Self Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 POWER 500 Part 2 <table width="95%"><tr><td width="25%" align="center" valign="center">No.107 JACK DECOLT http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p366/celdom/CGCmain/JackDeColt_zpsce8dac5f.jpg 32 wins, 3 losses DeColt Rating 655 </td><td width="75%" align="left" valign="center"> I don’t know what you guys thought of Jack’s title reign, but I’m pretty sure Jack didn’t like it. Turns out The Wild Man gets nervous when he’s high up on the card. In terms of grades, he scored on-par with Alex’s reign, and better than Poison’s. So nerves be damned, he was the best guy for the job. There was a certain backlash to him beating Zeus for the title, but I still think it was the right call creatively. I wanted a babyface on top, and I really dug the Brotherhood feud. It put a spotlight on some fresh characters, and gave Jack his best defenses. The original plan was to keep his reign going, but I wrote myself into a corner. I simply couldn’t come up with a logical way for him to beat Trent. Outside of CGC, Jack is still the head-trainer of the DeColt Power House, which had three graduates this year. Two fit the CGC mould perfectly, and are in FCK to learn to work. The other is an entirely different prospect, and has had plenty of offers to develop elsewhere. Skills: Jack’s ‘DeColt Rating’ only rose 2pts this year, but he’s golden. The best brawler in CGC, only let down by his selling. Best Match: Alex, Jack & Donte beat Benson, Shaffer & Zeus (TV December) 86</td></tr></table> <table width="95%"><tr><td width="75%" align="left" valign="center">I wonder what would have happened with Scoundrel had Joey stayed with CGC. Would I have still brought him in? If I did, I expect it would be very different. While Scoundrel has tried to follow through on his promise to protect Faith, we haven’t really explored their relationship. Outside of CGC, Joey has gone 13 wins, 3 draws, and 16 losses as part of NOTBPW’s main event scene. His popularity is creeping up, but the two losses he suffered at WrestleFestival (Jack, then Ricky) knocked him down a peg. Skills: While losing Poison was a blow in terms of character and popularity, he wasn’t exactly my most skilled combatant. Like Jack, his selling was rather poor. Unlike Jack, he wasn’t the talker or worker to back it up. His DeColt Rating only went up 6 this year, despite spending 8 months in NOTBPW. Best Match: Jack DeColt beat Poison (WrestleFestival Night One, March) 82</td><td width="25%" align="center" valign="center">No.115 POISON http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p366/celdom/CGCminor/JoeyPoison_zps38e450f6.jpg 4 wins in 9 matches DeColt Rating 587</td></tr></table> <table width="95%"><tr><td width="25%" align="center" valign="center">No.116 EDD STONE http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p366/celdom/CGCminor/EddStone_zpsd866b72a.jpg 25 wins, 18 losses DeColt Rating 570</td><td width="75%" align="left" valign="center"> Edd has a lot of drawbacks. He’s small. He’s young. He’s not a CGC native. Worse, he’s a NOTBPW washout. That being said, I love the guy. I’m not sure he can ever be a legitimate long-term main event guy (although he was Jack’s best challenger) but I can’t imagine not featuring him. He actually came very close to winning the Last Man Standing Rumble (got lots of upvotes, came in with Benny, flowed into the next ppv direction) but given the choice between him and Trent (who got some last minute votes) I went with the long term CGC guy. Edd turned baby face during the Random Partners Tag Tournament, which is how I prefer writing him. He’s a bit of a tool, and he’ll often end up on the ‘heel side’, but I write him to be liked. Always have. Outside of CGC, Edd had a busy year, working for TCW, BHOTWG and PGHW, although he mostly lost on pre-shows in Japan, and hasn’t been featured much better in TCW (although he did get to win). Still, that’s 87 matches in one year, and that’s not half bad. Skills: Like his Brotherhood teammate, Benny Benson, Edd’s size and high-flying ability doesn’t translate so well in the DeColt Rating, but he did go up 20pts in consistency. Best Match: Jack DeColt beat Edd Stone to retain the CGC World Title (TV September) 83</td></tr></table> <table width="95%"><tr><td width="75%" align="left" valign="center"> This could have been Zeus’ year. Yeah, he was always going to lose to Jack at Chaos in the Cage (The Wild Man had Zombie Ricky, Christian Price & The Brotherhood lined up to headline with) but coming back at Last Man Standing Zeus could have been THE guy. The voting hurt him. He entered too early to win, and so in many ways Trent got his spot. Not to totally blame you guys. Trent’s promos have always been better (both to write and in ratings) and there were contract issues. So Zeus became a background villain, which doesn’t work for him. I even felt the Chamber of Horrors role was beneath him, but when Deeley choked in the Fitness Competition, taking him and Scoundrel from the match, I needed a strong fifth. So I used Zeus, when I’d rather have sent him on vacation again. Looking back over his match history, it’s surprising just how little he did in 2014. Absent until February’s Luck of the Draw, where he used a Wish to screw over Stevie and become Champion. While the “Labours of Zeus” story that led to WrestleFestival was named after him, the focus was on the challengers. In fact, his first real match of 2014 was on the second night of the PPV. In April. Six weeks later, he lost the title, and disappeared once more. I had good intentions for a Zeus/Jack program, but the ideas never came. In the ring they were fine, but the characters didn’t play off each other well. The same can be said about Zeus and most of the baby faces. Conflict creates drama, and Zeus just didn’t create that natural conflict with anyone but Stevie. Skills: Only up 3 DeColt Points this year. Selling and Charisma remain his flaws. Best Match: Alex, Jack & Donte defeated Benson, Shaffer & Zeus (TV December) 86 </td><td width="25%" align="center" valign="center">No.120 ALMIGHTY ZEUS http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p366/celdom/CGCminor/AlmightyZeus_zpsf4941efa.jpg 9 wins, 14 losses DeColt Rating 613</td></tr></table> <table width="95%"><tr><td width="25%" align="center" valign="center">No.121 SAMAEL BACH http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p366/celdom/CGCminor/SamaelBach_zps36bb05cf.jpg 5 wins, 18 losses DeColt Rating 628</td><td width="75%" align="left" valign="center"> Bach is probably too talented to be losing so much, but it’s an unfortunate side-effect of his character. He’s been an advisor and an advocate, but never the main physical threat. Plus his single-minded focus on the DeColts kept him away from the midcard, where he might actually pick up some wins. Skills: No change to his DeColt Rating, which is phenomenal considering his size. Best Match: Christian Price beat Samael Bach (TV March) 85</td></tr></table> <table width="95%"><tr><td width="75%" align="left" valign="center"> Early on in this project, I decided that Trent Shaffer wouldn’t win the World Title unless he agreed to bulk up to Middleweight. Well... He didn’t, and I gave him the belt anyway. At least for a little while. I originally planned for Jack to beat him, but I wrote myself into a corner. Trent took away Jack’s entire support team. If the Wild Man just won anyway, it would crap on the very idea of tactics and psychology I’m trying to cultivate. The first half of Trent’s 2014 was all about Christian Price. It’s a feud I’m proud of, because I felt it made them lasting enemies. That no matter what else happened, Trent would always hate Price, and Price would never trust Trent again. A lot of people seemed to dig them as an odd couple tag team, to the point where I extended their run together a little, but the goal was never to create a tag team. The goal was to create two eternal rivals. If NOTBPW hadn’t snapped up Price, they could have been my Orton/Cena, or Bret/Shawn. Maybe they’ll steal Trent from me next, and reignite the rivalry over there. I thought The Dark Knight, his super villain incarnation, had more legs, but ultimately felt he needed to distance himself from Christian when he returned for Last Man Standing. I’d been toying with a Ninja character for a while, but as a babyface. It took me an embarrassingly long time to realise it could not only work for Trent, but be a natural progression from his previous gimmicks. Skills: Only up 3 DeColt Points this year. Selling and Charisma remain his flaws. Best Match: Alex, Jack & Donte defeated Benson, Shaffer & Zeus (TV December) 86</td><td width="25%" align="center" valign="center">No.137 TRENT SHAFFER http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p366/celdom/CGCminor/TrentShaffer_zps43aa8a36.jpg 21 wins, 10 losses DeColt Rating 589</td></tr></table> <table width="95%"><tr><td width="25%" align="center" valign="center">No.139 RICKY DECOLT http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p366/celdom/CGCminor/Ricky6.jpg 43 matches DeColt Rating 640</td><td width="75%" align="left" valign="center"> Ricky hasn’t been himself this year. Even though he didn’t turn until April, he’d been under residual effects of the magic potion since last year’s ‘Chamber of Horrors’. The Alex/Ricky vs. Elite feud was essentially just prologue for his true turn. While I liked some elements of that (he kicked Chandler in the eye, I think the wig came into play there) I think the potion story distracted a little from what could have been a simple, pure feud between the two teams. While I really liked the character, Zombie Ricky was never going to be a long term heel turn. It was simply the latest in a long line of disasters and challenges for the DeColt Family to overcome. Some of you commented that you’d have “cared more” if someone like Price had been turned into Bach’s slave, but to me that would have been a rehash of turning Zeus. I couldn’t just create a new potion-fueled monster for the DeColts to fight. Things have to escalate. Turning Ricky presented a new challenge with new emotions for Jack & Alex to deal with. If nothing else, it helped me further differentiate the older DeColts. Alex’s cold analysis of the problem, almost enjoying puzzling out new weaknesses. Jack’s emotional refusal to hurt his brother. I love Amnesia Ricky. I initially dismissed the idea as stupid… but quickly realised that’s kind of what I do. It made sense in a soap opera way, and lets me have fun with a guy who’s been dark and serious all year. He’s arrived a little sooner than I planned, but in hindsight he HAD to be in that Random Partners tournament. It was a perfect way to get him away from his brothers and interact with more fun characters. Skills: It looks like Ricky has peaked as a slight-worse-in-every-way-that-matters version of Alex. Which isn’t half bad. He still has the 3rd best DeColt Rating in CGC. 2014 was heel practice more than anything. Best Match: Zombie Ricky DeColt beat Donte Dunn (TV, August) 82</td></tr></table> http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p366/celdom/CGCmain/Banner_zpsac259299.jpg I planned to get these posted up quickly, but I’m not feeling the urge to write nowadays. I’m having loads of fun planning the next part of this diary, but when it comes to actually writing stuff down. I dunno. Not feeling it. Could be a while. I don't want to start posting again until I've got a good stack of scripts finished (or at least mostly finished) and have a handle on what I'm doing for WrestleFestival. I spent some time this week thinking about which promotion I could invite over this year. I've got two choices I'm very excited by so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy0wns Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Just gotta say, Just spent the past 2ish weeks reading all the episodes and PPV's and gotta say, you have a great diary here man, I'm loving it, hope you come back soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Self Posted April 15, 2016 Author Share Posted April 15, 2016 This might break some hearts, but given the upcoming release of TEW'16, I might as well tell you what WOULD have happened if this project had continued. TIME TRAVEL The combination of lightning, super kicks and cursed titles send Alex DeColt and Drake back to 1997, allowing me to play a few episodes of Derek_B's awesome 1997 mod, and explore the characters of the time, as well as the younger versions of current favorites. So many elements to this, it's part of the reason things slowed down. Alex watching Young Alex (glasses, nerd gimmick) and Young Jack (floppy hair, Letterman jacket, singlet) constantly fighting, and getting much needed advice from his dead father. Also Steve is there, doing his Rock impression as in my FCK diary, but being the subtle glue that keeps the squabbling brothers together (foreshadowing what Ricky needs to become).Finding Stevie Grayson, living in the past and competing as Gray Stevenson since blowing up in the Last Man Standing Rumble. Young awkward Alex being obsessed with Helen Wheels, until Drake gives him the confidence to go for it.The beginnings of John McClean starting the rumors that plucky babyface Eddie Chandler is gay (Drake's fault).Top heels are the School of Tradition, featuring Eric Tyler is headmaster's robes, Dan DaLay as his eager student, and the original, dangerous, Soldiers of Fortune.Alex and Drake dress up as 'The Soothsayers' to take on Young Jack & Alex. I loved this so hard. Alex actually remembers the match from being on the other side of it, so can dodge everything, ala Bach.George DeColt would have been the coolest guy alive. Used to wacky stuff happening, he'd be completely down for all of this time travel. Alex probably wouldn't tell him about Ricky's amnesia, Jack's screwed up marriage, and Steve leaving though. Alex's plan to get back to the future is to recreate the events that brought them to the past. Lightning Bolt + Super Kicks + Holding a piece of the Canadian Title. The first attempt is a colossal failure. He brings in Zeus Maxmillion, but the rookie isn't Almighty yet, so lacks his lightning powers (and by entering CGC early, Zeus actually dooms himself to have to suffer the trials that trap him there). Also, because Super Kicks aren't popularised in Canada until 2002, they rely on Barry Bowen's shoulder tackle to launch them 88mph instead, with painful results. They try again at Elimination 1997. Drake is on lightning duty, taking on Howling Dog to try to steal his enchanted tomahawk (controls the weather). He loses, but Dog is a cool guy and lets him borrow it on the promise that he gives it back*. Stevie goes for the Canadian Title held by Dan DaLay. Again, he loses, but just steals it. Finally Alex (as Soothsayer AD) takes on Barry Bowen, taking a kicking but buying his friends enough time to gather the elements before a shoulder tackle sends them 88mph and blows everything up. * He doesn't. Without the tomahawk Howling Dog is useless and falls into obscurity. THE ROAD TO ELIMINATION Alex makes it back to the future moments before his scheduled title defense against Trent Shaffer, but is too hurt from Bowen to put up much of a fight. Trent takes the title, then puts together a team to take on the DeColts at Elimination. Sean Deeley, and the returning-from-banishment Samael Bach. I was up in the air about who would win this, but regardless Deeley would have pinned Jack, Scoundrel would have attacked Trent to protect Faith, and a mysterious blonde youngster would have attacked Alex. Wondering why The Elite weren't taking on The DeColts? That's down to Bobby Thomas and his booking power. Escalating tensions between the Elite and the Brotherhood leads to a 3-on-3 Winners take all titles, Losers Must Disband match. However, with Nate Johnson being bullied by his teammates, and Bobby Thomas' being repeatedly let down by his, they turn on their teams and reform The Specialists, dooming both stables. Both men continue to hate each other. With The Elite dead (something I planned for the first year) the booking power story would end here. Chandler, DaLay and Benson would all disappear for a long while. Drake has a tomahawk that controls the weather. He can at best make a light drizzle. THE ROAD TO LUCK OF THE DRAW Samael Bach reveals the blonde youngster as Ian Wheels, the apparent son of Helen Wheels and Alex DeColt, conceived back in 1997. Discovering it's not a trick (or is it?) Alex eventually offers Ian a place in the family, but the bitter youth is having none of it. His overwhelming hatred for his absent father helps him destroy lower level competition. He challenges Alex to a fight at Luck of the Draw, but it's refused. Jack DeColt, Sean Deeley and Scoundrel all want a piece of Trent Shaffer, who challenges them to 'find the golden ninja' (run around pinning ninjas until someone gets the golden one). Jack & Deeley get distracted with each other, while Scoundrel sees through the ruse. He dresses as a ninja himself, sneaks into Trent's lair, and rolls up the champion (the true golden ninja) to earn the title shot. Fearing the one man who can cheat as well as he can, Trent threatens Faith in order to get Scoundrel to forfeit the match. Abandoning the promise he made to Joey Poison, Scoundrel decides the title's more valuable to him. This backfires when Faith turns heel to help Trent retain the title at Luck of the Draw. I think this might have been Scoundrel's final story. P.S. I liked Faith and Trent together. She wanted to use business to help her clients, and Trent is only in love with the title. No romantic tension. They just sorta helped each other in a formal, business arrangement. Meanwhile, Stevie Grayson begins gathering the Canadian Fragments, Jack beats Sean Deeley, and The Specialists would stand tall over the tag team division, injuring one of the DWB (likely Belly) and defeating newly babyface Edd Stone & Art Reed. THE ROAD TO WRESTLEFESTIVAL Jack DeColt would be after the title again, finally reconciling with Marie to help counter-act newly heel Faith. It's not enough however. Hope comes when amnesiac Ricky defeats Samael Bach to regain his memories and become Perfect Ricky... but Trent weasels away from the ultimate form of Ricky DeColt. Refusing to fight his son, Alex would have eventually been convinced and given Ian Wheels his first loss in CGC. Stevie Grayson would go after the fragments held by the Specialists, failing with a variety of partners (Edd, Hogg) before EITHER drafting in Troy Tornado in an All American Boys reunion OR Almighty Zeus comes back as a babyface. Stevie gets the fragments, but not the tag titles. Specialists are still unbeatable as a team. I was planning to bring in WLW guys for the annual 'invasion' stuff. Key to this would have been Acid. See, back in 2001 young Edd Stone was utterly terrified of the masked man (he might have undertaker magic) and Bobby Thomas uses this fact to keep Edd at bay. Acid would defeat Art Reed on night one, before Edd faces his fears to beat him. I wasn't too sure who else I'd get, but it would mostly be undercard cruiserweight stuff. Edd would probably get one of their main event players on Night 1. FUTURE THINGS The Ultimate Showdown Series would have been Tag Teams. I probably wouldn't have included The Specialists (unfair) so was looking at Samael Bach & Ian Wheels to win. The DeColts would have been split up. Jack & Donte, perhaps leading to the heel Donte. Alex & Drake OR Chucky (history with Drake, chemistry with Chucky). I think Trent may have had permanent ninjas at this point. Mimic and Dagger being top picks, despite never being hired for my developmental. Couple of Yukon boys in developmental looked good too.A big Specialists vs DeColts series was planned to headline many PPV's. Almighty Zeus was eventually going to head up a mega-stable, including Bach, Wesley Priest, and Stevie Grayson (!) as his heralds, Convict 24601 as his muscle (likely becoming the New God Prometheus), Helen Wheels, Missy Masterson & one other as his wives, and a reluctant Ian Wheels as the guy who eventually realises that the God of God's rule is wrong and does something to stop it. I also considered adding the Specialists, to make things go from 'Uh Oh' to "Now we're completely screwed".Solo runs for the Dirty White BoysFreddy Huggins was available, and could come in as a 1-month feud between the Canadian Party Animals and the Specialists. The other idea was that he takes the Acid role, but instead of fear, Edd's distracted because of hatred. Freddy slept with his girl back in TCW.At some point, Drake hunts down Howling Dog and returns the tomahawk.Eddie Chandler was penciled in to come back around Chaos in the Cage, under a new Dread Pirate gimmick. I was trying to resist the urge to give him a stable, but he had a lot of chemistry notes. Ozzie Golden could have returned. He was mentoring one of Thunder & Lightning. He would DEFINITELY have had a parrot. If I think of more plans, I might mention them. There's also some pictures (Ian Identity looking young enough to be Alex's son) that I'll post up soon. 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Derek B Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Damn it Self, those 1997 adventures sound amazing! Well, it all sounds amazing... but the 97 stuff in particular just made me smile non-stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lloyd Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 That's incredible Hoping you make a return to Dynasties when 2016 is released!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberious Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Even in cliffnotes forms those were great, really hoping you'll do another diary in 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Self Posted April 21, 2016 Author Share Posted April 21, 2016 Damn it Self, those 1997 adventures sound amazing! Well, it all sounds amazing... but the 97 stuff in particular just made me smile non-stop. Alright. Just for you, here's a no-pictures, minimum formatting of the first 1997 episode. Mostly completed. I could have posted this at any time, but the way I work I won't start posting until I have a good stockpile of scripts. Episode 2 was trickier. Jerome Turner “Happy New Year, boys and girls. You may be home for the holidays, but tonight one of CGC’s youngsters is going back to school. Tonight we’re kicking off the new year with a bang as ‘The Raging Bull’ Steve DeColt defends his CGC World Title against “The Traditionalist” Eric Tyler.” Roger Rogers “It’s about time someone put these punks kids of George DeColt in their place. Wrestling is a man’s game. Time to- Wait a minute, what’s going on in the ring” ========================== IN-RING BOOM! CRASH! HUGE EXPLOSION! The ring fills with smoke, and when it dissipates… ALEX DECOLT and DRAKE are laying in the ring. Confused. Frightened. Naked. Security quickly flood in grab the nude men in the ring, and ‘escort’ them up the ramp. Roger Rogers “Who the hell is…? Mitch, cut to a crowd shot.” Jerome Turner “Sorry about this, kids. Time for our first match of 1997.” ======================== Chance & Fate SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE VS HOWLING DOG & STEVE FLASH Jerome Turner “Flash and Dog are both great solo wrestlers, but can they handle the cohesive destructive power of the Soldiers?” Dog unnerves the Soldiers with his War Howl, but tomahawk chops only get him so far. Eye-gouging. Hair-pulling. Chance & Fate use every trick in the book to isolate the Cree tribesman. Eager for action, Steve Flash raises Dog’s magic tomahawk in an effort to re-energize him… and it works! Dog war-dances free and makes the tag! Flash runs wild with knife edge chops and thrust kicks, but Fate thumbs him in the eye. Double Shoulder Tackle! 1... 2... 3. SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE WIN Roger Rogers “What an amazing duo. I can see them being a threat in CGC for years to come.” ========================= GENERAL MANAGER’S OFFICE ALEX DECOLT and DRAKE (now thankfully covered up in “DeColts Party Like It’s 1997” merchandise) sit in the office that looks down upon the arena. Alex carefully studies his strange yet familiar surroundings. Drake is simply terrified. DRAKE What’s going on, Alex? Why did they arrest us? Why did they give us these weird retro t-shirts? Who’s that on commentary? Who are those guys wrestling the Soldiers of Fortune? And why do the Soldiers look so different??? ALEX DECOLT I… No, it can’t be. There’s no way that the lighting bolt sent us… Could it? DRAKE Sent us? Sent us where? Alex, I’m freaking out! GEORGE DECOLT enters, glaring at them. GEORGE DECOLT You should be freaking out, because you’re both in big trouble. Setting off explosions. Jumping the rail naked. There are kids in the crowd, you sickos. Who are you? Who sent you to interfere with my show? Daniel? Dick? George’s glare passes from Drake to Alex… and falters for a moment. ?????? ActuallytheyarewithmeMrDeColt. (Stevie Grayson) To Alex’s shock and Drake’s increased confusion, STEVIE GRAYSON enters the office. For some reason, it seems to calm George DeColt down. GEORGE DECOLT Okay, Gray. I don’t know what you were trying to do, but I trust you. Don’t let it happen again. George DeColt leaves, taking one last look at Alex as he does so. STEVIE GRAYSON OhmygodyouhavenoideahowhappyIamtoseeyouguys! We’vetravelledback intime! =========================== IN-RING ERIC TYLER and STEVE DECOLT glare at each other in the ring, while GEORGE DECOLT stands between them. GEORGE DECOLT Ladies and Gentlemen, tonight’s main event is a big one. We here at CGC aim to kick 1997 off with a bang. A World Title match. Introducing first, the challenger ’The Traditionalist’ Eric Tyler. Wearing mortarboard and academic robes, ERIC TYLER takes the offered microphone. ERIC TYLER How do you think you can beat me, Steven? Do you know the difference between an arm-wringer and an arm-bar? Or the correct place to put pressure when applying a chinlock? The sad part is that I could have helped you. You and your brothers could have enrolled in my School of Tradition, like Dan DaLay has done, and I could have taught you how to be a real champion. But you refused. Rookies should be seen, not heard. Shut up and know their place. Later on tonight I’m going to teach you the importance of tradition. GEORGE DECOLT Strong words from our challenger. Steve, do you have an response? Wearing jeans and a t-shirt he is practically bursting out of, the impossibly muscular STEVE DECOLT takes the microphone. STEVE DECOLT I don’t know if you’ve checked a calendar, Eric, but school’s not In session, and this isn’t a classroom. This! Is! DeColt Country! And if I wanted to learn I can think of no better place. Right here I’ve fought them all. Big guys. Small guys. Short guys. Tall guys. I even wrestled a bear once. I may be young but I’m no rookie, I’m the past present and future of this sport all rolled into one and by the end of tonight everyone’s gonna know… WHO RULES???? “DeColt Rules!” ========================================== BACKSTAGE ALEX DECOLT, STEVIE GRAYSON and DRAKE are huddled in a corner, trying to keep out of earshot of the various crew and wrestlers walking about. Alex is still visibly shaken from seeing his father. STEVIE GRAYSON ... andiwaskickingassintheLastManStandingRumble andIgotkickedand therewasabigflashandnextthingIknowit’s1997. I’vebeenlivinghereeversince. DRAKE Time travel? How is that possible, Alex? ALEX! ALEX DECOLT I... I don’t know. Maybe the combination of the lightning bolt and the super kicks created some sort of temporal black hole. Or ripped a hole in the fabric of space-time that... I... I gotta go. If this is 1997. I need to do... something. Alex walks off. DRAKE Wait! Are we stuck here? How do we get home? STEVIE GRAYSON HeydoyouknowwhathappenedtomyCanadianTitle? Itdidn’tcomeback intimewithme. =============================== JOHN MAVERICK VS GRAY STEVENSON Jerome Turner “Stevenson has been really impressive since arriving in CGC a few months ago. His movement in the ring… I’ve never seen anything like it.” Stevenson peppers the larger man with strikes, until he’s caught with a gut buster. Emotionless, Maverick clinically dissects each individual rib with pinpoint stomps and precision knee-strikes until Gray ducks, dips, dives, dodges and hits a Tornado DDT! Shades of Stevenson (Moonsault Press)! 1... 2... 3! GRAY STEVENSON WINS Roger Rogers “Another amazing victory… and yet there’s no record of him fighting anywhere else previously. What a natural.” ====================================== GENERAL MANAGER'S OFFICE GEORGE DECOLT looks out of the window of the skybox, down at the ring. ALEX DECOLT just watches him for a while, before knocking. GEORGE DECOLT Come on in, Alex. I’ve been expecting you. ALEX DECOLT You know that I’m Alex? GEORGE DECOLT You think I wouldn’t recognize my own son? So where’d you come from? I assume it’s time travel of some kind? Ha! Given how much time you spend with your head in the books I should have guessed you’d wind up inventing something weird like that. So what brings you back here? Something bad happen? ALEX DECOLT I... Actually... This wasn’t our choice, and I didn’t invent anything. We were hit by a lightning bolt and the next thing we knew, we were here. GEORGE DECOLT So how are my boys doing in the future? You three still sticking together? ALEX DECOLT It’s four now, and… Yeah, well… mostly… Not really. It’s a long story. GEORGE DECOLT If it doesn’t break the time space continuum thingy, I want to hear every bit of it. Nothing’s more important than family, Alex. Nothing. Alex DeColt takes a seat next to his father, to watch the main event. =========================================== CGC WORLD TITLE MATCH ERIC TYLER VS STEVE DECOLT Jerome Turner “Can the brash young upstart champion overcome the serious experience advantage of the challenger?” Roger Rogers “It‘s time for DeColt to be taken to school!” Steve overpowers the challenger early, but Tyler has done his homework. He slips out of Powerslam. He clamps on a facelock to stop a Spinebuster. He counters a suplex with a small package. Tyler takes the youngster to school, teaching the “punk kid” a lesson about respecting his elders, until Steve shuts him up with a DeColt Thrust to the throat. Powerslam! Vertical Suplex! Canadian Backbreaker Hold! Feeling the electricity, and with much pomp and circumstance, Steve gets ready for DeColt Stampede (Running Bulldog), only to be shoved into the turnbuckle and rolled up with the Prefect (Advanced Schoolboy) 1... 2... Steve barely escapes, but gets locked in the Tradition Lift (Double Chickenwing) Steve is fading… fading… fading… but the crowd rallies behind him and in an amazing feat of strength he lifts Tyler onto his back and slams him into the turnbuckle! DeColt Stampede! 1... 2... 3! YOUR WINNER AND STILL CGC WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION STEVE DECOLT (19:03) And another bonus, I tracked down the alt I was going to use for Intrepid Ian Identity. Shaving to make him look a bit younger and more viable as Alex's maybe-kid. 21 year old playing 18. http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p366/celdom/CGCmain/IanDeColt.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christmas_ape Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Amazing. Only echoing what others have said but all of the plans sounded great and seeing the 97 idea properly proves it. I can't imagine CGC done by anyone else now and I can't imagine you with any other company but excited to see what you do next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 I love that George DeColt is totally cool with time travel. I will never be able to express how much I love this dynasty and all the fun shenanigans that have taken place within it over the last few years. Absolutely my favourite dynasty ever and I've learned a lot about how to write from it and how to develop characters. Just one show with Eric Tyler there and I can already see that he would have become a favourite of mine too. So many kudos to you, Self. I hope you do something CGC based with TEW16 too, or at least I hope you continue to write in general so that we can all enjoy you more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Self Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 I don't know if I could go back to CGC. I suppose it depends on what the company looks like in 2016 (if it still exists) but generally I don't like the idea of repeating or restarting this world or any of these characters. I don't want to write a world where Ricky DeColt hasn't been an evil zombie, before getting amnesia. The new game does has me super psyched to play however, so we'll see. I've been pondering some different ideas lately, but they'd need to be in a different format than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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