TEW 108: I Can Be A Booker!?

Zeel1 · December 9, 2009

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Waghlon" data-cite="Waghlon" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25030" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Pulling C rated matches in front of 11 people is a tad silly. I wonder though, did you create the IC title back in January? What was its prestige by July?</div></blockquote> Those 11 people paid their hard-earned $2.50, dammit, they're gonna get their money's worth! <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Marcel Fromage · December 10, 2009

Damn...think I missed predicting that one. Good show anyway, Foolinc.

foolinc · December 10, 2009

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Waghlon" data-cite="Waghlon" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25030" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Pulling C rated matches in front of 11 people is a tad silly. I wonder though, did you create the IC title back in January? What was its prestige by July?</div></blockquote> I created the belt in January as a midcard title before changing it to a main event title, so the title's prestige is at the lowest point it can be as a main event title (C+). Personally I think it's the best way to go when you create a new title because it's more realistic and it's cool to see your title improve in prestige as the game goes on. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Zeel1" data-cite="Zeel1" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25030" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Those 11 people paid their hard-earned $2.50, dammit, they're gonna get their money's worth! <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"></div></blockquote> It was six dollars for the opportunity to sit in wherever they wanted thank you. And if you noticed, that C is probably a C+ since it got knocked for not having good enough color commentary. <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Marcel Fromage" data-cite="Marcel Fromage" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25030" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Damn...think I missed predicting that one. Good show anyway, Foolinc.</div></blockquote> It's alright. I know I've missed more than my fair share of your events. <img alt=":o" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/redface.png.900245280682ef18c5d82399a93c5827.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png">

foolinc · December 10, 2009

<div style="text-align:center">http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a288/foolinc/TEW108/TEW108WCCW.png</div> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25030" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center">Chapter #1 The 0/0/0 Promotion or How I Learn To Love Dusty Bin Bonus Update: Reader Responses to "Why did Warren Technique attack Chris Flynn?"</div> Once again I am blown away by you guys' ability to make a last minute optional question into something that gave me many minutes of enjoy as I read them. There were so many that I decided to separate it from the usual monthly review into it's own special update. Now let's get to the responses. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25030" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25030" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Because he is his long lost adoptive twin brother and he wants vengeance over causing his fake parents tremendous grief and that one time when he was discovered to be a martian on the run from a distant galaxy where he had gotten a speeding ticket by a man that looks like Vince Russo. Did i mention that C-verse is reality. The Real World is nothing more than a deranged creation in some alien brain. We are the fake ones, they are the real ones. DWN EXISTS. FBI IS HOLDING BACK THE TRUTH. I AM LOCKED IN A BASEMENT PLEASE HELP ME. ~ Bizarro Waghlon The 4th</div></blockquote> http://i347.photobucket.com/albums/p479/blindmessiahDC/ScannersExplodingHead.gif <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25030" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Flynn didn't return Technique's copy of Hamlet in a reasonable amount of time. ~ randomfreeze</div></blockquote> As awesome as Hamlet is, I don't know if someone could get that pissed off about a book that is just about as common as The Bible. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25030" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>The voices told him to. ~ Karl Kitsch</div></blockquote> I'd rather not get sued by WWE, but looking back on it, Warren Technique and the current Randy Orton gimmick seem to have a lot of similarities. They both have that Bitter Veteran vibe despite their relatively young age. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25030" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Because he didn't like his brother Jerry that used to work for WCW. ~ xDRMx</div></blockquote> I'd never forget when Jerry Flynn wrestled in WCW. http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/35/m_db83472d88934ed1a667507a7ebf58c6.gif <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25030" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Because he felt like it! ~ BHK1978</div></blockquote> Well I guess that's true. Of course that's the laziest reasoning ever, so NO SOUP FOR YOU! <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25030" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Lack Of Honor ~ midnightnick</div></blockquote> For a man that is actively trying to rack up as many colored stars as possible this reasoning is surprising logical. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25030" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Technique wants to show Flynn that their's room for only one bland faceless guy on the roster and that bland faceless guy is going to be Warren Tecnique Damn It ! ~ Tigerkinney</div></blockquote> There is a huge flaw in this theory. Flynn and Warren aren't the only two bland guys on the roster. There is Eric Blackley, Randy Maxx, Jeremy Jazz, etc. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25030" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Warren attacked Chris from their past experience with each other. Chris stole Warren's girlfriend in high school. ~ Tweek It</div></blockquote> http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/funny-pictures-cat-and-bird-are-so-close-yet-so-far-away.jpg <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25030" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I'm not sure. Thinking it has something to do with a roleblock. ~ ShadowedFlames</div></blockquote> I don't know whether this is a mafia or D&D reference. Six of one and half a dozen of the other I guess. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25030" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Because the booker decided that it would be good for storyline purposes ~ My Name is Not...</div></blockquote> http://craplog.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/facepalm_picard_riker.jpg </div></blockquote></div></blockquote>

Waghlon · December 10, 2009

So when's the next chance to write something into an optional box? I got a whole barrel of Rock catchphrases this morning and i want to use them <img alt="

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Midnightnick · December 10, 2009

That's a lapse in my insanity. Normally I'm russoesque in my booking in all honesty.

ShadowedFlames · December 10, 2009

It was more of a Mafia reference. I've never come across "roleblock" in a D&D context before. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/redface.png.900245280682ef18c5d82399a93c5827.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

And yeah, that last one deserved the double facepalm.

foolinc · December 11, 2009

<div style="text-align:center">http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a288/foolinc/TEW108/TEW108WCCW.png <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25030" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div style="text-align:center"><div>Chapter #1 The 0/0/0 Promotion or How I Learn To Love Dusty Bin Review of Wrestling For Gold and the month of July Role Call (20): AzzMartin, Bak42, Benjacko, BHK1978, dkohn, KarlKitsch, Midnightnick, MrOnu, My Name is Not…, pate, Phantom Stranger, Randomfreeze, ShadowedFlames, TDubTNA, TheStroke7, Tigerkinney, Truth, Tweek It, Waghlon, xDRMx <hr> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25030" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Prediction Results for WCCW Wrestling For Gold http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a288/foolinc/TEW108/goldstar.png: benjacko, dkohn, MrOnu, My Name is Not..., pate, Phantom Stranger http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a288/foolinc/TEW108/silverstar.png: AzzMartin, bak42, KarlKitsch, randomfreeze, ShadowedFlames, TDubTNA, Tigerkinney, Truth, xDRMx http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a288/foolinc/TEW108/orangestar.png: BHK1978, TheStroke7, Tweek It, Waghlon, midnightnick </div></blockquote> I'm in no way complaining, but it seems a bit weird to see that the event that this chapter has been working to getting the lowest number of predictions. Funny how that worked out. It's almost like you guys knew that I was going to drop a "test score" at the end of the chapter and decided to skip the "final." Well for people like Marcel Fromage (sometimes it doesn't pay to make yourself known <img alt=";)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/wink.png.686f06e511ee1fbf6bdc7d82f6831e53.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png">) I wouldn't want to skip the next assessment (which is Monday) as it's worth a grand total of seven points and is the last one before the chapter ends. I still don't know what the top "student(s)" will get for being the best of the chapter, but I'll figure something out by next week. As for the predictions themselves, they were pretty much in line with what I thought was going to happen. Wrestling For Gold wasn't the capstone event that you might see in later chapters. The only really storyline that we finished was the tournament itself. Of course that was the whole point of this chapter, to give people an example of how to create storylines from nothing. Tempest and Raphael are now enemies thanks to Raphael's boy, Justin Sensitive, helping Raphael defeat Tempest in the Semi-Finals, Warren Technique's tainted win over Flynn certainly doesn't close their newly minted feud, Manic Attack's preference to extra curricular beat downs are most likely going to get them into trouble down the road, and you have to think Davis Wayne Newton is going to have a target on his back now that he is the champion of the company. Speaking of feuds, I guess now is the correct time to give you my reasoning for putting Chris Flynn and Warren Technique into a feud. It's no where as funny as your responses, but here we go: Warren Technique is still highly bitter from being fired from Canadian Charisma Championship Combat. And while there are a good number of wrestlers in the promotion that work for 4C Chris Flynn isn't just any worker. He is the first "home grown" talent that 4C produced. Warren doesn't see Flynn as a wrestler, he sees him as the personification of Canadian Charisma Championship Combat. And on a non-kayfabe note, I also saw Chris Flynn as one of the better prospect on the roster. With his relatively high grades in the performance and physical skills he seemed like one of the few members of the roster that I could see being more than cannon fodder two years down the road. I also saw Raphael as the better of the two main event heels, making Warren an ideal choice for this storyline. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25030" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a288/foolinc/TEW108/Bannerslogos/wccwbanner.jpg<div style="text-align:center"></div> Overview July 2008 Popularity: 7.2% PAR (+1.4%) Prestige: .6% (+.1%) Finances Cash: -$450 Performance: -$1,049 Income Ticket Sales: $77 Sponsorships: $4,244 Merchandise: $1,070 Misc.: $112 Expenditures Workers: $4,578 Show Cost: $700 Marketing: $250 Merchandise: $374 Production: $250 Misc.: $400 <hr> Skill Increases Chris Flynn: Puroresu (F- to F) Davis Wayne Newton: Aerial (C to C+) DeMento: Aerial (F to F+), Flashiness (F to F+) Jerry Martin: Selling (D to D+) Randy Maxx: Mat (F to F+) Popularity Increases Chris Flynn: PAR (F to F+) Davis Wayne Newton: PAR (E- to E) Jerry Martin: PAR (F+ to F) Lion Heart: NE (F to F-) Match Results From Other Companies Chris Flynn: 4C (Too Sweet defeated Crusher & Flynn - E) Davis Wayne Newton: 4C (Barry Kingman defeated Davis Wayne Newton - D+) Jerry Martin: CGC (Grimm Quibble defeated Jerry Martin - E; Fate defeated Jerry Martin - E+), FCW (El Hijo Del Zonk defeated Jerry Martin - E), RIPW (Marshall Dillon defeated Jerry Martin - E-) Lion Heart: RIPW (Raphael defeated Lion Heart - F+) Randy Maxx: MAW (Max Mayhem defeated Jefferson Stardust - E-) Raphael: RIPW (Raphael defeated Lion Heart - F+) Warren Technique: FCW (Mainstream Hernandez defeated Warren Technique - E+) </div></blockquote> Davis Wayne Newton once again shows us why he's the champ as he improves his skills in aerial combat as well as jumps to an E in The Parries. At the pace he is going, he'll be in a E+ or a D- before WCCW hits small (if he's doesn't get signed by TCW or SWF). This is important to me because it means that once I hit small, I can bring in more popular talent without having to worry about them too good for the rest of the roster. For example, if Davis Wayne Newton was at an E+ I could bring in guys like Thomas Morgan, Jungle Jack, Barry Kingman, Hell Monkey, Sayeed Ali, and Fumihiro Ota without worrying about whether I am hurting their value when they lose a match to the champ. They'll still complain since DWN would be more of a regional star, but at least I would still be getting what I am paying for. On the other side of the coin we have some bittersweet news for Jerry Martin. The good news? He signed a PPA deal with CGC. The bad news? They jobbed him out and his overness feel back down to an F. Thanks for screwing with my 3rd best heel George DeColt. You're lucky the games over or I would totally get some payback. On the bright side, the 3rd best face on the roster, Chris Flynn, bumped to an F+ after losing to Warren. Up Next (Monday, December 14th, 2009): With the last show of WCCW done and over with we have a couple of things left to do before finishing up this chapter and moving on to Chapter #2: Empire State of Mind. Over the course of this chapter a couple of key concepts were shown in action, one of them being how to run a tournament over the course of a number of events. Before closing this chapter I wanted to show how someone could book a tournament over the course of one night. And the best way to do that is to take a trip down south to a little promotion called Mid Atlantic Wrestling and take a spin at booking the 3rd Annual Rip Chord Invitational Tournament. For this weekend, I have something a bit different than the usual assessment survey. Instead of sending an answer to a question in private and having me share with you the results, I am going to have an open discussion in this thread on how you would run the RCI event. How many wrestlers are going be apart of the tourney? Are there going to be any talent trades or new hires? Is the event going to be made solely of tournament matches or will there be non-tournament matches as well? What kind of structure are you going to have? These are just some of the questions you need to ask yourself when booking a one day tournament. Now obviously I don't need an essay on the subject (in the end this thread is just for fun), but please share with the rest of the board what you think. I'll be participating in the discussion as well and on Monday will be previewing what I decided to go with for my take on the Rip Chord Invitational (complete with survey!). </div></div><div></div></blockquote> Open Question #1 If you were running MAW, how would you book the Rip Chord Invitational Event?</div>

Midnightnick · December 11, 2009

Open Question #1 Answer:

8 Workers. 4 MAW-Grown, 3 on trades from other promotions and 1 unemployed wrestler.

Included bonus for winning the tournament if from another promotion/unemployed? A MAW contract.

Included bonus for winning the tournament if from MAW? A title shot of their choice (almost always for the singles title obviously).

It'd go in this format which makes sense.

MAW v. Unemployed

Unemployed v. Trade

MAW v. MAW

MAW v. Trade

Then

winner 1 v. winner 4

winner 2 v. winner 3

then Finals.

Tigerkinney · December 11, 2009

The major problem you have at the beginning with MAW is that they are heel heavy with a strong face/heel divide. The only faces of any reasonable quality on the roster are the MAW Champion Erik Strong and The Masked Patriot (Brandon Smith), so that causes some problems. Personally I wouldn't have Strong in the tournament and would have him defend his title in a seperate match, because in my opinion you should have at least a couple of buffer matches between each round.

For the size that they start at, an 8 man field in a single elimination format is fine for the RCI for now. I would go with a field of 5 MAW workers and 3 guest stars (two talent trades and one permament new signing). I would also sign up a new team to add to the very shallow tag division, where both the top teams are heel, immediately set them to face and have them face the Blondes for the Tag Titles. In the title match I would have Strong go up against one of The Firm (not necessarily Mean Jean Cattley). The winner of the RCI would of course not only win the trophy but win the title shot.

My format for the show would be

Pre-Show Match: Midcarder vs Jobber

RCI Round 1: MAW vs Talent Trade

RCI Round 1: MAW vs MAW

RCI Round 1: MAW vs New Signing

RCI Round 1: MAW vs Talent Trade

Tag Title Match: Blondes vs New Team

RCI Semi Finals: Talent Trade vs MAW

RCI Semi Finaks: New Signing vs MAW

Erik Strong defends the Mid Atlantic Championship

RCI Finals: Talent Trade vs MAW

The winner would be the MAW talent (heel of course, because I would have Strong retain the title)...my thinking would either be Cattley if he's not in the title match or Citizen X.

BHK1978 · December 11, 2009

MAW v. Unemployed
Unemployed v. Trade
MAW v. MAW
MAW v. Trade

Then
winner 1 v. winner 4
winner 2 v. winner 3

then Finals.

I like what Midnightnick posted but I would go with only maybe two non-MAW spots. Why give the chance to four people, when people who work in the company could use those spots to help their careers?

Midnightnick · December 11, 2009

I like what Midnightnick posted but I would go with only maybe two non-MAW spots. Why give the chance to four people, when people who work in the company could use those spots to help their careers?

The second unemployed spot could always go to a normal MAW wrestler, though I'd book it as one of the unemployed who loses, stays on contract, comes back a few months down the line, angry that they didn't fairly get a chance.

foolinc · December 12, 2009

Both, Midnightnick and Tigerkinney seem to be thinking on the same wavelength as me.

When booking the RCI, I also went with a nice eight man tournament with a mixture of MAW regulars and talent trades to give it that big tournament feel. As for the participates, I had two guidelines that I wanted to follow. First, I wanted to make sure that the defending tournament champion, James "Mainstream" Hernadnez, was involved in the 2008 RCI tournament. And 2nd, I wanted to make sure that each of the five promotions that MAW has working agreements were represented in the tournament (CZCW, FCW, NYCW, PSW, and USPW). Thankfully, one of these five promotions, FREEDOM Championship Wrestling, is home to Mainstream Hernandez so I can kill two birds with one stone. The remaining three spots of course will be filled by three of MAW's finest. (Note: Out of the non-MAW representatives, two of them were signed to ppa contracts, while the other three were trade trades).

For the structure of the tournament I went in a slightly different direction. While I also had each of the eight men fight at the beginning in singles competition, I changed things up a bit with a Four Way Elimination match to decide the winner (instead of continuing the tournament with more singles matches). The reason for this is a lack of time. Like Tigerkinney, I also planned on having both the Mid Atlantic Championship and the Mid Atlantic Tag Team title matches to fill out the card and if I would have gone down the path of a traditional knockout tournament I would of had to cut time to either the RCI finals or the Mid Atlantic Championship match.

BHK1978 brought up a good question on why you would give so many spots to non-MAW wrestlers. From my point of view it all has to do with the current balance of the face/heel divide (or the lack their of). With so few faces on the roster (one of which being the Mid Atlantic Champion), you are going to have to bring in some outside help unless you want to get hit for a couple of heel/heel matchups. One of the best and quickest ways to do this is of course talent trades and/or the hiring of outside talent.

Waghlon · December 12, 2009

I would had come up with an idea, but it would just end up requiring it took more than one night and would involve bits of round robin in it.

Tigerkinney · December 12, 2009

For the structure of the tournament I went in a slightly different direction. While I also had each of the eight men fight at the beginning in singles competition, I changed things up a bit with a Four Way Elimination match to decide the winner (instead of continuing the tournament with more singles matches). The reason for this is a lack of time. Like Tigerkinney, I also planned on having both the Mid Atlantic Championship and the Mid Atlantic Tag Team title matches to fill out the card and if I would have gone down the path of a traditional knockout tournament I would of had to cut time to either the RCI finals or the Mid Atlantic Championship match.

The alternative way of getting round the lack of time problem, is that you could have always extended the length of the show from two hours to two and a half. The extra half hour would be enough time to not make every match feel rushed.

NoNeck · December 12, 2009

The alternative way of getting round the lack of time problem, is that you could have always extended the length of the show from two hours to two and a half. The extra half hour would be enough time to not make every match feel rushed.

I agree with TK. Most of the tourney shows that I've attended or watched on DVD have been noticably longer than a regular show, even compared to some supershows that ran around the same time. Look at the TPI, which even split into two nights was an epic event. I went to an ROH show (maybe the Pure Title Tournament) that was right around four hours long.

For you to jump to two and a half hours, with the talent to cover it of course, should be a given.

Also, so as not to double post, I caught up on this today as I make my way trying to get current on some favorites that I've fallen way behind on (TK's FCW, Self's FCK, and Phantom Stranger's TCW) and I must say I'm enjoying it, both conceptually and with the actual meat of the diary. Kudos, man. Keep it up.

foolinc · December 13, 2009

The alternative way of getting round the lack of time problem, is that you could have always extended the length of the show from two hours to two and a half. The extra half hour would be enough time to not make every match feel rushed.

I agree with TK. Most of the tourney shows that I've attended or watched on DVD have been noticably longer than a regular show, even compared to some supershows that ran around the same time. Look at the TPI, which even split into two nights was an epic event. I went to an ROH show (maybe the Pure Title Tournament) that was right around four hours long.

For you to jump to two and a half hours, with the talent to cover it of course, should be a given.

Also, so as not to double post, I caught up on this today as I make my way trying to get current on some favorites that I've fallen way behind on (TK's FCW, Self's FCK, and Phantom Stranger's TCW) and I must say I'm enjoying it, both conceptually and with the actual meat of the diary. Kudos, man. Keep it up.

Thanks for the compliment No Neck. Always glad to hear when people are enjoying the diary. Hopefully I can keep everyone interested as I switch gears to the 2nd chapter.

And I thought about extending the show for another half hour, but didn't do it for a couple of reasons. The main one was that I wanted to change things as little as possible. Even though I have a good amount of veteran writers as readers (including the both of you ), the diary is still meant to be a bit tutorial to new readers. I also saw that besides "Where It All Begins Again" every single MAW event were set to run for 90 minutes. So the event is longer than the usual MAW show to begin with. Running the event this way also helps get around the face/heel divide problem because I only need to have one of the faces or heels going into the finals to make sure the match isn't penalize. Finally, there are slight stamina concerns that would force my hand with match-ups and when each participant would need to go out of the tournament.

Karl_Kitsch · December 14, 2009

I like crazy tournaments, so I would be less scientific. So, there might be...

2 vs. 10

3 vs. 9

4 vs. 8

5 vs. 7

What about 1 and 6 you ask? The first seed is the Champion, Erik Strong, so he gets a bi. The 6th seed is determined by a Battle Royal! The second round looks like this:

1 vs. 6

2/10 vs. 5/7

3/9 vs. 4/8

The winners of those rounds advance, for a total of 3 semi finalists. The losers of these matches are entered into a Three Way Dance. The winner of that is the fourth slot in the Semis. So, the Semis look like this...

1/6 vs. Winner of Loser's Lottery Triple Threat Match

2/10 vs. (3/9 or 4/8)

Obviously the winners of those matches fight it out for the title. I probably shouldn't right brackets when I'm this hopped up on sugar...

foolinc · December 14, 2009

I like crazy tournaments, so I would be less scientific. So, there might be...

2 vs. 10
3 vs. 9
4 vs. 8
5 vs. 7

What about 1 and 6 you ask? The first seed is the Champion, Erik Strong, so he gets a bi. The 6th seed is determined by a Battle Royal! The second round looks like this:

1 vs. 6
2/10 vs. 5/7
3/9 vs. 4/8

The winners of those rounds advance, for a total of 3 semi finalists. The losers of these matches are entered into a Three Way Dance. The winner of that is the fourth slot in the Semis. So, the Semis look like this...

1/6 vs. Winner of Loser's Lottery Triple Threat Match
2/10 vs. (3/9 or 4/8)

Obviously the winners of those matches fight it out for the title. I probably shouldn't right brackets when I'm this hopped up on sugar...

That certainly is a crazy set up. Might not use that set up ever for a one day tournament, but it's could be interesting in a format in general.

foolinc · December 14, 2009

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Chapter #1
The 0/0/0 Promotion or How I Learn To Love Dusty Bin
Supplemental Handout #1: Preview of The 3rd Annual Rip Chord Invitational

When I set up the schedule I planned on talking about the structure of the MAW card and why I chose to do what I did. However, I pretty much covered up all of that through conversation on the open discussion question. So instead I am going take this moment to bring back a staple of my NYCW diaries, the old school fight card poster (Ok, so it's really a flyer in the style of an old school fight card. What are you going to do about it, sue me? ). For those of you with a solid image editing program like Adobe Photoshop, these really aren't that hard to make (especially once you get a good template set up) and can add that little extra bit of flair to a diary.

It's kind of fitting that I'd first use it in this diary for a MAW event since my inspiration for doing these posters/flyers came from the man who made MAW popular, shipshirt. The year was 2006. The day was December 24th. The diary was MAW: Back to Basics (A C-Verse '07 Diary). I'm Casey Kasum, no James Heatly, no Antho...

I'm Foolinc telling you to keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.

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*Assessment #9: 3rd Annual Rip Chord Invitational*

Karl_Kitsch · December 14, 2009

Yeah, my tournament bracket was like some sort of half remembered Dragons Gate tournament shown through the lens of being half awake and fueled by sugar.

Sudo_Nym · December 14, 2009

Better late than never, I suppose. I am allowed to audit this class before signing up full time, right?

foolinc · December 15, 2009

Better late than never, I suppose. I am allowed to audit this class before signing up full time, right?

Welcome to the class! Sure you can audit the class before signing up. But if you think you are going to get any make up exams you're crazy!

foolinc · December 15, 2009

Just a friendly link to a one of GDS's newest concepts, The Grey Dog Players Present: All Star Wrestling.

foolinc · December 16, 2009

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MAW The 3rd Annual Rip Chord Invitational

Friday, Week 4, January 2008

222 people at Stanley Hall

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Casey Valentine (41.7%) vs. The Masked Patriot (58.3%)
Rip Chord Invitational Qualifier

Casey Valentine defeated The Masked Patriot in 11:44 by pinfall with a Deep Impact. During the match we also had Cameron Vessey run in and attack Masked Patriot.
Rating: D-
Notes: The announcing quality lifted the match. The color commentary gave the match a boost. This match brought the crowd's mood down.

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Post Match Angle

After the match, Casey Valentine's stable mates Mean Jean Cattley and Ricky Douglas dart from the back and head straight for Cameron Vessey. Over the past few months, the young son of Larry Vessey has been trying join his tag team partner and become a member of MAW's top stable, The Firm. However, for some reason unknown to the fans Mean Jean Cattley has been hesitant to accept the second generation superstar instead forcing him to a number of demeaning tasks that Cattley has called hazing. Grabbing Vessey by his shirt, Mean Jean gives what has to be yet another order to Cameron, but this time it looks like Vessey isn't going to take it anymore and stuns the audience by shoving The Mean Machine to the mat. After moment of stunned silence MJC barks to Casey and Douglas to restrain Cameron as he grabs a microphone.

Mean Jean Cattley: You were so close you stupid son of a bitch! Since the moment you stepped into a MAW ring all you said was how much you wanted to join The Firm. And after months of hazing rituals you refuse now? Do you think that all of this is above a punk like you? Who the hell you do you think you are!?

Cameron Vessey: You're damn right I think I'm above this. I'm a freaking Vessey!

After Vessey's outburst Cattley gets right into the face of the restrained 20 year old, forehead to forehead, and tell Cameron Vessey one word that no one in Stanley Hall was expecting.

Mean Jean Cattley: Good.

Cracking a smirk, Mean Jean Cattley slowly backs up and then continues his speech.

Mean Jean Cattley: To be a member of The Firm you must not just be above the unwashed masses, you must know it. And tonight, young Vessey, you have proven to me that you are above the rest of these losers. Congratulations, you are now one of us.

With Jean's speech done and over with, the leader of The Firm sticks out his hand while Ricky Douglas and Casey Valentine let go of Vessey. Still irate from the situation, the now free Cameron gets right up to the man that has been making his life miserable for the past couple of months pulls his fist back and looks to unload on Mean Jean Cattley. Vessey looks slowly at Valentine and Douglas to make sure they aren't going to jump him before shaking Mean Jean's hand? The fans boo as it is now clear that Cameron Vessey has join The Firm.

Rating: D-
Notes: The segment wasn't very good to begin with, and this crowd really turned against it.

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Mainstream Hernandez (100.0%) vs. Nelson Callum (0.0%)
Rip Chord Invitational Qualifier

Mainstream Hernandez defeated Nelson Callum in 10:11 by pinfall with a Super Kick.
Rating: E+
Notes: Mainstream Hernandez and Nelson Callum don't seem to click, and it made for an awkward bout. The announcing quality lifted the match. The color commentary gave the match a boost. This match brought the crowd's mood down.

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Marc Speed (87.5%) vs. Sammy The Shark (12.5% )
Rip Chord Invitational Qualifier

Marc Speed defeated Sammy The Shark in 6:15 by submission with a Cross Armbreaker.
Rating: D
Notes: The announcing quality lifted the match. The color commentary gave the match a boost. Marc Speed is improving in Rumble skills.

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Citizen X (95.8%) vs. Happy Elwood (4.2%)
Rip Chord Invitational Qualifier

Citizen X defeated Happy Elwood in 10:24 by pinfall with a Flaming Anarchy.
Rating: D
Notes: The announcing quality lifted the match. The color commentary gave the match a boost.

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The Canadian Blondes © (79.2%) vs. Max Mayhem & Riley McManus (4.2%)
Mid Atlantic Tag Team (15 Minute Time Limit)

The Canadian Blondes defeated Mayhem & McManus in 8:20 when Flash Savage defeated Riley McManus by submission with a Canadian Crab. The Canadian Blondes make defense number 1 of their Mid Atlantic Tag Team titles.
Rating: E-
Notes: Flash Savage seemed off his game tonight. Max Mayhem was really off his game tonight. Max Mayhem and Riley McManus showed excellent chemistry teaming together. The bout dragged in the middle, with a lack of flow being noticeable. The announcing quality lifted the match. The color commentary gave the match a boost. This match brought the crowd's mood down. Riley McManus is improving in Technical skills. Riley McManus is improving in Performance skills.

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Casey Valentine (20.8%) vs. Citizen X (25.0%) vs. Mainstream Hernandez (29.2%) vs. Marc Speed (0%)
Rip Chord Invitational Finals

Mainstream Hernandez defeated Casey Valentine, Citizen X and Marc Speed in 17:47; the order of elimination was Marc Speed first, then Casey Valentine, and finally Citizen X. Mainstream Hernandez wins the Rip Chord Invitational Challenge title.
Rating: D
Notes: Casey Valentine seemed off his game tonight. Citizen X was visibly tiring toward the end. Mainstream Hernandez was really off his game tonight. The announcing quality lifted the match. The color commentary gave the match a boost.

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Post Match Angle

As with the past two years, Rip Chord comes out from the back to personally hand the RCI Trophy to the winner of the Rip Chord Invitational Tournament. And like the past two years that man is none other than a man that Rip personally can't stand, Mainstream Hernandez.

Rip Chord: James, I don't know how you do it. For three years I've held this invitational and for three years you've knocked down all the competition set in front of you. I guess all I have left to say to you before I let you go back to Puerto Rico is congratulations.

Mainstream Hernandez: Go back to Puerto Rico? Duuude, the Mainstream Nation spans across the entire world. My awesomeness cannot be contained by just one promotion. Besides, last time I checked the winner of this here cup has always gotten a title match with the champ? And the only thing I'd love more than to take that title away from that corporate goon Cattley is to take it away from my best bud, Erik Strong. I'm back baby!

Hernandez jumps out of the ring and slaps hands with the Stanley Hall faithful as Rip Chord looks like he's about to be physically ill.

Rating: D-
Notes: The segment wasn't very good to begin with, and this crowd really turned against it.

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Erik Strong © (66.7%) vs. Mean Jean Cattley (33.3%)
Mid Atlantic Tag Team (30 Minute Time Limit)

Erik Strong drew with Mean Jean Cattley in 30:00 when the time limit expired.
Rating: C-
Notes: Mean Jean Cattley is improving in Flying skills. Mean Jean Cattley is improving in Performance skills.

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Post-Match Angle

As Marv Earnest gives the verdict of a time limit draw all eyes are on the challenger, Mean Jean Cattley, to see what he's going to do. In a bit of a surprise the former champion is fairly reserved for just failing to capture the top prize in all of the Mid Atlantic. The frustration on his face can be seen from a mile away, but there is no outburst at the referee, no sneak attack on Erik Strong, nothing. All Cattley does is make his way to the back while the champion celebrates is title defense with the fans.

After MJC's exit, Strong's long time friend, tag team partner, and now the new number one contender James "Mainstream" Hernandez comes out trophy in hand. The duo embrace to the delight of the crowd and Mainstream motions to Strong to go to the top turnbuckle, most likely to perform their signature stereo back flips for the fans. However as Strong turns his back, Mainstream takes his RCI trophy, lifts it high above his head, and smashes it on the back of Erik's head. The impact sends the champion crashing to the mat as the crowd sits in stunned silence at the event that just happen. Grinning wildly, Hernandez picks up Strong's Mid Atlantic Championship and raises both the title and the now dented RCI trophy into the air in victory.

Rating: F+
Notes: The segment was weak and bombed with the crowd.

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Overall Rating: D+

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