Bigpapa42 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 I thought it looked familiar. Regardless of where it came from, it still changes things up in a very good way. Whether it would have been using a completely different alt for him or request specific changes, I had options. Just never bothered with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Stranger Posted October 28, 2009 Author Share Posted October 28, 2009 I thought it looked familiar. Regardless of where it came from, it still changes things up in a very good way. Whether it would have been using a completely different alt for him or request specific changes, I had options. Just never bothered with it. By the time he came in, it wasn't really that useful for you; he could be big, but he was never going to be the biggest gun. (He probably isn't for me, either, but he might, right now, be a better worker, if less over, than Rocky Golden and his Menace is nothing to complain about.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Stranger Posted October 28, 2009 Author Share Posted October 28, 2009 http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/badgebanner.jpg What a week. Ricky Dale Johnson is a number one contender, the TCW Board have ruled, through Mayhem Midden, that Wolf Hawkins and Chris Rockwell have both earned the chance to wrestle for the World Heavyweight Championship, and - perhaps best of all - the Syndicate looks like it's falling apart. Hot tag team action to start off Badge of Honor this week as we arrive in the War Memorial Auditorium in South Dakota; the Tag Team Specialists will face off against the New Wave in a non-title contest. Current number one contenders the Young Guns have a tag match of their own; they'll take on Miyazaki & Ota as a warm-up against the technical assault that the New Wave can muster. Eddie Peak will also be in action, and this week he faces off agaisnt Fly Boy Jimmy P. Next up is a six-man tag which could have repercussions for the World Heavyweight Championship; Wolf Hawkins and the Machines will face off with Troy Tornado and Painful Procedure. Finally, Rick Law has again confirmed his selected main event in advance; following Eric Tyler's interference in the Reed/Acid battle last week, Law has made a tag-team match with Tyler & Acid facing off against Law & Reed Prediction Key: The New Wave vs. The Tag Team Specialists (non-title) Miyazaki & Ota vs. The Young Guns Eddie Peak vs. Jimmy P w/ Donnie J Troy Tornado & Painful Procedure vs. Wolf Hawkins & the Machines Art Reed & Rick Law vs. Eric Tyler & Acid w/ Laura Huggins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigpapa42 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 The New Wave vs. The Tag Team Specialists (non-title) Miyazaki & Ota vs. The Young Guns Eddie Peak vs. Jimmy P w/ Donnie J Troy Tornado & Painful Procedure vs. Wolf Hawkins & the Machines Art Reed & Rick Law vs. Eric Tyler & Acid w/ Laura Huggins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyde Hill Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Ditto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Celt Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/MarcSpeed_FIN4.jpg Marc Speed, presumably moments after biting into a lemon Alt credit to FINisher YAY! Marc Speed getting a look at. It'd be nice to see on TCW, his technical style matches the sort of company they are. Bloodstone Vs Speed would be great match if/when Speed gets built up a bit http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/TexasHangman.jpg Texas Pete: Rebranding Himself Braveheart Pete? Because that does appear to be Tartan on his...armour? I think it's fair to say new gimmick coming our way. The New Wave vs. The Tag Team Specialists (non-title) Miyazaki & Ota vs. The Young Guns Miyazaki really needs to win this one as the biggest and hardest hitting man in this match if he's going to be seen as legit Eddie Peak vs. Jimmy P w/ Donnie J PEAK IS GONNA KILL YOU...PEAK IS GONNA KILL YOU. Man, Jimmy P could not have less chance of winning this match. To Peak I say: Suit Up! American Pyscho gimmick plz Troy Tornado & Painful Procedure vs. Wolf Hawkins & the Machines There is no WAY that Hopkirk and BJS are getting a win over Syndicate, the popularity gap is just too wide Art Reed & Rick Law vs. Eric Tyler & Acid w/ Laura Huggins AHH HELL More of these DaVE jobbers? It's going to bomb Dangerous, it's going to bomb! Get a stick and beat them back to the bingo halls! Rick Law is deciding factor here...IT'S HIS SHOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeel1 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 The New Wave vs. The Tag Team Specialists (non-title) THE GREATEST TAG TEAM IN THE WORLD TODAY with another win. Miyazaki & Ota vs. The Young Guns Guns continue to look like the strongest team in the PP stable. Eddie Peak vs. Jimmy P w/ Donnie J Yeah, pretty much everything in this match bets heavily against J-to-the-P. Troy Tornado & Painful Procedure vs. Wolf Hawkins & the Machines The World Champion losing on the B-show? I sure as hell hope not! Art Reed & Rick Law vs. Eric Tyler & Acid w/ Laura Huggins I really feel like you're making the exact same mistake you made last time here, Tornado, Hawkins and The Machines will probably make a better match then this..anyway, I pick Reed and Law because Law DOES NOT LOSE ON THIS SHOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Stranger Posted October 28, 2009 Author Share Posted October 28, 2009 I really feel like you're making the exact same mistake you made last time here, Tornado, Hawkins and The Machines will probably make a better match then this. Yes. It probably will. Question for you, though: Rick Law gets to set the match in which card position on Badge of Honor? This is TCW, not the SWF! When we establish something on screen we have to stick to it until viewers can reasonably be assumed to have forgotten! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerkinney Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 The New Wave vs. The Tag Team Specialists (non-title) Non title it may be the champs stay strong with a win over the old men. Miyazaki & Ota vs. The Young Guns The Young Guns with current number one contender status and a pretty strong push right now should also pick up the victory. Eddie Peak vs. Jimmy P w/ Donnie J Eddie's gonna kill you, Eddie's gonna kill you ! Troy Tornado & Painful Procedure vs. Wolf Hawkins & the Machines Everything seems to be pointing towards a Syndicate in turmoil vibe, espeically with the Machines losing to Alexander and Kingman (). So the world champ stays strong with a win, whilst Painful to Watch come along for the ride. Art Reed & Rick Law vs. Eric Tyler & Acid w/ Laura Huggins It's probably in Rick Law's contract that he does not lose on badge of honour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regis Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Prediction Key: The New Wave vs. The Tag Team Specialists (non-title) Keep the champs strong going into the PPV. Miyazaki & Ota vs. The Young Guns Keep the contenders strong going into the PPV. Eddie Peak vs. Jimmy P w/ Donnie J JOBBER! Troy Tornado & Painful Procedure vs. Wolf Hawkins & the Machines It... makes little sense in terms of quality, but Tornado can do the heavy lifting and the Syndicate is falling apart. Art Reed & Rick Law vs. Eric Tyler & Acid w/ Laura Huggins It's his show, he takes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Stranger Posted November 1, 2009 Author Share Posted November 1, 2009 A fairly irritating trojan attack has put me behind on work and, consequently, means I don't have time to do the Badge of Honor writeup right now. So just a note to expect it sometime between now and midweek (thankfully, the game wasn't damaged or lost). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel Fromage Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 The New Wave vs. The Tag Team Specialists (non-title) Miyazaki & Ota vs. The Young Guns Eddie Peak vs. Jimmy P w/ Donnie J Troy Tornado & Painful Procedure vs. Wolf Hawkins & the Machines Art Reed & Rick Law vs. Eric Tyler & Acid w/ Laura Huggins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolinc Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 The New Wave vs. The Tag Team Specialists (non-title) Miyazaki & Ota vs. The Young Guns Eddie Peak vs. Jimmy P w/ Donnie J Troy Tornado & Painful Procedure vs. Wolf Hawkins & the Machines Art Reed & Rick Law vs. Eric Tyler & Acid w/ Laura Huggins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Stranger Posted November 6, 2009 Author Share Posted November 6, 2009 So I posted that comment, what, Monday? And then my Net went down. I'm barely back up and running, but I am. Show will go up when I get back froma trip out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Stranger Posted November 7, 2009 Author Share Posted November 7, 2009 http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/tcwbadge2.jpg TCW Presents Badge of Honor Friday Week 1 June 2008 Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 0.31) Held at the War Memorial Auditorium (Mid West) Attendance: 2000 (Sold Out) Announcers: http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/JasonAzaria_alt1.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/JasmineSaunders.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/KyleRhodes_alt1.jpg Jason Azaria – Jasmine Saunders – Kyle Rhodes http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/Guide.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/Scout.jpg vs. http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/JoelBryant.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/RobertOxford.jpg w/ http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/LauraCatherineHuggins.jpg The New Wave vs. The Tag Team Specialists w/ Laura Huggins It is, as Saunders remarks, the first time Laura Huggins has come down to ringside with these particular members of the School of Tradition. Robert Oxford is still limping - “At his age,” Rhodes says, “you're grateful if you wake up to any improvement at all.” However, somewhat curiously, while the knee is still taped up, the heavy knee brace he'd been sporting is nowhere in sight. Robert Oxford flexes his leg carefully, considers, and stays in the ring to face off with Scout. Hold and reversal – they start off simple, both men seeming happy to have a chance to work into a rhythm. And then Oxford, outdone in one sequence, escapes with a thumb to the eye. Scout gets blind-tagged out; Guide leaps into the ring over the top rope and promptly tackles Oxford's leg out from him. He begins to work it, hard; Oxford manages, just, to escape, tagging back out to Joel. Bryant does his best here, where some would claim he's outclassed. On the apron, Oxford tests his knee gingerly. Almost unnoticed – though Saunders picks up on it on commentary, meaning everyone gets it pointed out – Oxford looks to Laura Huggins and shakes his head infinitesimally. She nods and heads backstage. Joel holds his own against Guide. A quick tag by the New Wave sees Scout blindside him and get the upper hand, however. Robert Oxford climbs back down the stairs away from the ring and borrows the timekeeper's steel chair, sitting down. Bryant notices – looks appalled – takes a volley of punches to the face and finds himself hoisted onto the top turnbuckle, back in his own corner. Guide calls for a superplex. And then someone rolls into the ring. Dressed to wrestle, they hit something very like a sunset flip on Guide, powerbombing him off the second rope; Bryant manages to hold on to the ropes, stays upright, and offers his hand. The newcomer tags in. Eugene Williams, about to call the DQ, gets called over by Laura Huggins, who begins to whisper something into his ear. http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/ShooterSeanDeeley.jpg “I recognise him,” Azaria declares. “That's Sean Deeley! Amateur champion turned pro wrestler up in the frozen north. “Bit young for the School of Tradition, but so is Freddy Huggins.” Williams lets the match go on, and for five minutes the team of Bryant and Deeley take it to the New Wave. Ultimately, Deeley's a fresh man, and that's the only thing that separates the teams.Joel Bryant drops Scout with the One Shot Drop and Deeley snags Guide, on the charge, into a vicious-looking armbar that keeps him from breaking it up. Just like that, this new combo – admittedly, aided by Oxford – have a victory over the tag team champions. The School Of Tradition defeated The New Wave Rating: C+ http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/totalbanner.jpg http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/EricTyler.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/JoelBryant.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/LauraCatherineHuggins.jpg Eric Tyler is out there moments later, joining Bryant and Huggins in the ring. From his chair at ringside, Oxford looks on; Tyler gestures to the ring and Bryant sits on the middle rope, parting them in invitation. Robert Oxford shakes his head, patting his injured knee. Laura Huggins hands Tyler the microphone. “Well,” Eric begins. “Let me give you the second likely graduate of the School of Tradition class of 2008. http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/ShooterSeanDeeley.jpg “His name is Sean Deeley, and I met him while I was in Canada at the start of the year. “I'd be lying if I said he didn't impress me even then. But you know what makes this man more than an Aaron Andrews?” He nods, just once. “Of course you do. “Respect. Sean showed it to me from the start. On my days off, even since I came to TCW, I've been cashing in the air miles. I've been flying back up to Canada, and I've been training him. “Now I was hoping that it wasn't going to come to this. Laura and I got him his TCW contract a week or two ago, but we wanted to make Sean's arrival bigger. “But here's the thing...” He points his finger at Robert Oxford. “There sits a man who gave every day of his life to learn this business. “There sits a man who busted his ass day in, day out, for thirty years to wrestle. To win. To give you fans a good match. We're brothers that way, he and I. “And there sits a man who...” Tyler's face softens. “Who doesn't heal the way he used to. “Me and him, we're brothers that way too. “Robert has probably wrestled his last match, and it was this one. “So now... Now we have Sean Deeley. And I'm sure we're all looking forward to seeing him team with Joel and win his own gold. “Following the tradition that that man sitting there helped to start.” http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/RobertOxford.jpg Tyler throws the microphone down. He and Bryant leave the ring, walking over to Robert Oxford, and lift him, one arm over each man's shoulder, to help him backstage. A proud Sean Deeley and a thoughtful Laura Huggins follow them. http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/totalbanner.jpg http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/ShingenMiyazaki_alt1.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/FumihiroOta_FS.jpg vs. http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/HarryAllen_Grunge3.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/SteveGumble_Grunge2.jpg Miyazaki & Ota vs. The Young Guns Nothing like the storyline contained in the previous match; just good, fast-paced action from the four younger tag wrestlers. Miyazaki and Ota have been, slowly, gelling over the course of the last few matches. Finding things that work. They're not there yet, but they're a lot closer to it than they used to be. It's just not enough against the current number one contenders. Harry Allen runs riot in the closing moments, finishing by knocking Shingen Miyazaki out with the flying fist drop to secure the pin. The Young Guns defeated Miyazaki & Ota Rating: C http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/totalbanner.jpg http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/EddiePeak.jpg vs. http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/JamesPrudence.jpg w/ http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/DonnieJ.jpg Eddie Peak vs. Jimmy P w/ Donnie J Eddie smiles as Jimmy get into the ring. To his credit – undoubtedly to his credit – Jimmy P doesn't seem to be panicked by this. Donnie whispers some advice in his ear; Jimmy's expression starts furious and transitions to thoughtful by the time Donnie's finished. And then the bell rings and the match is on. Jimmy plays the hunt and strike philosophy, scoring with dropkicks, a flying forearm, just about any flying move that doesn't give Eddie a chance to just catch him out of the air. A missile dropkick is attempted; it doesn't work. In his second match of the evening, Eugene Williams gets knocked down as Eddie swats Jimmy's dive aside. http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/AmericanBuffalo.jpg And just like that the American Buffalo rolls into the ring. The Stampede is blocked; Eddie hits a massive uppercut, Buffalo staggers back, Eddie starts forward - Jimmy hits him with a blatant low blow. The Buffalo grabs Peak as he doubles over, lifts him, and plants him with the Colt Killa. He makes himself scarce as Jimmy covers. One – two - Eddie powers out. Jimmy freezes in shock. One Peak of Perfection later, it's over. Eddie Peak defeated Jimmy P Rating: C+ http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/totalbanner.jpg http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/AmericanBuffalo.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/EddiePeak.jpg Buffalo's right back into the ring, furious. This Stampede connects. http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/FloydGoldworthy.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/DonnieJ.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/JamesPrudence.jpg Floyd Goldworthy saunters down to ringside and begins talking to the Fly Boys, but the camera can't pick any of it up. He gestures to the ring, where the Buffalo, on his knees, is choking a prone Peak with both hands, furious beyond anything the TCW fans have seen before. It looks like the temper that's been edging closer and closer to an unhinged, insane fury month after month is going to break loose entirely - Peak has his hands around the Buffalo's neck in turn. Both men choking each other, Peak pushes back until he's on his knees, American Buffalo standing now for extra leverage. And then, in one fluid motion, Peak releases his hold, rising and snatching Buffalo around the waist. He slams the giant to the mat with a belly-to-belly suplex, then turns to look at Goldworthy. As one, Floyd and the Fly Boys break into a sprint for the safety of backstage. http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/totalbanner.jpg http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/TroyTornado_nacht6.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/RandallHopkirk.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/BillyJackShearer.jpg vs. http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/WolfHawkins_alt3.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/BrentHill_alt2.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/HumanArsenal_alt4.jpg Troy Tornado & Painful Procedure vs. Wolf Hawkins & The Machines This match went mental almost from the off. Hawkins tried to jump Tornado as he was making his entrance, leading to a double-team from Procedure to Hawkins – Rhodes notes that it's the same move they hit Karen Killer with to put her out, except that Wolf took it inside the ring, not outside – and at pretty much that moment Tommy Cornell sprints for the ring. http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/TommyCornell_alt5.jpg “Let it ride!” Tornado yells to referee Ray Johnson, meeting Cornell head-on and the current and former champions exchange punches. Painful Procedure set up another assault on Hawkins, but the Machines rush them, and it begins to break down. http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/HarryAllen_Grunge3.jpg Harry Allen is suddenly in the ring; he grabs Cornell, spins him, and manages a jawbreaker. As he moves to follow up, Cornell blocks and hits the Rough Ride, laying him out. http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/GreaseHogg.jpg But that's eight men in the ring, all fighting hard. And then it gets worse. Billy Fonda, formerly known better as Grease Hogg of the SWF's Dirty White Boys, makes an appearance for the third consecutive week, and Randall Hopkirk is planted with an inverted suplex. http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/SteveGumble_Grunge2.jpg The Painful Procedure faction set their backs against each other as Steve Gumble arrives. Back to back they don't have much room to move, but they can watch for each other and each man settles down to throw all the punches they have in them. http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/LobsterWarrior_PS.jpg Chris Rockwell is in the ring now, catching Tornado with a cross-body from the top turnbuckle that breaks the cluster up. As Wolf Hawkins makes for the champion, his fellow contender cuts him off with a dropkick, going to work on Tornado himself. Painful Procedure haul him off and suplex him. Fonda promptly levels Billy Jack Shearer with a big boot. Outnumbered, the rocking stable's prospects look more than a little grim. http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/JohnnyBloodstone_alt2.jpg And then Tornado's partner from Tuesday, Johnny Bloodstone, hits the ring. He hauls Fonda from Tornado and levels him with a Stone's Throw. Cornell turns to face this new threat, and a Steve Gumble savate kick catches him, staggering him into the Gunslinger's Revenge cutter. Both members of the Young Guns, knowing how flimsy their advantage is, dogpile him. Bloodstone takes Brent Hill down. Rockwell sees the closest target and spears Hawkins hard. And Tornado, seeing his chance, launches himself across the ring, the Star Maker connecting on John Anderson. In one of the least match-like matches TCW's broadcast all year, Troy Tornado gets the pin. Troy Tornado & Painful Procedure defeated Wolf Hawkins & The Machines Rating: B http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/totalbanner.jpg http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/LeadBelly.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/TroyTornado_nacht6.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/JohnnyBloodstone_alt2.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/TommyCornell_alt5.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/WolfHawkins_alt3.jpg The fighting continues. Peter Hopper, the other half of the Easy Riders, arrives and the pair lay out Shearer and Hopkirk before pounding on them. The Young Guns and the Machines brawl into the crowd, and Tornado and Bloodstone pair off against Cornell and Hawkins. Chris Rockwell makes himself scarce the moment the bell rings. "It ain't a match, and he ain't interested," Azaria notes. As the Easy Riders turn their attention to Tornado and Bloodstone, it looks grim for the Champion and his sudden ally. http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/SamKeith.jpg And then Sam Keith is there. Fonda gets a chairshot. Hopper gets the NeutronPlex. Keith tries to make a third point on Tornado and Bloodstone's side of the standoff and the two step back, watching him as well as the Syndicate cautiously. http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/BlondeBombshell.jpg Cornell's face is twisted in fury as Sam Keith brings his assault to a standstill, but Keith doesn't look happy either. He shoots a couple of glances toward Bloodstone – and the woman behind him, the newly-arrived Blonde Bombshell – but clearly isn't particularly happy with the response he sees. Finally, the referees arrive and start to clear the ring as Badge of Honor goes to its final commercial break of the episode. http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/totalbanner.jpg http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/ArtReed.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/RickLaw.jpg w/ http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/BlondeBombshell.jpg vs. http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/EricTyler.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/Acid_alt2.jpg w/ http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/LauraCatherineHuggins.jpg Art Reed & Rick Law w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler & Acid w/ Laura Huggins Well, it's a lot closer to a wrestling match. The crowd aren't as invested in these guys as in the others. More, they aren't as supportive of an angle built around an original series most of them haven't seen. But all four of these men are used to working with crowds that aren't necessarily red-hot. It's anyone's match for most of the contest. Reed, Law, Tyler, Acid, they all look good. They block a lot, they hit a lot. http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/AaronAndrews.jpg And around fifteen minutes in, as Tyler and Law lock up in the ring, Aaron Andrews shows up at ringside. He yanks Acid's feet off the apron, catches the masked man as he lands, and DDTs him on the outside. Laura Huggins moves to intervene then, as Andrews spins to face her, stops, mouth open almost in revelation. Eric Tyler, in a little trouble, backs up to his corner, facing Law, and reaches out a hand. Andrews takes it, spins him round, and punches him. The Long Arm of the Law finishes matters moments later. Art Reed & Rick Law defeated Eric Tyler & Acid Rating: C+ Show Rating: B- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Stranger Posted November 7, 2009 Author Share Posted November 7, 2009 I don't know why people freak out about Eddie Peak. Scrolling down the thread Aaron Andrews looks dead inside. Those eyes... brrr... Anyway. Congratulations are in order to Zeel1, Tigerkinney, Regis, Marcel Fromage and foolinc for taking the top spots. As partial compensation, a token of Freddy Huggins' support: http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/Merchandise/hugginsshirt.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Stranger Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/bookbanner.jpg http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/book_open-2.jpg Sunday July 21st 2008 Professional wrestling is a business, and people always forget that. Usually we want the audience to forget – for all the soap opera elements that creep in, pro wrestling is at its best when you can let yourself forget for a little while that you're watching something pre-ordained and think of it as a sporting event. With the rise of GAMMA and its fellow 'legitimate' fighting companies, plus the increasingly vicious interviews boxers give to hype their matches, the line has actually stayed pretty close. Our goal is to make you interested enough to buy tickets. To buy Pay-Per-Views. In the last fifteen to twenty years, our goal has expanded – now we want you to develop an attachment to as many of our stars as possible, above and beyond the attachment needed to keep you interested in attending and watching our shows. Why? Because in the last fifteen to twenty years, it stopped being the case that individual wrestlers sold their own gimmicks and merchandise and took all the profits. Now they're marketed through the company, and the worker makes less money per item but can market vastly more items with far less effort. TCW's merchandise department makes, I'm told, around $700,000 profit per month – that's after manufacturing costs, storage, postage & packing on internet orders, running the department and, of course, the cut each wrestler takes (which is another $350,000 or so). http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/Merchandise/bloodstoneshirt1.jpg Moneymaker: Our best seller in Canada, circa mid-2008 But our goal is to make you, the fan, or for that matter the guy who slumps into the chair after work and happens to catch an episode of Total Wrestling and the dad sitting in the room whose son, hooked on wrestling, insists on watching every show on TV that week, want to pay to attend a show or catch the Pay-Per-Views. Title matches are, so long as they look competitive, an easy sell. Grudge matches are a fairly easy sell, so long as the grudge is believable and the fans can relate. Once in a while, though, you get a chance for a dream match. And they're the easiest sell of all. There can be very few Canadian fans who don't want to see Dan Stone Jr face off with Steve DeColt. The biggest stars of their respective companies, sons of two legendary wrestling families, whose fathers' interaction is still talked about by those fans' parents and grandparents today. Burning Hammer of the Wrestling Gods spent a year developing Optimus into the 'new Elemental' before they faced off. That was something of a dream for their fans. And when they came back to it, seven months later, the match was a true dream match, because Optimus had been made by the first one. (Actually, Burning Hammer is excellent at this. Look at Sam Strong's last-but-one match for them, against Tadayuki Kikkawa, just entering the real Japanese big time and claiming his first title shot against the undefeated Strong.) We've been sitting on a dream match since before I arrived. Sam Keith and Tommy Cornell – the biggest star, arguably, of the SWF in the past decade against the biggest star, unquestionably, of TCW. It writes itself. And people have been speculating about it since Sam arrived. We've teased it now for nearly three months, starting in only minor ways. And before confirming – with Cornell turning, brutally, on Sam last week – that it's definitely coming – we locked Sam in against someone else. We have another month to ramp up to their first meeting. Handled just right, this could be the biggest seller of the year. But that brings me to the other half of the equation. We don't want you to just buy one Pay-Per-View. We don't want you to buy tickets to just one TV taping or one house show. We've got to keep making money, after all. We want you to watch Tornado/Rockwell/Hawkins at Summer Showdown and say I gotta see more of these guys. We want you to watch Cornell/Keith and come away wanting more. We need wrestlers who, once we've persuaded you to take a chance on us, will hook you. I believe we have them, but we can always use more. Sam Keith nor RDJ will wrestle forever, after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Stranger Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 So, gang... We're around, according to the announcement, five months real-time between now and TEW 2010. (Give or take) I don't think I'm going to have nearly wrapped up this diary by that time, assuming all goes well and I don't get myself fired. So a first question, and answers to this one will by no means decide things: If I were, when we hit TEW2010, to create a database with the skill and popularity advances, roster changes, and title lineages of where we are currently (because with nine shows per month, I can't see us being further than a little way into 2009, so it shouldn't take *too* long) - would people be OK with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigpapa42 Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 So, gang... We're around, according to the announcement, five months real-time between now and TEW 2010. (Give or take) I don't think I'm going to have nearly wrapped up this diary by that time, assuming all goes well and I don't get myself fired. So a first question, and answers to this one will by no means decide things: If I were, when we hit TEW2010, to create a database with the skill and popularity advances, roster changes, and title lineages of where we are currently (because with nine shows per month, I can't see us being further than a little way into 2009, so it shouldn't take *too* long) - would people be OK with that? I'd be okay with that. Absolutely. I think it would be a lot of work. But if you wanted to put the work in, I think it would be a pretty cool way to keep things going and still enjoy the advantages of TEW 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeel1 Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 So, gang... We're around, according to the announcement, five months real-time between now and TEW 2010. (Give or take) I don't think I'm going to have nearly wrapped up this diary by that time, assuming all goes well and I don't get myself fired. So a first question, and answers to this one will by no means decide things: If I were, when we hit TEW2010, to create a database with the skill and popularity advances, roster changes, and title lineages of where we are currently (because with nine shows per month, I can't see us being further than a little way into 2009, so it shouldn't take *too* long) - would people be OK with that? I've no problem with that. It seems like it would take a while to convert all that to 2010 though..obviously, it's going to likely be a better game, (with 200 additions, perhaps a much better game) but myself, though, I don't plan on making any change to my diary once 2010 comes out. As far as I know, there really wouldn't be any massive changes to how the diary itself would work. I mean sure, events that occur could be differant, but personally I don't think what game you use makes a differance in diary quality. But if you just want to experiance 2010 with a game that, obviously, would be more of interest to you then a non-diary one, then yeah, go ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Stranger Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 I've no problem with that. It seems like it would take a while to convert all that to 2010 though..obviously, it's going to likely be a better game, (with 200 additions, perhaps a much better game) but myself, though, I don't plan on making any change to my diary once 2010 comes out. As far as I know, there really wouldn't be any massive changes to how the diary itself would work. I mean sure, events that occur could be differant, but personally I don't think what game you use makes a differance in diary quality. But if you just want to experiance 2010 with a game that, obviously, would be more of interest to you then a non-diary one, then yeah, go ahead. Part of it, to be honest, is that I find it really, really difficult to replay a game when I own a superior sequel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigpapa42 Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Part of it, to be honest, is that I find it really, really difficult to replay a game when I own a superior sequel. You are not alone in that. Its hard to go back. Tried going back to TEW 2007 just to see, and it feels so limiting. Also tried it a few times with the Football Manager series and it just doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolinc Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 You are not alone in that. Its hard to go back. Tried going back to TEW 2007 just to see, and it feels so limiting. Also tried it a few times with the Football Manager series and it just doesn't work. Agreed. When 2005 came out I thought about doing a diary in a similar manor to what I am doing now with TEW108 or FIN's tut diary. The problem was that I couldn't remember which features 2005 had compared to 07 and 08 and I got constantly frustrated with the interface. Now I just wish someone would make a 05 mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Stranger Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 You are not alone in that. Its hard to go back. Tried going back to TEW 2007 just to see, and it feels so limiting. Also tried it a few times with the Football Manager series and it just doesn't work. Agreed. When 2005 came out I thought about doing a diary in a similar manor to what I am doing now with TEW108 or FIN's tut diary. The problem was that I couldn't remember which features 2005 had compared to 07 and 08 and I got constantly frustrated with the interface. Now I just wish someone would make a 05 mod. Ditto on both counts. I can just about manage it on games with storylines (if I want to replay, say, Vice City to check whether I missed any injokes in San Andreas) but sandbox games, I just want the better sandbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Stranger Posted November 8, 2009 Author Share Posted November 8, 2009 http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/totalwrestlingbanner.jpg Sam Keith is, it seems, out of the Syndicate. Mr Cornell had promised to fire him - that doesn't appear to have happened yet, as he's down on my list to compete at Total Wrestling. So what's the score? I'm sure we'll find out... New arrival Sean Deeley will also be in action in his first full TCW match this week, facing off with fellow Canadian technician Johnny Bloodstone in what we expect will be quite the entertaining contest. Deeley's style has been tempered with a lot of Japanese experience, while Bloodstone remains a pure Canadian grappler. Which style will win out? Aaron Andrews & Joey Minnesota are in tag competition once more, and they'll be looking to overthrow the Machines - who've seemed more and more demoralised recently. Could this give Minnesota and his ally the break they need? Something of an unusual match next - Art Reed will be tagging up alongside International Champion Koshiro Ino against Sammy Bach and Frankie Perez. We're told the match was requested by Ino, who'd been hoping to schedule a PPV rematch against Chris Rockwell for his title. With Rockwell now in the World Heavyweight Championship picture, this contest could well tip the scales for Ino's actual challenger. Tag Team Champion Scout will also be in action, facing off against the number one contender Harry Allen before their Summer Showdown contest. Who'll pick up the momentum going in? Rick Law makes a rare Tuesday appearance. He's been on something of a roll lately, despite rising tensions with Eric Tyler - but he's up against the boss here. Mr Cornell and Mr Law - this one could get ugly. Finally, the two champions face off against Troy Tornado's Summer Showdown opponents. It's Troy and Sam Keith in what seems likely to be the uneasiest of alliances against Chris Rockwell and Wolf Hawkins. Prediction Key: Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins Andrews & Minnesota vs. The Machines Art Reed & Koshiro Ino w/ Blonde Bombshell & Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach & Frankie Perez Harry Allen vs. Scout Rick Law vs. Tommy Cornell Chris Rockwell & Wolf Hawkins vs. Sam Keith & Troy Tornado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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