wooodaddy Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 congrats on your success. I've been following closely... nice dynasty you got going.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriFidelity Posted February 27, 2006 Author Share Posted February 27, 2006 [COLOR=Red][B]Week 1, November 2008[/B][/COLOR] Upgrades to our staff meant a $80,000 loss last month, but increased gates should be enough to put us in the black soon enough. [B]NYCW Showdown: Episode 9 Live from New York City, and across the U.S. on National Pride TV Crowd: 6,275[/B] [B]Nemesis Promo:[/B] Nemesis ripped into the Animalz, saying he came to NYCW to rid himself of the likes of them, but the DAVE trash keeps on coming. He needed someone sick and twisted to fight them off, and claimed to have him in The Insane Heat. [B]Rating: A[/B] [B]Nemesis & The Insane Heat vs The Animalz[/B] With Rip out of town, Jackie Poison got the nod as play-by-play man, and did a passable job, no better. Good brawl, but not great, ending with Insane Heat getting pummeled, pounced, and pinned by Big Cat Brandon at 7:53. Just good to keep the Animalz happy, as they weren't thrilled with jobbing out to Flash and Cox. [B]Winners: The Animalz Rating: B[/B] Alex Braun promo: He aplologized to "his people" (Two guys in Ice Man t-shirts in the upper deck) for losing to Scout, but promised them that he'd beat the supposed legend tonight. [B]Rating: A[/B] [B]Alex Braun vs Sam Keith [/B] Two reliable vets put on a good show here, with Sam trapping the brawling Braun whenever he'd get too zealous. Braun tried to cheat, but didn't get far, and had to tap at 11:50, when caught in the Proton Lock [B]Winner: Sam Keith Rating: A[/B] [B]Haruki Kudo promo:[/B] Kudo said Cattley claimed to be a legend, but a true legend never makes that claim. A true legend fights for that title every day of his life, and then when they were gone, their peers would decide if they were really legends. Kudo said he hoped that he'd earn that honor, but until then, all he could do is fight. [B]Rating: A[/B] [B]Haruki Kudo vs Mean Jean Cattley [/B] These two former Empire Champs outdid themselves, producing a match better than their encounter at KoNY III, battling back and forth, going at each other hold for hold until about 11 minutes in, when Cattley found himself caught in the Kudo Lock. MJC held on until 13:42, then tapped out. [B]Winner: Haruki Kudo Rating: A*[/B] [B]Rip Chord is Better Than You: We Love Katamari. He's just awesome, even on the campfire and firefly stages. Even the King Of All The Cosmos is a Rip Chord fan. A[/B] [I](RCIBTY Credit: MightyDavidson)[/I] [B]Overall: A[/B] Afterward, it was Rumble time. Future Shock beat Ricky Douglas & Alan Parent at 9:54, when Marc Speed pinned Parent after a triple jump moonsault. [B]C[/B] Nemesis defeated Arnold Jarrett and Valiant in a triangle match at 5:13, pinning Jarrett with the Nemesis Arrow. [B]C[/B] Nemesis tried a beatdown on Valiant after the match, but was saved by, of all people, Double Down's Adam Prince [B]C+[/B] Oxford & Kingman defeated The Poison Brothers at 12:37, when Oxford made Jackie Poison submit to the OxLock. [B]B-[/B] Nevada Nuclear declared he loved his last six man tag so much, he wanted to do it again. [B]B+[/B] Art Reed & The Animalz defeated Everest & Unstable at 13:23, when Brandon pinned Insane Heat with the Big Cat Pounce yet again. [B]B+[/B] Mean Jean Cattley promo, where he calls Keith & Kudo all sorts of names. [B]A[/B] Sam Keith & Haruki Kudo beat Steve Flash & Mean Jean Cattley at 22:57, when Kudo pinned Flash after the Kudo Kutter. [B]A[/B] Scout promo, more slamming of Alex Braun, who is apparently still a hypocrite who is playing to his imaginary "people." [B]A[/B] Alex Braun knows there are doubters, but the hard working people of America, Alex Braun's people -- men and women of every origin and ethnic background united by hard work and dedication -- are going to prevail in the end. [B]B First Blood:[/B] Scout beat Alex Braun after repeated punches at 12:02 [B]B OVR: B[/B] [COLOR=SeaGreen][B][U]News Items[/U][/B][/COLOR] Eric Tyler just keeps on winning, as he teamed up with Enforcer Roberts to dethrone Team Tidal Wave -- the strangely named combo of Skull DeBones and Henry Lee. Tyler and Roberts now have a name as well - The Wild Bunch. Yeah, when I think Wild, I think Phil Roberts. DeBones rebounded well though, winning the World Title from Squeeky McClean on an episode of Supreme TV highlighted by a great North American title match that saw Eric Tyler retain against NYCW Alumni "The King of New York" Joey Minnesota. Over with SWF's arch-rivals, Tommy Cornell scored a win over BLZ Bubb recently to claim the International Title. A new team known as The Outlaws, composed of Jungle Jack and Mario Heroic (who had a blink and you'll miss it run in NYCW as Super Mario early on). Mario has had a lot of success, and dropping him for bigger name talent was, in retrospect, a mistake. [I][B]Next week: Showdown sees Nevada Nuclear against The Wolverine, Braun & Nemesis taking on Kudo and Scout, and MJC vs Hell Monkey. Showdown boasts Nemesis & Braun tagging up again, this time against The Animalz, Frankie Perez defending his Tri-State Title against former champ Hell Monkey, and Kudo vs Scout vs Cattley in a triangle match.[/B][/I] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eayragt Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 RCIBTYA: Appearing at the end of shows when he's not even around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyDavidson Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 [QUOTE=eayragt]RCIBTYA: Appearing at the end of shows when he's not even around.[/QUOTE] Well obviously it was a taped segment. Yeah that's it, that's the ticket. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriFidelity Posted February 27, 2006 Author Share Posted February 27, 2006 Yeah, it has nothing to do with me putting it at the end of the wrong show.... nope, nothing at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyDavidson Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 [QUOTE=BriFidelity]Yeah, it has nothing to do with me putting it at the end of the wrong show.... nope, nothing at all...[/QUOTE] Yeah, it just shows that Rip Chord is so loyal to NYCW that he made sure to prepare a taped segment for use while he was away. What a professional! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriFidelity Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 [COLOR=Red][B]Week 2, November[/B][/COLOR] Even E.T. has to lose sometimes, as our boy Eric Tyler dropped the SWF North American Title to the gifted Jack Bruce. That'll teach him to leave NYCW for two straight Thursdays. [B][COLOR=RoyalBlue]NYCW Showdown: Episode 10 Live From New York, and across the United States on National Pride TV Crowd: 10,000 (Sellout)[/COLOR][/B] [B]The Wolverine vs Nevada Nuclear[/B] One is an aging veteran with limited skills that are still dwindling, the other is an ultra-charismatic upstart who is good now and will only get better. One is very over, one needs some help. That's why Nevada got the duke with a foreign object and a small package at 3:42 [B]Winner: Nevada Nuclear B+[/B] Nevada cut a giddy promo, happily jumping up and down in the ring. "We caught an animal!! Yesssssss Yessssssss we did!!!" He then proceeded to sing "This Diamond Ring" by Gary Lewis and the Playboys. I wish I was making that part up. [B]Rating: B+[/B] [B]NYCW Tag Team Titles: Latin Kings (Challengers) vs Future Shock (Challengers) vs Flash N' Cox (Champions) [/B] Decent match, and it should be considering all six of these guys are going to be relied on as future cornerstones of NYCW. Solid action all around, with most of the fans convinced that The Kings were going over for title reign number five, but it wasn't to be, as Cox caught Marc Speed in the Hiroshima Crab, leading to the submission at 9:35 [B]Winners, and Still NYCW Tag Team Champions: Flash N' Cox Rating: B+[/B] Scout promo: He stated that Nevada Nuclear is still on his list, but mentions that Mr. Nuclear may be realizing that his mouth has written a check he can't cash, and he seems to be avoiding Scout now. "Nevada, just watch what I do to Braun and Nemesis, and learn that I don't play cat and mouse games, kid." [B]Rating: B+[/B] [B]Hell Monkey vs Mean Jean Cattley [/B] Hell Monkey is one of those guys who, like Steve Flash, has all the tools in the ring, but stinks on ice whenever you put a microphone in his hand. Cattley's not quite as good in the ring as Monkey, but can carry his own and cut a killer promo too. These two were good enough to keep the crowd on their feet up until the ending at 11:58, which saw MJC score the 1-2-3 after a Mood Swing. [B]Winner: Mean Jean Cattley Rating: A[/B] Nemesis promo: Nemesis just has a look about him that says PO'ed veteran, so it's no surprised that he plays that role to perfection. He said that he wants to spit in his own face for slipping up in that cage match a few months back, because he feels personally responsible for making Scout a star. He then goes on to say he'll make Kudo wish he was back in Japan getting dropped on his head by his "Little buddy Bruce." [B]Rating: A[/B] [B]Alex Braun & Nemesis vs Scout & Haruki Kudo[/B] Very good brawl, with world-class workers Scout and Kudo adjusting their game signifcantly to suit the brawling style of Nemesis and Braun. Scout and Braun still have some venom left in them, and went at it pretty fierce. The ending came at 9:45, when Nemesis caught himself eating a Kudo Kutter. [B]Winners: Scout and Kudo Rating: A Overall: A[/B] Rumble in the Bronx also had a paying crowd of 10,000. We're at a B in the Tri-State area, which means a take of 300K. To make a comparison, for the first show I booked, almost three years ago in December of '05, we would've had to charge each paying fan $1,185.78 for their ticket instead of ten bucks to match that total. Everest pinned Arnold Jarrett at 5:59 after the Mountain Mover [B]C+[/B] The Knights of the Squared Circle (Adam Prince & Valiant) defeated Greg Richardson & John Maverick at 6:17, when Prince pinned Richardson after the Coronation. [B]C-[/B] [B]Tag Titles:[/B] Flash N Cox defeated The Poison Brothers and the team of Dickie Gellar and Gregory Gibson at 7:47. Gibson's a Canadian rookie who needs work elsewhere, but is a better technician at 19 than most wrestlers are after 15 years in the game, with a boatload of charisma and a great look to boot. [B]B-[/B] Joanne Rodriguez beat Alan Parent at 4:19 after the J-Rocker, [B]C+[/B] Mean Jean Cattley cut a promo, basically saying that after beating the #1 Contender Haruki Kudo, as well as Scout, tonight, plus how he got screwed over by Sam Keith, he should be the one fighting Tyler at Showdown next week, not Kudo. [B]A[/B] Champagne Lover scored an upset victory over Art Reed at 12:41, catching him in the Champagne Breakfast for the submission victory. [B]B+[/B] Frankie Perez cut a promo saying that being a Latin King meant working hard, living hard, and fighting hard. "While Hell Monkey is touring Japan working his little red behind off, I'm down in Tijuana showing the chicas what being a Latin King is all about." Apparently, Perez doesn't know the difference between Hell Monkey and his distant cousin Hell Baboon. [B]B[/B] Hell Monkey beat Frankie Perez by DQ at 11:49, when Cuervo interfered. [B]B+[/B] The Animalz defeated Nemesis and Braun at 5:48, when it was Braun's turn to get Pounced. A celebration followed. [B]B (Match) A(Celebration)[/B] Haruki Kudo hype video. Figured I'd try it out. Not bad. [B]A[/B] Haruki Kudo beat Scout and Mean Jean Cattley in a triangle match, making MJC tap to the Kudo Lock. [B]A* Overall: A [I]Next week, we'll see: Flash N' Cox defend the tag team titles on Showdown against a pair of heavy underdogs, The Poison Brothers. Scout & Sam Keith unite to take on the dangerous veteran tandem of Robert Oxford and Barry Kingman, and the blazing hot Haruki Kudo gets a well-deserved title shot against NYCW Empire Champ Eric Tyler,.[/B][/I] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the ismailite Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 [QUOTE=BriFidelity]Nemesis promo: Nemesis just has a look about him that says PO'ed veteran, so it's no surprised that he plays that role to perfection. [U][B]He said that he wants to spit in his own face[/B][/U] for slipping up in that cage match a few months back, because he feels personally responsible for making Scout a star. He then goes on to say he'll make Kudo wish he was back in Japan getting dropped on his head by his "Little buddy Bruce." [B]Rating: A[/B][/QUOTE] Excellent line there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriFidelity Posted March 1, 2006 Author Share Posted March 1, 2006 [COLOR=Red][B]Week 3, November 2008[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=RoyalBlue][B]Showdown in the Bronx: Episode 11 Live from New York City and across the States on National Pride TV. Crowd: 10,000 Viewers: 39,364[/B][/COLOR] [B]Latin Kings Promo:[/B] Frankie and Champagne needed some airtime, so they got a chance on the stick, where they reminded everyone that no matter who has the tag titles, they're still the kings. [B]Rating: A NYCW Tag Team Titles: The Poison Brothers (Challengers) vs Flash N' Cox (Champions)[/B] Perez & Champagne may be the kings, but Flash & Cox are the champs right now, and Joey & Jackie... are glad to get some TV time. Good match, the perfect thing to expose the Poisons to the rest of the country. The champs retained with a Flash of Brilliance at 6:44. [B]Winners, and still NYCW Tag Champions: Flash N' Cox Rating: B Barry Kingman & Robert Oxford vs Scout & Sam Keith [/B] A quartet of steady technicians made it a good match, and the story came in at the end, when Nevada Nuclear ran in to attack Scout at 8:45, leading Jez McArthuer to call for a DQ. [B]A[/B] Nevada Nuclear cut a promo on Scout, going of maniacally about Scout was afraid of "us" before claiming that the attacks would continue until Scout stopped hiding and faced Nevada. [B]A[/B] Eric Tyler was out next, and arrogantly backed up Nevada's claim that Scout was a coward before moving on to Haruki Kudo. Tyler claimed that Kudo had fooled the world into thinking he had ET's number with a couple of flukes, but no one would think so after tonight. [B]A NYCW Empire Title: Haruki Kudo (Challenger) vs Eric Tyler (Champion) [/B] Matches like this make me wish we were popular in Japan, because I defy anyone in the land of the Rising Sun to put on a match as good as this one. Master work, as usual, with Kudo having an answer for nearly everything ET threw at him, eventually leading to the champ taking a powder and taking a countout loss at the 19:03 mark. [B]Winner: Haruki Kudo (Eric Tyler retains the Empire Title) Rating: A*[/B] RCIBTY: At sand art. [B]A Overall: A*[/B] Rumble time. The Poison Brothers defeated The New Double Down (Alan Parent & Ricky Douglas) at 6:56, when Joey beat Parent with the Antidote Web. [B]C[/B] The Animalz & Hell Monkey defeated Agony Inc (Everest, Steve Flash, & Jimmy Cox) at 9:48, when Brandon pinned Cox after the Pounce. [B]B+[/B] Frankie Perez tore into Rip Chord, lambasting him for booking a Five Man Massacare match, and putting a full tag team in the mix. Perez claimed Rip was out to get him. [B]B+[/B] Tri State Title: Frankie Perez defeated John Maverick, Marc Speed, The Insane Heat, & Danny Jacobs in a five man massacare match at 12:36, when Perez made Speed submit to the P-Clutch. [B]B-[/B] Mean Jean Cattley Promo The Gist: Haruki Kudo had his chance, now it's my turn to shine. [B]A[/B] Art Reed & Joanne Rodriguez defeated Robert Oxford & Barry Kingman at 11:09, when JRo pinned Kingman (remember their mini-feud?) after the J-Rocker. [B]B+[/B] Haruki Kudo defeated Mean Jean Cattley at 13:51, when Sam Keith interfered. [B]A*[/B] Dickie Gellar caught up with Sam Keith, asking him about his motivation for attacking MJC. Keith explained that he was sick of Cattley sticking his nose in everyone's affairs, and did something about it. [B]B Empire Title:[/B] Eric Tyler defeated Sam Keith at 19:35, when MJC got some payback. [B]A* Closing Ceremonies:[/B] JRo's shirt shoot, and RCIBTY: At Christopher Walken Impressions (you wouldn't think it, but it's true.) [B] Overall: A*[/B] The hits just keep on coming for the SWF, who have pulled the carpet out from under rival TCW yet again, signing away the most talented worker in their main event this side of Cornell. Like Jack Bruce before him, Painful Procedure frontman and former TCW Champ Troy Tornado is the newest member of the Supreme Wrestling Federation. It was business as usual for TCW, who transferred the World title from Rick Law to British superstar JD Morgan. The news wasn't all good for SWF, who saw Rich Money break his jaw in a match with Lobster Warrior. Rich will still work though, tough S.O.B. [I][B]Up Next: Showdown sees Scout & Kudo vs Eric Tyler & Nevada Nuclear, as well as Sam Keith and Mean Jean Cattley in a grudge match. Rumble? Got it covered -- Cattley vs Scout and Kudo & Keith vs Tyler & Braun.[/B] [/I] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriFidelity Posted March 2, 2006 Author Share Posted March 2, 2006 [COLOR=Red][B]Week 4, November 2008[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=RoyalBlue]Showdown in the Bronx: Episode 12 Live from New York City, and across the U.S.A. on National Pride TV Crowd: 10,000[/COLOR] [B]Nemesis vs Valiant[/B] A little one sided affair to start off the show, with Nemesis throwing Valiant around like a rag doll for about 3:30, the end came when Nemesis picked up Valiant off the ground for a Nemesis Arrow, but let his guard down and found himself caught in a small package, and pinned at 3:56. The crowd was absolutely SHOCKED at the upset. [B]Winner: Valiant Rating: C+ Art Reed vs Champagne Lover [/B] Good match, short as it was, that saw Art Reed get assaulted early on by an incredibly aggressive Champagne Lover. The "New Blood Takes Over" Edition of Showdown continued, as Lover caught Reed in the Champagne breakfast, scoring a shockingly easy submission victory at 3:42 [B]Winner: Champagne Lover Rating: B Nevada Nuclear[/B] was on promo duty, where he continued to accuse Scout of cowardice, claiming that he would have to hide behind Mr. Kudo tonight, because "he is afraid of us, yesssssssss he is." [B]A Scout & Haruki Kudo vs Nevada Nuclear & Eric Tyler [/B] Solid match, as three great workers were able to carry the solid, but unspectacular Nevada to elite status for one match, though Nuclear still did a 180 and ran away from Scout any chance he could. He couldn't run away from Kudo though, as the Japanese Superstar continued his dominance of Empire Champ Eric Tyler, pinning Nuclear to give his team the win at 9:46. [B]Winners: Scout & Haruki Kudo Rating: A* Mean Jean Cattley Promo:[/B] where the former Empire champ has the audacity to accuse Keith of being jealous of him. Key line -- "The Sam Keith train has left the station daddy, but the Mean Machine just pulled into the station!" [B]A Sam Keith vs Mean Jean Cattley[/B] Another in a series of classics, the kind you can watch for hours and hours and never get tired of it. Keith got the clean with with the Proton Lock at 14:47 [B]Winner: Sam Keith Rating: A* RCIBTY:[/B] At making crank calls. "Supreme Wrestling Federation, how can I help you?" "Do you have fifteen pound balls?" [B]Rating: A OVR: A[/B] Rumble in the Bronx followed, and here's how it went. Dark: Flash N' Cox defeated rookie Gregory Gibson & Dickie Gellar Art Reed defeated Erik Strong & Greg Richardson at 7:31 of a triangle match, making Richardson tap to the Dread Lock. [B]C-[/B] Terry Agony came to Nemesis with a wad of cash, offering some cash to team with Everest. Nemesis turned it down when he found out who the opponents were. [B]C+[/B] Nemesis & Everest defeated The Knights of the Squared Circle (Valiant and Adam Prince) when Nemesis pinned Prince after the Nemesis arrow at 5:21 [B]C+[/B] Latin Kings promo. The Gist: We're the best singles wrestlers, the best tag teams... just the best. [B]B[/B] Latin Kings defeated Unstable & The Poison Brothers at 9:58 of a Triangle match, when Perez made Jackie Poison submit to the P-Clutch. [B]B[/B] The Animalz defeated Oxford & Kingman at 13:51, with Wolverine pinning Kingman with a piledriver. [B]A [/B] Scout promo: He says Cattley had a lot of nerve calling out Sam Keith like he did, as he is jealous, jealous that Scout is the greatest Empire Champion of all time. [B]A[/B] Mean Jean Cattley defeated Scout at 23:57 when Nevada Nuclear interfered. [B]A[/B] Haruki Kudo & Sam Keith defeated Alex Braun & Eric Tyler at 10:34, with Keith submitting Braun in the Proton Lock [B]A[/B] RCIBTY: At winning Science Fairs. [B]OVR: A[/B] More good news for your friends in NYCW, as CGC's Squared Circle TV, which started off well on Q-TV, but wound up having less viewers than Showtime Rotisserie infomercials in Des Moines, wasn't renewed, leaving Fridays as NYCW Territory. Better news: The Pop! Network has picked up a second TV show, Live From New York, which, contrary to its name, will be aired on tape delay on Saturday Nights from an arena in Trenton, NJ. Not only will this show double our exposure in the markets that carry Showdown, but it'll give us another 90 minutes to showcase NYCW talent, as well as a foothold in Puerto Rico and Canada. [B]Next week: Kudo vs Cattley for the #1 Contendership, Keith vs Tyler for the title on Showdown, then the two winners face off for the gold on the premiere of Live From New York[/B] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigguy9854 Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 These are darn good shows. Scout is a good guy to have on any roster. I have him as my champion in my MAW game. Keep up the good work, this is great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kirby Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Congrats on the second show, and on my favorite new TT name, "Knights of the Squared Circle." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriFidelity Posted March 4, 2006 Author Share Posted March 4, 2006 [COLOR="Red"][B]Week 1, December 2008[/COLOR] [COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Showdown In The Bronx: Episode 13 Live from New York, and across the U.S.A. on National Pride TV Crowd: 5,000 Viewers: 41,844[/B][/COLOR] Nevada Nuclear promo, where he defends his actions from a while back, interefering to attack Scout and Sam Keith. Nevada goes on to say "we" must beat Sammm Keithhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, then goes on to challenge the President of the United States to a steel cage match. I kid you not. [B]Rating: B+[/B] [B]Steve Flash last eliminated Alex Braun to win a 15- man Battle Royal at 9:31 Rating: C+ Mean Jean Cattley[/B] was out next to admit a shortcoming he has: bad timing. He was NYCW Empire Champion for months, taking on all comers and winning. He was the man on top while NYCW built up all along the East Coast, but lost the title to Scout by the time NYCW hit it big. But it'd all be all right after tonight's #1 Contender's match. [B]Rating: A #1 Contendership Match: Haruki Kudo vs Mean Jean Cattley [/B] Yet another rematch of the KoNY III main event, and just as good as any of their other meetings. Kudo's been getting so many wins, he's over enough to bring some people to his level, that included Cattley, who scored the pin at 11:05, when Eric Tyler interfered, leaving Chord to speculate that Tyler doesn't want to face Kudo again. [B]Winner: Mean Jean Cattley Rating: A* NYCW Empire Title: Sam Keith (Challenger) vs Eric Tyler (Champion)[/B] Another solid match, which would've fit just as well in 1978 as it does here at the end of 2008: Traditional wrestling at its absolute finest. The ending, at the 11:46 mark, saw Tyler score the win when Mean Jean Cattley returned the favor and helped Tyler retain the title with the Tyler Driver '06. [B]Winner, and still NYCW Empire Champion: Eric Tyler Rating: A* Rip Chord Is Better Than You:[/B] At calisthenics, even at his ripe old age. [B]A* Overall: A[/B] That was Thursday's effort, Friday saw the launch of Live From New York (tape delayed from Trenton, NJ). [B][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]NYCW: Live From New York Shown across the United States and Canada on The Pop! Network Crowd: 10,000 (sellout) Viewers: 37,805[/COLOR][/B] [B]Handicap Match: Nemesis vs The Superstarrs [/B] Nemesis gets on TV, gets his heat back, and squashes Lewis & Nathan Starr at 3:49 [B]Winner: Nemesis Rating: C- Triangle Match: John Maverick vs Hell Monkey vs Eisaku Hoshino [/B] John Maverick is a guy who we'll definitely be using more now that the CGC guys aren't busy on Fridays. Hoshino is a VERY talented Japanese worker who is a great wrestler who'll be gold on the mic once he masters English. Hoshi was a big part of PGHW before the company inexplicably declined to renew his deal, vacating the Historical Japan title (Now held by Buddy Garner). Oh yeah, the match! Hell Monkey, one hell of a worker in his own right, took this one with a Hellfire kick to John Maverick at 10:56 [B]Winner: Hell Monkey Rating: B Robert Oxford & Barry Kingman vs Future Shock [/B] It's safe to say that when you think "Tradition," guys like Oxford and Kingman come into mind. They're old school, and can work a good match, and define the term "old school." But this is Tradition Begins Anew, and we have a disproportionate number of main eventers that are into their forties, so the young guns get the end at 10:46, when Danny Jacobs pinned Oxford after The Prodigizer. [B]Winners: Future Shock Rating: B- Champagne Lover[/B] came out with a special message. He posted a P.O. Box, which was flashed up on the screen, where the women of Canada and Puerto Rico, seeing the Lover on The Pop! Network, perhaps seeing him for the first time, could send in their love letters -- that'll be fun to sort through. Champagne proceeded to accuse Joanne Rodriguez of mailing out letters already, because she cannot resist the passion of the Champagne Lover [B]Rating: A Champagne Lover vs Joanne Rodriguez [/B] JRo did seem to be passionate when she came out, passionate about beating up on the Latin King. A little bit of a brawl to start, though J-Ro picked up with the mat work as it progressed. Lover rallied, and capped off his efforts around 10 minutes in, slapping on his Champagne Breakfast submission, to which JRo tapped at 10:48. [B]A Mean Jean Cattley promo:[/B] Cattley claimed that Eric Tyler has been an ally lately, but Jean called back the time when he cut loose Rip Chord almost a year ago, and claimed that no alliegance is as strong as the pull of that Empire Title. There'd be no friendship tonight, Jean Cattley would be sure of that. [B]A NYCW Empire Title:[/B] Mean Jean Cattley (Challenger) vs Eric Tyler (Champion) Heel vs Heel, but these two are good enough to make it work. Both men tried to take short cuts, but it was Eric Tyler who brought it home at 17:34, when he planted Cattley with the Tyler Driver '06. [B]A* Closing Ceremonies:[/B] Joanne shot shirts, and RCIBTY: At Dig-Dug. [B]A*x2 Overall: A[/B] With two shows on TV, Rumble in the Bronx will be whittled down to an arena show of sorts, an enhanced house show of sorts. [I]Crowd: 10,000 (Sellout) Animalz d. Greg Richardson/Terry Agony: C+ FCox/Unstable d. KotSC/Poison: B Scout beat Everest by DQ: B+ JRo d. Reed d. Maverick: B+ Frankie Perez d. Eisaku Hoshino: B Cattley & Braun d. Futureshock: B+ Sam Keith d. Champagne Lover: B+ Eric Tyler d. Hell Monkey: A Overall: B+[/I] Troy Tornado made his SWF debut on Supreme TV in a losing effort against Angry Gilmore. On the same show, Hell's Bouncer won the North American Title over Jack Bruce. CZCW finally made a good call, putting Frankie Perez over that slug Jimmy P to win the Coastal Zone Title, as Perez is quickly becoming a big name around the country. Making him the first person other than Plague or the Fly Boys to win the title in three years. [B][I]Next week: Showdown sees Frankie Perez defending the Tri-State title against JRo, Haruki Kudo vs Nemesis, and a 6-Man tag seeing Mean Jean Cattley team up with tag champs Flash N Cox to take on Hell Monkey & The Animalz. Live from NY follows up with Sam Keith vs Nevada Nuclear and Tyler defending against former Empire Champ Scout.[/I][/B] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriFidelity Posted March 6, 2006 Author Share Posted March 6, 2006 [COLOR="Red"][B]Week 2, December 2008[/B][/COLOR] [B][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Showdown in the Bronx: Episode 14 Live From New York, and across The U.S.A. on National Pride TV Crowd: 5,000 Viewers: 47,254[/COLOR][/B] [B]NYCW Tri-State Title: Joanne Rodriguez (Challenger) vs Frankie Perez (Champion) [/B] Frankie Perez, usually in all out ****y mode, has been all business as of late, and came out strong early against JRo, who managed to mount some resistance, but fell to the Latin King at 5:48, having to submit to the P-Clutch. Very good match, as these two work well together. [B]Winner, and still NYCW Tri-State Champion: Frankie Perez Rating: A Triangle Match: Barry Kingman vs Eisaku Hoshino vs Champagne Lover[/B] Eisaku Hoshino, the Japanese outcast, was put into this match to give Champagne another master of strong style wrestling to play off of, and Kingman... well, he was put in there to make him shut up about not being on shows. Kingman got booked, but also took the fall at 11:09, when he got caught in the Champagne Breakfast, and had to submit. [B]Winner: Champagne Lover Rating: B Mean Jean Cattley,[/B] the modern day legend, was out to praise the people who built NYCW into what it is today -- himself, first and foremost, but also Steve Flash, Jimmy Cox, and even Scout. Hell Monkey and The Animalz, three guys who walked in when the promotion was hot to collect a paycheck. That's fairly accurate, if you ignore Hell Monkey's early run and feud with Joey Minnesota, but that's ancient history. [B]B+ Six Man Tag: Hell Monkey & The Animalz vs Mean Jean Cattley & Flash N' Cox[/B] The Animalz are beginning to reveal another purpose: teaching the technicians on the roster how to brawl. This was a surprisingly good match, with Hell Monkey in play to avoid a style clash. Hell Monkey was also there to get pinned, which he did after a Moodswing at 8:16 [B]Winners: Steve Flash/Jimmy Cox/Mean Jean Cattley Rating: A Nemesis[/B] angrily ranted about how all of a sudden, everyone loves Haruki Kudo. Nemesis ranted about the fans only giving a damn about the flavor of the month, but he's been around for a lot of years, and has faced bigger, badder, and better than Kudo: and won. [B]Rating: A Haruki Kudo vs Nemesis[/B] Nemesis continues to be plagued, and will likely never fully recover from, nerve damage in his neck. Nemesis is no spring chicken, he's the oldest active worker in the company, but he still got a good match in with Kudo, who kept the momentum going by putting away the DAVE Icon with a Kudo Kutter. [B]Winner: Haruki Kudo Rating: B+ Closing Ceremonies Rip Chord Is Better Than You:[/B] At whistling: A JRo shot t-shirts to close out the program:[B] A* Overall: B+[/B] [COLOR="RoyalBlue"][B]NYCW: Live From New York (Ep.2) Shown across the United States and Canada on The Pop! Network, home of the hit reality series Celebrity Shark Attack Crowd: 9,976 Viewers: 36,075[/B][/COLOR] [B]6-Man Tag: Robert Oxford, Barry Kingman, & Alex Braun vs Future Shock & Adam Prince [/B] Talk about old school vs new school. The average age of Braun's team: 43. Future Shock & Prince: 24. Old and young alike combined for a very good match, ending when Alex Braun caught Adam Prince with Braun Damage, leading to a pinfall victory. [B]Winners: Braun/Oxford/Kingman Rating: B- Terry Agony is backstage addressing Steve Flash[/B] "Steve, you and Jimmy-san are at the top of the heap right now, great tag team champions, but they're so blinded by those stinking Animalz that they think you're a fluke, a joke -- and why? Because they still see you as that washed up shell that you were before I saved you. Beat that Wolverine tonight, and you'll prove to the world that Agony Incorporated, the group that can make a star out of anyone, is the biggest force in all of wrestling." [B]Rating: B The Wolverine vs Steve Flash[/B] Steve Flash fits in so well with any roster because he has the uncanny ability to put on a good match with anyone: as long as he's away from the microphone, he's absolute gold. Good match, with Steve bumping all over the place for Wolverine, before hitting the Flash of Brilliance out of nowhere at 7:52 for the clean victory. [B]Winner: Steve Flash Rating: B+ Nevada Nuclear promo time[/B] Wild, rambling goodness from the master. Nevada rambled on about how Sam Keith's been to Mexico, Japan, Canada, America, all over the world -- but he's never been to NYCW, baby! Wait... what? [B]Rating: B Jimmy Cox vs Big Cat Brandon [/B] The other halves of the last two tag champions squared off here, to similar results. Brandon's a world class brawler, while Cox is a pretty good all-rounder. Good match, that saw the Cat get his team their win back at 11:14 with the Big Cat Pounce. [B]Winner: Big Cat Brandon Rating: A Hype Video[/B] Showcasing Nevada Nuclear's actions a few weeks ago, costing Scout & Sam Keith their match against Mean Jean Cattley and Eric Tyler. [B]B+ Sam Keith vs Nevada Nuclear [/B] The purpose of this match was really to test Nevada's mettle when he's put in there with the big boys. Nevada held his own in a good, but not quite great match, ending at 14:23 with a submission to the Proton Lock [B]Winner: Sam Keith Rating: B+ Eric Tyler Promo[/B] One quote sums this one up: "How many times? How many times Scout, do you have to come up against me, only to go down in flames? How many times will you try and fail before you just stop trying?" [B]Rating: A Hype Video: [/B]of Scout and Tyler's battles in the past. [B]B+ NYCW Empire Title: Scout (Challenger) vs Eric Tyler (Champion)[/B]How many times will I put this match together before I realize Scout & Tyler don't mix well? Still not bad, as Tyler and Scout mixed it up on the mat a bit before Tyler caught Scout with a low blow, leading to the Tyler Driver '06, and the pinfall. [B]Winner, and still NYCW Empire Champion: Eric Tyler Rating: B+ Rip Chord Is Better Than You:[/B] At Shotgunning brews (Finally! an accurate one) [B]Rating: A OVR: B+[/B] Here's what happened on Friday's Rumble in the Bronx [I]Joanne Rodriguez beat Terry Agony: B The Poison Brothers beat Dickie Gellar & Gregory Gibson & The Superstarrs in a triangle match: C Nemesis beat Adam Prince & Everest in a triangle match: C- Champagne Lover beat Danny Jacobs: B- Alex Braun beat Esiaku Hoshino: B+ Hell Monkey beat John Maverick: B Tri-State Title: Frankie Perez beat Art Reed & Jimmy Cox in a triangle match: B+ The Animalz beat Unstable: B+ Sam Keith & Scout beat Eric Tyler & Mean Jean Cattley: A Ovr: B+[/I] More evidence that NYCW has an influence: Scout has defeated Puerto Rican Power to win the DAVE Unified Title. [B][I]Next week on Showdown: Kudo, Scout, and Nemesis in a triangle match, The Animalz are in action, as are all of Agony Inc, and the main event sees Eric Tyler and Mean Jean Cattley as allies of convenience once more, taking on Sam Keith and Hell Monkey. Over on Live from NY: Eric Tyler defends against the man who helped him win the gold: Alex Braun. The dream team of Sam Keith and Scout try for Flash N' Cox's tag titles, two of the top tag teams in NYCW history face off when Future Shock meets The Latin Kings, and more. [/I][/B] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BriFidelity Posted March 25, 2006 Author Share Posted March 25, 2006 Computer problems? We laugh at computer problems! Nothing can stop the beast that is New York City Wrestling. [B][COLOR="Red"]Week 3, December 2008[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]NYCW Showdown: Episode 15 Live from New York City and across the U.S. on National Pride TV Crowd: 6803 Viewers: 47,524[/COLOR][/B] [B]Future Shock & Valiant vs Agony Inc. (Steve Flash, Jimmy Cox, & Everest) [/B] I would've been better off splitting off the tag teams and doing Valiant vs Everest, but time constraints suck. They did what they could, which wasn't much, before Steve Flash finished off Valiant at 7:35 with the Flash of Brilliance [B]Winners: Agony Inc. Overall: C+ Nemesis promo[/B] He didn't like to admit it, but Nemesis acknowledged that he'd been on kind of a losing skid lately, but the great thing about wrestling is that people have short memories. One win tonight, a victory over Scout and Kudo, puts him right back into the game. [B]Rating: A Robert Oxford & The Insane Heat vs The Animalz[/B] Ox and Heat are a new combination I'm just trying out, though it wasn't much of a chance to show what they could do: The Animalz got the win with a Wolverine piledriver at 3:34, which was about as long as the celebration afterward. [B]Winners: The Animalz Rating: B+ (Match and Celebration) Triangle Match: Haruki Kudo vs Scout vs Nemesis [/B] A 3-way is the best course of action to protect Nemesis from dragging the quality of the match down too far. With Kudo and Scout more than able to handle the heavy lifting, Nemesis enhanced the match with interjecting, and took a Kudo Kutter for the deciding pinfall. [B]Winner: Haruki Kudo Rating: A Mean Jean Cattley Promo[/B] The Gist: Tyler's a friend tonight, but the Empire Title's still the goal. [B]A Eric Tyler & Mean Jean Cattley vs Sam Keith & Hell Monkey[/B] The tag match with good workers formula pays off again, with another top-notch main event, ending when Mean Jean Cattley caught Monkey with the Moodswing for a pinfall. [B]Winners: Tyler & Cattley Rating: A Overall: B+[/B] And then... [B][COLOR="royalblue"]NYCW: Live From New York (Ep3) Seen across the United States and Canada on The Pop! Network Crowd: 6,803 Viewers: 41,923[/COLOR][/B] [B]The Latin Kings [/B]were leading off, playing centerfield, and Frankie Perez boasted that while the Kings were making their mark on the singles scene, they were still the top tag team in professional wrestling as well. Champagne was up next, and boasted that he'd heard from thousands of women from Canada and Puerto Rico while his P.O. Box flashed onscreen again. [B]A 8-Man Tag: Robert Oxford, Barry Kingman & Unstable vs The Knights of the Squared Circle, Erik Strong & Gregory Gibson[/B] Big mess here, which saw a variety of styles, and rookie Gregory Gibson acting scared to death of the heels... he's a skittish one. Gibson's a great technician, but spent most of the match eating offense before being pinned by Nevada's Mushroom Cloud at 5:50 [B]Winners: Oxford/Kingman/Unstable Rating: C+ Everest vs Haruki Kudo [/B] Two veterans of the Japanese game, looking for work elsewhere because of the well-documented (but ignored in this diary) Great Japanese Depression -- an F Economy, E wrestling business, both falling. The Economy and Industry are falling everywhere, no exceptions, but the USA is on the most solid ground right now (C+ economy, B- industry, but both are falling). In the time it took to look at the economic climate of the world as 2009 approaches, Everest got DQ'ed for a Terry Agony run-in. [B]Winner by DQ: Haruki Kudo Overall: A Future Shock vs The Latin Kings [/B] The endless tag matches are beginning to pay dividends, as both Kings are shoo-ins for Main Event status in time, with Danny Jacobs, at 22, looking to be the long-term future of the company barring any unforseen circumstances (like a call from Richard Eisen). Marc Speed looks to be a fixture as well, as he unlatched his cart from Roid Freak Freeman and onto Jacob Jett at the right time. This one went 8:44, and The Kings took it with a P-Clutch. [B]B+ Esiaku Hoshino vs Mean Jean Cattley[/B] This one should be good. Hoshino took control early and [b]clobbered[/b] Mean Jean with some of the stiffest shots in NYCW history. Cattley took it like a man, cheated his way to an advantage, and sealed the deal at 9:45 with a Mood Swing. [B]Winner: Mean Jean Cattley Rating: B+ NYCW Tag Team Titles: Scout & Sam Keith (Challengers) vs Flash N' Cox (Champions) [/B] The champs, as usual, were the underdogs in an excellent match that saw the dream team of Scout and Keith dominate for most of the encounter, ending at 11:39, when Jimmy-san had enough and cracked his Japanese flag over Sam Keith's back, drawing a DQ. [B]Winners by DQ: Scout & Sam Keith (Flash N' Cox retain the NYCW Tag Titles) Rating: A[/B] [B]Alex Braun Promo[/B] "Eric Tyler is an ingrate." Alex Braun, not a fan of modesty, put it bluntly, accusing the champion of forgetting who got him there. "Alex Braun's people, the backbone of this great nation, don't forget our promises. They deserve a champion like that, a man they can be proud of: that man is Alex Braun." [B]Rating: A NYCW Empire Title: Alex Braun (Challenger) vs Eric Tyler (Champion) [/B] Excellent match. Braun's gradually being phased out of the main event scene, but he's doing some decent work on the way. Eric Tyler retained, of course, making Braun submit to the Tradition Lift at 9:34. [B]Winner, and still NYCW Empire Champion: Eric Tyler Rating: A Rip Chord Is Better Than You:[/B] At Cricket Spitting (Yep, Rip LOVED filming this one) [B]A*[/B] Joanne Rodriguez sent us home as only she can [B]A*[/B] [B]Overall: A[/B] The week wasn't over, as we packed into Evanovich Riverside for a Rumble. [I]Crowd: 10,000 (Sellout) The Poison Brothers beat The Superstarrs: C Everest & John Maverick beat Erik Strong & Arnold Jarrett: C The Animalz beat Oxford & Kingman: B+ Tri State Title: Frankie Perez beat Art Reed: B+ Nevada Nuclear beat Joanne Rodriguez: B+ Alex Braun beat Hell Monkey: A Tag Titles: Flash N Cox beat Esiaku Hoshino & Valiant: B+ Empire Title: Eric Tyler beat Danny Jacobs: B Triangle: Sam Keith beat Mean Jean Cattley & Scout: A OVR: B+[/I] [B][I]Next week on Showdown: The Animalz are in action, so is Nevada Nuclear. Sam Keith and Scout team up again in the main event, taking on Mean Jean Cattley and Alex Braun. Next week on Live from NY: The big rematch NYCW fans have been clamoring for, it's Eric Tyler vs Haruki Kudo, Empire Title on the line in the last NYCW show of 2008.[/I][/B] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriFidelity Posted March 26, 2006 Author Share Posted March 26, 2006 [COLOR="Red"][B]2008, We Hardly Knew Ye[/COLOR] [COLOR="RoyalBlue"]NYCW Showdown: Episode 16 Live from New York and across the U.S.A. on National Pride TV Crowd: 7,337 Viewers: 49624[/COLOR] Jimmy Cox vs Joanne Rodriguez [/B] Fairly competitive, albeit short opener with two master technicans that saw Terry Agony's distractions allow Cox to play heel, with J-Ro cast as the face in peril. An Agony distraction led to Cox using a foreign object. Cox swung, missed, and took a J-Rocker for his troubles, leading Rodriguez to score a victory over the Japanese Wannabe at 4:36. [B]Winner: Joanne Rodriguez Rating: B+ Nevada Nuclear was on promo duty[/B], blasting Art Reed for claiming to be a technician, when you never see him working on anything -- anything -- mechanical. "I think you're lying to these people Art, and I am not going to stand for it, mister!" [B]Rating: B Art Reed vs Nevada Nuclear[/B] Nevada didn't have to wait long to find out why Art Reed is a great technican, as he quickly tied up the deranged one in knots without too much trouble. Nevada did, however manage to fight back and make a competive match out of it, scoring the win at 7:34 after hitting The Mushroom Cloud. [B]Winner: Nevada Nuclear Rating: B The Animalz vs Nemesis & John Maverick [/B]John Maverick, the bland as toast Canadian technician was a good mix with the brawling Nemesis, and it equated into a decent match. The announcers speculated that they didn't know what problem Nemesis had with The Animalz, but there had to be something to it. Nemesis didn't get revenge here, as John Maverick got pounded, pounced, and pinned, in that order. The Animalz celebrated like madmen afterward [B]Winners: The Animalz Ratings: B+ (Both) Mean Jean Cattley & Alex Braun vs Sam Keith & Scout [/B] Alex Braun plugged into Eric Tyler's usual spot, and the quality suffered a tad, but this was still an exceptional match, one that saw Keith score a submission victory at 14:34, when he caught Braun in the Proton Lock. [B]Winners: Sam Keith & Scout Rating: A[/B] [B]Closing Ceremonies:[/B] RCIBTY: At building snowmen, then Joanne shot some shirts as the credits rolled. [B]Ratings: A*x2 Overall: A [COLOR="royalblue"]NYCW: Live From New York Shown across the United States and Canada on The Pop! Network Crowd: 7,337 (Taped same night as Showdown) Viewers: 41,157[/B][/COLOR] [B]Leading off, playing center field, Haruki Kudo[/B] Kudo was out for another promo regarding respect, something he has for Eric Tyler, despite the champion's antics. Kudo-san went on to explain that he was on a mission to reclaim the Empire title from the day he lost it, and he understood that tonight was his best chance. [B]A Everest vs Valiant [/B] Battle of the guys with one name, and it was better than expected, with Everest being passable and Valiant a star in the making. Everest slugged around a while, making Valiant use every ounce of his athleticism to make this one watchable. Match ended when it went outside, where Everest laid out Valiant and splashed him by the entrancr, but couldn't make it back to the ring in time, causing a double countout at 4:48. [B]Double Countout Rating: B Danny Jacobs[/B], who Rip Chord has taken to calling "The Future of Wrestling," was out to let the crowd know that Marc Speed was tied up tonight (a lie, Speed just wasn't booked), but he had a very special tag team partner tonight to help him take on Oxford & Kingman: The Legend himself, Sam Keith. [B]Rating: C+[/B] [I](If DJ is the Future, that'll have to improve)[/I] [B]NYCW Tag Team Titles: The Poison Brothers (Challengers) vs Flash N' Cox (NYCW Tag Team Champions)[/B] Since we're on in Canada now, we better give them some wrestlers they know, hence Canadians Steve Flash and Joey Poison, the latter being a mainstay in Canada's 4C. Good back and forth, but Jack Geidroyc just isn't over enough yet. The champs retained when Cox made Jackie submit to the Okinawa Crab at 5:48 [B]Winners, and Still NYCW Tag Team Champions: Flash N Cox Rating: C+ Latin Kings promo[/B], with Champagne Lover doing a great over the top seductive gaze while Frankie delivered the goods, daring anyone out there to say they are half the wrestlers as either of the Latin Kings. Perez acknowleged that people were in love with Hell Monkey, and so many of the fans out there, thinking they're smarter than everyone else and worshipping everything that comes from Japan, were hopping on the Eisaku Hoshino bandwagon. [B]Rating: A The Latin Kings vs Hell Monkey and Esiaku Hoshino [/B] If you can find better strong style wrestling than this in North America, I'd be surprised. In fact, this match would probably be better suited for Tokyo than New York City, but good wrestling is good wrestling. Finish came at 12:36, when Champagne Lover pulled out an oldie, but goodie, cracking Hoshino over the head with a champagne bottle and scoring a pinfall. [B]Winners: Latin Kings. B+ Sam Keith & Danny Jacobs vs Robert Oxford & Barry Kingman [/B] Danny Jacobs, already very much a prodigy at 22 years of age, found himself in the ring with some very experienced vets, and still held up his end of the bargain as well. For the effort, Jett got the win with his Prodigizer (Canadian Destroyer) at 9:38. [B]Winners: Keith & Jacobs Rating: B+ Eric Tyler was out for the final push[/B] Tyler wasn't there to irritate the fans, or so he said, he just cautioned them to not get too emotionally involved tonight. Tyler claimed he wasn't stupid, he knew there wasn't one person in the thousands here tonight that wanted him to retain the title tonight, but Tyler cautioned that unlike movies, where the person the audience was pulling for almost always won, this was the real world, and in the real world, the Villain won most of the time. [B]Rating: A NYCW Empire Title: Haruki Kudo (Challenger) vs Eric Tyler (NYCW Empire Champion) [/B] This was it, the big blowoff to the feud that had been building for months. Eric Tyler had been able to escape Haruki Kudo's grip for a while, but the feeling was in the air tonight. Eric Tyler couldn't escape tonight, not because of some stupid convenient stipulation, but because Kudo just wouldn't let him. It was put up or shut up for Mr. Tyler. Tyler did hold his own, as the two put on a back and forth clinic that'd impress even the hardest to impress observer. Tyler had the advantage early, but Kudo took control 15 minutes in. At 18:34, the Kudo Kutter was hit, and history was about to be made. Well, it would have been made, if Tyler didn't kick out at two. The real finish came at 20:14, once the Kudo Lock was applied, but Tyler somehow slipped out, surprised Kudo with a kick to the gut, and hit the Tyler Driver '06 for a shocking clean victory. [B]Winner, and still NYCW Empire Champion, Eric Tyler Rating: A* Rip Chord Is Better Than You:[/B] At Flying RC Helicopters [B]A* Overall: A[/B] Next Update: Year End Awards for 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriFidelity Posted March 26, 2006 Author Share Posted March 26, 2006 And now, drumroll please, it's time for the illustrious year end awards. First up, [B]Female Wrestler of the Year[/B]. This one was an easy call, as 5SSW's incomparable [COLOR="RoyalBlue"][B]Sensational Ogiwara[/B][/COLOR] took home the honors for the third year running. Up next, [B]Most Improved Promotion. [/B] This award is unpredictable as can be. DAVE took it in 2006, while 2007 was the year Rip Chord's booking took NOTBPW from Cult to International, earning him the award. 2008's winner? [B][COLOR="royalblue"]New York City Wrestling[/COLOR][/B]. Nice. Third, we have [B]Match of the year.[/B] Last year's encounter between Sean McFly and Dan Stone Jr. at Surrender or Die broke a 2-year string of Yoshimi Mushashibo matches taking the award. This year saw an upset, as [COLOR="royalblue"][B]Haruki Kudo vs Jimmy Cox at Showdown in the Bronx[/B][/COLOR] brought MOTY honors to the United States, albeit in a match between a Japanese wrestler and an American who works Japan and pretends to be a Japanese Wrestler in the U.S.A. The Prestigious title of [B]Promotion of the Year[/B] is next. To no one's surprise, [COLOR="royalblue"][B]SWF[/B][/COLOR] wins for a fourth straight year. We'll do [B]Young Wrestler of the Year[/B] next. Japanese Masked wrestlers dominated this category in 05 and 06, with Sensational Dragon and Emerald Angel claming it before Robbie Retro, still to this day oblivious to his impending death, shocked a lot of people by winning it in 2007. 2008's winner is NYCW's own [COLOR="royalblue"][B]Jacob Jett[/B][/COLOR], better known to our fans as Danny Jacobs. [B]Veteran Wrestler of The Year[/B] saw a repeat performance, As 2007's winner [B][COLOR="royalblue"]Dread[/COLOR][/B] claimed the prize again in 2008. [B]Card of the year[/B], also known as PGHW Show of the Year, was awarded to... a June edition of [COLOR="royalblue"][B]Showdown in the Bronx [/B][/COLOR]-- a particularly strong show that saw three matches rated A* -- Scout beating Steve Flash, Tyler beating Kudo, and MJC retaining the Empire Title against Sam Keith. The show boasted two A rated matches as well, Nemesis beating Alex Braun and The Animalz beating Robert Oxford and Jimmy Cox. The worst match was a B rated 6-Man with The Latin Kings & Barry Kingman defeating Chance Fortune, Donnie J, and Joey Poison. And finally, after Dan Stone Jr. brought the award to Canada in 2007, [COLOR="royalblue"][B]Yoshimi Mushashibo[/B][/COLOR] returned [B]Wrestler of the Year[/B] honors to the Land of the Rising Sun. My biggest surprise came when I opened PW Hits to scan the top 100. Kudo's a fixture in the top ten (#5 last year), Scout and some others cracked the list last year, so I was cautiously optimistic when I looked for NYCW guys on the list. I was pleasantly surprised to say the least. Here's how some of the NYCW boys did. An asterisk denotes anyone who worked NYCW exclusively in 2008 [B][I]Everest Elmer Kelly: #86 *Marc Speed: #81 Sam Keith: #77 *Barry Kingman: #68 (Kingman above Keith? Is Sam wrestling against corpses in SWF or something?) *Robert Oxford: #61 Alex Braun: #60 *Danny Jacobs: #59 *Nevada Nuclear: #58 (4 in a row, broken by #57, Angry Gilmore, also the last NYCWer for a while, and Cornell was #56 in an off year for Tommy) Eric Tyler: #28 *Eisaku Hoshino: #21 (Not bad for a guy who only wrestled 10 matches... and lost 8 of them)[/I][/B] Then we had the top ten.. [B]10.Liberty 9.Dan Stone Jr 8. [COLOR="royalblue"]Haruki Kudo[/COLOR] 7.Dread 6.Jeremy Stone 5.Mito Miwa 4.Tadiyuki Kikkawa 2.Yoshimi Mushashibo 1.Shuki Inukai[/B] Oh yeah, I forgot #3... it's this guy. [CENTER][B][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/brifidelity/MeanJeanCattley.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR="Red"]*Mean Jean MOTHER#!@$*%# Cattley[/B][/COLOR][/CENTER] [B]Notable Snubs:[/B] Scout, Steve Flash, Jimmy Cox... dude was in a MOTY and still can't crack the list? Flash went 40-17-1, averaged a B rating, and had 3 A* matches. Go figure. After clearing the move with National Pride and The Pop! Network, we switched around our TV show names so there is some truth in Advertising. [B]Live From New York[/B] will now be live and (usually) from New York on Thursdays at 11PM on National Pride TV. TPN gets NYCW Showdown, airing for an hour and a half on tape delay Saturdays. [B][I]Coming up on Live from NY: Eric Tyler defends against Big Cat Brandon, Nemesis squares off with Esiaku Hosino, Art Reed in action, and more. NYCW Showdown will be a little more stacked this week, with Sam Keith and Scout teaming up again to face NYCW's two singles champions: Eric Tyler and Frankie Perez. We'll also see Mean Jean Cattley taking on the Japanese Superstar, Haruki Kudo. Also, Rip Chord has promised yet another major announcement.[/I][/B] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriFidelity Posted March 29, 2006 Author Share Posted March 29, 2006 [COLOR="Red"][B]Week 1, January 2009[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR="RoyalBlue"][B]NYCW: Live from New York Seen across the nation on National Pride TV Crowd: 6,337 TV Viewership: 51,152[/B][/COLOR] [B]The Knights of the Squared Circle[/B] starred in a Parody with Joanne Rodriguez, mocking the King Arthur-type old time knight movies, with Joanne as the damsel in distress and KotSC as the conquering heroes. [B]B The Superstarrs vs Knights of the Squared Circle[/B] The Knights dominated this one, with Prince packing the power and Valiant capping it off with sweet science. Glorified squash, with the Knights winning at 4:51, with Prince pinning Nathan Starr after the Coronation [B]Winners: Knights of the Squared Circle C+ John Maverick vs Art Reed [/B] Very good technical wrestlers combine... for a disappointing match. Maverick targeted the knee, trying to pick apart Reed like a silent, brooding machine, but Art rallied to catch Maverick in the Dread Lock, leading to a submission at 9:58 [B]Winner: Art Reed Rating: C+ Nemesis was out next[/B] to declare his pity party over -- no more excuses, no more wondering why he didn't have it anymore -- tonight he stopped his losing ways. [B]B+ Esiaku Hoshino vs Nemesis [/B] What would've been an incredible brawl was somewhat diminished by A-The age, fading skills, and injuries plaguing Nemesis and 2-The fact that Hoshi isn't too well known just yet. Still a great piece of wrestling, with decent psychology as Hoshino escaped the Nemesis Arrow, surprised Nemesis with a victory roll, and scored a pin at 7:33. [B]Winner: Esiaku Hoshino Rating: B- Eric Tyler took the mic next[/B] to triumphantly declare Haruki Kudo vanquished, then claiming that they may as well name the belt the Eric Tyler Memorial Championship, because no one's ever taking it from him. Cue some wild music, as an Animal was about to make an effort. [B]Rating: A NYCW Eric Tyler Mem... er, Empire Title: Big Cat Brandon (challenger) vs Eric Tyler (NYCW Empire Champion)[/B] Tyler played scared early on, bumping like a pro for Brandon's wild, hard hitting offense. Once it was time to slow things down, E.T. took control, keeping the Cat on the mat, tying him up into knots and acting like a world-class prick while doing it. Brandon regained the advantage late, and almost hit the Big Cat Pounce, but Tyler dodged the flying shoulder tackle, catching the Big Cat in the Jaw with a pair of brass knucks, leading to the pin at 12:21. [B]Winner, and Still NYCW Empire Champion: Eric Tyler Rating: A[/B] Joanne Rodriguez gave the crowd some new apparel as the show closed [B]A* Overall: B Later that night, we taped NYCW Showdown[/B], here's how it went down. In what's fast becoming a highlight of the night, The Latin Kings were on promo duty. Champagne Lover admitted he was feeling a little jealous of his amigo P-Dawg, teaming with el campeon tonight, but Champange Lover didn't have an empty dance card, he couldn't wait to "nooter that feelthy steenking wolverine." [B]Rating: B+ The Wolverine vs Champagne Lover[/B] Wow, I didn't think Wolvie had it in him. Maybe he doesn't, and Champagne Lover is just that good, but this match was better than it had any right being, with the prissy Latin King begging off at every turn, and the wily as a fox Animal not letting up one bit. Champagne got the last laugh though, grabbing a handful of tights for the win at 8:54. [B]Winner: The Wolverine Rating: A Nevada Nuclear was on promo duty next[/B], where he proceeded to cut a promo on... Santa Claus. Seems that old St. Nicholas sent Nevada a chemistry set last week, but the best chemicals were missing. "No plutonium, no uranium, no fun! You ripped me off Fat man!" [B]Rating: A[/B] [B]Art Reed vs Nevada Nuclear[/B] Art tried to keep this one a legit contest, as the esteemed Mr. Reed always wrestles by the book whenever he can, but Nevada wasn't into that and things soon denegrated into a brawl, so much that referee Dewey Libertine had to call the match at 7:44. [B]Result: Double Disqualification Rating: B+ NYCW World Tag Team Titles: Hell Monkey & Joanne Rodriguez (Challengers) vs Flash N' Cox (NYCW World Tag Team Champions)[/B] Note the "World" distinction -- trying to make the promotion sound bigger. Very good technical encounter, with some other stuff mixed in, particularly between Flash and Hell Monkey. The finish, clocking in at 11:59, saw Steve Flash catch JRo with the Flash of Brilliance for the fall. [B]Winners, and Still NYCW World Tag Team Champions: Steve Flash & Jimmy Cox Rating: A Mean Jean Cattley was out next[/B], and was clutching a magazine. MJC said he was going to step away from being Mean and talk to us as plain ol' Jean Cattley for a minute, because something in this magazine, Pro Wrestling Hits, the biggest wrestling publication in the country, struck a nerve with him. See, PWHits ranked him the #3 wrestler in the world last year, and that was big news to him, shocking news to find out that there were two wrestlers out there better than him. "Really, how good could these two guys be? Yoshimi Mushashibo, Shuki Inukai... sounds like something you order take out and comes served alive, with seaweed stuck all over it." Mean Jean Cattley decided it was ripe time to beat up a Japanese Wrestler, and since "Shashimi" and "Shookie Inookie" weren't around, it'd have to be Mr. Kudo. [B]A Mean Jean Cattley vs Haruki Kudo [/B] When you have two of the top ten wrestlers in the world in the ring at once, you know it's bound to be good. This one lived up to the hype from beginning to end, which happened to be 10:45, when Cattley scored the pin with the help of a foreign object, conveniently hidden in the magazine. [B]Winner: Mean Jean Cattley Rating: A* Frankie Perez & Eric Tyler vs Sam Keith & Scout [/B] Another stacked tag main event with four of the best workers anywhere in the world. Perez stepped in with the heavy hitters and more than held his own... for a little while at least, as Scout put the reigning Tri-State champion away at 18:43 with his "Danger Ahead" finisher [B]Winners: Sam Keith & Scout Rating: A*[/B] [B]Rip Chord left the broadcast booth immediately after the match for a monumental announcement.[/B] In just about three weeks time, the final Thursday in January, there would be, as only Rip could put it, "Just about the biggest 'rasslin show anyone in New York City's ever seen." Rip announced a tournament in the coming weeks to crown a #1 Contender for Kings of New York IV, and the final would be at this big show. That wouldn't be all, Rip promised, turning to Frankie Perez. "Mr. Perez, you'll be on this show of shows yourself, and you'll be defending that Tri-State title...." "Against the man who put you down for the count tonight, Scout!" Perez protested, but Rip ignored him and looked at Eric Tyler. "And Mr. Tyler, you'll be facing one of the most decorated legends in this sport, a man whose put you down many times before -- Sam Keith!" Rip closed the show by addressing the fans. "I understand that such a big show commands a big venue, so we'll be seeing you at Plum Park, twice the size of any arena NYCW's ever played at. I also know that we have a lotta fans who can't make the trip to the New York area, and we got something in store for them too. This show, NYCW Rush Hour, will be shown all across the United States on pay-per-view!" [B]A Overall: A*[/B] Rumble In the Bronx had its usual 10,000 strong sellout, here's what they saw [I]Triangle: Dickie Gellar and Gregory Gibson d. Double Down (Ricky Douglas & Alan Parent) and The Family (Note: The Family, a new heel team using an underworld gimmick, is Sammy The Shark, making his NYCW return, and former MAW worker Antonio, now wrestling as Tony the Tank) Unstable defeated Ace & Erik (Erik Strong and the returning Ace Youngblood, doing a high energy babyface tag team) Future Shock beat Robert Oxford & Barry Kingman AlexBraun pinned Arnold Jarrett Everest & Nemesis beat Knights of the Squared Circle Triangle: Art Reed defeated John Maverick and Hell Monkey Tri-State Title: Frankie Perez defeated Joanne Rodriguez Steve Flash & Champagne Lover def. The Poison Brothers Sam Keith & Scout def. Jimmy Cox & Mean Jean Cattley Empire Title: Eric Tyler pinned Esiaku Hoshino [B]Coming Up: The New York Knockout tournament begins, with the winner getting an Empire Title Shot at Kings of New York IV. Here's how the bracket looks, with all first round matches happening this coming week. On Live From NY: Haruki Kudo vs Mean Jean Cattley On Showdown: Steve Flash vs Big Cat Brandon On Live From NY: Champagne Lover vs Hell Monkey On Showdown: The Wolverine vs Nemesis Also, a shocking development threatens to drastically alter the landscape of NYCW.[/I][/B] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigguy9854 Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 You just keep coming up with the hits man!!!!!!!! This is great, keep it up!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriFidelity Posted March 30, 2006 Author Share Posted March 30, 2006 [B][COLOR="Red"]Week 2, January 2009 [I]The March to PPV Continues, but not without some Casualties.[/I][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]NYCW: Live From New York Across the nation on National Pride TV Crowd: 6,278 Viewers: 55,009[/COLOR][/B] [B]NYCW World Tag Team Titles: Future Shock (Challengers) vs Flash N' Cox (Champions) [/B] Fast paced opener that saw quick technical exchanges and quicker aerial attacks with multiple tags to ensure that no one would gas out and ruin the breakneck pace. Terry Agony stuck his nose into the match frequently, but the finish was completely clean, with the champs retaining after Flash caught Speed with the Flash of Brilliance. [B]Winners, and still NYCW World Tag Team Champions: Flash N' Cox Rating: B The Knights of the Squared Circle vs Alex Braun & Nevada Nuclear [/B] The Knights are coming together well as a tag team, with Valiant being good enough all around to keep Prince from dragging the match down. Braun and Nevada are no slouches in their own right, so the match was decent, ending at 5:53 with Adam Prince sustaining Braun Damage for the fall. [B]Winners: Alex Braun & Nevada Nuclear B Champagne Lover Promo[/B] The Lover, Cuervo in tow, boasted that not only was he the best looking wrestler in the world, not only was the most well endowed wrestler in the world (t.m.i. Champagne, t.m.i.), he is also the most skilled wrestler on any coast. The Hell Monkey, he would be just another man who didn't live up to Champagne Lover, and when he won, he would be one match closer to the main event of Kings on New York IV. [B]Rating: B New York Knockout Tournament, Rd.1: Hell Monkey vs Champagne Lover[/B]Ouch. That's the best way to describe this one. Just about ten minutes of brutal strikes, head dropping, and everything else that makes these guys favorites with the underground tape traders (who can't get enough of the Latin Kings, by the way). Lover played heel, screaming like a scared adolescent girl when Monkey would unleash his furious kicks, but Champagne got the one up when he snared Monkey in the nearly unbreakable Champagne Breakfast, leading to the submission victory. [B]Winner: Champagne Lover Rating: B+ Mean Jean Cattley promo[/B] MJC announced himself as #3 on the charts, #1 in your hearts, and said that he had so much fun beating Haruki Kudo silly last week, he wanted to do it all over again tonight. Cattley put over the fact that this was a tournament match, and no one, not even some supposed Japanese Legend, was standing in Ol' Jean's way of getting that Empire Title back. [B]Rating: B+ New York Knockout Tournament, Rd.1: Haruki Kudo vs Mean Jean Cattley [/B]Do you even have to ask how good this match was? Didn't think so. Back and forth action with Kudo working the leg while Cattley looked for any and every shortcut at his disposal. The finish came at 10:42, when Cattley swung with Brass Knuckles, missed, and took a Kudo Kutter for the pinfall. [B]Winner: Haruki Kudo Rating: A* Overall: A[/B] ------------------------------- [COLOR="royalblue"][B]NYCW Showdown: Episode 18 Now seen across the U.S. and Canada on The Pop! Network Crowd: 10,000 (Sellout) Viewership: 47,420[/COLOR] 8-Man Tag: Latin Kings, Everest, & Alex Braun vs Hell Monkey, Art Reed, Valiant, & Danny Jacobs[/B] Yep, it's time to throw as many people on a show as humanly possible. Good mix of talent, so there was always something fresh and entertaining going on. The heels took the victory, with Perez forcing Valiant to tap to the P-Clutch. [B]Winners: Kings/Everest/Braun Rating: B+ Joanne Rodriguez & Esiaku Hoshino vs Robert Oxford & Barry Kingman [/B]JRO and Kingman started off first, rekindling their feud that most people don't remember, the match only got better when Ox and Hoshi were added to the mix, good technical work all around. JRo and Hoshi took the victory, with Kingman falling to Hoshino's Explosion Suplex. [B]Winners: Joanne Rodriguez & Esiaku Hoshino Rating: B+ Nemesis cut a promo [/B]on The Wolverine, where he noted that this New York Knockout tournament was just what he needed to pull himself out of this rut. Nem vowed that he'd become the steamroller of old, and go through everyone: up to and including Eric Tyler. [B]Rating: B+ New York Knockout Tournament, Rd.1: Nemesis vs The Wolverine[/B] Good brawl, but Nemesis won't really be as useful as he could be if he never recovers from the damage done to the nerves in his neck. I understand full recuperation is rare, if not nonexistant, but he's been with the company for 10 months, and is still working through the injury, which in and of itself is a testament to his sheer toughness. Still, Wolverine picked up the win in a solid brawl. [B]Winner: The Wolverine Rating: B[/B] To celebrate his victory, The Wolverine broke a few tables at ringside. [B]Rating: A Terry Agony is backstage with Steve Flash[/B] "Steve, you don't understand how many strings I had to pull to get you into this thing. 8 Men were invited, and Rip Chord didn't want to include someone who people think is a washed up, midcard, tag wrestler whose days as a big star are behind him. I told them Steve, I told them that Steve Flash alone is nothing, but if you look at the past few months under my guidance, Steve Flash has grown." "We both know you can't do it alone Steve, that's why you joined up with Chord way back, that's why you're with me, but together, we can win this thing." [B]Classic Agony "motivation" Rating: B+ New York Knockout Tournament, Rd.1: Big Cat Brandon vs Steve Flash[/B] Rip Chord and Dickie Gellar speculated that, with Champagne Lover vs The Wolverine set as a semifinal, and Haruki set to take on the winner of this match, we could be looking at Big Cat Brandon vs The Wolverine in the finals of this tournament. Unfortunately, Steve Flash had other plans in mind, as did Terry Agony, who distracted the Cat long enough for Steve to score with a Flash Bang for the surprising pinfall. [B]Winner: Steve Flash Rating: A Eric Tyler is on promo duty[/B] Tyler claimed that he marched into Rip Chord's office and demanded that he face Sam Keith tonight, or else he'd walk out of the company. Tyler vowed that he was so much better than Keith, he didn't want to rip off the PPV buyers by having them watch a show with such an uncompetitive main event. E.T. was also willing to put his money where his mouth was, [B][I]vowing that if Keith were able to dethrone him tonight, he would never wrestle on NYCW Television again.[/I][/B] [B]Rating: A NYCW Empire Title: Sam Keith (Challenger) vs Eric Tyler (Empire Champion)[/B]The expected MOTYC, with both men giving the effort that'd be expected from a major title match. Tyler dominated a good portion of the match, but found himself caught late in the Proton Lock. The crowd EXPLODED, certain that Tyler would tap, and we'd see a new champion. Dickie Gellar and Rip Chord threw objectivity out the window and BEGGED for it. Terry Agony, third mic on Showdown, decried them for their bias, but they didn't care. At 13:31, they got their wish. Eric Tyler tapped out. [B]Winner, and New NYCW Empire Champion: Sam Keith Rating: A* Overall: A[/B] [B]NYCW Live From New York saw a sellout crowd of 10,000, who were around for the taping of Showdown.[/B] [B]Important Promo:[/B] Eric Tyler insisted that he was a man of his word, and would never show his face on NYCW Television again, but that was fine: he was too big of a star for NYCW's TV partners, and their 300 viewers. He challenged anyone in the building to stand up to him. Terry Agony surprisingly appeared to say that he stuck by Eric, defended him, but nobody had any right to defy what NYCW stood for. He offered Tyler a chance to go against the man who helped define New York City Wrestling: Steve Flash, but only if it were a Loser Leaves Town match, which Tyler accepted. Everest & Terry Agony beat Ace & Erik Triangle: Knights of the Squared Circle beat Double Down (Ricky Douglas/Alan Parent) & The Superstarrs Alex Braun & John Maverick beat G2 (Dickie Gellar & Gregory Gibson) The Animalz defeated Unstable Hell Monkey pinned Jimmy Cox Nemesis & Latin Kings beat Joanne Rodriguez & Future Shock Scout & Esiaku Hoshino beat Robert Oxford & Barry Kingman Non Title: Sam Keith beat Mean Jean Cattley by DQ, after which Cattley brutalized Keith with a chair. Loser Leaves Town: Steve Flash defeated Eric Tyler, thus Eric Tyler must leave NYCW The card for our first Pay-Per-View Spectacular, [COLOR="royalblue"][B]Rush Hour[/B], [/COLOR]is taking shape: [COLOR="royalblue"][B]Tag Team Action[/B] Robert Oxford & Barry Kingman vs Knights of the Squared Circle Big Cat Brandon, on the heels of being robbed in the NY Knockout, has an open challenge out for anyone in Agony Inc. [B]New York Knockout Finals, for an Empire Title shot at Kings of New York IV[/B] Steve Flash OR Haruki Kudo vs The Wolverine OR Champagne Lover [B]NYCW Tri-State Title[/B] Scout vs Frankie Perez(c) [B]NYCW Empire Title [/B] Sam Keith (c) vs TBA[/COLOR] Sam Keith vs Eric Tyler would've been a great PPV main event, but the best laid plans... The short of it is that Eric Tyler has agreed to terms for a full time written deal with North of the Border Pro Wrestling, where he previously worked PPA. This also deals a blow to the SWF, where he also worked. Coming up on Live From NY: Steve Flash vs Haruki Kudo in the semifinals of the New York Knockout, and Sam Keith & Scout vs MJC & Frankie Perez [B]Coming up on Showdown: Champagne Lover vs The Wolverine, Sam Keith vs Nevada Nuclear for the Empire Title, and another Loser Leaves Town Match.[/B] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriFidelity Posted March 31, 2006 Author Share Posted March 31, 2006 [B][COLOR="Red"]Week 3, January 2009 [I]With one week to go before out maiden PPV, it's time to set the table[/I][/COLOR][/B] [COLOR="RoyalBlue"][B]NYCW: Live From New York Seen across the U.S.A. on National Pride TV Crowd: 7,343 Viewers: 56,218[/COLOR] Everest vs Arnold Jarrett [/B] Your basic squash. Everest threw around the MMA vet, pinning him with the Mountain Mover at 3:50 [B]Winner: Everest Rating: C+ Hype Video:[/B] Featuring Esiaku Hoshino's incredible ringwork since joining NYCW, coupled with some of his best stuff from abroad (Thanks for the clips PGHW) [B]Rating: B+ Alex Braun & Jimmy Cox vs Esiaku Hoshino & Hell Monkey[/B] Good technical encounter, which saw the Strong Style enthusiasts Hoshino and Monkey going all out, including a great deal of heavily Japan-influenced work, especially when Cox was involved. Braun held his own too, as Hoshi and Monkey are extremely good brawlers. The finish came at 8:50, when Braun was caught with The Explosion Suplex, leading Hoshino to score a pinfall. [B]Winners: Esiaku Hoshino & Hell Monkey Rating: B+ Haruki Kudo Promo[/B] Kudo expressed his respect for Steve Flash, but said that Mr. Flash took guidance from the wrong people. Kudo went on to philosophize that until Flash can learn to fight for himself, without the help of men who don't care for him, he will never be able to become as great as he could be. [B]Rating: B+ New York Knockout Semifinals: Haruki Kudo vs Steve Flash[/B] Excellent bout, with Flash utilizing a flying attack, while Kudo responded with kicks, throws, and a litany of joint locks. Kudo hit the Kudo Kutter to seal the deal at 9:07, or so he thought, Flash kicked out a two, rallied, and hit the Flash of Brilliance to score the victory at 9:54, advancing to the finals of the NYK tourney. [B]Winner: Steve Flash Rating: A Mean Jean Cattley and Frankie Perez [/B]cut a joint promo, congratulating Steve Flash, boasting that the old Camp Chord boys are doing pretty well for themselves. Perez stated that he'd show Scout what's in store for him at Rush Hour, while MJC lobbied for a shot at Keith at the PPV. [B]Rating: A Mean Jean Cattley & Frankie Perez vs Scout & Sam Keith[/B] Big match, and it delivered pretty well. The heels didn't back down much, and it provided for a competitive contest, ending at 11:02, when Cattley avoided a Yakuza Kick from Keith, then caught the Empire Champ in a Mood Swing, scoring a victory. [B]Winners: Cattley & Perez Rating: A RCIBTY[/B]: At making funnel cakes A* [B]Overall: A[/B] --------------------------- [B][COLOR="royalblue"]NYCW Showdown Seen Across the US and Canada on The Pop! Network Crowd: 7,454 Viewers: 47,420[/COLOR][/B] Showdown started off uncharacteristically, with a good old fashioned staple of traditional wrestling: The Bikini Contest. Ok, we're doing things that'd make wrestling's founding fathers spin in their graves, but this is Tradition Begins Anew, right? Cuervo and JRo looked great though, and guest emcee Scout declared JRo the winner, much to the delight of the fans. Cuervo, however, directed various unpleasant Spanish phrases Scout's way. [B]Rating: A[/B] [B]NYCW World Tag Team Titles: Knights of the Squared Circle (challengers) vs Flash N' Cox (Champions) [/B] Short match, but quite competitive while it lasted. Chord played up the possibility that Flash is looking ahead to the New York Knockout finals. If he did, Jimmy Cox more than picked up the slack, submitting Prince with the Kawasaki Crab at 4:34 [B]Winners, and still NYCW World Tag Team Champions: Flash N' Cox Rating: B- Nevada Nuclear Promo[/B] "We've been here a long time, haven't we. We've been part of the World Tag Team Champions, haven't we? Now! Now we become the World Champion! Yes, Sam Keith can't stop us now, he'll never stop us!" Nevada stopped in his tracks when he caught a monitor in the back where Gregory Gibson and Referee Dewey Libertine were gathered, watching a replay of the earlier bikini contest. The contest catches Nevada's eye, and he moves toward the monitor, blindsiding Gibson and Dewey, throwing them both into a nearby wall. Nevada gets dangerously close to the screen, to the point where his grandmother would warn him about hurting his eyes. After a second, Nevada throws the monitor off of its stand. "Yes! Yes! It all makes sense now! Joanne! Joanne, my love, my ssssssssoul mate. You and I need to dance, we need to dance at Russsssssh Hour." [B]Rating: B Art Reed & Big Cat Brandon vs Oxford & Kingman[/B]With The Wolverine preparing for his important tourney match against Champagne Lover, Art Reed joined forces with The Big Cat, and the tandem performed particularly well, using science and brute force in equal measure to get the better of their veteran opponents, with Reed forcing a Kingman submission with the Dread Lock. Dickie Gellar noted that Reed was looking good, and had a chance to parlay this win into something bigger at Rush Hour, where Art would be in a four way challenge with Esiaku Hoshino, Hell Monkey, and John Maverick. [B]Winners: Art Reed & Big Cat Brandon Rating: A Mean Jean Cattley [/B]came out to ask Rip Chord what he had to do to get a shot at Sam Keith. "Do I have to beat him Rip? I already have, a couple'a times. Pinned his shoulders to the ground on Thursday Night." Rip Chord answered that MJC would've had his shot, but he blew it in the first round of the New York Knockout tournament. Chord then announced that MJC would face Haruki Kudo later tonight in an "Ultimate Jeopardy Match." The Jeopardy? The winner got Keith for the title at Rush Hour, the loser was gone from New York City Wrestling. [B]Rating: B NYCW Tri-State Title: Esiaku Hoshino (Challenger) vs Frankie Perez (Champion)[/B] Some strong style cream in your traditional coffee? Don't mind if I do, as two practioniers of the stiffest brand of professional wrestling faced off, with painful results. Of course, Perez retained, but Hoshi held his own, and Frankie had to rely on a purse shot from Cuervo, still smarting from losing that bikini contest, no doubt. [B]Winner, and Still NYCW Tri-State Champion: Frankie Perez Rating: B+ New York Knockout Semifinals: The Wolverine vs Champagne Lover[/B]Two tag team specialists facing off for the right to wrestle another tag team specialst for a Major Title shot? Times they are a-changing, the Main event scene is starting to look different. Still, the more things change, the more they stay the same, as Rip and Gellar recall that Champagne and Flash are both former Empire Champions, and had a particularly bitter feud before joining forces in Camp Chord. A surprise rollup at 5:58 ensured Flash and Champagne would see more of each other in the future. [B]Winner: Champagne Lover Rating: A NYCW Empire Title Nevada Nuclear (Challenger) vs Sam Keith (Champion)[/B]Keith led, but Nevada Nuclear is starting to become a good hand in the ring in his own right. Sam played the all-knowing veteran, tying up Nevada in knots, though the Toxic Terror scored with brute force attacks. Keith scored the win with an assist from Joanne Rodriguez, whose J-Rocker was her way of accepting Nevada's challenge [B]Winner, and still NYCW Empire Champion: Sam Keith Rating: A Scout promo[/B], where he reminds us all that Nevada Nuclear is a creepy piece of garbage, but his sights are squarely on Frankie Perez right now. Scout acknowledges that beyond the ****y veneer, Perez is a great wrestler, but he's just a little bit better. [B]Rating: B+ Ultimate Jeopardy Match: Mean Jean Cattley vs Haruki Kudo [/B] More goodness from two amazing wrestlers, with both men fighting like their careers were in jeopardy, matching the fire that such a match would suggest. The finish came at 14:41, when Cattley planted Kudo with a Mood Swing, scoring a clean pinfall and ending Haruki Kudo's year long run with New York City Wrestling. [B]Winner, and #1 Contender: Mean Jean Cattley Rating: A Overall: A[/B] Yep, Haruki Kudo is gone full time for BHOTWG. Apparently, 1.5 fixed the Head Bookers work PPA bug. Still, NYCW's roster is strong, and so is the card for our next show, New York City Wrestling's Maiden Pay-Per-View event, NYCW Rush Hour '09 [COLOR="royalblue"][B]Tag Team Action[/B] Robert Oxford & Barry Kingman vs Knights of the Squared Circle [B]Four Way Challenge[/B] Hell Monkey vs John Maverick vs Esiaku Hoshino vs Art Reed The Animalz vs Agony Inc's Jimmy Cox & Everest Nevada Nuclear vs Joanne Rodriguez [B]NYCW Tri-State Title[/B] Scout vs Frankie Perez(c) [B]New York Knockout Tournament Finals[/B] Winner Gets A Title Shot at Kings of New York IV In March Steve Flash vs Champagne Lover [B]NYCW Empire Title [/B] Mean Jean Cattley vs Sam Keith (c)[/COLOR] [B]All this, plus Alex Braun, Future Shock, The Insane Heat, and more in action in the next update.[/B] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeker Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 BriFidelity... I just registered at GDS after lurking since the inception and for the most part I've been a bit underwhelmed by the diaries, this is a notable exception, as you've created characters to care about (even if you don't leave the cozy confines of the Tri-State region nearly enough.) Personal favourite has to Nevada Nuclear as the deranged yet loveable Fallout Superstar. I've got some real questions about some of your roster reshuffling, and for the most part I don't mind the concise match recaps - but I would like to see the promos written out in full, same thing with angles. Those are the best ways to convey characteristics. I know Perez is the Empire Champ, but I just consider him Champange Lover Lite. That's not a good thing for a champion. But for the upcoming PPV, I expect to see full match write-ups, or at least significantly longer than usual. It's a PPV, it should be special. Continued success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyInTheCorner Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 wow demands, demands. I for one like the mix of good characters, humor, and conciseness of the diary as I loose interest in some of the diaries that go in to far to much depth and never really seem to go anywhere with it. But this is the first diary to really get me hooked, and as such has a special place in my heart. I will probably do harm to my gpa constantly looking for updates until Rush Hour is posted. Oh well. Sad to see Tyler and Kudo go, especially Tyler, but on the upside it looks like the young, fun midcard you've been sitting on will finally get their run at the main event, and that is definitely a good thing. Keep up the great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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