TCW: A Quiet Retirement

[Dragonmack]

<p>Prediction Key:</p><p>

<strong>Kreed (Art Reed & Greg Keith) w/ Blonde Bombshell </strong>vs. Eric Tyler & Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Canadian Elemental</strong> vs. JD Morgan w/ Laura Huggins</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Marc Speed</strong> vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Marat Khoklov</strong> vs. Rhino Umaga</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>JeriLynn Stone & Sean Deeley</strong> vs. Joel Bryant & Raku Makuda (Laura Huggins abstaining from managerial duties due to conflict of interests)</p><p> </p><p>

Matthew Keith vs. <strong>Troy Tornado</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell</strong> vs. Stone Brothers</p>

[Regis]

<p><strong>Kreed (Art Reed & Greg Keith)</strong> w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler & Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)</p><p>

<em>Dee is the weak link here.</em></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Canadian Elemental</strong> vs. JD Morgan w/ Laura Huggins</p><p>

<em>CanEl can start racking up wins to propel him up the card.</em></p><p> </p><p>

Marc Speed vs. <strong>Walter Morgan</strong> w/ Laura Huggins</p><p>

<em>The third machine is good, but Morgan is a shootnig star right now, and the Easy Riders still want to destroy some of TCW's greatest names.</em></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Marat Khoklov</strong> vs. Rhino Umaga</p><p>

<em>The giant will not be toppled today.</em></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>JeriLynn Stone & Sean Deeley</strong> vs. Joel Bryant & Raku Makuda (Laura Huggins abstaining from managerial duties due to conflict of interests)</p><p>

<em>The women... could go either way. Bryant, however, is much lower down the totem pole than Deeley.</em></p><p> </p><p>

Matthew Keith vs. <strong>Troy Tornado</strong></p><p>

<em>I have a hard time voting for the upset here. Matt can get all bitter about his loss.</em></p><p> </p><p>

Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. <strong>Stone Brothers</strong></p><p>

<em>Jezza's stable continues to mess up everyone's lives.</em></p>

[Tigerkinney]

<p><em>Missed predictions last time, so make sure I'll do so this time round...</em></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Kreed (Art Reed & Greg Keith) w/ Blonde Bombshell</strong> vs. Eric Tyler & Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)</p><p> </p><p>

<em>The now official tag champs, stay strong</em></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Canadian Elemental</strong> vs. JD Morgan w/ Laura Huggins</p><p> </p><p>

<em>You didn't have Can-El pick up the upset win over Jack Bruce a few shows back to then have him lose to JD Morgan.</em> </p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Marc Speed</strong> vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins</p><p> </p><p>

<em>Walter Morgan has done well in TCW but primarily as a tag guy and get the feeling you see Marc Speed as someone who can gradually make his way up the singles ranks.</em> </p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Marat Khoklov</strong> vs. Rhino Umaga</p><p> </p><p>

<em>Umaga will have enough fight in him to prevent this from being a total squash but I can't see him toppling the Giant. </em></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>JeriLynn Stone & Sean Deeley</strong> vs. Joel Bryant & Raku Makuda (Laura Huggins abstaining from managerial duties due to conflict of interests)</p><p> </p><p>

<em>JeriLyn Stone looks like she is going to get a strong push in the womens division and Deeley is being pushed stronger than Bryant right now.</em> </p><p> </p><p>

Matthew Keith vs. <strong>Troy Tornado</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<em>The Matthew Keith storyline looks to be classic slowburn heel turn territory, so I only see another frustrating loss for him. Then again maybe Minnesota will show his face again and interfere. Interestingly enough Minnesota seems to be heading towards the same sort of storyline.</em> </p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson</strong> w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Stone Brothers</p><p> </p><p>

<em>As awesome a character as Edd Stone is, he is the weak link in this match and I think the champion and the perennial fan favourite stay strong with a win here.</em></p>

[Wallbanger]

<p>Prediction Key:</p><p>

<strong>Kreed (Art Reed & Greg Keith) w/ Blonde Bombshell</strong> vs. Eric Tyler & Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)</p><p> </p><p>

<em>Going with the consensus, champs stay strong here.</em></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Canadian Elemental</strong> vs. JD Morgan w/ Laura Huggins</p><p> </p><p>

<em>CanEl is the future, Morgan is the past. </em></p><p> </p><p>

Marc Speed vs. <strong>Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<em>The one true tossup of the card. Going with Morgan as he's put more time in.</em></p><p> </p><p>

Marat Khoklov vs. Rhino Umaga</p><p> </p><p>

<em>Just to be different, I'll go with some form of Double DQ/Countout as the ring cannot contain this much raw power.</em></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>JeriLynn Stone & Sean Deeley</strong> vs. Joel Bryant & Raku Makuda (Laura Huggins abstaining from managerial duties due to conflict of interests)</p><p> </p><p>

<em>Momentum builder here.</em></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Matthew Keith</strong> vs. Troy Tornado</p><p> </p><p>

<em>Expecting shenanigans here.</em></p><p> </p><p>

Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. <strong>Stone Brothers</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>

</strong><em>And here.</em></p>

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Saturday Night Showcase

 

Saturday Week 3 May 2009

 

Live on CBA (Rating 13.71)

 

Held at the Ottawa Rams Stadium (Ontario)

 

Attendance: 9,977

 

Announcers:

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Duane Fry – Jasmine Saunders – Alanis Springsteen

 

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Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell

vs.

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Eric Tyler & Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins

Kreed seem as united as ever, walking down to the ring and chatting with the fans on the way. “If Matthew's issues this week are getting to them, they aren't showing it,” Springsteen notes. “They can't afford to show weakness,” Fry returns. “Greg cannot be happy that hos brother seems to have fallen from grace.”

 

Eric Tyler is a challenge for any competitor in TCW, and Frankie Dee may, yes, be young and arrogant and willing to take big risks to establish his name... but he's still also someone who deserves to be in TCW and that makes him no pushover.

 

Nonetheless, Kreed have the teamwork, the skill and the innovation to start making real headway against their opponents, outpacing Tyler and outwrestling Dee. Greg does run into something Fry tells us is known as the Shinanju Kick by Frankie Dee, but before Dee can get three Art Reed drops a leg across the back of his neck.

 

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Predictably enough, that brings Eritc Tyler into the ring. With all four men flying around the place Ray Johnson has his work cut out for him; Freddy Huggins slips past his eagle eye and superkicks Art Reed. Greg backdrops Tyler out of the ring and clotheslines Huggins down.

 

He turns to find that Dee has covered Reed for the pin – but Reed isn't the legal man. Greg jumps him from behind, rolling into the Proton Lock and getting the submission applied..

The Kreed defeated Eric Tyler & Frankie Dee

Rating: B

 

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Autumn Gleeson is all smiles as they cut to the interview area. “They told me to go get the story,” she begins. “Well, I may not know the scoop ahead of you guys but I have the story. Ladies and gentlemen, this past Tuesday Joey Minnesota appeared at ringside during a match most people would say he had no direct interest in – a match which, nonetheless, had high stakes. With me tonight is Joey himself – so, Joey, would you like to explain to the crowd here and the folks watching at home why you did what you did?”

 

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Minnesota takes a deep breath. “Well, first of all, I didn't lay a finger on either of them,” he says. “Nothing more than what Vibert's been doing during me and Aaron's matches lately. So let's get that straight. But I'll be honest – I was hoping I'd make Reed stop and ask himself what he's doing.

 

“What I did was done from respect. See, I respect the fact that Matt and Greg went out and they won those belts. I respect my partner Aaron for going out and winning the International belt. I respect Gorgon for going out and getting her own title. Say what you like about any of those people, they won their titles.

 

“What Reed's done is come in on someone else's coat-tails. He didn't win those belts.”

 

“But... he's helped Greg retain them on a number-”

 

“Sure he has,” Joey says smoothly. “And when the Riders took Matt out, I thought allowing Art to compete instead was a good idea. Because there was no good reason for Matt and Greg to lose what they'd earned just for two guys screwing them over – two guys who couldn't quite beat them.

 

“But I consider what Matt did a lot more impressive than what Art did. See, there's this thing – we call it the champ's advantage. If someone goes up against my buddy Aaron and they get a draw, Aaron keeps the belt. If they leave Aaron outside for the count of ten, Aaron keeps the belt. If they pull some bull**** and persuade the ref Aaron's cheated, get a DQ, Aaron keeps the belt.

 

“And you know what? I call that fair. Because Aaron... Aaron won that belt against those same rules. He earned the champ's advantage. Reed has had to use it a couple times – on matches that ddidn't have to be for the belt, on a belt he was holding for someone else, after he made them title matches.

 

“The champ's advantage is something you should earn. Greg earned it. Aaron earned it. Matt earned it. Reed hasn't. So this was all about respect. Respect for people's accomplishments; respect for the men who WIN titles.”

 

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Canadian Elemental vs. JD Morgan w/ Laura Huggins

Here in Ottawa, the Elemental gets quite a solid reaction – easily on par with Kreed coming out earlier. The reaction to Morgan is substantially less enthusiastic, in a number of ways, but once the contest begins, they wake up fast.

 

These two know how to work together, it seems, and Elemental provides a stunning display of aerial artistry while the former three-time DaVE champion nails some nasty shots as counters, working his body over whenever he can slow him down enough to do so. However, what clinches this one is a brilliant display on the ground, hold and counter-hold eventually leading to a textbook Elemental Suplex for the pin.

Canadian Elemental defeated JD Morgan

Rating: B

 

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Marc Speed vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins

The last of these was a real technician's workshop; this one purifies the action down even more simply. It's a submission clinic, and neither man does anything that is not or is not designed to lead to a submission.

 

That doesn't appeal to the entire crowd, but it's the center of both men's style, and those fans who are glued to it respond well – and they should; Morgan remains one of the very best submission experts in the world, and Speed's style incorporates a lot of holds and approaches MMA stylists have been developing but which professional wrestlers seldom use – so this feels new and exciting, at least if you're into that sort of thing.

 

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Around fifteen minutes in, Carl Batch appears at ringside, capturing the attention of Eugene Williams while the Easy Riders scramble in. An Emergency Stop lays Speed out – and Walter Morgan promptly hooks Billy Fonda from behind into a tight, painful chokehold. Fry chuckles. “Walter Morgan was taught hook style in Wigan, England,” he says. “And half of what they do there isn't actually legal. Inventive, slick, and utterly dangerous – and that's what Morgan does.”

 

“No,” Saunders responds. “That's what Morgan is.”

 

It takes all of Peter Fonda's strength to prise Morgan off his teammate, and the Riders feel the need to bail immediately.

 

As Walter turns back, Speed catches him by the arm, hooks it, and twists – Cross Armbreaker applied! Enough damage has been done over the past seventeen minutes, and Morgan is forced to tap.

Marc Speed defeated Walter Morgan

Rating: B-

 

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Backstage goes the camera, into the general cafeteria area. Tommy Cornell and Ricky Dale Johnson are sat at the same table at the moment, plastic cups of coffee in hand. Cornell also has a stack of paperwork he's leafing through.

 

“...just saying,” RDJ says. “I haven't been getting a lot've chances to prove I can still go, man. And I do want a shot at the title soon. It's been long enough I ain't sure I've still got it, and that's the only way to test.”

 

Cornell nods. “Yeah,” he says. “I shoulda asked you to pair with us, really. You stood by me. Sorry, man, I'm...” He takes a gulp of coffee. “I'm not good at this whole gratitude thing. Look, what I can do... you're gonna get your chance to earn a title shot before I get mine. That work for you?”

 

RDJ raises an eyebrow. “Considering how much I know that belt means to you?” He grins. “It's not what I expected, but... yeah, that works.”

 

A beat.

 

“You're actually tryin', ain't ya? I wasn't sure...”

 

Cornell half-smiles, shakes his head a little uncomfortably. “My big problem right now is all these applications from Vibert for matches. He's brought about six lawyers onto this thing.”

 

Ricky chuckles. “Better you than me.”

 

“Mm,” Cornell says absently. “Oh, hey – to really push yourself forward, you got the match tonight, but listen – do NOT try to powerbomb Edd.”

 

RDJ grins. “I got something in mind,” he says. “Don't sweat it.”

 

“Hey, Tommy? Bossman?”

 

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Cornell looks up as Texas Pete approaches. “Something I can do for you, Pete?”

 

“No,” Pete smiles. “Got my belt, got my place for a while. It's what I can do for you.

 

“I know how it is to be on your own. Seems to me you're not – quite,” he nods to RDJ, “but you're damn close, and you're sure as hell outnumbered.

 

“You want some help with those *******s, boss, you feel free to put my name down.”

 

Cornell looks at him for a long moment, then nods. “Cheers, Pete,” he says. “Might just do that.”

 

“Awright,” Pete nods. He pauses for a second, dithering, and turns around to go.

 

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He comes face to face with Matthew Keith, who grins slightly.

 

“You got your belt,” Keith says. Pete nods. After a moment, Keith shakes his head.

 

“You got my belt,” he says. “My place, too.”

 

Pete stands there for a moment, then snickers. “Sure,” he says. “We can check that. Come visit me in hell. We'll ride a while and we'll figure out whose place it is.”

 

“In hell?” Keith asks blankly. RDJ chuckles.

 

“Only other place I know Where Angels Fear To Tread.”

 

Cornell smiles. “I like the match,” he says. “Gotta clear it with Midden, but consider it made.”

 

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Marat Khoklov vs. Rhino Umaga

Credit where it's due, Umaga doesn't actually look scared, even squaring up close and personal with the giant. And he throws the first punch – and the second, third, fourth and fifth. Marat finally unleashes a counter, and Umaga ducks it, unleashes a headbutt to Khoklov's side – where you'd deliver a kidney punch to a smaller man – and then backs to the ropes, off, and another headbutt, this one diving, to the giant's knee.

 

Skull against kneecap tends to be a losing proposition for kneecap, and Khoklov's knee goes out from under him. But he's still upright, just about, and as Umaga picks himself up, that giant hand seizes him by the throat.

 

The Russian Giant shoves, one-handed, sending Umaga careering back into and off the ropes; as the Samoan rebounds, Marat rises back to both feet and meets him with a Moscow Lariat. The pin sees Khoklov put all his weight on the smaller man, making it certain.

Marat Khoklov defeated Rhino Umaga

Rating: C+

 

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Aaron Andrews finishes working over a speed bag in his room. He turns to face the camera and nods greeting, draws a breath -

 

There's a knock at his locker room door. He sighs. “Hold that thought,” he says, and goes to the door.

 

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At the door is Champagne Lover, who sighs. “I want to say on principle that I don't agree with this,” he begins.

 

“Edd?”

 

Lover nods wearily. “Hey!” a voice yells from offscreen. “That's not what you were supposed to do!”

 

Aaron sighs. “So, let me guess...”

 

“He's behind the door,” Lover says. “Wanted me to tell you he was on the other side, so he could jump you from behind.”

 

“TRAITOR!”

 

Andrews puts his hands on his hips and sighs. “You say that,” he says. “But this is Edd. So on the side opposite the door is a tape recorder, and he's on the other side...”

 

“I resent that,” comes Edd's voice. “That'd just be... phoning it in. I've done that one.”

 

Lover dips his head, closing his eyes and pinching the bridge of his nose. “You two are as crazy as each other,” he says. “Whatever. I'm out. Play your own damn headgames.” And with that, he walks off.

 

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Andrews waits a few moments for him to get clear, then steps forward, lunging around the door – and the punch he gets in response is from a meaty hand wrapped in Gorgon's usual wrestling wristgear.

 

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He falls back a step, and Edd steps out behind him, spins him around, and gets the Edd-Renaline Shot. Gorgon catches him by the throat as he falls back, then hits the Hydra Bomb.

 

Edd does a jumping high-five, with Gorgon simply reaching up rather than leaping. A second later, however, he falters, then looks down. “Hey, Aaron? So... I was thinking... How about we make the title match a Hangtime Match?” A pause. “Ah... you're probably, what, semi-conscious, tops? Think it over and get back to me, man...”

 

The nefarious duo leave.

 

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JeriLynn Stone & Sean Deeley vs. Joel Bryant & Raku Makuda

The men go to the mat. The women soar. The pace is fast, and the Canadian team have strong support from the fans here. That helps this match catch some degree of fire despite Makuda's recent absence from TV and Bryant's recent losing streak making some of the match's outcome clear.

 

Bryant and Deeley are even able to play off their short-lived team together, with Stone & Deeley busting out some of the same sequences – like when Deeley twists Makuda into a Boston crab, with JeriLynn hitting the ropes and coming down across the back of her neck with a legdrop.

 

Makuda and Bryant do rally, though, and the Swanton Bomb nearly wins it – but Deeley drops the elbow to break the pin.

 

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And then, moments later, Jeremy Stone slams into Deeley from behind, going straight for – and getting – a shock Stone's Throw. As Ray Johnson calls for the DQ. Jeremy turns to face his daughter, who squares off against him, but he smiles, shaking his head. The camera's mic pickup catches him saying “I can't attack my daughter. Not outside a match – or training.”

 

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JeriLynn relaxes for a second – and then a hand closes around her throat. Gorgon gets another Hydra Bomb to add to her resume.

JeriLynn Stone & Sean Deeley won by DQ

Rating: B-

 

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The big screen comes to life, and Jeremy Stone can be seen sat backstage in an obviously pre-taped interview. A reflective strings piece plays as he starts to speak.

 

“I had the good fortune to be raised by a family that really values hard work, you know. I've said so many times in my life, you know, I'm not Troy Tornado. I'm not Eddie Peak. I don't have that kind of gifted physique. But what I do have, I have a determination, a work ethic, that few people in this world have.

 

“And I get that from my family.”

 

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We cut to Johnny Bloodstone in much the same set, the World Heavyweight Championship strung across his shoulder. “I grew up in a small rural town in Illinois, just a small town, and my gran and grandad would take me during the summer to wrestling shows – I loved Rip Chord, and my brother was crazy for Sam Strong, so we, we faced off there, um, and as I got older, you know, I turned into more of a Nemesis kinda guy. In my late teens, my parents got divorced, I started to really get into guys like Bryan Vessey, ah, but also Eisaku Kunomasu, getting tapes sent over from Japan, and that pointed me at Elemental, Optimus, and I started looking at other guys... And it was from there that, you know, I made a promise, this was my dream, this was gonna be my goal.”

 

Back to Stone. “I was raised by a legend, in a small town, a small farm town and there's only two things to do, really, play hockey or wrestle. I knew what I wanted, so I got into wrestling.”

 

Bloodstone: “You... I was a sporty kid, most of the time, but team sports got to be ruled out pretty quick, uh, because I... well, hell, the temper thing. Everyone's seen it when I lose control.” He smiles a little. “Imagine that on your team. Imagine you just passed the ball to that, and then something flips the switch. Game over, right?” He shakes his head. “So I took myself out of that, I made the decision to make it just my problem... and I went to the solo sport I knew I loved. I went to wrestling, and I said goodbye to everything else.”

 

Stone: “So I was raised by the town, really, they all respected my dad, so, um, I was raised by the town and after I started in professional wrestling, they'd rooted for me all through my amateur stuff and, and after I won my first title in Abbotsford, British Columbia, I had to... I just wanted to show everyone, and it was a big deal to me. To me, the championship is the culmination of everything, you know, I won my first wrestling championship when I was twelve years old, I had a wrestling scholarship through college, and, you know, I won titles all over, you know, and to me... to me this could be the biggest. Now, you know, I'm beating the best in the world, because that's what TCW has, the best wrestlers in the world.”

 

Bloodstone: “It started for me when I was eighteen years old, driving across the border to train, graduating, going through USPW, back over the border, and it culminated, really, in that triple threat in September 2008, a hard-fought process. It's the thing I'm most proud of. And I'm not going to let it go. Not against anyone, honestly, but sure as hell not against the man who threatened Amy. He trained me. He thinks that means he's got something for everything I can do.” He smiles. “I'm happy for him to think that. That gives me the edge I'm going to need.”

 

The screen fades out to an image of Bloodstone's championship belt, with a simple caption:

BLOODSTONE

STONE

WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD

 

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Matthew Keith vs. Troy Tornado

Well, what a match. Keith, after all, feels he definitely has something to prove right now. His opponent... Well, it's hard to think of a time in the last three years when Troy Tornado hasn't given a match everything he has. It's fast and it's slick and there's one moment, after Matthew manages to block the Tornado Driver and turn it into a spinning DDT, with both men exhausted and flat out on the mat, where Fry breaks the silence with an anecdote that sounds utterly, utterly... honest.

 

“I've had the opportunity to call quite a few matches with Sam Keith involved,” he says. “THE legend, in my eyes. And it was everything I wanted... almost. But I remember watching Sam when I was a kid, and falling in love with wrestling. And much as I respect the man, and love his work... the energy he had when he was young, the skill he has now, it's a tradeoff.

 

“Except that, when I call a match with one of his sons in it, it's not a tradeoff. All his knowledge today. All his athleticism then. That is a legend in the making, and the man next to him is a worthy opponent. Nights like these are why people dream of being in my chair, of doing my job.”

 

As he finishes, Troy is almost to his feet. He offers Matthew a fistbump as the younger man rises; surprised, Matt repays the mark of respect in kind before the match rejoins in earnest.

 

It's not long, of course, before something happens to a ref. A mule kick by Keith gets evaded neatly by Tornado, but it does leave Sam Sparrow out of it. “Three,” Fry says. “Two,” Saunders echoes. “One,” Springsteen finishes.

 

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Right on crew, Bruce and all four cronies hit the ring, and Tornado takes a hell of a beating. Matt, meanwhile, backs away from the conflict, leaning against the corner, watching but not interfering.

 

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The Young Guns come down in rescue, of course, but they're outnumbered. Harry Allen blasts through the masked man, ducks the woman's attack, and gets a snap suplex on Sammy Bach, but Zimmy nails the Blood Rush in response. Meanwhile, Gumble drops Cherry Bomb with a Savate Kick, but a second later Bruce himself drops Steve with a lariat.

 

Their point made, they leave the ring as Sparrow starts to revive. Matt Keith shrugs, steps out of the corner, and applies the Proton Lock to Tornado, letting Sparrow see the unconscious former champion locked in the hold to pick up the victory.

Matthew Keith defeated Troy Tornado

Rating: A

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“Is it just me,” Jasmine Saunders asks as the brothers make their way to the ring, “or is Edd wearing, like, twice as much wrist tape as he usually does?”

 

RDJ and Bloodstone jaw for a little after their entrance before RDJ climbs into the ring first. Seeing this, Jeremy leaves the ring and Edd comes in, beaming broadly and bouncing on his feet.

 

The bell rings. Edd goes for a dropkick; RDJ steps back; Edd misses. An elbow drop follows – and Edd has rolled clear. Shockingly, his response isn't acrobatic – it's an armbar, transitioning into a keylock. Edd Stone is, voluntarily, working over his opponent's arm.

 

RDJ fights his way to his feet and punches clear. Edd comes back, meeting a boot to the gut – and, not a powerbomb, but a spinning powerslam that draws a crisp pop it probably wouldn't have received without the conversation between RDJ and Cornell earlier.

 

He takes a moment to play to the crowd, who let him know they still love him. Edd takes the chance to tag out.

 

The match's game plan is thus established. Both Stones concentrate on RDJ's wrist, and after the champ comes in, their attacks target his back. “Setting up for the Stone Hold,” Fry says. “The brothers have a game plan.”

 

Springsteen snorts. “Jetemy has a game plan,” she says. “And some way to force Edd to follow it.” By this stage, Edd's wrist tape is starting to trail a little, like streamers.

 

Around fifteen, sixteen minutes in the match has all four in, champion and challenger the legal men. Edd is still clinging to his wristlock strategy; RDJ swings him around, and Edd seems to flip over the top rope, though he lands on the apron, still clinging to the arm, while Jeremy and Johnny go at it.

 

Johnny starts to get the advantage, focusing on slams and throws to prevent Jeremy from locking any holds in, relying on youth and vigour for the upper hand.

 

Suddenly, though, Johnny topples sideways. An Edd-Renaline Shot from the side just took him off his feet.

 

As the Brothers unite in a beatdown, one of the cameras captures RDJ's predicament; it seems that Edd has essentially lashed his hand to the top rope with loop after loop after loop of wrist tape, and the big Texan is trying to bust himself free.

 

It's clearly very, very strong tape, as the Brothers deliver a double-team powerbomb to Bloodstone, leaving Jeremy to turn him over into the Stone Hold. Edd then hits the ropes followed by a flying lariat to bring Ricky crashing to the outside, arm still trapped firmly against the ropes – and shoulder now probably wrenched.

 

Which leaves Jeremy in perfect position to force Bloodstone to tap out.

Stone Brothers defeated Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson

Rating: A

 

Show Rating: A

[Phantom Stranger]

Is the masked guy Plague? I think we already discussed that... KENDALL NO!

 

*ahem* Hi dog. Anyway, decent show I suppose. When's Angelland happening?

 

We just wrapped May Week 3, and Where Angels Fear To Tread will take place at the end of Week 4.

 

So far, on the schedule for the PPV:

 

• Aaron Andrews/Edd Stone - International Championship, possible Hangtime Match
  
• Gorgon/Kate Dangerous - Womens Championship Rematch
  
• Kreed/GenOme - Tag Team Championships
  
• Rocky Golden & ????/Champagne Lover & Stephanie Wade - Stephanie is kinda weird
  
• New Wave/Buffalo & Marat - big monsters are kinda A-holes
  
• Texas Pete/Matthew Keith - Hard-Hitting Championship, No Holds Barred
  
• Remo Richardson/Eddie Peak
  
• Johnny Bloodstone/Jeremy Stone, World Heavyweight Championship
  

 

Any and all of which could, at least theoretically, change, and we don't yet have an All Action challenger specified, though Acid has been most active this month.

[Phantom Stranger]

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Saturday May 19th 2009

This may be how youth movements always start. You give a couple of guys the break they deserve – Wolf Hawkins, in particular, has earned his breakout role in 2009 with his work in 2008, even if a lot of his chances to earn it, and Aaron Andrews, too, responded to the Tyler and Cornell feuds in 2008 by seeing them for what they were; a chance to step up and grab the crowd's attention.

 

That reminds everyone that the glass ceiling is, potentially, breakable. Some of the other young guys step their game up in response, and you get folks like Art Reed. Seeing the opportunities for fast progress, some of the younger workers in other companies who haven't reached the level they think they should have look to make the jump when their contracts come up – Remo Richardson, Marc DuBois. And bit by bit, the kids climb the ranks. Lo and behold, a youth movement, and I'm getting plaudits in the wrestling press for having planned it.

 

Well, I didn't plan anything, but I'll take the 'architect of the youth movement' tag happily. Generation Omega came about because it fits who's ascendant, allowed us to bring in Davis and give him a solid push, and filled a need.

 

What a booker does is very much what an architect does; we provide a structure. If that structure works, then the guys who the fans take to will get over, the fans will be happy seeing more of them, they'll buy more tickets, we'll catch attention from more casual fans, business will improve. Sometimes your job is also to help a wrestler live up to their position; Rocky Golden's issues with Champagne Lover have made Lover a star, but they've also allowed Lover, Rick Law, and Chris Rockwell to work with Golden, help him along in the ring, and Rocky is a visibly better performer for it.

 

Sometimes that structure is very loose. I told Aaron and Edd that they'd be feuding two months ago, and asked them to think in terms of ambushes, backstage attacks, and so on. I didn't give them much more than that; I had in mind a very simple feud that wouldn't take much microphone work.

 

Edd being Edd, and Aaron having a sense of humour to match his when the cameras aren't rolling, they've taken a slapstick absurdity approach to things and made it work. Aaron establishes himself as aware of how people jump others, Edd establishes himself as oddball enough that you can't outthink him, and both of them put on the kind of matches I want.

 

But Edd's why I started thinking about a youth movement; I honestly don't know what to do with Edd half the time. He fits a very specific niche, has the popularity to move forward, but doesn't quite have the ability to back it yet, not dependably.

 

And then you get a moment like the tag match tonight. I laid out in that match that RDJ should be prevented from breaking a submission while Jeremy forced Johnny to tap with aid from his brother. I left the rest to the four talents in the ring and Archie, on road agent duty, to figure out. I'm told that the wrist tape thing was entirely Edd's idea – and it works; RDJ still looks legit, Edd becomes even less predictable, the result we got was what we want and the crowd came away accepting the match result.

 

Edd's rise up the card, in short, is ninety per cent down to Edd. And that's what happens with the youth movements that work.

 

Tuesday 22nd May 2009

At the arena for Total Wrestling, and we're checking on the setup for the big spot of the night. I don't often speak to Alan Benaud – we haven't used him a great deal on the day-to-day level I do most of my work at, but his work features in every second of TCW broadcasting.

 

Alan is responsible for set design; he created the Total Wrestling, Badge of Honor and Saturday Night Showcase sets, and he puts together the one-off designs for each PPV. Way back when, when we first needed the Test of Steel, he put the cell for it together. If it's not a video package or video effect, Alan has sat down and thought about how it looks, what that says to the audience, what we want to say to the audience, etc, etc. (My personal favourite little touch is the broad scarlet slash in the middle of the black leather strap used when TCW busts out a Strap Match).

 

And when we need to gimmick something, Alan is the guy who does it. We run through the logistics of the spot a few times, enough to allay my concerns – like the Edd/Aaron sequences, this was dreamed up by a couple of the talent for their feud, and we're making it happen because it works well enough – and then do a rehearsal, EMTs standing by.

 

I don't like what I see. At all. But, after he's tried to persuade the EMTs he broke his neck, and after they call him on it, Eddie laughs that crazy laugh of his and kips back up to his feet. “I'll be feeling that tomorrow,” he says. “Harry, do I hafta rehearse that again? Two of those is going to be bad enough.”

 

It looks horrible. He's fine. Which is exactly what we want.

 

I OK the spot.

[Tigerkinney]

The low key exhange between Tommy Cornell and Ricky Dale Johnson, is where if I was a fan, I would now begin accepting Cornell as a babyface, it's where I really would start to think that the once tyrannical leader of the Syndicate isn't rotten to the core after all. Because it appears RDJ (the perennial babyface of TCW) had finally won the respect of his long time nemesis.

 

Delivered in such an understated manner, it made the 'respect' from Cornell seeme all that more real, not once was the words 'I respect you' uttered from Cornell's lips to RDJ but it's certainly something that could be 'felt' from the segment.

[Phantom Stranger]

The low key exhange between Tommy Cornell and Ricky Dale Johnson, is where if I was a fan, I would now begin accepting Cornell as a babyface, it's where I really would start to think that the once tyrannical leader of the Syndicate isn't rotten to the core after all. Because it appears RDJ (the perennial babyface of TCW) had finally won the respect of his long time nemesis.

 

Delivered in such an understated manner, it made the 'respect' from Cornell seeme all that more real, not once was the words 'I respect you' uttered from Cornell's lips to RDJ but it's certainly something that could be 'felt' from the segment.

 

Thanks, TK - glad this one came to life for you. Tommy remains probably the toughest of TCW's crew to give some kind of character to, always a challenge. After all, how do you write the man who gave his name to the universe?

[Phantom Stranger]

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A clash of powerhouses awaits this Tuesday, as Total Wrestling begins with Tyson Baine pitted against Rocky Golden. Can Golden unearth that 'killer instinct' his girlfriend is talking about a week before he has to demonstrate it, or will Baine return to winning ways?

 

He doesn't have the power of Rocky Golden, but his temper is significantly greater than his old friend's. Golden has had the enmity of Champagne Lover for some time now, but on Tuesday his buddy Chris Rockwell will try to clear the deck for Rocky's match on Sunday. Who will send the message, Lover or one of the 'three amigos' as the friendship is slowly becoming known backstage?

 

The New Wave are looking to bounce back and send a message themselves - and what a message it will be, if they end their losing streak with a victory over the team who forced the World Heavyweight Champion to submit on Saturday. Yes, their opponents are the Stone Brothers - but if they can overcome this, perhaps they have a hope against the sheer power of Buffalo and Khoklov...

 

A triple-threat has been called for following that; the provenance of this match is uncertain, but with Troy Tornado on one side, Sammy Bach on the other, the presence of Rick Law as a third competitor caught in the middle may prove to be quite the stabilising force.

 

Eddie Peak is due in action, too, ahead of his match with Remo this Sunday; his opponent on Total Wrestling will be Jack Marlowe, last seen siding with Jeremy Stone near the start of the month. What was all that about? Why has Marlowe been conspicuously absent from Stone's allies since?

 

A six-man tag is made by Tommy Cornell for following that contest. Given events on Saturday, it's thought that Cornell wishes to test the unity of his allies, as he teams with Ricky Dale Johnson and Texas Pete against the interesting assortment that is Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce, and Matthew Keith. Still no word as yet on why Matthew Keith is no longer accompanied to the ring by the Blonde Bombshell; we can only assume there's a conflict of interests.

 

The contest in the main event might very well be considered a contendership battle for the tag team championships, if it had been announced as such; the British Lions and the Rising Stars. While the Stars have had issues of late, in recent matches they've come together well after Phil Vibert appeared at ringside. The Lions, meanwhile, still have pride in the reputation that you can't beat them the same way twice - and they'll be gunning for the titles that they fought to the very limit for at Total Mayhem.

 

Prediction Key:

Rocky Golden vs. Tyson Baine

 

Champagne Lover vs. Chris Rockwell

 

New Wave vs. Stone Brothers

 

Rick Law vs. Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado

 

Eddie Peak vs. Jack Marlowe

 

Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ricky Dale Johnson, Texas Pete & Tommy Cornell

 

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars

[Bigpapa42]

Rocky Golden vs. Tyson Baine

 

Champagne Lover vs. Chris Rockwell

 

New Wave vs. Stone Brothers

 

Rick Law vs. Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado

 

Eddie Peak vs. Jack Marlowe

 

Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ricky Dale Johnson, Texas Pete & Tommy Cornell

 

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars

[tommyb]

Rocky Golden vs. Tyson Baine

 

Champagne Lover vs. Chris Rockwell

 

New Wave vs. Stone Brothers

 

Rick Law vs. Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado

 

Eddie Peak vs. Jack Marlowe

 

Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ricky Dale Johnson, Texas Pete & Tommy Cornell

 

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars

[pauls07]

Rocky Golden vs. Tyson Baine

 

Champagne Lover vs. Chris Rockwell

 

New Wave vs. Stone Brothers

 

Rick Law vs. Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado

 

Eddie Peak vs. Jack Marlowe

 

Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ricky Dale Johnson, Texas Pete & Tommy Cornell

 

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars

[Blake Trask]

Rocky Golden vs. Tyson Baine

 

Baine is a glorified jobber right now. A win would cement Golden's momentum.

 

Champagne Lover vs. Chris Rockwell

 

Another member of this alliance is facing the Lover at a bigger event. Rockwell winning takes all the wind out of the PPV match.

 

New Wave vs. Stone Brothers

 

Wave always lose!

 

Rick Law vs. Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado

 

Toughie... but Sammy has the stable.

 

Eddie Peak vs. Jack Marlowe

 

Crunch.

 

Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ricky Dale Johnson, Texas Pete & Tommy Cornell

 

I didn't expect Keith to go over Tornado earlier, but over RDJ and the boss too? I can't see it.

 

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars

 

And the Stars' differences rear their heads.

[Zergon]

Rocky Golden vs. Tyson Baine

Sadly, Baine isn´t important right now so Golden takes this one

 

Champagne Lover vs. Chris Rockwell

I agree with Blake Trask here, Lover needs to win in order to keep that PPV match interesting

 

New Wave vs. Stone Brothers

Wave isn´t winning this one either

 

Rick Law vs. Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado

Hard to say where this one is going as anyone could win here but I go with Tornado

 

Eddie Peak vs. Jack Marlowe

Maybe not a squash but pretty clear win for Peak seems likely

 

Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ricky Dale Johnson, Texas Pete & Tommy Cornell

Cornell and RDJ looks to be the two biggest names here and there is no reason to believe that heels side (+ Keith I guess he is still face) could work together any better than their opponents either.

 

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars

Even with all the tension between Rising Stars I don´t see them losing here, though it is possible.

[Tigerkinney]

Rocky Golden vs. Tyson Baine

 

Golden seems to be gradually regaining importance, and as others have said Baine's just turning into a glorified jobber.

 

Champagne Lover vs. Chris Rockwell

 

Lover needs the win more, as he has a match coming up against Goldne at the PPV. Kind of feel sorry for Rockwell, he was the one first stars to make the jump but is now spinning his wheels in the midcard...he's in exactly the same position he was in whilst in the SWF, admittedly sans the silly costume.

 

New Wave vs. Stone Brothers

 

Stone Brothers are hot right now and New Wave have a losing streak angle going, I don't see either things coming to an end here.

 

Rick Law vs. Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado

 

Tornado and Bach will be too focused on each other, allowing for Law to take advantage of the situation and pick up the win.

 

Eddie Peak vs. Jack Marlowe

 

Extended squash, Marlowe's just a directionless glorified jobber.

Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ricky Dale Johnson, Texas Pete & Tommy Cornell

 

Cornell and his new buddies show that they are united by picking up the win.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars

 

Thus far the issue between Rising Stars have just been tensions, and though there may be a few moments teased where those tensions come a head, I think they pull through in the end and pick up the win.

[Regis]

Rocky Golden vs. Tyson Baine

The directionless monster continues to do the job on his way out.

 

Champagne Lover vs. Chris Rockwell

As TK said, Lover has a PPV match, and Rockwell is spinning his wheels outside of angles. Poor Chris.

 

New Wave vs. Stone Brothers

A simple matter of push.

 

Rick Law vs. Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado

With stable support, Bach continues to rise.

 

Eddie Peak vs. Jack Marlowe

Sorry, Jack.

 

Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ricky Dale Johnson, Texas Pete & Tommy Cornell

Looks to be a good 'un!

 

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars

The Stars continue to prove that they can work together in the face of adversity. Huzzah!

[smurphy1014]

Rocky Golden vs. Tyson Baine

 

Champagne Lover vs. Chris Rockwell

 

New Wave vs. Stone Brothers

 

Rick Law vs. Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado

 

Eddie Peak vs. Jack Marlowe

 

Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ricky Dale Johnson, Texas Pete & Tommy Cornell

 

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars

[Ian carlisle]

Good show to come, but in the last few posts you have passed 10 simple rules as the diary with the most posts.

[James Casey]

Congrats, PS. I hadn't realised this had been such a long runner, timewise. For some reason I had the idea it only started in the mid-last year or so.

 

At some point I'll have to go back and re-read it all. Do you have a pdf at all?

[Wallbanger]

Rocky Golden vs. Tyson Baine

 

Golden keeps momentum going into PPV.

 

Champagne Lover vs. Chris Rockwell

 

Going with consensus on who needs the win more.

 

New Wave vs. Stone Brothers

 

Two #1 contenders to TCW titles aren't losing to a struggling midcard tag team.

 

Rick Law vs. Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado

 

Agree with Blake, all other things being equal, this comes down to shenanigans.

 

Eddie Peak vs. Jack Marlowe

 

This will be a great, though under-appreciated, match.

 

Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ricky Dale Johnson, Texas Pete & Tommy Cornell

 

No decision - this one will break down and get tossed one way or another.

 

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars

 

Keeping the Lions strong for future tag title contention, and facilitating a cleaner break between Andrews and Minnesota.

[Phantom Stranger]

Good show to come, but in the last few posts you have passed 10 simple rules as the diary with the most posts.

 

Congrats, PS. I hadn't realised this had been such a long runner, timewise. For some reason I had the idea it only started in the mid-last year or so.

 

At some point I'll have to go back and re-read it all. Do you have a pdf at all?

 

You know, I was aware it was coming, but I wasn't sure...

 

It's gonna take a bit of digesting, to have actually done that.

 

James: I don't have a PDF - what I have is the single .odt file I write everything in, separated by line breaks, and that has little formatting and no pictures in (I find it easier to add all but the template formatting as I post).

 

Said ODT currently weighs in at 640 pages and 318,000 words. Which is mildly terrifying. And that's BEFORE this latest Total Wrestling.

 

OK, gang, thanks for the predictions so far, the notifications, and the feedback; I should probably sim and write up the show...

[ampulator]

I think this is a bit late, but if it was in Mexico, El Leon vs. Champagne Love would have been huge. Not a shot against you, but it peeved me off a bit that you booked the match... and got a B-. If you weren't Phantom Stranger, I might have told you off.

[Phantom Stranger]

I think this is a bit late, but if it was in Mexico, El Leon vs. Champagne Love would have been huge. Not a shot against you, but it peeved me off a bit that you booked the match... and got a B-. If you weren't Phantom Stranger, I might have told you off.

 

Running in Mexico, Leon's push would still have limited match time and thus rating. (And the rest of the show would've had language barrier issues).

 

But hey, the British Lions started out as jobbers and now have the best match in the game to their credit... things can happen.

[Bigpapa42]

Congrats on taking this thing so long. Much like 10 Simple Rules, you have you managed to maintain quality throughout, which is perhaps what is most impressive about both projects.