Secrets of the Ring IV: The Final Sacrifice (TCW 2014)

NoNeck · March 4, 2014

<div style="text-align:center;">Show #1

“Where Angels Fear to Tread”

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Sunday, Week 4, April 2014</div>

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Guide and Scout are shown arriving at the arena, Scout screaming into the parking lot in his truck and Guide arriving via taxi.

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<div style="text-align:center;">Skip Beau vs. Harry Allen</div>

There is only one match on the live pre-show this month, but it is a near fifteen minute affair that is really worth logging onto TCWProWrestling.com to see. Skip Beau, the ripped two-hundred and sixty pound Canadian super-prospect, tosses the beaded jumpsuit wearing Harry Allen around, but the much smaller veteran refuses to show any weakness. When he rallies, he runs off a triad of clotheslines and a bulldog, but upon attempting a lateral press, Beau bench-presses him up in the air and flips him aside, hopping to his feet and moving in for the kill dropping Allen on his skull with a spinning tombstone piledriver.

SB: “There’s no quit in Harry Allen.”

MN: “No, Beau had to knock him out to beat him. I think Harry’s out!”

RESULT: SKIP BEAU WINS VIA PINFALL @ 14:02

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The entire graduating class from the first Tommy Cornell/Wolf Hawkins dojo style training camp are shown and put over for a few seconds before the event’s theme music begin playing and Mitch Naess, in front of the flat-black and grey TCW logo, goes to work selling the event. He is good at his job. You buy the show.

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Mitch Naess and Sammy Bach are standing by at ringside as the cable camera does a warp speed pan around the perimeter of the building, showing the pumping fists and waving signs of Planet TCW.

MN: “You are looking live at the sold-out Vanderblue Center here in Oakland, California. And tonight, TCW is LIVE with “Where Angels Fear to Tread”!”

SB: “Four weeks away from our biggest night of the year, Total Mayhem, and historically, this event sets the table for what happens at Mayhem.”

MN: “And tonight, there will be three men looking to impress the powers that be and earn that all important title shot showdown with Tommy Cornell at Mayhem.”

SB: “The Prototype” Joey Minnesota is teaming up with the New Wave, going head up against Tommy himself, who chose his usual hired sidearms and chief security advisors, Law & Thatcher. If he can come up with a win, I don’t see how he doesn’t go on to Mayhem with a title shot. But if Wolf Hawkins and Bryan Vessey steal the show tonight in their one on one match and Tommy’s team stops Joey’s team? The winner of the Wolf/Vessey tilt could leapfrog Joey into the main event at Total Mayhem.”

MN: “It’s a big night, my friend, no question. And the pyro is popping so loud right next to us; I can barely hear myself talk. Let’s go up to the ring and kick things off! ”

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<div style="text-align:center;">Jay Chord vs. Troy Tornado vs. Aaron Andrews vs. Brent Hill</div>

MN: “Coming into this one, Sammy, for a host of different reasons, all four of these men need the win.”

SB: “The key word is ‘need’; they all NEED the W…with Tornado recovering from the injury, Hill just settling back into singles wrestling, Chord climbing up the card hand over fist, and Andrews needing to stop his bad-luck losing streak. Only one of ‘em can come away with it. I’m psyched to see who steps up.”

Everybody’s distinct offense is on full display; this match reeks of why TCW is the number one WRESTLING promotion in the world. Tornado takes to the air, Hill down onto the mat. Andrews does a little bit of both, with some stiffness behind it all. And Jay Chord is old school, down to the eye-gouges, lying to the referee, and rolling to the floor on numerous occasions to avoid getting into too much trouble, which drives the fans especially crazy.

Brent Hill connects with a running yakuza kick, driving Andrews backward, head over feet, before getting in the middle of the escalating fist fight between Chord and Troy Tornado. Chord drills Hill below the belt the second he sees him and shoves him toward Tornado, rolling to the floor and pointing to his head, thinking he has once again bailed at an opportune time. But Tornado hooks the wobbling Hill and rolls him into a little ball, getting the 1-2-3 before Chord has any idea.

SB: ”Serves him right. And, if you’re looking for positives, it’ll give him something fresh to whine about….since that seems to be all he does.”

MN: ”And for Tornado, a happy ending to his TCW homecoming.”

SB: “He didn’t look to be favoring the injury at all. Good for him.”

RESULT: TROY TORNADO WINS VIA PINFALL @ 17:44

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Skip Beau, victorious on the free internet pre-show, talks to someone on his cell phone as he stands just between the emergency exit and the entrance to the jobbers gang showers, on the spot where concrete meets tile. Whatever he is hearing, from whoever it is, he likes it; Beau just stands there nodding emphatically, pumping his monstrous fist. Before he hangs up, he laughs out loud and says into the phone: “I’ll tell him you’re coming.”

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On the other side of the building, Wolf Hawkins arrives amidst his usual crowd of admirers, which is heavy on the merchandise-mark fanboys and the shrieking teenage girls. Tonight, a non-TCW camera crew is following him, along with a hot woman in a smart navy blue business suit who writes frantically in an old-school wire bound notebook as Wolf talks.

He begins to say something that will make him look very thoughtful, pulling off his sunglasses for effect when…..

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“Hey there, Wolfie-Boy.”</div>

BV: ”Yeah, I’m talking to you. Tonight, I’m going to take you to school, boy. And I’m not talking about that training camp that you and your fake Dad run, I’m talking about you having to get into the ring with me…the wresting machine. What shot do you have? I’m the best that ever lived, the best to ever lace ‘em up, boy. For all you’ve accomplished in this business, it’s NOTHING compared to what I’ve done. You’ve been hiding behind Tommy’s skirt for years. When are you going to be your own man?”

Larry, tough, but haggard looking in his rumpled shirt and pants, grunts a couple of syllables before looking like he could use a smoke. He motions for Bryan to follow. Aware that they could still jump him at any second, Wolf carefully watches the two walk away before going back to signing autographs and posing for OMG photos.

MN: “Bryan Vessey would pick a fight with the sky if he didn’t like its shade of blue. What a bully.”

SB: “But everyone knows what happens in TCW if you throw down backstage. Hasn’t been any action back there in over a year now.”

MN: “Good, that’s the way it should be. Professional wrestling is a sport.”

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MN: “Where has RDJ been the last few weeks? Mentally, I mean?”

SB: “The last few weeks? It’s been at least two months. To steal a cowboy term, I think he’s ready to go out to pasture. We can turn him into pink leather.”

The stampeding bull, Ino, owns the worn, tired, and road weary Ricky Dale Johnson, turning the cowboy inside out with his super stiff in-your-face offense. RDJ fights the good fight, just as he always does, but once Ino bounces his balding head off of the second turnbuckle with his violent running facewash, the old roughrider turns to mush.

MN: “And…..oh myyyy…..do you hear the crowd? They know what’s coming.”

INO’S GONNA KILL YOU! INO’S GONNA KILL YOU! INO’S GONNA KILL YOU!

They are right, as they always are. Within moments, Ino has hoisted RDJ onto his shoulders and destroys him with an unreal BURNING HAMMMMA!!! getting the win.

MN: “Every time I see that move, I almost crap my pants.”

SB: “Hey now. Put a cork in it. Literal-like. I’m right over here, like a foot away. I can’t have anything getting on these shoes. Have you seen them?”

MN: ”…..they are telling me in my earpiece, that we are headed backstage, where TCW’s hottest and most dominant faction, DOA, have arrived here at ‘Where Angels Fear to Tread’. Let’s take you out there.”

RESULT: INO WINS VIA PINFALL @ 9:44

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The three massive men that make up, DOA, Rocky Golden, Mighty Mo, and Atlas, dressed in their usual black combat fatigues, simultaneously jump out of a barely stopped black hummer and storm the building, coming through the main fan’s entrance in the front of the house. The fans begin to gather around them, as always, but they move forward, undeterred. The camera chasing them is noticed; they use it as a vessel for their message.

RG: “DOA hasn’t been about slogans or idle chatter since we hit TCW. DOA has been about action. But to really make your mark in this business, you need the gold to back it up. It’s credibility. It’s currency. And we want it. Tell ‘em Mo.”

MM: “I can’t be thinkin’ ‘bout that, man. I’m hungry and I’m ‘bout to eat some clown fo’ bref-fast tonight, boss. That’s real talk. What about you, AT?”

AT: “Cali Dragons? Can’t wait.”

RG: “Then let’s roll.”

As they usually do, all three members split off and descend upon the ring from different locations.

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<div style="text-align:center;">Cali Dragons vs. DOA</div>

SB: “I love the Cali Dragons, Mitch.”

MN: “I know, Sammy. I know. You’ve said. On many occasions.”

SB: “I just love their style in there and the fact that they came up the old fashioned way. On the circuit. Learning the craft. But this one? Might be a little much. Those DOA guys are all HUGE.”

MN: “And what’s worse, they don’t know which two of the three are going to be wrestling tonight; it could be any combination of the three men.”

The Cali Dragons are waiting for DOA, looking in all directions, trying to figure out where they could be coming from. It is tense, And they are surprised when Mighty Mo and Atlas appear together and toss Frankie Perez over the barricade backward into the ring apron, leaving Mikey James alone in the ring, backpedaling because he thinks Rocky Golden is going to be one of the men involved. Atlas is the first to him, blindsiding him with a running boot. Perez barely pulls himself up onto the apron by the five minute mark as his partner is decimated by DOA’s surprisingly fluid in-and-out tagging and double-team power moves.

SB: “They don’t have a chance.”

Eventually they do get one, when James frantically dives and hot tags Perez in. And, after watching for so long, the smallest man in the match comes out dealing, handing out roundhouse kicks to both Atlas and Mighty Mo, the latter taking three before finally falling to one knee. But when he bounces himself off of the ropes, looking for one of his other lethal kicks, Mo gets back up and catches him coming off with a spinning sidewalk slam, pounding him viciously into the mat with all of his weight. The ref takes his time with the count. As he should.

MN: “What about that, Sammy? DOA can-not be stopped. Whoa.”

SB: “They ERASED a very good team, right there. They have to be one of the top squads in line to face the New Wave for the belts at some point soon, don’t they?”

MN: “I would imagine so.”

RESULT: DOA WINS VIA PINFALL @ 7:11

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TCW cameras peek around a corner as Jennifer Cornell, Rick Law, and Charlie Thatcher all try to talk Tommy Cornell down off of the proverbial ledge as he rages around his private locker room/office, flipping furniture and yelling.

TC: “How many Joey Minnesota’s have stood, hungry, in my doorway over the last ten years, looking to knock me off and take the top spot on the mountain? Off of MY mountain! HOW MANY?”

A pair of TCW staffers enter the fray and Tommy throws up his hands, looking wide eyed at the group.

TC: “This is MY BLOODY COMPANY! YOU ALL WORK FOR ME!!!!”

His eyes narrow. He knows instantly who he’s crossed. He can feel her eyes upon him.

JC: “I sure as hell DO NOT!”

TC: “I DIDN’T MEAN….”

JC: “You know what? I'M LEAVING!”

Jennifer glares at him for a second or two before storming out the door. One of the staffers, a doctor, with a flustered Law & Thatcher at his back, begins to smooth things over with Tommy, who looks past him, out the door at his wife, as she makes her way down the hall.

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<div style="text-align:center;">Wolf Hawkins vs. Bryan Vessey</div>

SB: “Wow.”

MN: “Wow, what? Eyes on the road, Samuel, back to business. Answer me this…Joey Minnesota notwithstanding, who has been hotter than Bryan Vessey over the last month, month and a half? I can’t think of anyone.”

SB: “I’d take Joey by a nose….if I had to. But not in front of Bryan or his brother, Larry. Wolf is going to have his hands full in this one. Vessey can wrestle rings around anyone.”

MN: “Who is that woman with the cameraman that’s been following Wolf since the end of our last TV show? Do you have any inside info?”

SB: “I’ve heard that she’s making some sort of wrestling documentary. That’s all know, though.”

MN: “Really?”

SB: “Well…..That’s all I’ll say on PPV, anyway.”

MN: “Just whisper it to me while we run the next video package.”

SB: “10-4.”

Clinic-gasm! Wolf Hawkins can flat out go in the ring, but Bryan Vessey still somehow ties him up in knots at every turn, keeping him on the mat for at least ten of the first twelve minutes of the match, listening to Larry barking at ringside and focusing on Wolf’s right arm/shoulder the whole time, twisting it and yanking on it with a variety of chicken wings and wristlock variants. But every attempt to lock him into his trademark STF ends with Wolf somehow getting to the ropes, driving Vessey into a lather and sending he and his brother up the back of the referee.

MN: “Classic Vessey. Blame someone else.”

Wolf’s comeback centers on Vessey pulling down his own kneepad in an attempt to hurt the youngster even further. But when he tries to drive it into Wolf, he misses, and goes all the way through the turnbuckles to the post, brutally banging his exposed knee. It begins to affect everything. A few minutes later, he has recovered enough, locking Wolf in a sharpshooter. But Hawkins eventually rolls through the sharpshooter and turns it over, readjusting his on leg and turning the whole thing into a modified figure-four leglock, one that makes Vessey scream out in pain, reaching out to try to grab the injured knee.

Vessey is hurting and almost seems to pass out once or twice. The referee looks to the corner numerous times, but Larry, leaning over the apron, will not throw in the towel to save his brother. Wolf is incredulous and angrily leaves Bryan laying limp, to go over toward Larry and admonish him for sacrificing his own flesh and blood. But it was a trap. Bryan grapevines Wolf’s arm and awkwardly hooks his leg in, too, sneaking in a modified STF. Wolf isn’t facing the ropes and has nowhere to go, waving and reaching before finally tapping out. Larry smiles and claps as the bell rings, knowing they have put one over on Hawkins.

MN: “One mistake. And it cost him.”

SB: ”One big mistake, Mitch. HUGE. But look at Bryan Vessey as he shuffles back up the aisle; he’s really hurting, too. That figure-four messed him up, I think.”

RESULT: VESSEY WINS VIA SUBMISSION @ 28:57

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The woman in the smart navy-blue business suit and her camera crew trail the stumbling Wolf Hawkins as he, too, slowly makes his way back to the locker room, pushing his way through the VIP pass holding fans as he does so. As he gets to his locker room door and leans on the frame for support, she tries to stick a microphone in his face. He lashes out.

“Listen, lady. If you want to get to know Wolf Hawkins, you’re going to have to get in line. Lately, when I look at myself in the mirror, I don’t recognize the man staring back at me.

“I was the TCW World Champion for little over four months heading into the beginning of last year.”

He scrunches up his eyes and cradles his head in pain.

“You know what today is? It’s my daughter’s birthday. But because of my obsession with this business, my obsession with the TCW World Heavyweight Championship, I’m here in California, wrestling that prick Vessey on PPV……instead of spending the day with her.”

“All of it was supposed to be for….. something……after all that build up…. I couldn’t hold on to it.”

He exhales slowly.

“Now, I’m almost totally forgotten. Getting used to put over Bryan Vessey? And Tommy’s on his seventh run? What? What about me? You know what? I think I know….”

“If I’m really supposed to follow in Tommy’s footsteps, like everyone has always said, to be the next great one in this business….I need to get to work. People are going to see some drastic changes in Wolf Hawkins…..starting right now! You can count on it!”

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COUNTDOWN TO THE MAIN EVENT

10

TCW’s head referee jogs down the ramp and slides into the ring.

9

The ring announcer climbs the steel steps and joins our official in the ring, looking back up toward the stage expectantly.

8

The ringside fans stand. Signs go down and heads crane.

7

Rick Law spins his baton and whistles an eerie tune, walking backstage toward the ring.

6

Jennifer Cornell leaves the building, her heels clicking on the wet pavement before she hops into a waiting car and speeds off.

5

Charlie Thatcher pie-faces a much smaller local enhancement talent, pushing him over a catering table and laughing as he does so.

4

Guide and Scout are shown in their locker room, wordlessly getting into their gear.

3

Joey Minnesota warms up in front of a mirror with a tension band, intently staring into his own eyes as he gets a good burn.

2

Law and Thatcher’s music hits; the camera follows them, from behind, onto the stage and partway down the ramp.

1

Tommy Cornell stands alone just behind the curtain, fuming, muttering to himself.

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<div style="text-align:center;">Tommy Cornell/Rick Law/Charlie Thatcher vs Joey Minnesota/New Wave</div>

MN: “Bold claims from the reeling Wolf Hawkins a minute ago, Sammy.”

SB: “Tragedy’s cheap, Mitch, and so is talk. Wolf needs to shut up and prove it to the world. He’s been fed with a silver spoon since day one. Can he step up? Or will he always need crutch to prop him up?”

MN: “And what have we here? A step-up match of the highest order. Joey Minnesota is white-hot and sees the World Title dangling before him, but Tommy Cornell, the seven-time TCW World Champion, is no stepping stone. In fact, Tommy’s grasp on the title has strengthened his currently shaky grip on the company.”

SB: “But Tommy is tired, you can see it. The months upon months of fending off challengers. Can he hold off one of the hottest wrestlers in the world? After everything that’s happened?”

MN: “He can’t lose it tonight, though, Sammy.”

SB: “He might’ve lost Jennifer though. She looked pissed.”

The match has everything you could possibly want out of a TCW six man tag team main event, and that’s saying something. It has a lot of chaotic sequences in the early going, including a great run where the New Wave capitalize on the craziness and punish all three of their opponents with their time-tested double team attacks. DOUBLE MISSILE DROPKICK’S FOR EVERYONE!!! Thatcher is turned upside-down and bloodied by the tumble to the floor!!! But Law is up to the task of protecting Tommy Cornell even against two men and even without the use of his trusty nightstick. And he is all power. Bodyslams for everyone. Kneelifts for everyone. Joey and the New Wave scatter, recuperating on the floor, and things suddenly look grim.

But Joey Minnesota, as he can do, rights the ship with his steady wrestling upon returning to the ring, tossing Tommy Cornell into the buckles with a t-bone suplex, holding the wide-bodied Charlie Thatcher down on the mat, and then standing up to trade blows with Rick Law. Things ramp up as the match closes in on its finish.

Law deftly flips out of a belly to back suplex attempt and belts Joey with his Long Arm of the Law (running leaping lariat) but walks right into the New Wave’s surprise slingshot double shoulderblock. It brings the crowd to their feet and nets them a two and three quarters count from the referee. Thatcher helps the slowed-from-a-tandem-suplex-earlier Tommy back into the ring before tackling Guide and Joey from behind, unceremoniously dumping them all over the top rope and to the floor.

And then, as he has done so many times before, Tommy turns it on when the lights are shining brightest. Scout thinks the champ is on the ropes, but a pair of rectory-stiff European uppercuts and a running kneelift from the World Champion has him reeling and on his heels.

MN: “How many times have we seen this?”

Scout gets backed into a corner where Tommy goes to work, grabbing the middle cable and driving shoulder after shoulder into the tag specialist’s midsection, leaving him limp while the Cornell surveys the situation. He staggers out, wondering where the contact has gone….GUILT TRIP (Stunner) Cornell takes his time slinking up onto the downed New Waver; Guide is too far away to even attempt to break it up. 1…..2…..3!

SB: “From out of nowhere! Wow! And now there’s no doubt, we’re on the road to Total Mayhem!!!”

MN: “But what does this mean for Total Mayhem? Who will face Tommy Cornell for the World Heavyweight Championship?”

SB: “I don’t know? Joey can’t be considered the LOCK he was an hour ago, can he? I’ve got to think it’s up for grabs. It could be anyone!”

MN: “And yet, no matter who it ends up being, Tommy’s mind will be elsewhere.”

RESULT: TOMMY/LAW/THATCHER WIN VIA PINFALL @ 30:05

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3rdStringPG · March 4, 2014

Damn. That Jay Chord alt makes me hate him even more. Still love his skills and potential, though.

Great first show! <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

NoNeck · March 4, 2014

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="3rdStringPG" data-cite="3rdStringPG" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="37467" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Damn. That Jay Chord alt makes me hate him even more. Still love his skills and potential, though. Great first show! <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote> Thanks 3rdStringPG. I've been enjoying your SWF diary as well. That render, or that version of the Jay Chord character, is one that I really wanted to revisit from my old PWC diary. It was one of those that I was just starting to get into, past all of the cliche and into something. In fact, I have a handful of "unfinished business" characters popping up in this as I think about it. One goes all the way back to SOTR Volume 2. I am aware however that those projects were set in SWF and a souped-up USPW; the TCW product is quite a different animal altogether. There will be a between shows segment at some point where Mitch discusses the differences between working creative for DaVE, PSW, and TCW. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Big Roguey · March 4, 2014

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="NoNeck" data-cite="NoNeck" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="37467" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Thanks 3rdStringPG. I've been enjoying your SWF diary as well. That render, or that version of the Jay Chord character, is one that I really wanted to revisit from my old PWC diary. It was one of those that I was just starting to get into, past all of the cliche and into something. In fact, I have a handful of "unfinished business" characters popping up in this as I think about it. One goes all the way back to SOTR Volume 2. I am aware however that those projects were set in SWF and a souped-up USPW; the TCW product is quite a different animal altogether. There will be a between shows segment at some point where Mitch discusses the differences between working creative for DaVE, PSW, and TCW. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"></div></blockquote> Is it crazy Bull Wrecker? I hope it is crazy Bull Wrecker. <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png">

NoNeck · March 4, 2014

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="MichiganHero" data-cite="MichiganHero" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="37467" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Is it crazy Bull Wrecker? I hope it is crazy Bull Wrecker. <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote> The fact that somebody remembered that story has given me the fuel to write wrestling diaries forever. Thank you MichiganHero. Sincerely. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Big Roguey · March 4, 2014

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="NoNeck" data-cite="NoNeck" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="37467" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>The fact that somebody remembered that story has given me the fuel to write wrestling diaries forever. Thank you MichiganHero. Sincerely. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png"></div></blockquote> You kidding me? SOTR2 is like a yearly reading for me! Damn shame we never got to fully see Mainstream getting Wayne Gale'd by Bull Wrecker and Alicia.

NoNeck · March 5, 2014

You kidding me? SOTR2 is like a yearly reading for me! Damn shame we never got to fully see Mainstream getting Wayne Gale'd by Bull Wrecker and Alicia.

That's just awesome.

And just between us, I was going to have Mainstream be behind it all, I think, pulling all the strings to draw himself bigger ratings than Supreme TV.

Big plans for Mainstream, I had.

For those that might've missed it on this stroll down nostalgia lane, "Where Angels Fear to Tread", the diary's first show, is posted above. Give it a look and tell me what you think.

NoNeck · March 12, 2014

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Total Wrestling Preview

Joey Minnesota vs. Rick Law

Ino vs. Thatcher

New Wave vs. Vessey Bros.

Cali Dragons vs. Tornado/Andrews vs. DOA vs. RDJ/Oxford

Brent Hill vs. Pepper Parks

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Rickymex · March 12, 2014

Joey Minnesota vs. Rick Law

Ino vs. Thatcher

New Wave vs. Vessey Bros.

Cali Dragons vs. Tornado/Andrews vs. DOA vs. RDJ/Oxford

Brent Hill vs. Pepper Parks

Midnightnick · March 12, 2014

Joey Minnesota vs. Rick Law

Ino vs. Thatcher

New Wave vs. Vessey Bros.

Cali Dragons vs. Tornado/Andrews vs. DOA vs. RDJ/Oxford

Brent Hill vs. Pepper Parks

3rdStringPG · March 12, 2014

Joey Minnesota vs. Rick Law

Ino vs. Thatcher

New Wave vs. Vessey Bros.

Cali Dragons vs. Tornado/Andrews vs. DOA vs. RDJ/Oxford

Brent Hill vs. Pepper Parks

KnowYourEnemy · March 12, 2014

Joey Minnesota vs. Rick Law

Ino vs. Thatcher

New Wave vs. Vessey Bros.

Cali Dragons vs. Tornado/Andrews vs. DOA vs. RDJ/Oxford

Brent Hill vs. Pepper Parks

Bigpapa42 · March 13, 2014

Joey Minnesota vs. Rick Law

Ino vs. Thatcher

New Wave vs. Vessey Bros.

Cali Dragons vs. Tornado/Andrews vs. DOA vs. RDJ/Oxford

Brent Hill vs. Pepper Parks

smwilliams · March 14, 2014

Joey Minnesota vs. Rick Law

Ino vs. Thatcher

New Wave vs. Vessey Bros.

Cali Dragons vs. Tornado/Andrews vs. DOA vs. RDJ/Oxford

Brent Hill vs. Pepper Parks

NoNeck · March 17, 2014

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<div style="text-align:center;">(PS) New Wave Arrives (B)

(PS) Skip Beau over Harry Allen (D+)

(PS) TCW Power Plant Class ©

Live Show Open (B+)

Troy Tornado over Jay Chord, Brent Hill, and Aaron Andrews (B-)

Skip Beau Phones Someone (D+)

Vesseys Taunt Wolf (B-)

Ino over RDJ (B-)

DOA Promo (B)

DOA over Cali Dragons (C+)

Tommy Flips; Jennifer Leaves (A)

Bryan Vessey over Wolf Hawkins (B+)

Wolf Promises Changes (B)

Countdown to the Main Event (A)

Tommy/Law/Thatcher over Joey/New Wave (B+)

Overall Grade: B+

PPV Buy Rate: 3.62

<div style="text-align:center;">-Total Wrestling Preview-

Joey Minnesota vs. Rick Law

Ino vs. Thatcher

New Wave vs. Vessey Bros.

Cali Dragons vs. Tornado/Andrews vs. DOA vs. RDJ/Oxford

Brent Hill vs. Pepper Parks

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jhd1 · March 17, 2014

Joey Minnesota vs. Rick Law

Ino vs. Thatcher

New Wave vs. Vessey Bros.

Cali Dragons vs. Tornado/Andrews vs. DOA vs. RDJ/Oxford

Brent Hill vs. Pepper Parks

NoNeck · April 2, 2014

Quick OOC Update:

Sorry for the delay. I have a really hard time writing show-to-show, and thus, needed to go ahead in the game and get writing the shows in groups like I always have. I feel like doing things like foreshadowing and laying track with characterizations always works better in my head when I can move back and forth between, say, six shows and pace things the way I like.

Long story short, I'm well ahead of where I need to be and have some shows (and in-between shows stuff) in the can now.

Looking to post TCW TV either tonight or in the morning.

Thanks for your patience; trying to keep my standards high with this project.

Midnightnick · April 3, 2014

Joey Minnesota vs. Rick Law

Ino vs. Thatcher

New Wave vs. Vessey Bros.

Cali Dragons vs. Tornado/Andrews vs. DOA vs. RDJ/Oxford

Brent Hill vs. Pepper Parks

NoNeck · April 10, 2014

<div style="text-align:center;">Show #3

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TCW UPRISING TV

Live on GNN TOTAL SPORTS NETWORK

From: Seattle, WA </div>

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Skip Beau talks up Emily Queen backstage, as she sits getting her make-up just right before the show goes live.

SB: “Next week, me and my brother are going to make our debut as a tag team in TCW….and we’re going to be introducing our manager, too. So, if you wanted an exclusive interview afterward….I’m sure we could work something out.”

He smiles and shuffles off as a hairdresser walks up behind Emily and checks her do, chewing her gum loudly.

EQ: ”Did he just say he had a brother?”

Hairdresser: “I don’t know doll, but if there’s another one, I bet he got all the brains because that one there is a little bit short.”

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Tommy Cornell sits high above the arena in a palatial skybox, watching the show with the TCW World Champion taking some “much needed time” after Sunday night’s PPV to woo some potential investors. His wife Jennifer, usually a fixture at his side is noticeably absent.

As the camera begins pulling back toward the broadcast location…..

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Joey Minnesota’s music hits, sending the fans into orbit. And when he marches out to the ring with a microphone, people get quiet, getting ready to listen to the soft spoken, man of few words as he points toward Cornell.

<div style="text-align:center;">“total mayhem. four weeks away. me and you, tommy. me and you.”</div>

The fans love it and Joey drops the microphone, his message sent, succinct as usual.

<div style="text-align:center;">“Hold up there, Minnesota. I’m gonna need to have a word with you. Official police business.”

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Rick Law comes out onto the stage, spinning his shiny black baton before sliding it into his belt.

<div style="text-align:center;">“You may get your wish, and you may face Mr. Cornell at Total Mayhem….that’s up to the boss. And tonight, my orders come straight from the top. So when you see the flashing blue lights behind you, don’t run. It’s easier for everyone involved if you just comply.”

“But it’s more fun for me if you don’t. See you tonight, son.”</div>

Law’s lights flash, signaling his exit, while Joey stands nodding in the ring.

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MN: “It’s been over three years since Larry Vessey stepped into a wrestling ring; tonight he and his younger brother Bryan get a crack at the tag-team champions, The New Wave.”

SB:”And if they can win, they have to be right in the mix for a shot at the titles.”

MN: “The tag team division is getting top-heavy, isn’t it? Tis a good problem to have.”

SB: “Let’s head to the ring and feature some of those teams…”

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<div style="text-align:center;">Cali Dragons vs. Tornado/Andrews vs. DOA vs. RDJ/Oxford</div>

MN: “Eight men. Four tag teams. And at least a half dozen storylines.”

SB: ”Give me the big two.”

MN: “The Cali Dragons got owned by DOA at ‘Where Angels Fear to Tread’ two nights ago, they’ve got to be looking for revenge. And Troy Tornado and Aaron Andrews are not friendly with each other; their new team will be more interesting than the new RDJ/Robert Oxford unit, the latter a veteran team aligning to try to keep themselves on the TCW roster.”

SB: “Look at you go! Yeah, boy! That’s why you’re the best.”

MN: “Awe, shucks.”

A four way tag team match isn’t exactly the easiest match to follow. This one breaks down on several occasions, leaving head official Sam Sparrow shrugging his shoulders and letting lots of stuff go. The Cali Dragons are everywhere and control the run of play throughout. But, as expected Tornado and Andrews can’t co-exist, and Tornado leaves him hanging without a partner to tag in the first few moments a member of DOA is legal. It proves to be the end. Atlas hoists Andrews into the air, powerbombing him and nastily bouncing him off of the mat. Mighty Mo keeps Oxford and the disinterested RDJ at bay while his partner makes the pin.

SB: “Aaron Andrews can’t catch a break, can he?”

MN: “I hope he can catch a ride to the emergency room though. I think that powerbomb might’ve seriously messed him up.”

SB: “And DOA just keeps on rolling through TCW!”

RESULT: DOA WINS VIA PINFALL @ 15:58

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There is a noticeable buzz as Wolf Hawkins makes his way from the backstage press area back toward his private locker room. TCW investigative reporter Emily Queen follows him from the Total Mayhem PPV press conference he was a part of and puts a mike in his face just before he gets to the door.

EQ: ”You created quite a stir backstage with your talk at Total Mayhem of reforming some of your bad habits and refocusing on the ring, Wolf…..”

WH: “Good.”

EQ: “…”

WH: “I mean, that’s what the backstage people should be thinking. Wondering how much better Wolf Hawkins can be if he stays in at night, watching tape and studying tendencies instead of hitting the clubs and howling at the ladies; wondering how much stronger Wolf Hawkins can be if he actually goes to the gym once in a while instead of relying on his god-given genetics. That’s what I want. That’s what I want them all to be thinking. I want them to be worried. I want them all to spend time worrying about how it’s going to affect them, moving down a spot. Making way for me.”

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<div style="text-align:center;">Brent Hill vs. Pepper Parks</div>

SB: “We’ve been making way for Wolf since 1998, when Tommy called him up to the big leagues from his very own training camp and endorsed him as the next great one. Wolf is Tommy’s pet. And everyone knows it except for Wolf himself, apparently. It’s kind of sad, really.”

Pepper Parks, the first graduate from the last class of the TCW training academy to wrestle on TV, puts himself out there one-hundred percent and pushes the surprised Brent Hill to the limit. Hill seems like he is constantly looking into the corner for a tag as Parks runs through his improvisationally based offense on the backpedaling veteran and does he puts on a show. Oy vey. But when he comes cruising through the sky, attempting a flippy-flop of some sort, he gets caught by Hill, who turns him over with a smoking fast powerslam, rolling up Parks with a handful of tights for the three count.

MN: “What a superb match. Who saw that coming?”

SB: “Not Brent Hill.”

MN: “Agreed. But, ummm….he held the rookie’s tights to get the victory.”

SB: “I know….and I don’t quite know what to think of that.”

RESULT: BRENT HILL WINS VIA PINFALL @ 7:06

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Cameras push through the doors of the backstage fitness center where on monster of a man sits up on an incline bench, toweling off and smirking. The bar above him is LOADED with weight.

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“Hey boss. What’cha bench?”

“Me, I max out at like 550 or so, give or take a few pounds here or there….depending on what time I had my last whey protein shake, knowwhatImean?”

“You can hang around and watch if you want. I don’t mind putting on a show for a novice like you.”

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And put on a show he does, ripping off rep after rep as we pull back. A graphic stamps itself onto the screen.

<div style="text-align:center;">KEVIN STEVENS: GENETIC FREAK</div>

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A beautiful black town car pulls up to the rear entrance of the building, and with some help from the driver and a few TCW security staffers, Jennifer Cornell emerges.

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<div style="text-align:center;">Ino vs. Thatcher</div>

MN: “And the fans start chanting the second his music hits.”

INO’S GONNA KILL YOU! INO’S GONNA KILL YOU! INO’S GONNA KILL YOU!

MN: “This guy, Koshiro Ino, has been unstoppable. I don’t like Charlie Thatcher personally, but right now, I feel bad for him.”

The stampeding bull, Ino, with his super stiff in-your-face offense, takes it right to Tommy Cornell’s hired muscle, drilling him with shot after shot putting him on his heels. It’s not even close. His backhand chops send Thatcher reeling. To his credit, Thatcher tries to put up some offense, and is actually brave enough to stand toe to toe with Ino, but still finds his head bouncing off of the second turnbuckle via Ino’s violent running facewash, and thusly hears the chant again.

INO’S GONNA KILL YOU! INO’S GONNA KILL YOU! INO’S GONNA KILL YOU!

They are right, as they always are. Within moments, Ino has hoisted the three hundred pound Thatcher onto his shoulders and buries him with an unreal BURNING HAMMMMA!!, getting the win.

SB: “My dear sweet salami, I don’t know how that move is even legal. It really looks like ‘Ino’s Gonna Kill You!’”

RESULT: INO WINS VIA PINFALL @ 11:02

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Guide and Scout are backstage, warming up and getting a bit of a sweat on before heading to the ring. But they do not chatter amongst themselves, instead both men listen to headphones as they shadowbox on opposite sides of the room.

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<div style="text-align:center;">New Wave vs. Vessey Bros.

-Non-Title Match-</div>

MN: “It’s been over three years since Larry Vessey stepped into a wrestling ring, Sammy. How ready can he be?”

SB: “Let’s not forget how good a wrestler Larry Vessey was, okay? And let’s also not forget who his partner is. Bryan Vessey is one of the top three or four wrestlers in this company.”

MN: “And even though they’ve held the belts for a long time, apparently there is some sort of malaise that’s set in among the members of the New Wave. You can’t focus like you need to with that kind of stuff seeping into your day to day life.”

This is a sweet, sweet tag team match the showcases both teams’ strengths. The New Wave are so fluid; their experience together shows ten times a minute and their speedy tags and double team moves seem to overwhelm Bryan Vessey, who seems to be attempting to bear the brunt of their attack so as to save his older brother the wear. But Bryan turns the tables when Guide attempts a flying body press but is caught and turned over, getting braced with an across the knee backbreaker that bends him in two.

In a flash, Vessey has Guide locked in his trademark STF. Guide reaches out toward Scout, and Scout reaches back, leaning over the top rope. But they are still a few inches apart and Guide’s eyes narrow before he begins tapping out with the hand he tried to tag with.

SB: “Wow. That was unexpected.”

MN: “That tap out came a bit quicker than I expected, too.”

SB: ”You’ve never been locked in his STF though, Mitch. I have. It’s unbearable.”

RESULT: VESSEYS WIN VIA SUBMISSION @ 16:31

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Her rarely heard music pours into the arena and Jennifer Cornell walks down the ramp and steps into the ring, her black skirt almost too short for television. The crowd is mixed in its response to her, not knowing what to do; she is almost never on TV, save for last week and this one.

“Ladies and gentlemen, I am here on behalf of the TCW board of trustees.”

The crowd cheers. When someone invokes the BOT, something’s going down.

“After carefully considering all of their possible options, and citing both his erratic behavior on the job and off the job, including his much publicized legal problems and most unfortunate DUI…..”

She pulls her glasses off.

“Tommy Cornell is being removed from his position as CEO of TCW, effective immediately.”

The camera flashes over toward the luxury box where Tommy sits stunned as his high-roller guests start packing up and heading for the door.

“The board will be announcing a replacement in the coming weeks, so stay tuned. “

Cheers.

“I assure you that the decision has nothing to do with me personally.”

More cheers.

“That said, this one does: Tommy, don’t bother coming home. Ever again. Yelling at me, treating me like you did last week….after everything I’ve done for you….that was the last straw. I’m done. We’re done.”

The segment ends with a close up of Tommy’s face, plainly showing the genuine shock he’s feeling as he’s getting buried from two sides. He shrinks in his seat, now alone in the luxury box.

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<div style="text-align:center;">Joey Minnesota vs. Rick Law</div>

MN: “Unbelievable. The most powerful man in pro wrestling, Tommy Cornell, stripped of his power? Did you see his face?”

SB: “That means he has no special advantage going in to Total Mayhem. Other than the fact he's the best wrestler on the planet.”

“MN: “And THIS man threw down the gauntlet and challenged him for the World Championship, the undisputed number one contender, “The Prototype” Joey Minnesota.”

Rick Law is very smart, getting all over Joey right at the bell and trying to keep him from getting going. But when he catches Law’s dropkick and slingshots the long arm face-first into the turnbuckles, he is off to the races. It comes in a flurry…..a double axe handle from the top turnbuckle….nasty leverage on an atomic drop, rattling the vertebrae…….and a snap suplex that leads into a chinlock.

SB: ”The Prototype” is giving Rick Law a wrestling lesson, Mitch!”

Law shakes some of the cobwebs and tries to throw a “LAOTL” (Super Lariat), but Joey ducks it at the precise moment and sticks in a tremendous knee lift for good measure on his way by.

MN: ”And watch out, Joey’s looking for it….”

DOWNWARD SPIRAL!

Law is dropped on his face and lays motionless until Joey rolls him over and hooks his leg, turning his neck to look at the Total Mayhem banner hanging from the rafters.

MN: “Message sent, Joey Minnesota. Message sent.”

RESULT: JOEY MINNESOTA WINS VIA PINFALL @ 22:49

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Tommy is wild eyed, but is quickly led by the still wobbly Charlie Thatcher and a host of security staffers out of the building toward his limo. Emily Queen meets him steps from his ride and jams a microphone in his face.

EQ: “In the face of everything else that’s happened, Tommy, will you accept Joey’s challenge? Will you face him at Total Mayhem for the World Heavyweight Championship?

It looks like the question barely registers with the dethroned czar of TCW; Charlie Thatcher puts up his massive arm, moving Queen away from his boss. But as Thatcher keeps her away, another man in a mall-chain suit walks up and serves Tommy with papers. Divorce papers.

He watches the man walk off before crumpling the envelope he was handed, letting it drop to the tar before jumping into his limo and screeching off into the night.

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KnowYourEnemy · April 11, 2014

Pepper Parks is Quentin Queen, right?

NoNeck · April 12, 2014

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="KnowYourEnemy" data-cite="KnowYourEnemy" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="37467" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Pepper Parks is Quentin Queen, right?</div></blockquote> It is. All of the "rookies" are re-packages. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

NoNeck · April 14, 2014

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-TCW UPRISING TV-

Wrap-Up

Joey Minnesota Challenges Tommy Cornell (B+)

Show Open (B)

DOA Wins Tag Team Four Way (B-)

Wolf Hawkins Promo (B+)

Brent Hill over Pepper Parks (D+)

Kevin Stevens Debut Promo (D+)

Jennifer Cornell Surprisingly Arrives (B+)

Ino over Thatcher (B-)

New Wave Warm-Up (B)

Vessey Bros. over The New Wave (B)

Jennifer Announces BOT’s Ruling (B+)

Joey Minnesota over Rick Law (B)

Tommy Served/Show Close (B+)

Show Grade: B

TCW TV Rating: 5.22

SWF Show Grade: B

SWF TV Rating: 7.98

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Bigpapa42 · April 14, 2014

Enjoyed the show, dude. Interesting developments. Reading this makes me want to play TCW, which I haven't done for a while. You are probably lead me back there again.

NoNeck · April 14, 2014

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Bigpapa42" data-cite="Bigpapa42" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="37467" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Enjoyed the show, dude. Interesting developments. Reading this makes me want to play TCW, which I haven't done for a while. You are probably lead me back there again.</div></blockquote> Thanks, BP. I'm working double time trying to fit everything I want to fit in before Total Mayhem, so I'm glad people are enjoying it and not finding it too cluttered yet. Although the next couple of shows could change that. LOL. I don't know why I never bothered with TCW before this game, especially considering as far as product goes, it's pretty much aligned with my own personal tastes as a wrestling consumer. Also, I've never really been able to latch onto Tommy Cornell as a character. I had to manufacture one for him for this diary. It'll evolve soon enough. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

NoNeck · April 28, 2014

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“Things were head-up with SWF at that point. They were only up a couple of points, And when the Eisen’s were forced to make a move after Peter Michaels took the big money and went to Canada to run the new NOTBPW under Victoria Stone in April 2014, they knew they had his replacement in-house. I mean, I made perfect sense. Why not Christian Faith?”

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“Made perfect sense to me, too; I was winding it up. Knees hurt, back hurt, neck always sore, headaches? That was all wrestling had become to me, the in-ring stuff anyway. When Pete left, Richard asked if I’d help him out of a bind. Like he even needed to ask. I’ve bled for Supreme since the day I got here, putting together a few weeks’ worth of notes and coming up with some creative stuff for the boys to say? Jesus, where was that option when I was getting tossed off of a cage at Supreme Challenge 14?”

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“Faith had them pushing a little bit beyond their TV-14 baseline, but not much. He knew where their bread was buttered; he knew we were chasing them, not the other way around. The whole empire was built upon the sports entertainment concept, why fix it if it wasn’t broken?”

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“I paid close attention to what was going on between the SWF and TCW while I was working north of the border. Ms. Stone felt like we were involved in a similar battle with CGC and wanted me to try to mirror what the leader in the America Tuesday Night Wars was doing. Our product was evolving, so I could take ideas from both TCW and SWF where CGC had painted themselves into a straight sports entertainment corner. They were like SWF-lite. Hell, they had Valiant on top there for a stretch. I was paying attention to what TCW was doing. They were the ones on the cutting edge. Did you know that during that period, they went forever without a backstage attack or a run-in? Who does that? Who CAN do that?”

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“TCW’s storytelling picked up when Mitch Naess took over, without a doubt. He had that Phil Vibert pedigree, but he was doing it within the restraints of a very traditional, very mainstream frame. I think it brought out the best in him. It gave him boundaries.”

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“From 2014 until about 2019, there was not a better, more successful mind in the wrestling business than Mitch Naess.”

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“I beg to differ with Pete. As usual.”

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“Of course he would disagree….his run with the book was fairly unremarkable during the same stretch.”

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“Wow. I don’t like to cuss much, but f*ck Peter Michaels.”

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Secrets of the Ring IV: The Final Sacrifice (TCW 2014)

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