first the crowd thought Peak had allied himself with O’Farraday, but a backstage segment showed that he had interfered on behalf of Nick Booth. Mighty Mo defeating Aaron Andrews and Hammond & Brown retaining the Tag Titles against Joshua Taylor and Ranger were both great matches, and David Stone teamed with T-Bone Bright in Stone’s highest rated match ever. Elsewhere Marc DuBois in ring debut saw him taking clean victory over Enygma (in a disappointing match), and the Parker / Laine team might be going somewhere after they defeated Camp Tornado. Hammond & Brown © defeated Joshua Taylor and Ranger to retain the TCW Tag Team Titles in 17:14 (90) Steven Parker and Joffy Laine defeated Camp Tornado in 7:40 (72) Findlay O’Farraday defeated Chris Flynn, High Flyin Hawaiian and Matthew Keith to win the TCW TV Title in 12:27 (79) T-Bone Bright and David Stone defeated Spencer Spade and Dazzling Dave Diamond in 12:58 (83) Marc DuBois defeated Enygma in 10:04 (65) Ernest Youngman and Killer Shark defeated Mainstream Hernandez and Roderick Remus in 13:31 (76) Mighty Mo defeated Aaron Andrews in 12:36 (91) Jay Chord © defeated Freddy Huggins to retain the TCW World Heavyweight Title in a cage match in 24:18 (94) Overall Rating 93 That event changed a bit. T-Bone Bright was originally going to be joined by Edd Stone to face Spencer Spade and Dazzling Dave Diamond, but with Edd’s injury his nephew David stepped up. This meant that both Dazzling Dave Diamond and Spencer Spade didn’t want to lose the match – Diamond didn’t back down, but Bright “convinced” Spade to eat the pin. Meanwhile, Hellion was always the plan for the Main Event – until I switched to Killer Shark to make an appearance. However, Wolf Hawkins injury left a vacancy and without time to offer Logan Wolfsbaine a contract I thought Killer Shark was better off wrestling the main show, so we went back to Hellion making his debut. That left O’Farraday (who was going to team with Killer Shark originally – hence the segments together earlier this month) free to successfully compete for the TCW TV Title for his first TCW Title win. At 66 popularity across most of the states, the Edd Stone injury left an opportunity to move the title lower down the card (Edd Stone’s involvement around the Main Event has taken him to 79 popularity). I was pleasantly surprised to see Andrews happy to put Mighty Mo over (I didn’t consider not keeping him strong), and he has lost at three PPV’s in a row now. Enygma was far less happy at losing to DuBois – he was originally signed on a six month deal, and his entertainment skills had lead me to offer him a six month extension. SWF had other ideas, so he had to lay down for DuBois. Joshua Taylor doesn’t mind lying down for anyone, and his popularity has gone from the 90s down into the 70s, which is fine apart from he has a huge contract signed when he was at his popularity peak... Half Year Awards: Company – TCW Show – Total Mayhem XXV Match – Freddy Huggins vs Jay Chord for the TCW World Heavyweight Title Male Wrestler – Hollywood Brett Starr Female Wrestler – Brooke Taylor Team – Rocky Golden and Des Davids Veteran – The Crippler Rookie – Hurakan Indy – Mystery Pink New goals: Unsurprisinly, I had managed to meet JK Stallings demand of keeping Aaron Andrews and Wolf Hawkins popular, comfortably meeting that goal. Next on the list was T-Bone Bright (83) and Killer Shark (77) – Shark’s contract does expire later this year, but assuming he re-signs I will just have to make sure he doesn’t suffer the fall that some hosses do when they start to taste regular defeat. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Marc DuBois vs Masked Cougar Findlay O’Farraday © vs El Hijo Del Neutron for the TCW TV Title Aaron Andrews vs Danny Darkness Enygma vs Davis Wayne Newton Lenny Brown vs Ranger Bart Biggins vs Hellion Steven Parker and Joffy Laine vs Ernest Youngman and Killer Shark Jay Chord © vs Chris Flynn for the TCW World Heavyweight Title

No, as it's treated like a new contract.

<p>Welcome back. Sorry if some of my picks broke things, but the fix seems to have worked.</p><p> </p><p> COTT Women’s North American title match</p><p> Winner will be crowned the first (or 2nd if you count Cherry Bomb) title holder</p><p> <strong>JoAnne Rodriguez</strong> (CWWF) vs Sara Marie York (QAW) vs Tamara McFly (BSC/RMW)</p><p> </p><p> 30-Women Las Vegas Rumble match (Pick the winner)</p><p> Winner gets a Queen of the Ring title shot at All-in-All II (Moved up to early April from late May)</p><p> Participants - Power Girl, Toni Parissi, Pamela Rojo, Millie the Minx, Jaime Quine, The SuperStar, <strong>Foxxy LaRue</strong>, Roxxy Kitten, Amber Allen, Kate Avatar, Faith McGee, Paige Croft, The Great Higa, Shiori Jippensha, Ellie May Walton, Estrella Blanca, Talia Quinzel, Alison Capone, Raquel Alvarado, Emma May, Juana Hurrican, Brittany Hollywood, Lindsay Sugar, Coco De La Soleid, Sprite, Amy Galaxy, Nurse Hope Daye, plus 4 more competitors will be named</p><p> </p><p> Loser Leave Town-Winner gets Tag Title Shot</p><p> The Neptunes with Sienna DeVille vs <strong>Dharma Gregg & Olivia Diamond</strong></p><p> </p><p> Debut Match</p><p> “The Gangster of Love” Alison Capone vs “<strong>The Good Witch” Talia Quinzel</strong></p><p> </p><p> Kate and Jamie</p><p> Jamie</p><p> Foxxy</p><p> Foxxy, Jamie, Higa, Allen</p>

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: So, there was a Main Event combining a couple of feuds mashed together, and honestly, it was great – Freddy Huggins getting a clean pin on Joshua Taylor. But forget that, what preceded it was what will make the highlight reel for years to come, and that was a fantastic match between Mainstream Hernandez and Ernest Youngman. The New York crowd got behind their hero Youngman, while Mainstream Hernandez showed why he was one of the biggest stars in North America. He sold for Youngman and there was a true belief that there could be a huge upset. It was not to be, but the crowd applauded both men after Hernandez won with an Apparition #14. Earlier, Queen Emily made the World Heavyweight Title match on Sunday a Cage Match, before Mighty Mo defeated One Man Army, who is normally on Saturday Night Showcase nowadays, before having to be held apart from Aaron Andrews. Marc DuBois and Enygma continued to trade barbs, while David Stone got a big win over… Maverick, after Steven Parker defeated Pretty Okakura in a decent opening. In an early preview of the TV Title match at Excessive Force (also including Findlay O’Farraday and Matthew Keith), High Flying Hawaiian defeated Chris Flynn after Nick Booth (sporting a sling) interfered. After the match Booth accused Flynn of taking his spot, and when Flynn asked him what was up with his arm Booth kicked his former partner before leaving the ring. It wasn’t quite meant to work that way… Steven Parker defeated Pretty Okakura in 10:48 (79) David Stone defeated Maverick in 6:45 (40) High Flyin Hawaiian defeated Chris Flynn in 8:11 (74) Mighty Mo defeated One Man Army in 8:29 (83) Camp Tornado defeated El Hijo Del Neutron and Tigre Salvaje in 8:14 (65) Mainstream Hernandez defeated Ernest Youngman in 10:57 (93) Freddy Huggins, T-Bone Bright, Hammond & Brown defeated Jay Chord, Spencer Spade, Joshua Taylor and Ranger in 17:58 (91) Overall Rating 92 We had a rubbish pre-show – first off Human Arsenal sprained his ankle in a tag match, but more importantly Nick Booth separated his shoulder teaming with Killer Shark against local workers Stuntman and Rhino Umaga. In the last match Matt Hocking and Bart Biggins managed to not injure one another but showed no chemistry. A Chris Flynn / Nick Booth program is now off the cards, but we continued with Flynn’s turn. To top it off Wolf Hawkins then got injured at the last House Show before Excessive Force. I’ve been protecting him this month and… just broken fingers? Not too bad. But it will affect him at the PPV. Meanwhile, Maverick has wrestled his last TCW match after grumpily putting over David Stone. Saturday Night Showcase had none of my stars booked to match PPV, and when you knock out my injured workers (Human Arsenal, Edd Stone and Nick Booth), there wasn’t much left. Remmy Skye, Warren Technique and Heartbreaker were very happy with their screen time when brought in on one-night deals, but the show was my worst this year. In the wrestling world Nina Cacace opens an academy and the start] of USPW Americana was… Greg Gauge. TCW Excessive Force: Steven Parker and Joffy Laine vs Camp Tornado High Flying Hawaiian vs Chris Flynn vs Matthew Keith vs Findlay O’Farraday for the vacant TCW TV Title Enygma vs Marc DuBois Hammond & Brown © vs Joshua Taylor and Ranger for the TCW Tag Team Titles Aaron Andrews vs Mighty Mo Mainstream Hernandez and Roderick Remus vs Ernest Youngman and Wolf Hawkins? T-Bone Bright and David Stone vs Spencer Spade and Dazzling Dave Diamond Jay Chord © vs Freddy Huggins for the TCW World Heavyweight Title

I would give the Lite option ago. A summary and match results will keep us quiet readers going. It'll be less engaging and you'll get less predictions, but it's the model I've gone for and allows me to game more than write. I personally also need to write to make sure I have a meaning for a feud, rather than just bunging wrestlers together, even if the reasons don't come out in the write ups so well. I fear of I didn't my bookings would become more mechanical, and I would lose interest quicker. If it's not for you, it's easily ditched.

If you own the developmental company they will not hire anyone themselves.