(C-VERSE)Wrestling Almanac's of the 2010's

[Jaded]

Belatedly following my DOTT watcher's journal in the 2007 game - coincidentally the last time I managed to keep a dynasty going for any length of time - I'm planning on a watcher's dynasty using the default database, starting on Monday when the game proper comes out. HOPING to get through to the end of the decade (game wise, not real life!)

 

Write-ups will be done for each major (definitely National+, possibly Cult as well) fed at the end of each year, in a similar style to the ones in the original thread.

 

(CHEAP PLUG 3 years later: http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28675 )

 

Basically, they'll cover the main eventers, titles, and major events of each promotion. If there's other people anyone wants me to keep an eye out for, post names up and I'll add them in as well.

[LoNdOn]

Great to see you back doing what you do best. I'm looking forward to reading already.

[Jaded]

Thanks, LoNdOn! Having realised how few national promotions there are at the moment, I'm definitely going to look at Cult and upwards, plus CZCW, MAW and the new ACPW - really interested to see how the owner goals play out with them. BSC, to see if they shift to a more wrestling based product successfully. And ZEN, because ZEN rocks!

 

Character wise, I'm planning on keeping a close eye on the following (apart from the obvious ones who'll end up main eventing in the top feds):

 

Alicia Strong

Anger

Angry Gilmore

Blitz Smithson

Boo Simpson

Bulldozer Brandon Smith

Cat and Jaime Quine

Champagne Lover

DWN

Edd Stone

Mirror Universe John Gordon

Peter Valentine

Raven Robinson

Remmy Skye

Steve Flash

Swoop McCarthy

The Big Problem

The Horror Show

Wolf Hawkins

 

Finally, since Adam's added the AWESOME ability to search for independent results, I'll be keeping an eye out on the indie scene.

 

Any other requests from anyone?

 

Also, a quick question to anybody reading... am thinking of adding in a bunch of alter egos inspired by the collected pic packs from the 08 Alternate Pictures thread. Good/bad idea?

[LoNdOn]

Finally, since Adam's added the AWESOME ability to search for independent results, I'll be keeping an eye out on the American indie scene.

 

Any other requests from anyone?

 

Also, a quick question to anybody reading... am thinking of adding in a bunch of alter egos inspired by the collected pic packs from the 08 Alternate Pictures thread. Good/bad idea?

 

Sure. Don't see why not. As long as there is a good story behind it.

[Guest KingOfKings]

*cough* Follow Wolf Hawkins *cough* I'm such a terrible mark for this guy it's not even funny. He just looks like a star. This should be very fun.

[angeldelayette]

The Alter Egos would be a fun thing to add on there if you have the time and patience to do them. lol.

 

Looking forward to this one. You know I want USPW to be chronicled here for obvious reasons.

 

Maybe a little focus on Anger?

[Jaded]

Have added Anger and Hawkins in, thanks guys - and Angel, you KNOW I'll be following the spectacular rise of USPW.

[Sartagis]

I'd like to request you follow all indy shows. Even if it's just who the main and semi main were.

[Rathen4]

Swoop, Boo Smithson and Blitz Simpson would particularly interest me. I love watcher diaries

[Jaded]

Thanks guys, have added them. Sartagis, will take a look at all of the indy shows, sure.

 

Trying to decide what to do about deaths... playing with injuries and relationships on high to add some drama, not sure whether to do the same with deaths? And whether to put Kenny deaths on or off? Any thoughts?

[Rathen4]

I'll be playing on high and with Kenny deaths. It just seems to simulate real life that much better. Well, not simulate, but you know what I mean.

[Jaded]

Am on high death rate, and with Kenny deaths in.

 

Thoughts on the fed write-up? Planning on doing it like this for National+, may make it shorter for Cult (except for USPW, obviously!)

 

YEAR IN REVIEW: 2010

 

The Big Feds:

 

Global: SWF

International: TCW

National: BHOTWG, NOTBPW, PGHW

Cult: 21CW, CGC, GCG, RAW, SOTBPW, USPW, WLW

 

SWF

Prestige 98, Momentum 87

SWF have really gone global this year, signing PPV deals in the UK, Mexico and Japan.

 

Titles:

World Heavyweight: Eric Eisen. Eisen won the belt in December 2009, and spent most of the first half of the year defending against the man he beat, Jack Bruce. Since then, he’s also fought off several challenges from Steve Frehley and from Lobster Warrior.

 

Tag Titles: Jack Giedroyc and Valiant. Incredibly, the odd couple pairing have held onto the belts all year, defending against a wide variety of challengers.

 

North American: Jack Giedroyc. The NA belt is the only one which has changed hands all year, Giedroyc becoming a dual champion by beating Brandon James in a decent match in early August. Since that win, he’s started a hot feud with Jungle Lord.

 

Main Stars (Momentum in brackets)

 

Faces:

Christian Faith (95) At 44, Faith is starting to decline, but he has a long way to go before he drops to the level of most normal wrestlers. Starting the year off with a triple threat loss to Eric Eisen in a World title match also involving Jack Bruce (rated 96), he then went on to put over Eisen on several occasions, and also do a great job of training up Remo, who dominated a feud with him. His in-ring ability is still second to none, as shown by his incredible average rating of 86 in matches this year.

 

Jack Bruce (98) Bruce started the year as the hottest babyface in wrestling, and finished the year as the hottest babyface in wrestling. Some 12 months... Despite spending much of the year laying down for Eisen, and finishing it off by jobbing a few times for Marat Khoklov, his main event spot is safe for the near future.

Jack Giedroyc (30) Phenomenal year for the dual champion, holding the tag and NA belts – but for some reason, the fans seem reluctant to get fully behind the Brit.

 

Lobster Warrior (89) Lobby has had a bizarre year, wrestling only about once a month until November, then surprisingly getting a couple of shots at Eisen’s World title. Sadly he couldn’t capitalise, although he recently picked up a big victory against Vengeance.

 

Rich Money (91) Money’s battle royal victory at Welcome To The Jungle shows that SWF are still high on him, and he’s traded wins and losses with most of the upper card over the past year. Disappointingly, he never really got much of a look-in at the title scene after the events of late 2009, although he had a decent love triangle angle going on with Jessie and Jack Bruce.

 

 

Heels

 

Brandon James (92) James started off the year with a feud with the Biggz Brothers, defeating both on numerous occasions to retain the North American belt. After he eventually dropped it to Giedroyc, he lost relevance slightly, although he managed to have probably the best match of his career with Christian Faith on TV in October. (rated 91)

 

Eric Eisen (98) While it was in late 2009 that Eisen won the SWF World title, it was early in 2010 that he ended all claims of nepotism by putting in a string of phenomenal performances. Opening the year with an absolutely incredible match against Bruce and Faith on TV (96 rated), pinning Jack Bruce, he then beat both men in singles competition the 2 following weeks. While he’s lost several non-title bouts to Rich Money, he’s been too hard for anyone to take down in a title fight. Average match rating is 83%.

 

Marat Khoklov (72) Despite Khoklov’s creative control, the early half of the year was a learning experience for him, as he ended up starting at the ceiling for Rich Money fairly regularly. However, since September, he’s been on a tear, defeating Frehley, Roberts, Bruce, Money and Runaway Train, and scoring the pinfall victory on Valiant in a big 4 vs 4 at Christmas Clash.

 

Remo (99) While you couldn’t describe Remo as being on a tear, having lost 4 of his last 5 matches, he’s notably improved the quality of his in-ring work this year, with three great bouts against Christian Faith (89, 90 and 92), and an awesome tag loss teaming with Eisen against Faith and Jack Bruce. (94) Match rating 83%, on average.

 

Vengeance (97) Vengeance is being jobbed out of the main event, but can’t seem to lose his momentum due to his awesome gimmick. Notable matches have included a feud with Jack Bruce which culminated in a fairly disappointing loss at the Supreme Challenge 30. (rated 77)

 

Biggest Shows:

 

The Supreme Challenge 30 (rating 78, buy rate 4.43)

Eisen took a lot of criticism here, as Eric’s heated title defence over Steve Frehley was relegated to second on the card, below Rich Money and Christian Faith’s tag victory over Khoklov and Remo. However, the show featured one of the most talked about angles of the year, as Vengeance attacked Jessie, leading to a few months which saw Jack Bruce trying to become even more psychotic than the vigilante in an attempt to scare him off the girl.

 

Master of Puppets (80, 3.97)

This featured a great main event of Eisen beating Bruce to retain the title, and an equally good brawl between Money and Khoklov which ended with most of the roster interfering, causing a no-contest. The show was stolen, however, by Remo’s victory over Enforcer Roberts, as Roberts sold Remo’s offence brilliantly.

 

Times of Trouble (83, 3.93)

Coming in between the above two cards during the REALLY hot period for SWF. Vengeance beat Christian Faith in the match of the night, Eisen defended his belt against Frehley, and Money gave Jessie a diamond bracelet which was claimed to be worth $1 million – only for Jessie to hand it back, choosing Bruce over him to end the love triangle angle.

 

 

Major signings: Roger Cage, The Stomper, Tana the Mighty, Spencer Spade, James Prudence, Grandmaster Phunk, Hollywood Bret Starr, Matthew Keith

 

Major depatures: Steve Frehley

 

New tag teams: None

[Sagitta]

Wait, they hired the Stomper? Really? Thats kind of amazing in its own way.

[Jaded]

TCW

 

Prestige 88, Momentum 80

 

TCW have hit International this year. They appear to be getting ready to really push the All Action division – they’ve brought back Fumihiro Ota, and signed several ‘indy darlings’ like Frankie Perez, American Elemental and Mikey James.

 

 

Titles:

 

World Heavyweight: Joey Minnesota. While Rocky Golden saw off the challenges of Troy Tornado, Tommy Cornell and Wolf Hawkins for a year or so, a shattered knee ended his reign. A title tournament at the end of December saw the Syndicate implode, as Minnesota beat Tommy Cornell when Wolf Hawkins’ interference backfired, leading to Cornell attacking Wolf (turning him face) in the other semi-final, giving Scout the victory. Minnesota then claimed the belt at Psycho Circus, defeating the member of the New Wave.

 

Tag Titles: The New Wave. Despite Scout’s failure to capture singles gold, in the tag ranks, the New Wave have dominated all year, seeing off the challenges of the LA Connection in the first few months and then the Machines a bit later on.

 

International: Benny Benson. While Sam Keith held this belt for much of the year, Benson got an upset win over him in September.

 

All Action: Fumihiro Ota. Edd Stone had a long run, surviving as champion until October, but the returning Ota finally defeated him. Harry Allen has been focused on the belt all year but despite having 20 or so shots, has had no success.

 

Main Stars (Momentum in brackets)

 

Faces:

 

Bryan Vessey (76) Vessey’s record of 19-8-3 is impressive, especially since almost all of his matches have been against Tommy Cornell, Troy Tornado and Wolf Hawkins. His loss to Hawkins just before the end of the year was an instant classic. (rated 95)

 

Joey Minnesota (90) Minnesota has spent much of the year in tag action with RDJ in the Freedom Fighters team, feuding with the Syndicate in a fairly even series of matches. However, his recent World title ring appears to have catapulted him to the top of the fed.

 

RDJ (81) Johnson continued his feud with the remains of the Syndicate, notably putting Cornell over in perhaps TCW’s best match of the year at Where Angels Fear To Tread. (rated 96)

 

Wolf Hawkins (83) Wolf has spent much of the year challenging for Rocky Golden’s World title, and nearly won it on numerous occasions. However, after Golden’s injury, he turned face and is now being positioned in a feud with his mentor Tommy Cornell.

 

 

Heels

 

Sam Keith (75) Keith has been used to raise the profile of the International belt, with a fairly long run in which he defended against most of the midcard faces. Surprisingly lost it to Benny Benson.

 

Scout (65) Incredibly, until he jobbed to Minnesota in the World title tournament final, Scout was unbeaten for the year with a perfect 21-0 record. His best match was the tourney semi-final victory over Wolf Hawkins, but he’s spent much of the year defending his tag belt with Guide.

 

Tommy Cornell (89) At the age of 32, the boss is better than ever before, as hard as that is to believe. Has been generous in putting over faces, notably Bryan Vessey and Joey Minnesota.

 

Troy Tornado (77) Tornado is 15-21-2, and is continually wheeled out to drop matches to the really big stars, while beating various midcarders himself.

 

Biggest Shows:

 

Total Mayhem XV (84, 1.64)

Rocky Golden beat Tommy Cornell to retain the title, Flyin Jimmy Foxx bumped like crazy for Giant Tana in a fun opener, but the main event was the best match of the night, as Vessey, Minnesota and RDJ defeated Tornado, Hawkins and Eddie Peak.

 

Malice in Wonderland 2010 (81, 1.49)

Rocky Golden beat Wolf Hawkins in a decent main event, Tommy Cornell carried Benny Benson to probably the best match of his career, but the show was stolen by an incredible 45 minute time limit draw between Vessey and Tornado.

 

Summer Showdown (85, 1.52)

Others had higher buyrates, but nothing else could touch this for in-ring action. Rocky Golden beat Tommy C in an excellent main, while Bryan Vessey’s win over Wolf Hawkins was even better.

 

Major signings: Mighty Mo, Buddy Garner, Acid, Frankie Perez, Mikey James, Fumihiro Ota, American Elemental.

 

Major depatures: Giant Tana

 

New tag teams: None

[TheStroke7]

Major depatures: Steve Frehley

 

[/i]

 

What?...What Happened!...Is he Unemployed now?!

[Jaded]

Yup, Frehley's currently unemployed, Stroke.

 

NOTBPW

Prestige 86, Momentum 90

 

The long awaited moment of change came for North of the Border, as owner Dan Stone Senior finally left the wrestling business, handing over to daughter Vicky. Her first act was to install husband Sean McFly as head booker, and the pair of them have moved to a more modern, dangerous style of wrestling. They pulled off some big acquisitions, notably seeing the return of Art Reed to the fed where he was trained, Eric Tyler’s return to Canada as part of a new announce duo with Jerome Turner, and hot properties Davis Wayne Newton, Jacob Jett and Agent 69.

 

 

Titles:

 

Canadian: Steve DeColt. A fighting champ, DeColt has held the belt all year, taking on and beating both Stones, Sean McFly, John Maverick and Owen Love at least twice each.

 

Tag Titles: R K Hayes and Bryan Holmes. The surprise champions at the start of the year, Omar Brown and Harlem Haynes, were beaten by an even more unlikely pair of winners in Harrison Hash and Lord James King. However, the Street Team stable regained the belts when Hayes and new member Holmes beat Hash and King fairly easily.

 

Women’s: Lauren Easter. After a decent feud between Sally Anne Christiansen and champion Kristabel Plum, it was Melody who ended Plum’s reign. However, she managed just 3 successful defences, all against Plum, before Easter beat her.

 

Ed Henson Memorial Tag Team Cup: Stone Siblings The brothers won their 3rd cup, going through Frost and Bloodstone, the Can-Am Blondes, and then Sean McFly and Dark Angel, the last two being excellent matches.

 

Main Stars (Momentum in brackets)

 

Faces:

 

Dan Stone Jr (78) Solidifying his position as one of the top workers in the game today, Stone’s matches had an average rating of 91. He beat Steve DeColt on several occasions in non-title bouts, but was never able to do so when the belt was on the line.

 

Jeremy Stone (90) Even better than his brother, with an average match rating of 93 and a non-title win against Steve DeColt which was one of the greatest matches of all time (100), Jeremy has had a great feud with Johnny Bloodstone.

 

Sean McFly (74) McFly has been on the backburner as the Stone Siblings got most of the attention, he certainly hasn’t taken advantage of his position as booker to megapush himself. Instead, he’s taken on many midcard wrestlers, helping to train guys like Mighty Cavanagh and James King.

 

Heels

 

Steve DeColt (95) DeColt has had a banner year as champion, teaming with Bloodstone in a loose arrangement as the pair have feuded with the Stone Siblings.

 

Johnny Bloodstone (95) Bloodstone ended Dark Angels’ NOTBPW career, beating him in a loser leaves town match back in March, and since then has had a great feud with Jeremy Stone.

 

Biggest Shows:

 

Midsummer Madness (86, 0.53)

DeColt beat McFly in a great title match, a fun main event saw the Stone Siblings and face-turned John Maverick beat Bloodstone and the Street Team pairing of Hayes and Holmes, while the Can-Am Blondes collided as the Natural beat Owen Love in a match which had been building since their miscommunication saw them lose out in the semis of the Ed Henson tournament.

 

Winter War 2010 (92, 0.64)

One of the best shows of the year in North America, this saw Bloodstone beat Jeremy Stone in an Ultimate Submissions five-star classic, DeColt go over Dan Jr in a superb Canadian title Ironman match, and Owen Love get his win back against the Natural as the two collided again, having been teaming occasionally since Midsummer Madness. This is seen as the moment where Love decisively turned face, as the crowd got solidly behind him here.

 

Nirvana in November (95, 1.52)

Two match show, but what a pair of matches. McFly over Bloodstone (99) and Steve DeColt over Jeremy Stone. (98)

 

Major signings: Art Reed, Eric Tyler, Bryan Holmes, Zoe ‘Agent 69’ Ammis, Jerome Turner, Jacob Jett, Davis Wayne Newton

 

Major depatures: Dark Angel

 

New tag teams: None

[Jaded]

Okay, I decided that I was boring MYSELF with the amount of repetition going on in that format - not sure how I kept it going with the DOTT one! Rethought the write-ups slightly and I'm planning on going with something like this from now on - I'll still do character-by-character recaps for the individual requests, however.

 

Thoughts?

 

2010

 

USA – With the wrestling industry hitting rock bottom, and the economy virtually being ANCHORED at rock bottom, this has hardly been a banner year for the States. However, the top federations haven’t seemed particularly bothered, with SWF rising to Global thanks to their ability to easily outbid those feds who were more affected by the problems. TCW also rose, to International, while new owner/booker Dean Daniels managed to take NYCW to Regional. Ex-MMA star Buddy Garner returned to wrestling, while veterans Whipper Spencer Marks, Dick The Devastator, Preston Holt and the Stomper all finally quit the business. Whistler hung up his boots, as did Blackjack Robbins, and both are apparently looking for work as road agents. Michelle Brendon retired from in-ring competition and opened her own dojo, the School of Brendon, while fellow female wrestler Cat Quine gave up competing and was surprisingly brought into USPW as the Mistress of The Force, a new valet shilling The Force’s merchandise.

 

In tragic news, tag team wrestler Shady K passed away in a parachute-malfunction accident at the age of just 28, while his Death Row partner Knuckles suffered a Semi-Severed Spinal Column which will sideline him for over a year. TCW star Rocky Golden also suffered a serious injury, shattering his knee and ruling him out for 14 months, causing him to vacate the World title.

 

SWF: PPV deals in Mexico, the USA and Japan have seen SWF dominate the world of wrestling, with the boss’s son Eric Eisen firmly established as the top star, having held the World title all year. Jack Giedroyc’s been catapulted into the main event scene with a year-long tag title run along with Valiant, and the recent capturing of the North American gold as well. The hottest angle of the year has been the contest between Rich Money and Jack Bruce for the affections of Jessie, with Bruce saving her from Vengeance at the Supreme Challenge, and Jessie finally choosing him over her other admirer Rich Money at Times of Trouble. Money is still a hot star, though, eliminating Lobster Warrior to win the annual Welcome to the Jungle battle royal, while Lobby himself is also rising fast, and has come closer than anyone to getting Eisen’s title. Despite losing the North American belt to Jack Giedroyc, Brandon James has also had a great year, and is currently feuding with Jack Bruce after his manager Emma Chase became jealous of Jessie’s rising profile.

 

An influx of newcomers saw indie stars such as Ernie Turner, James Prudence, Bret Starr, Matthew Keith, Remmy Skye, Ash Campbell, Steven Parker and Darryl Devine head to RIPW, along with managers Brains McGhee, Duke Hazzard and Cat Jemson. From that group, Prudence, Keith, Starr and McGhee have all been called up to the big time. One of the hottest prospects, though, was Spencer Spade, Supreme Wrestling University graduate, who immediately found a space on the main roster and is currently feuding with Captain Atomic. A big loss, however, was Steve Frehley, who is currently unemployed having quit the fed.

 

TCW: Bouncing back from their financial problems at the start of the year, TCW have started to expand to International, and they appear to be getting ready to really push the All Action division – they’ve brought back Fumihiro Ota, and signed several ‘indy darlings’ like Frankie Perez, American Elemental and Mikey James. They made big news by bringing back Buddy Garner from his hiatus, but he’s surprisingly been used to put over Clark Alexander in a feud so far. Rocky Golden held the World title for nearly the entire of 2010, but vacated it after he shattered his knee, allowing Joey Minnesota to beat Scout for the belt in a tourney final. That tourney also saw Wolf Hawkins’ long awaited face turn, as Tommy Cornell turned on him after Wolf accidentally cost his Syndicate partner a win against Minnesota in the semis. The New Wave, Benny Benson and Fumihiro Ota hold the other belts, with Benson pulling off a surprise win recently over NA champion Sam Keith. Fastest rising star is probably Scout, who appears to be on the verge of breaking out of the tag team scene, after beating Wolf Hawkins to reach the final of the title tourney.

 

USPW: USPW’s slow but steady expansion continued, with Puerto Rican Power and Hell’s Bouncer being the two most notable signings, the latter being repackaged as monster heel Colossus. Cat Quine’s introduction as a valet saw her take Champion Force to the tag titles, while the massive Bruce the Giant ended Enygma’s World title reign in December. The headline feud of Tyson Baine vs Enygma lasted for much of the year and gave us USPW’s top six matches of 2010. Alicia Strong won the women’s belt, beating Cherry Bomb a few months after Bomb’s defeat of Raven Robinson, while T-Rex ended Andre Jones’s spell with the TV title, and Peter Valentine maintained a vice-like grasp on his National belt. Mick Muscles and Darryl Devine both left the fed to work at RIPW, hoping for a call up to the SWF.

 

CZCW: The losses of James Prudence, Remmy Skye, Frankie Perez and Mikey James to the ‘big two’ would have left some feds floundering. The Zone, however, spearheaded by the ever improving Zone champion Matt Sparrow and Xtreme champ Insane Machine, has continued to grow. There have been some great matches – notably the triple threat in which Sparrow pinned Donnie J to win the belt from Fox Mask at Christmas Cage Chaos, and Fox’s defeat of Perez in a loser leaves town match. Machine’s feud with California Love Machine is the hottest storyline going, with CLM challenging 3 times for the Xtreme championship but always coming up just short.

[TheStroke7]

I like the new format!

 

and also how is Sammy the Shark going? Is he still Tri State Regional Champ in the now Regional NYCW?

[Jaded]

Thanks for the comment, Stroke. Posting this one - including NYCW and Sammy the Shark news - a few hours earlier than planned especially for you.

 

PSW: While at the start of the year PSW had been talking about expanding into New England and Puerto Rico, changed priorities saw them focus solely on their home base of the Tri State. Johnny Martin was rewarded for his continued excellent performances – notably in a great feud with Alex Braun – by being given the PSW Championship, while Teddy Powell defeated the departing Matthew Keith for the National belt. They recently brought in Fox Mask under his Snow Fox character, and rookie high flyer ‘The Gambler’ Nathaniel Ca$ino. However, they’ve been hit by some major departures, notably the Rhode Island-bound Steven Parker, Ash Campbell, Grandmaster Phunk and Keith.

 

NYCW: While many feds would have been busy regrouping due to the retirement of established main eventer Whistler and the departures of Steven Parker, Mikey James, Erik Strong and Roger Cage, the Stomper managed to seem more focused on a bizarre war with ACPW before handing the fed over to Dean Daniels. However, they still managed to rise to Regional, and bring in some decent workers, notably Rhino Umaga, Fox Mask – again using the Snow Fox character – and Mainstream Hernandez. Empire champion Black Hat Bailey has held the belt all year, usually main eventing against Whistler or Steve Flash, and Daniels has increased the focus on realism and pure wrestling, fitting his top guys perfectly. Frustrated by his inability to recapture the Empire title, Flash recently made a shocking heel turn, aligning himself with Lee Wright and the Sensational Singh. Sammy the Shark dropped his Regional belt to Rick Sanders in November, having seen off the challenges of Land Mass and the Masked Mauler for the first ten months of the year.

 

AAA: A reasonably successful year for AAA saw them build up even more of a fanbase in their home of the North West, although there’s little to suggest they’re on the radar of many fans further afield. Sara Marie York slipped down the ranks in the fed, jobbing to Gorgon and Steph Blake several times , but her place as top face was taken by Suzanne Brazzle, who had a very successful year despite eventually dropping the Femme Fatale belt to J-Ro. Brazzle really established herself in the main event scene by dominating a feud against the intimidating Suzue Katayama, although as a result, the Japanese woman’s aura has been somewhat diminished. Meanwhile, the A-List pairing of Demelza Wade and Nadia Snow retained their tag belts for the entire year, and Wade in particular must have had USPW wondering why they were so willing to let her go, pulling off some great matches against Cat Quine before Cat’s retirement from in-ring competition to become a colour commentator for the fed. They appear to be only likely to get better from here, as they were recently given a new manager to replace the departing Cat Jemson – former SWF commentator Queen Emily, with Anne Stardust bringing off a real coup in persuading her to return to wrestling after a few years away. It hasn’t been all good, though – long time standard bearer Michelle Brendon left the ring, as did Miss Mexico, while Zoe Ammis was signed up by NOTBPW to a written contract.

 

FCW: Puerto Rico’s favourite fed is building up some momentum, and has one of the hottest properties outside of the Big 3, with Mainstream Hernandez doing some great work after turning heel on partner Kirk Jameson and going onto have a superb feud with Puerto Rican Power, challenging the homeland hero for his Puerto Rican title but never quite getting it. Mainstream is still the People’s Champion though – in name, if not in support from the fans. Handsome Stranger is also rising quickly, having a great feud with Shawn Gonzalez and recently becoming the first of Bradford Peverell’s opponents ever to kick out after Peverell’s left hook, going on to defeat the popular babyface at FREEDOM to Choose.

There’s also an interesting pairing of Arthur Dexter Bradley and Amo del Gato, teaming up as the Shining Examples and defeating the Latino Kings for the belts.

[Jaded]

MAW: Continuing their policy of signing the best of the indies, Mid-Atlantic have brought in superstar in the making Hugh De Aske. They’ve also revealed two graduates of the famous Boot Camp, the technically sound Syd Collier and Cameron Jones. Unlike many of the other smaller feds, they haven’t been hit too hard by workers leaving, although Chord was happy for Brett Starr to go to RIPW, believing it was time for him to move on in the business. The American Patriot is quietly making the Mid Atlantic Championship belt one of the most respected titles outside the Big 3, defending it against Mean Jean Cattley and the Succession stable, while the departure of Starr meant that his tag partner Jay Chord finally moved back into singles action and has dominated a feud with Citizen X – although X DID manage to beat him in the final of the RCI. X never really built on that win, however, and has also put over Mean Jean Cattley on several occasions.

 

BSC: The Babes were hit hard by Tamara McFly’s retirement, particularly as it came just after she’d made short work of lead heel Kathy Neptune, killing off her momentum. However, they regrouped and brought in Grace Harper, who immediately challenged Dharma Gregg for the vacated Queen of the Ring title, then moved into a feud with rising star Alexis Lee Littlefeather. Meanwhile, Gregg is now fighting off Kathy’s sister Jen. Sprite and Britney Hollywood, the on-off pairing of Hollywood Magic, regained the tag belts from Sweet as Candy.

 

RIPW: As ever, RIPW has been a revolving door of talent, with the many top indy guys named earlier being brought in, but few of them staying. Kenyan Lassana Makutsi is one of the few wrestlers to have stayed all year, and must be wondering if he’ll ever get a call up to the big league, with Richard Eisen seemingly disinterested in one of the most athletic guys in all of wrestling. There’s no question that the training he’s getting is working, though, with him going from being a decent brawler with some chain wrestling ability to being an excellent all-rounder, and his year long Championship run at least shows that his skills are recognised. Recent signing Remmy Skye has had a good run of 3 matches with Makutsi, while Mick Muscles – long thought to have been a faded star – has come in and is surprisingly being talked about as a strong possibility for the next call-up, along with another supposedly fallen idol, ‘Southern Justice’ Jack Griffith. The tag belts have been vacant since Atlas, one half of the champions along with Steel, was called up, and there appears to be no rush to fill them.

[Kainlock]

I like the new format alot. Shame you beat me to the idea. Oh well if you don't keep it up I will start one myelf. Also, great use of creating your own storylines within what the game gives you. Nice touch.

[jhd1]

I agree with Kainlock and TheStroke7, the new format is great. Much easier to read, and somehow even more interesting!

[TheStroke7]

 

NYCW: While many feds would have been busy regrouping due to the retirement of established main eventer Whistler and the departures of Steven Parker, Mikey James, Erik Strong and Roger Cage, the Stomper managed to seem more focused on a bizarre war with ACPW before handing the fed over to Dean Daniels. However, they still managed to rise to Regional, and bring in some decent workers, notably Rhino Umaga, Fox Mask – again using the Snow Fox character – and Mainstream Hernandez. Empire champion Black Hat Bailey has held the belt all year, usually main eventing against Whistler or Steve Flash, and Daniels has increased the focus on realism and pure wrestling, fitting his top guys perfectly. Frustrated by his inability to recapture the Empire title, Flash recently made a shocking heel turn, aligning himself with Lee Wright and the Sensational Singh. Sammy the Shark dropped his Regional belt to Rick Sanders in November, having seen off the challenges of Land Mass and the Masked Mauler for the first ten months of the year.

 

 

Big News for my favourite company...but sad news for my protage Sammy the Shark...

 

I like this Dynasty...keep up the good work...I also liked the fact you created your own storylines to make the world look alive...

[Rathen4]

I like the format - just worried you'll burn out with the sheer amount of text you're putting out

[Jaded]

Thanks for all the comments, and glad the format is being well-received.

 

Rathen - I take your point about burn out, I'm going to aim to post 3 or 4 feds a day but I'll actually write them a few days in advance to give myself some breathing space. I'm also not planning on doing Mexico or Japan (although I'll do Mexico for 2010 since I've already written it) as my knowledge of lucha/puro in real life AND in the CVerse is terrible and I'd struggle with it. Definitely want to keep it going for a fair while - the world gets REALLY interesting over the next few years, believe me.