Dark Phoenix Wrestling: A Woman Scorned

MrWolf101 · December 24, 2016

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="DarEatWorld" data-cite="DarEatWorld" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Norman Gates? Norman Gates managed 9 successful defences of the King of Scotland title? William Wallace wept! <img alt=":rolleyes:" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/rolleyes.png.4b097f4fbbe99ce5bcd5efbc1b773ed6.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> I released his ass long before he had the chance to pollute my dressing room. He was briefly Hardcore champion alright.<p> </p><p> And, it almost goes without saying, great show as always.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Haha, thanks.</p><p> </p><p> Yeah, without Karma Kollopy's steady hand, Mark Carnie has been running SNP purely for his own enjoyment, the fans' opinion and entertainment be damned. I think this is starting to change with Jordan becoming champ, but it reminds me of a kid playing with action figures. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="kingjames" data-cite="kingjames" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>The idea of Simony Sentinel, dark avenger, is a great take on her. I feel like your Simony is more gutter punk compared to my Simony's bright pink pop-punk. Which is generally reflective of our respective companies' approaches and thus our ensuing narratives.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I wouldn't necessarily call it a descent into madness for Simony, more of a loss of innocence. She started out pretty close to the bright pink pop-punk (her official gimmick was Cute Nerd), but I want to show the toll that the storyline business can take on someone.</p><p> </p><p> For those that haven't guessed, Bayley is my template for Simony, and I'd like to see WWE do something similar with Bayley to give her character a more serious edge. Something in this vein (though much less extreme) was done in NXT to give her character some nuance before her Women's title run, and I think it would give the fans a reason to root for her (instead of, you know, just relying on NXT history).</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="kingjames" data-cite="kingjames" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> Shame that Ursula Saez didn't work out. I imagine she'd become a bit of a locker room cancer? Still, let's see if the points she raised don't have reverberations going forward.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Yeah, it was as much of a cost-saving move as anything. Ursula want $500 per show for her new contract, and I couldn't justify that for someone with poor popularity/momentum/gimmick and a storyline that was scrapped. She only got in one backstage fight (with Ellie May Watson, so who can blame her <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />), and just letting her contract expire means she can come back at some point down the road with refreshed momentum and without the firing penalty.</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="kingjames" data-cite="kingjames" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> I wonder, if I play my diary for a decade and you play yours for a decade, if poor Sarah Taylor/Sparkell will ever get a damned win between the two of us?</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Too true. <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Sarah is on a one-year contract with DPW, as basically a test run to see if there is anything there. Plus, it gives Kate another jobber so she can move up some of the lower midcarders who've earned it. </p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="kingjames" data-cite="kingjames" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> It was great to see GSW making its appearance since you're in LA. It would have been an elephant in the room not to say something (and narratively it really picks up on the world around you and makes it important). What's Brother Grimm doing now that he went out of business?</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Haha, I was a bit surprised that no one picked Brother Grimm as the one to interfere in the main event, but that interlude was a little while back. I did think about hiring him on a one-off appearance, but at $800, it seemed a little steep. Plus, I like the allusion without confirming whether or not he is involved. <img alt=";)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/wink.png.686f06e511ee1fbf6bdc7d82f6831e53.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> At the moment, Grimm has burned bridges with every company west of the Mississippi (except for AAA oddly) and remains unemployed. In his free time, he's gone back to making music, and providing plenty of online rants about DPW, CZCW, QAW, IPW, and anyone else he feels has wronged him.</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Dr_Avalanche" data-cite="Dr_Avalanche" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> <strong>Electric Dreamer</strong> vs Sarah Sparkell</p><p> <em>Only easy prediction on the card? I remember when it was easy to predict your matches, MrWolf101... </em><img alt=";)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/wink.png.686f06e511ee1fbf6bdc7d82f6831e53.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I will admit it's nice to see the deviation in people's predictions (thank you to everyone that predicted by the way!). I'll credit this to the accelerated booking this season has, and the way the roster has been established, rather than me making mistakes. <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

MrWolf101 · December 28, 2016

<p>Chapter 31 Flashback: Say Goodnight to the Bad Guy</p><p> </p><p>

<em>Four years earlier…</em></p><p> </p><p>

</p><p><span>http://i.imgur.com/1Hyvuq0.jpg</span></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Kate Avatar, standing at the threshold of Honey Golighty’s office, looks down at the envelope in her hand. Knowing that her resignation letter is folded neatly within does not bring Kate much comfort, and she takes in a long breath before stepping into the room.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Honey, we need to talk,” Hell Cat walks closer to Honey’s desk, but the owner of BSC does not acknowledge the presence of her head booker. After several moments of silence, Avatar clears her throat before speaking again, “I have…good news. Brooke Tyler is finally willing to sign with us. Now, it’s going to take a big amount, maybe $25,000 a month, but…”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div><span>http://i.imgur.com/F6dcPQj.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“No…” the word is barely a whisper as it leaves Golightly’s lips, but it is sharp enough to cut right to the heart of Kate.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Clutching the envelope tighter between her fingers, Avatar’s eyes narrow, “Honey, if you’ll just hear me out, I think you’ll find…”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“I said no!” the owner of BSC slams her fist on her desk and then looks up from her stack of paperwork with dark circles under her blood-shot eyes.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Look Honey, I didn’t fight you when you refused to resign Joanne, when you refused to resign Jaime, Amber, and Nadia, but I can’t keep losing main eventers like this. I can only create stars so fast; Maria’s at least a year away, Claire probably two. Brooke is what we’ve dreamed about all along, a girl with crossover appeal that we can push straight to the moon.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“No, we can’t afford it,” Golightly mumbles before returning to the paperwork in front of her.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Letting out a sigh, Kate moves closer to her boss' desk with the resignation letter outstretched, “Then I’m afraid I have to…”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Before Hell Cat can finish her sentence, Honey breaks out in uncontrollable sobbing. Golightly’s wails fill the office as the tears roll down her face, until she is finally able to stutter out a few words, “Kate…they’re…they’re going to kill me.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Avatar’s eyebrows arch and she gently puts her hand on the back of her boss, “What are you talking about? Who’s going to kill you?”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Honey tries to wipe away the lines of mascara running down her cheeks, but succeeds in only smearing black all over her face, “Some very, very bad people. I knew I shouldn’t have ever gone into business with them…but it was the only way to get the money to start BSC.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Wait…what are you saying?”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“We were never supposed to get this big,” Honey dabs away more tears from her eyes before continuing, “One of the cartels, they knew I was looking to start my own promotion and they made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. They would front me what I needed to get BSC off the ground, and all I’d have to do in return is launder some money through the company. Things were good at first, but then they wanted to do bigger and bigger amounts, way more than I could cover up without growing BSC. That’s when I brought you on...but you were too good. The cartel saw how much our attendance was growing, how much press we were getting, and they decided to milk us for all we’re worth. First it was a cut of the merch sales, then giving them the contracts to build the arena…now they want one final payment.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“How much is it?”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“How much? All of it, but even that won’t be enough. You see, we’ve got more than $4 million in the bank, but it really should be $6 million, and they know it. They’ve been sending me more and more money to launder, but last year I stopped depositing it.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Honey, you’ve been stealing from a cartel!? Have you lost your mind?!”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“I know, I know. It was so stupid, but I just got so mad. I saw how hard I was working, how hard all of us were working, and I just wanted my piece. I wanted to live like I should have been living.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Okay, okay. We can survive this. All you have to do is get the money you stole and combined with what’s in our bank account, that should be enough to buy them off.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

While Avatar strikes a hopeful tone, Golightly responds by rolling her eyes, “Oh come on Kate, it’s all gone! I spent it. How do you think I got my new house, and those cars, and those trips?”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Hell Cat takes a step back, the weight of Honey’s confession starting to set in, “So what then?”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

The face of BSC's owner tightens as she grabs a set of documents from off her desk, “Just sign this and then come to the bank with me on Monday."</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Kate flips through the papers, her eyes fluttering as she skims, “Honey, this is to close BSC’s main account.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Yes. Just think about it. $4 million, we can leave, me and you. We can go as far away from here as we can,” Golightly reaches out and grabs Avatar’s wrist, Honey’s desperation making her grip surprisingly strong.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Honey, you’re talking crazy. What about the girls?! What about Line in the Sand?!”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Kate, it was always going to end this way. We have to look out for ourselves now.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Horrified by her friend's nonchalant tone, Hell Cat pulls away, and starts to head for the door, “I can’t abandon them, Honey, and you shouldn’t either. If you don’t go to the cops, I will. I’ll wait until after Line in the Sand, but you need to do the right thing here.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Kate hesitates for one more moment before exiting the office, leaving Golightly alone with her thoughts.</div><p></div></p><p>

<strong>OOC:</strong> <em>Big thanks to MisterRomanini for selecting this flashback as the reward for the Bitter Harvest prediction contest! This is something I've thought about doing since the beginning of this diary, so it was fun to finally write it down. There is another flashback that is part of this prize, but that won't be posted until after Heat Check in September.</em> <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

Theheel · December 28, 2016

Great back story that you have had in this diary from the start.

MrWolf101 · December 31, 2016

<p>Chapter 31: Beware of Snake</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dark Phoenix Wrestling Presents…Venus Tournament 2019</strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><span>http://i.imgur.com/lh2R288.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Live from Piper Casino</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Las Vegas, Nevada</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Saturday, Week 1, August 2019</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Attendance: 152</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> <div style="border: solid 5px #000000;"></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Pre-Show Dark Match #1: Emiko Miyoshi vs Velvet Suarez</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i.imgur.com/7A68NMO.jpg</span><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>VS</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><span>http://i.imgur.com/YNQZbsf.jpg</span></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> With most of the record crowd already in their seats, Emiko and Velvet kick off the night with a decent contest that gives both women ample opportunities to show off their aerial abilities.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Freshly freed from her partnership with Ursula Saez, Suarez excels in battling against the smaller Miyoshi, though the Japanese Cruiserweight puts in a fine performance of her own. This is not enough, however, as Velvet counters an attempted Miyoshi Cradle with a dropkick and then finishes off her opponent with the Purple Haze Moonsault for the win. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Winner via Pinfall: Velvet Suarez</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Match Rating: E+</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </DIV></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><span>http://i.imgur.com/BRjcmA0.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Cutting backstage, the video screen shows Electric Dreamer in the locker room taping up her wrists. Standing next to the luchadora is Seduction, who has an apologetic look on her face.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><span>http://i.imgur.com/x2Dq4f8.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> “Listen Dreamer, I know I let you down at Bitter Harvest. We weren’t on the same page…and I shouldn’t have gotten involved in the match no matter how much trouble you were in. It cost us a chance at the Venus semi-finals, but don’t you worry, I’m going to make it up to you. I used my charms on Phil Vibert and convinced him to give you an Athena Warrior title shot at next month’s show. Doesn’t that sound great!”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> After listening intently to her manager’s words, the corners of Dreamer’s mouth turn upwards and she nods enthusiastically before giving Seduction a pat on the back.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> While her manager continues to watch, the white and gold-clad luchadora finishes her pre-match preparations and exits the room. Lingering behind for just a few moments, a strange smile comes over the lips of Seduction before she joins her client on the march towards the curtain.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Segment Rating: E+</strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> <div style="border: solid 5px #000000;"></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Pre-Show Dark Match #2: Electric Dreamer (w/ Seduction) vs Sarah Sparkell</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i.imgur.com/BRjcmA0.jpg</span><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>VS</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><span>http://i.imgur.com/OKb0Trl.jpg</span></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> In an effort to warm up the crowd, Electric Dreamer starts the match off with a series of kicks and flips that turn her into a whirl of white and gold. Unable to keep up, Sparkell finds herself being knocked to the mat repeatedly, but each time she gets up with a smile on her face, ready to see if she can manage to withstand the next attack.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> With Seduction cheering her on from ringside, Dreamer does not have to worry about any managerial interference as she continues to batter her opponent with one high-flying move after another. By the end of this flurry, Sarah is barely able to stand, and somewhat mercifully, Dreamer hits the bubbly blonde with an E.M.P. to get the pin.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Winner via Pinfall: Electric Dreamer</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Match Rating: E+</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong></DIV></strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Show Opening:</strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> From what appears to be footage from earlier in the day, Kate Avatar is shown on the video screen approaching Deborah Young in the Piper Casino parking lot.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><span>http://i.imgur.com/1Hyvuq0.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> “Debbie, I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news. Vibert isn’t here tonight, but he’s instructed his security team to prevent our match from happening at all costs.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><span>http://i.imgur.com/FDrUdvi.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> With a duffel bag slung over her shoulder, Young scoffs and rolls her eyes, “So that’s it then? I should have known better than to trust you to…”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Before Deborah can finish, Hell Cat holds up her hands, “Trust me, I still want to fight you, and we are sure as hell going to have a match tonight. I’ll even put the title on the line to show you I’m a woman of my word.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Young’s eyes narrow as she stares at the Queen of the Ring, “But how can that happen if they won’t let us fight in the casino?”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> “That’s because we’re not going to fight in the casino. Vibert might own DPW, but he doesn’t own the desert. You know that abandoned gas station we passed on our way back from Los Angeles? Meet me there in two hours, and don’t be late.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Kate brushes by Deborah as the champion makes her way to her car, while in the theater, the now hot crowd cheers the confirmed match, even though they are not exactly sure what to expect from this contest.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Segment Rating: C</strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The cheers from the fans grow into a thunderous pop as air raid sirens wail throughout the theater. The sirens continue to blare until Black Sabbath’s </div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em> </em></div><div class="ipsEmbeddedVideo"><div><iframe width="200" height="113" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/LQUXuQ6Zd9w?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" title="Black Sabbath ~ War Pigs"></iframe></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"> starts to play. The crowd pops again as Raven Nightfall appears on the stage, a microphone clutched in the right hand of the twenty-five-year veteran.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><span>http://i.imgur.com/U8zgYAu.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Clad in black except for the flannel shirt wrapped around her waist, Raven climbs through the ropes before soaking in another round of applause from the audience, “I take it from all this noise you’ve already heard the news.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Chants of “One more match! One more match!” start from the back rows, and build until the entire crowd is shouting together in unison.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> “Oh, how I wish I could, but I’m afraid my body has a different opinion. It’s been a long, strange trip, but you fans are what makes all the bumps and bruises worth it. That’s why I was so glad when Phil Vibert was kind enough to give me the chance to say goodbye to you. I only got to spend a little bit of time in Las Vegas before everything went south, but…”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> With the crowd hanging on Raven’s every word, their attention suddenly shifts to the stage as </div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em> </em></div><div class="ipsEmbeddedVideo"><div><iframe width="200" height="150" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/4smim2MNvF8?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" title="Rage Against The Machine: Know Your Enemy"></iframe></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"> begins to play.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><span>http://i.imgur.com/m1TODO6.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> While Sista Kass emerges from backstage, the fans start to murmur at what the former Queen of the Ring is doing out here. Kass, with the Venus Tournament trophy in hand, walks at a brisk pace down the ramp and hands the award to the volunteer timekeeper before climbing through the ropes.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The 240-pound wrestler paces back and forth in front of her former USPW tag team partner for several moments, then asks for a microphone from a nearby staffer, “Raven, when I got released, you were the only one that called me, so believe me when I say, this isn’t personal.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> As the audience shrieks, Kass bowls over Raven and immediately starts stomping away on the retiring veteran.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Segment Rating: C+</strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> <div style="border: solid 5px #000000;"></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Match #1: Raven Nightfall vs Sista Kass</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> </strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i.imgur.com/U8zgYAu.jpg</span><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>VS</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><span>http://i.imgur.com/m1TODO6.jpg</span></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> In what can barely be called a match, Kass proceeds to dismantle Raven while security and referee Gregory Chapman plead with the former Queen of the Ring to stop. Despite these cries, the 240-pound wrestler does not relent, and none of the men surrounding the ring are willing to step between the ropes after seeing the rage in Kass’ eyes.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> “Phil Vibert! Let this be a message! I want Marie Punnen rehired, so I can kill her for what she took away from me!”</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Kass pauses only briefly in her beatdown of Nightfall for a response, but the owner of DPW is nowhere to be found, so the 240-pound wrestler takes her rage out on the victim in front of her.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> With the fans begging for mercy, Kass shows none, even grabbing Raven’s trademark flannel shirt and strangling the two-time USPW Women’s champion with the piece of clothing.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Even with the fantastic heat generated from Kass’ attack, the one-sided nature of the contest creates a lack of chemistry between the former tag team partners. Only when Kass looks up at the growing number of security flooding the theater does Raven manage to get off of the mat.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Looking down at Nightfall with disdain, Kass casually tries to pick up the veteran for the Kill Switch, but receives a blow to the stomach from Raven that gives the crowd a bit of hope that the Angel of the Dark just might survive.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> As the fans cheer, Nightfall hooks both of Kass’ arms for the Nevermore DDT, but the former Queen of the Ring easily powers out of the hold.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> In the blink of an eye, Kass lifts Raven up and slams her back to the mat with her signature move.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> From the floor, Gregory Chapman yells for Kass to stop, but the 240-pound wrestler responds with, “I ain’t stopping for shit!”</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Seeing Kass pick up Raven for a second Kill Switch, Chapman runs over to the timekeeper’s area and rings the bell over and over again in hopes that Nightfall might be spared from further punishment.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Winner via Stoppage: Sista Kass</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Match Rating: D</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Instead of stifling the rage in Kass, Chapman’s actions throw gasoline on the fire, and the former Queen of the Ring looks over at the timekeeper’s area with eyes wide.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> “You think some bell is going to stop me?!” Kass roars before dragging Raven’s lifeless body out of the ring. “Vibert, you better get out here right now before I break this bitch’s neck for the second time!”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Pushing the security aside, Kass lifts Nightfall into the air, and as the audience gasps, powerbombs the veteran through the table in front of the timekeeper.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Breathing heavily, the 240-pound wrestler finds the nearest camera to shout, “That’s what happens when you don’t give me what I want! If I don’t get my hands on Marie Punnen at Heat Check, Phil, you’re next!”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> As medical personnel rush to check on Raven, Kass picks up the Venus Tournament trophy from off of the floor and tosses the award to Gregory Chapman, “Here, have fun with this. I’m going home.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Storming up the ramp, Kass leaves her scene of destruction behind as she heads up the ramp and to the back.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Segment Rating: C+</strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> With a hush falling over the crowd while Nightfall is taken out of the theater on a stretcher, the video screen cuts backstage where Laura Flame is shown stretching.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><span>http://i.imgur.com/52WMMKc.jpg</span><span>http://i.imgur.com/1OjidHr.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> As the attention of the audience starts to shift to Flame’s exercise, Claire Winters walks into the shot, a serious look on the face of the Ice Woman.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> “So here we are,” Claire nods as she speaks, while Laura stands up to come toe to toe with her long-time tag team partner.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> “So here we are…”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The two women remain in silence for several awkward moments, until Winters breaks the tension with a small laugh, “You remember our first tag match, against Doll Parts?”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> A wistful smile turns up the corners of Flame’s red lips, “We could barely get out each other’s way.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> “And now look at us. You’re a former Queen of the Ring, a Venus Tournament champion. You’ll have all those fans out there cheering for you when we face-off, and you should, because you’ve earned it. But you should know, just because we’ve been partners for five years now, doesn’t mean I’ll go easy on you. I’m going to treat you the same way I do anybody else that stands against me in that ring, and if that means I have to put you in the Ice Breaker, if that means I have to break your arm to advance to the Finals, then I will.” </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> At this, Laura lets out a small laugh of her own, before staring down Winters, “I wouldn’t expect anything less. May the best </div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>wrestler</em></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"> win.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Segment Rating: C+</strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> <div style="border: solid 5px #000000;"></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Match #2: Claire Winters vs Laura Flame - Venus Tournament Semi-Final</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i.imgur.com/1OjidHr.jpg</span><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>VS</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><span>http://i.imgur.com/52WMMKc.jpg</span></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> With the crowd already red hot from the opening angles, Laura and Claire skip the feeling process and move straight to trying to steal the show. The pair largely succeed, sending the fans buzzing with a series of stiff shots that demonstrate the two are definitely not holding anything back. The only item that detracts from the action is a lack of chemistry between the tag team partners, which is disappointing considering their long-time affiliation.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Despite a few awkward sequences, Winters and Flame still put on tremendous performances, even pulling out a couple of new moves to match the occasion of their first bout. After Claire surprises Laura with a belly-to-belly suplex, Flame sweeps her partner’s leg and slaps on the Scorpion Deathlock. The former Queen of the Ring pulls back as far as she can, and the Ice Woman cries out in pain before flipping her opponent over to break out of the hold.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Continuing at their breakneck speed, Fire N Ice fight from one side of the ring to the other, until Claire creates the slightest of openings and locks in the Ice Breaker. Now down on the mat, it appears Laura will tap, but the redhead reaches out and grabs the bottom rope instead, forcing an angry Winters to break the submission as the referee’s count reaches four.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Resetting, both wrestlers look to land their respective finishers, but each time they are met by a last second counter. At a stalemate, the tag team partners engage in a battle of who can hit the hardest, which brings the fans to their feet.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> At this crescendo, both women take a step back and wind up. Claire spins around, while Laura lunges out with her leg outstretched, and it is the latter that connects first.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Winters collapses to the canvas from the Flame Fire Kick, and Laura falls on top of her, the audience counting along with the referee as he slaps the mat 1 – 2 – 3 for the pin.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Winner via Pinfall and Advancing to the Venus Tournament Final: Laura Flame</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Match Rating: D+</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </DIV></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Both Laura and Claire remain down on the mat for several seconds before Flame gets to her feet. While the redhead has her arm lifted up in victory by the referee to more cheers from the crowd, Winters rises, then bends over at the waist.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> After catching her breath, the Ice Woman limps over to her tag team partner. The two women stare at each for a few moments, until Claire reaches out and lifts Laura’s arm up to a roar of approval from the fans.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Making their way around the ring, Fire N Ice continue to celebrate together, then head to the floor and up the ramp, supporting each other as they go.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Segment Rating: C</strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em> </em></div><div class="ipsEmbeddedVideo"><div><iframe width="200" height="113" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/cH_rfGBwamc?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" title="Hole - Violet (Official Music Video)"></iframe></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The crowd pops for Simony Sentinel’s entrance music, but those cheers are soon replaced by boos as Thea Davis emerges on the stage, wearing a purple wig.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><span>http://i.imgur.com/BtwT5LL.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Davis surveys the audience for a full minute, letting their jeers widen the smile on her face. In her best imitation of an American accent, the Englishwoman holds up a microphone to speak, “I just want to say how it’s a big bad world out there, but I’m here to save it from people like Thea Davis. She’s bad, and I’m good, because I never give up, never surrender. I mean, yeah, I got my best friend fired, but at least I have my action figures and comic books to go home to.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thea cackles as the fans boo more, then tosses aside the wig as she makes her way to the ring, “What a bunch of shite. Lil’ lil’ Simony. My how times have changed. I remember when you were such a happy girl. Now look at you, all dark and brooding. Isn’t that cute? None of it will matter, though, because this is my tournament to win. Hell, I </div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>let</em></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Sista Kass go home, just to prove I don’t need her here to win that trophy. My destiny is to be Queen of the Ring, and no purple haired freak is going to stand in my way!”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Segment Rating: C</strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> <div style="border: solid 5px #000000;"></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Match #3: Simony Sentinel vs Thea Davis – Venus Tournament Semi-Final</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i.imgur.com/NcYZPXH.jpg</span><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>VS</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><span>http://i.imgur.com/BtwT5LL.jpg</span></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> After Thea finishes her rant, Simony appears at the top of the ramp, and the fans cheer on the Violent Violet as she rushes into the ring to take the fight to Davis. All signs of joy are gone from Sentinel’s face as she brawls with her opponent, a scowl replacing Simony’s usual bouncy demeanor.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Only a minute into their fight, it becomes clear that Thea and her opponent share an instant chemistry, the two perfectly matched with their combination of flashy offense and athleticism. Engaging in a series of high spots, Sentinel flies through the air only to be tossed hard to the floor by Davis. Climbing up to the top turnbuckle, the Englishwoman leaps to hit the Violent Violet with an Axe Kick to the back of the neck, but at the last second, Simony rolls out of the way.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Her head crashing into an empty chair in the front row, Davis sprawls on the theater floor while Sentinel gets to her feet. As her opponent stirs, the Violent Violet climbs back into the ring, only to gain a head of steam before flinging herself over the top rope and onto Thea.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The fans pop at the death-defying move, but both women remain down on the floor while the referee begins his count. At four, Thea and Simony rise to their feet, but as Sentinel goes for a kick, Davis dives and uses her shoulder to take out the right knee of her foe.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The Violent Violet clutches her knee and cries out in pain, while Thea stands over her fallen opponent, gloating for a heartbeat before rolling into the ring. The referee continues his count, but as Sentinel tries to get to her feet, she collapses back down to the ground. Dragging herself to the ring apron, Simony just manages to climb under the ropes as Gregory Chapman shouts “Nine.”</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thea immediately sets to work on attacking Sentinel’s knee, targeting the wounded joint with a series of stomps and submission holds. Fighting through her agony and the constant questioning of the referee on if she wants to continue, Simony refuses to concede her chance at reaching the tournament final.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> With an air of supreme confidence, Davis helps the Violent Violet to her feet, then yells “Off with her ‘ead!” Bouncing off of the ropes, Thea measures the purple haired wrestler for her finisher, but somehow Simony finds the strength to counter with a hurricanrana. Before Davis knows what hit her, the Violent Violet hops over to a corner, propelling herself to the top rope to connect with the Sentinel Strike. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Landing on Thea with her full weight, Simony immediately hooks her opponent’s legs, and while Davis struggles, the Englishwoman is unable to get her shoulders up before the referee hits the mat for the third time.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Winner via Pinfall and Advancing to the Venus Tournament Final: Simony Sentinel</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Match Rating: D+</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </DIV></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> While the fans continue to cheer for her, Simony celebrates her victory by climbing back to the top turnbuckle and emphatically pointing to the Venus Tournament trophy held by the timekeeper.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> On the floor, a recovered Thea throws a fit, knocking over a few empty chairs and pushing one of the cameramen out of the way. The Englishwoman looks back at the ring one more time before letting out a primal scream, then storms to the back while Sentinel jumps down from her perch. The adrenaline from her triumph fading, the Violent Violet struggles to put any weight on her right knee, limping her way out of the ring as the audience holds their breath, hoping she will be able to compete in the tournament final.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Segment Rating: D+</strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Once Simony finally manages to make her exit from the theater, the video screen cuts to a dark room, where Roxy Kitten stands, illuminated only by the light from several scattered candles.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><span>http://i.imgur.com/wnxe88m.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> “I told you not to mess with things you don’t understand. I warned you the consequences would be dire. Ha, well now it’s too late.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><span>http://i.imgur.com/YktNqrZ.jpg</span><span>http://i.imgur.com/kq95o5v.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The camera pans back to reveal Charity Dark and Sandra Shine standing on either side of Roxy, both women staring off into the distance as if in a trance. Kitten paces back and forth in front of the two blondes, her ornamental knife twirling between her fingers as she speaks.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> “At Heat Check, you’re going to cash in your rematch clause and regain the Deuces Wild titles for </div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>me</em></div><div style="margin-left:25px;">.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Charity and Sandra remain silent as Roxy turns to the camera, “You all think you can forget about me, toss me aside like last week’s garbage. This is only the beginning, for once we get our hands on those titles, the Ladies of the Night will finally be reborn!”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Right before the feed cuts out, Kitten lifts her arm up and stabs her knife into the table.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Segment Rating: E+</strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em> </em></div><div class="ipsEmbeddedVideo"><div><iframe width="200" height="150" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/QB8C8awaBhc?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" title="Yo Ho A Pirate's Life For Me - The Pirates Of The Caribbean (Full Ride Audio)"></iframe></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><span>http://i.imgur.com/lGDXjoF.jpg</span><span>http://i.imgur.com/oMX9Z9a.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Almost as if Roxy’s promo never occurred, the fans pop for the appearance by Joanna Silver and Polly Amorous.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Wearing the Deuces Wild belts as tube tops across their chests, the two adult entertainers bump and grind on each other to the howls of their fan club.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The panting of the crowd only grows as Yo Ho! take off the titles to reveal they are wearing only pasties underneath, but before the titillating display can go any further, M.I.A.’s </div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em> </em></div><div class="ipsEmbeddedVideo"><div><iframe width="200" height="113" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Iw3aoIIKPps?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" title="M.I.A. - Bad Girls (Audio)"></iframe></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"> interrupts to loud boos. </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Segment Rating: C</strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> <div style="border: solid 5px #000000;"></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Match #4: Generation NOW vs Yo Ho! © for the DPW Deuces Wild Tag Team Titles</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i.imgur.com/dBBDsXj.jpg</span><span>http://i.imgur.com/fzOUm1W.jpg</span><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>VS</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><span>http://i.imgur.com/lGDXjoF.jpg</span><span>http://i.imgur.com/oMX9Z9a.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><span>http://i.imgur.com/sZpWAMg.jpg</span><span>http://i.imgur.com/sZpWAMg.jpg</span></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Similar to their first encounter at Bitter Harvest, Selina begins the match facing off against Joanna, but this time, Silver surprises Svelte by fighting back instead of running away. The blonde technician still gets the better of this exchange, though, eventually grinding the adult entertainer down to the mat for a succession of headlocks.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> These holds slow the action down to a crawl, successfully calming the crowd, but with Generation NOW controlling the pace, the match struggles to get out of first gear. Neither team doing anything too risky, Hoshiko tags in, exchanging blows with Joanna before she switches out for Polly.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> While Tagawa and Svelte rely on their submission maneuvers, Yo Ho! fall back on their flexibility and overall guile to stay in the match. Deceiving Generation NOW with blind tags becomes a staple for the champions, and soon the pair of technicians lose track of exactly who they should be trying to make tap out.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> With confusion reigning, Hoshiko and Selina decide to put Yo Ho! in their patented submissions at the same time. While Tagawa uses the Rolling Leglock on the legal Joanna, Svelte strains Polly’s rotator cuff with the Prawn Armlock.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Sensing that he is again losing control of a tag title match, referee Gregory Chapman warns the legal Selina to get her partner to let go of Silver. With Svelte enjoying twisting Amorous’ left arm too much, the referee’s words fall on deaf ears, and he moves towards Hoshiko to begin his count.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> After telling Tagawa repeatedly to get back to her corner to no avail, the referee shouts out “Five,” and signals for the disqualification.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Winners via Disqualification and Still DPW Deuces Wild Tag Team Champions: Yo Ho!</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Match Rating: E+</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </DIV></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Looking around as the sound of the bell rings out, Selina shows her dissatisfaction at losing the title match for only a second before taking her anger out on Amorous. While Tagawa starts to whale away on Silver, Svelte sends Polly flying over the top rope with a suplex.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> With Amorous down and out on the floor, Selina joins her tag team partner in the assault on Joanna, but just beating down Silver does not appear to be enough for the member of Generation NOW.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> First stripping off Joanna’s pirate skirt and then her underwear, Svelte shoves the pair of panties into the adult entertainer’s mouth.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Their victim naked and unconscious, Hoshiko and Selina exchange high-fives before heading out of the ring while the fans rain down boos upon them.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Segment Rating: D+</strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><span>http://i.imgur.com/d8b9d8M.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> While Joanna and Polly are helped backstage, the video screen displays the back of Killer Kathy McMahon, who stares intently into a mirror, but says not a word.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><span>http://i.imgur.com/FOATvSe.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Into the shot steps an animated Ariel Breaks, who flails her arms wildly as she beings to speak, “Why did you stop me from attacking Fire N Ice at Bitter Harvest?! Those two had it coming!”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Kathy stares at herself in the mirror for several more seconds before slowly turning her head towards her tag team partner, “There was nothing to be gained from attacking them.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> “Nothing to be gained?! What are you talking about?! We needed to teach them a lesson that they shouldn’t ever mess with us!”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> McMahon pauses again, while the exasperated Breaks waits for a reply, “Why do you fight?”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Ariel blinks several times, not quite sure what to make of her partner’s question, “Why do I fight? I mean…I fight…I fight to win? I fight to make a name for myself, to win titles, to make money.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Before turning back to the mirror, Kathy scoffs slightly, “I figured as much.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> “Hmph. And what do you fight for?”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The Athena Warrior hesitates before responding, but then the word spews forth from her mouth as if tipped with poison, “Revenge.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The forceful nature of McMahon’s answer causes Breaks to take a step back, and her voice trembles this time when she speaks, “For what?”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> “ </div><div class="ipsEmbeddedVideo"><div><iframe width="200" height="113" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Joi2F60Veqo?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" title=""></iframe></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;">”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Segment Rating: D+</strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> <div style="border: solid 5px #000000;"></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Match #5: Kaori Mochizuki vs Killer Kathy McMahon © – I Quit Match for the DPW Athena Warrior Title</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><span>http://i.imgur.com/FnQ2qa4.jpg</span><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>VS</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><span>http://i.imgur.com/d8b9d8M.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><span>http://i.imgur.com/psHhr1Z.png</span></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Without much explanation of exactly how this match came to be, the crowd is not enthused for the action at the outset. This starts to turn around as the wild brawl proceeds, with Kathy being especially vicious in her attacks on the larger Mochizuki.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Despite the constant barrages, Kaori manages to stay in the match, though she is completely outclassed by a career-best performance from McMahon. There is a gleam in the eye of the Athena Warrior, as if she is enjoying both inflicting pain and receiving it, and this appearance of slight insanity makes the audience believe that Kathy’s character might not be an act at all.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> As the match progresses, the fans keep waiting for appearances by Kaori’s recent rivals, Glorious Gloria and Monster Ishimura, but neither wrestler ever shows. The presence of Nami Genda and Ariel Breaks at ringside also neutralizes the threat of either woman interfering, though the member of Jawbreaker continuously tries to slip weapons to her tag team partner.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Even with steel chairs starting to fill the ring, Kathy avoids using these foreign objects, content to batter her opponent with closed fists. After busting open Mochizuki with a stiff right hand, McMahon looks down at the blood on her hands and smiles.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Mochizuki takes this opening to grab the Athena Warrior for the Ichihara Plunge, and connects. With blood flowing into her eyes, the Japanese brawler grabs one of the steel chairs on the canvas and moves to strike Kathy across the back with the weapon. As Mochizuki winds up, Ariel jumps up onto the ring apron, which is enough of a distraction to allow McMahon time to roll out of the way of the blow.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> While Nami moves to pull Breaks back down to the floor, Kathy gets to her feet and delivers a Glittering Jawbreaker to Kaori. Without hesitating, McMahon puts her opponent in a Boston Crab, and the crimson-masked Mochizuki struggles for nearly a minute before finally shouting out that she can take no more.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Winner via Submission and Still DPW Athena Warrior: Killer Kathy McMahon</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Match Rating: D+</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </DIV></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> As the wrestlers from the previous match head backstage and Kaori’s blood is cleaned off of the canvas, highlights of this year’s Venus Tournament are played for the fans in attendance.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="</div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/f2JuxM-snGc" rel="external nofollow"></a><div style="margin-left:25px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/f2JuxM-snGc" rel="external nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/embed/f2JuxM-snGc"</a></div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/f2JuxM-snGc" rel="external nofollow"></a><div style="margin-left:25px;"> frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> To the sounds of Lorde’s </div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em> </em></div><div class="ipsEmbeddedVideo"><div><iframe width="200" height="113" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/f2JuxM-snGc?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" title="Lorde - Team"></iframe></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;">, Simony’s victory over Electric Dreamer from Bitter Harvest is replayed, followed by Fire N Ice’s defeat of Jawbreaker at the same event.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Moving to earlier in the night, the video focuses on Laura’s battle against her tag team partner, and then Sentinel’s triumph over Thea Davis. This transitions to shots of Simony being unable to stand on her right leg, the Violent Violet clearly in pain as she struggled to head backstage.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Segment Rating: D-</strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><span>http://i.imgur.com/NcYZPXH.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The video cuts out, and is replaced by Hole’s </div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em> </em></div><div class="ipsEmbeddedVideo"><div><iframe width="200" height="113" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/cH_rfGBwamc?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" title="Hole - Violet (Official Music Video)"></iframe></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;">. Limping out onto the stage, Simony is greeted by the loudest cheers of the evening. Sentinel then makes her way to the ring, and once through the ropes, the Violent Violet has to assure referee Gregory Chapman several times that she is well enough to compete.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><span>http://i.imgur.com/ARsNtbE.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Despite Sentinel’s pleading, Chapman appears unsure if he will clear the Violent Violet for the match to come, at which point the purple haired wrestler demands a microphone from a nearby staffer.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> “Wait just one second, I’ve come way too far for this to end on a technicality. The past six months have been the worst of my life, and I’ll be damned if anyone is going to take this shot away from!”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The fans roar their approval at Simony’s grit as the Violent Violet continues, “I don’t care if you wound me, maim me, chop off one of my legs, I will keep fighting as long as I’ve got breath in this body. So Mister Referee, I’m good to go, and if you doubt that, then you don’t know Simony!”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Segment Rating: B-</strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><span>http://i.imgur.com/52WMMKc.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> With the audience now at a fever pitch, </div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em> </em></div><div class="ipsEmbeddedVideo"><div><iframe width="200" height="150" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/s4nWy8pmIM4?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" title="Barracuda- Heart"></iframe></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"> blares throughout the theater, and Laura Flame walks out to a pop. The redhead has a microphone already in hand, but just as she lifts it up to speak, she is blindsided from behind.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><span>http://i.imgur.com/dYTS9u8.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> As the crowd shouts out, Gorgon quickly lays waste to Laura, slamming Flame’s head into the ramp before powerbombing the former Queen of the Ring off of the stage.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> With a snort, Gorgon turns around and disappears from where she came, just as the limping Simony arrives in a vain attempt to come to Laura’s aid.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> After checking on the unconscious Flame, Gregory Chapman calls for medical personnel while the audience deflates as they realize they will not get to see Sentinel and Flame battle in the tournament final after all.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Even as Laura is checked on by the E.M.T.’s, Simony tries to edge in to find out if her opponent is okay, but she receives her answer as Gregory Chapman walks over and awards the Venus Tournament trophy to the Violent Violet.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Segment Rating: D</strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> </strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> While the second wrestler of the evening is carried out on a stretcher, the video screen above the stage lights up.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><span>http://i.imgur.com/1Hyvuq0.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> “I was starting to think you wouldn’t show,” with a more cinematic feel to the footage, Kate Avatar is shown leaning against her Cadillac in the parking lot of an abandoned gas station.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><span>http://i.imgur.com/FDrUdvi.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Switching to an overhead shot from a drone, Deborah Young steps out from her pickup truck and gives a questioning shrug of the shoulders towards Kate, as if to say “We’re going to do this here?”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> “You want to be Queen of the Ring so bad, Debbie, come and take it from me,” the camera cuts back to a close up of Hell Cat, as the champion takes the title belt and hooks it to a nearby dilapidated gas pump. “No one around for miles, no one to interfere. Just you and me, kicking each other’s asses, first one to get knocked out loses.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> A twisted smile comes over the face of Young, and she cracks her knuckles while her leather jacket flutters in the desert breeze.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Kate takes a defensive posture, holding up her hands as she stands across from Deborah, “Just remember, my name is Kate Avatar, and I’m here to raise hell.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Segment Rating: B</strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> <div style="border: solid 5px #000000;"></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Main Event: Deborah Young vs Kate Avatar © – Unsanctioned Match for the DPW Queen of the Ring Title (fought under Street Fight Rules)</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i.imgur.com/FDrUdvi.jpg</span><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>VS</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><span>http://i.imgur.com/1Hyvuq0.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><span>http://i.imgur.com/dw8jdk2.jpg</span></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> With the lights of the ghostly gas station illuminating the action, Kate and Deborah begin their fight with a series of chops to the chest. While Hell Cat is dressed in her ring gear, Young is still in street clothes, and her leather jacket protects her from the worst of Avatar’s blows.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Using her steel toe boots to her advantage, Deborah kicks the Queen of the Ring in the stomach, and then body slams Kate into the desert sand. Young tries to stomp on Avatar’s head, but the champion rolls out of the way and sends her opponent to the ground with a drop toe hold.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> As the footage alternates between the hand-held camera and the shot from the overhead drone, the fight moves towards the abandoned gas station. The two wrestlers take turns slamming each other into all parts of the run-down structure, from the station walls to the gas pumps themselves.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grabbing one of the hoses from a pump, Deborah tries to douse Kate with gasoline, but nothing comes out of the spout. Frustrated, Young clocks her foe over the head with the nozzle instead, and then wraps the black tube around Hell Cat’s neck.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Avatar gasps for breath, her face turning red as she struggles to escape while Deborah holds on tight. Feeling through the dirt, Kate finds a discarded crowbar and reaches back to bash Young’s skull with the weapon.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The 248-pound wrestler stumbles backwards, releasing Hell Cat from her trap. Kate takes a moment to let oxygen return to her brain, then stalks Deborah with the crowbar in hand. Before Avatar can strike again, Young springs to her feet and tackles the champion back to the ground.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The two women roll in the sand, edging their way towards the highway. Standing back up as cars intermittently whiz by, Kate and Deborah brawl to a standstill until Hell Cat tosses Young into a nearby road sign. Crashing to the ground, the challenger pounds the sand in anger, but looks up to find a coiled rattlesnake hissing at her.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Moving faster than she ever has in her life, Deborah pushes herself up and whips Avatar back towards the gas station.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> As the match nears the twenty-minute mark, Young and Hell Cat breath heavily, their blows becoming weaker and weaker as they wear each other out. Nearing exhaustion, Deborah manages to lift Kate up and connects with the Devastator.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Avatar slams into the desert sand, and with a satisfied snort, Young starts walking towards the Queen of the Ring belt. Before the 248-pound wrestler can reach her prize, Kate rises, and signals to her foe that this fight isn’t over yet.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> This taunt has the desired effect, as Deborah makes a wild charge towards her opponent, which Avatar easily dodges. Young slams into Kate’s Cadillac, dazing the challenger. With Deborah stunned, Hell Cat drags the 248-pound wrestler onto the hood of the car, and with the front of the vehicle barely supporting the weight of the two wrestlers, connects with the Dark Phoenix Driver right onto the hood.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Young’s head dents the metal, and the challenger’s limp body slides down the Cadillac to the ground below. Kate waits for ten seconds for Deborah to stir, but finding no movement from her opponent, lifts her arms up in victory.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Winner via Knockout and Still DPW Queen of the Ring: Kate Avatar</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Match Rating: C- (57)</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </DIV></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Kate jumps down from her car and walks over to the Queen of the Ring belt to reclaim the title from its hook. Staring down at the gold, Hell Cat brushes some sand off of the main plate before slinging the belt over her shoulder.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Regaining consciousness, Deborah pushes herself up from the ground and sits with her arms across her knees. Shaking her head, Young looks up to find Avatar approaching her.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The body of the 248-pound wrestler instinctively tenses up, but Kate lowers her guard by extending out her hand. Deborah eyes this gesture with skepticism, but then grabs Avatar’s arm to pull herself up.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The two women stand in silence, staring at each for several moments before nodding and then going their separate ways.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Segment Rating: D+</strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Overall Show Rating: C (61)</strong></div><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Quick Results</span></strong><p> </p><p> Velvet Suarez def. Emiko Miyoshi</p><p> </p><p> Electric Dreamer def. Sarah Sparkell</p><p> </p><p> Sista Kass def. Raven Nightfall when referee Gregory Chapman tried to call off Kass’ assault on Raven</p><p> </p><p> Laura Flame def. Claire Winters to advance to the Venus Tournament Final</p><p> Simony Sentinel def. Thea Davis to advance for the Venus Tournament Final</p><p> </p><p> Yo Ho! def. Generation NOW via disqualification to remain DPW Deuces Wild Tag Team Champions</p><p> </p><p> Killer Kathy McMahon def. Kaori Mochizuki in an I Quit match to remain DPW Athena Warrior</p><p> </p><p> Simony Sentinel was awarded the Venus Tournament Trophy when Laura Flame was attacked by Gorgon prior to the Final and could not compete</p><p> </p><p> Kate Avatar def. Deborah Young via knockout in an Unsanctioned Match to remain DPW Queen of the Ring</p><p> </p><p> Which match did not occur? The Venus Tournament Final between Laura Flame and Simony Sentinel</p><p> How many titles changed hands during the show? 0</p><p> What member of the roster interrupted Raven Nightfall’s retirement celebration for an impromptu match? Sista Kass</p><p> Where did DPW finish in the August 2019 South West USA Regional Battle? 3rd</p><p> </p><p> B]<span style="text-decoration:underline;">Regional Battle Results</span></p><p><strong> 1st Place: Coastal Zone Championship Wrestling – C+ (67)</strong></p><p><strong> 2nd Place: Angel Athletic Association – C (64)</strong></p><p><strong> </strong><strong><strong>3rd Place: Dark Phoenix Wrestling – C (61)</strong></strong></p><p><strong> 4th Place: Invincible Pro Wrestling – C (61)</strong></p><p><strong> 5th Place: Queens of American Wrestling – C- (59)</strong></p></div></blockquote><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong><strong><strong>OOC:</strong></strong><strong> </strong><strong><em>Big thanks to DarEatWorld for selecting Simony Sentinel as the winner of the Venus Tournament as the prize for the prediction contest that culminated at All In All IV. The ironic part is I had been searching for a way to get a Kate vs Simony match due to their great chemistry and the pressures of the regional battles, so this was a great way of doing it. My default planning for the tournament had been to have Gorgon win, as she would have taken out Laura before her match with Claire and replaced Flame in the tournament. That wouldn't have made much sense logitics-wise, so I like this better. </em></strong><img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

MrWolf101 · December 31, 2016

<p>Prediction Contest Standings and Card for Heat Check</p><p> </p><p> If I can be a bit meta for a minute, while I am happy with the way the write-up turned out, I must admit that this is probably the worst job in terms of in game booking I've done in awhile. Outside of not including any follow up for the Glorious Monsters vs Raiden feud, using the 'Calm the Crowd' note in the tag title match sucked the momentum out of the rest of the show with only one more match to go before the main event. The main event was also a disappointment in of itself, though a lot of that has to do with the high bar Kate vs Kass set for the company, and Deborah not having built up enough momentum to get in the ballpark of Kate's performance.</p><p> </p><p> Oh well, live and learn. <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> Onto the prediction contest standings after the first show, with DarEatWorld leading the way, and two more shows remaining.</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><strong>1st Place - DarEatWorld: 10 points</strong><p> 2nd Place - MisterRomanini: 8 points</p><p> 3rd Place - kingjames: 7 points</p><p> 4th Place - Dr_Avalanche: 6 points</p><p> 5th Place - theheel: 5 points</p><p> </p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> DarEatWorld did have an advantage by knowing the result of the Venus Tournament, though this accounted for only two points out of a possible thirteen. There will be plenty of opportunities for points coming up, starting with the card for Heat Check, so don't give up yet, as I think the winner will be especially happy with getting to pick the result that comes along with the prize. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> Heat Check is a packed show, which is ironic since I was planning on going straight to Ashes in the Fall before Simony won the tournament. There will also be three interludes before Heat Check, so the show will likely be posted around January 11. Additionally, the third interlude will cover an event that is the biggest thing I have ever seen happen in a game, not to overhype it or anything. <img alt=";)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/wink.png.686f06e511ee1fbf6bdc7d82f6831e53.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Card for Heat Check</span></strong><p> </p><p> <strong>Pre-Show:</strong></p><p> Ariel Breaks vs Sarah Sparkell</p><p> Generation NOW vs Raiden</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Main Show:</strong></p><p> <strong>For a spot in the 6-Woman DPW Queen of the Ring Body Count Match at Ashes in the Fall</strong></p><p> Deborah Young vs Thea Davis</p><p> </p><p> Marie Punnen vs Sista Kass (if Marie wins, she gets her job back)</p><p> </p><p> <strong>For the Deuces Wild Tag Team Titles</strong></p><p> Ladies Reborn (w/ Roxy Kitten) vs Yo Ho! ©</p><p> </p><p><strong> No Disqualification Match for the DPW Athena Warrior Title</strong></p><p> Electric Warrior (w/ Seduction) vs Killer Kathy McMahon ©</p><p> </p><p> <strong>For a spot in the 6-Woman DPW Queen of the Ring Body Count Match at Ashes in the Fall</strong></p><p> Claire Winters vs Gorgon</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Main Event for the DPW Queen of the Ring Title</strong></p><p> Kate Avatar © vs Simony Sentinel</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Bonus Points (One Point Each)</strong></p><p> How many titles will change hands during the show?</p><p> The Queen of the Ring title will be defended at Ashes in the Fall in a 6-Woman Body Count Match (think Elimination Chamber). Two of the spots will be determined at Heat Check. Who will be the other four entrants announced during the show? (one point for each correctly named wrestler; an additional bonus point for guessing the common theme among the four)</p><p> Where will DPW finish in September's Regional Battle (out of 5)?</p><p> </p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Also, if I missed calculated anyone's scores in the current standings (remember the main events are always worth two points), just let me know, as it always possible, and I have a feeling this contest will come down to either the tiebreaker or one point.</p>

MrWolf101 · December 31, 2016

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="kingjames" data-cite="kingjames" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> Standard Tag Match for the DPW Deuces Wild Tag Team Titles</p><p> <strong>Generation NOW</strong> vs Yo Ho! ©</p><p> <em>Yo Ho! has to win an actual, standard match? They've been pushed to the moon recently, but I could see a quick title switch to a team that could bring prestige to the belts and who are enhanced by having the championship. Yo Ho! doesn't need hardware to be super popular.</em></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Haha, yeah, so surprisingly Joanna and Polly aren't terrible in the ring (they had E+ performance ratings vs Selina's and Hoshiko's D-'s in this match). I'm not sure if this is because of their destiny roll in this playthrough, or if they've developed that much in the ring (Polly was truly awful when she started). It could also be the pop over performance nature of DPW's product, but neither member of Yo Ho! is that over to make that much of a difference.</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="kingjames" data-cite="kingjames" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> I Quit Match for the DPW Athena Warrior Title</p><p> Kaori Mochizuki vs Killer Kathy McMahon ©</p><p> <em>I don't think Kaori even gets a chance to fight in this one, with someone taking her out before the bell can even ring.</em></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> So after seeing the predictions come in, I can see how this match looked to be the perfect candidate for the non-match. I didn't intend it to be a red herring, I really just wanted Kathy to face off against another brawler to maximize the match rating for the Wild Brawl road agent note. I think my lack of follow up with the Glorious Monsters or explanation of how Kaori got the match didn't help.</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="kingjames" data-cite="kingjames" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> One member of the roster will interrupt Raven Nightfall's retirement celebration for an impromptu match. Which wrestler will it be?</p><p> <em><strong>Killer Kass</strong></em><em> has a lot of aggression to work out at this point, no? And she can draw some major heel heat for messing up Raven's goodbye.</em></p><p> </p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> So the best thing to come out of this show is Kass getting super over from this match and the related segments. She went from D pop in the South West to C-, and is now more over than Kate. I'll credit it to her looking like an unstoppable monster again, not just stealing Raven's pop by beating her. <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Dr_Avalanche" data-cite="Dr_Avalanche" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Pre-Show Matches<p> Emiko Miyoshi vs <strong>Velvet Suarez</strong> (just so people know - this will be covered in the roster update - but Ursula Saez is really being released once her contract expires in August)</p><p> <em>I think Velvet gets a small push starting here, to see if she can swim on her own or if she sinks without a tag team partner.</em></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Velvet is an interesting case. I keep getting in-game messages that she is a future star, but she only puts in star-level performances against wrestlers that are smaller than her. Considering she is small herself, this leaves only a handful of people on the roster that fall into this category, unfortunately. Still, I think there is a there there, so we shall see.</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Dr_Avalanche" data-cite="Dr_Avalanche" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> <em>Look, I love Kate Avatar, but if there is one opponent I'd rather watch Deborah Young face it is Thea Davis. What a grudge match that could be!</em></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Ask and ye shall receive. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Theheel" data-cite="Theheel" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> Venus Tournament Final</p><p> <strong>Winner</strong> <strong>Semi-Final</strong> #1 vs Winner Semi-Final #2</p><p> <strong>It's finally Claire's time to try and step out into the spotlight, or prove she just isn't ready, but she gets the chance</strong></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Claire is an interesting case. She really hasn't done anything wrong, and I can't say she doesn't deserve a main event push as her performances are near the top tier of workers in the company. Her main issue is being tied to Laura, who is slightly better in the ring and slightly better on the mic (though Claire has shined when given opportunities). The question is if Claire will tire of being in Flame's shadow, and try to strike out on her own.</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="DarEatWorld" data-cite="DarEatWorld" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> Unsanctioned Match from Parts Unknown (fought under Street Fight rules) for the DPW Queen of the Ring Title</p><p> Deborah Young vs <strong>Kate Avatar ©</strong></p><p> <em>Again, I don't think it'll be superclean. I feel like Kate might be slowly edging towards a turn again at some point.</em></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Not to give too much away, but this is something I've started thinking about as I sketch the next season of DPW after All In All V. I really did have a lot of fun with Kate as a heel, but I think her immediate future will become clearer in the next few shows. <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Theheel" data-cite="Theheel" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Great back story that you have had in this diary from the start.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Thanks! I really had been thinking about this flashback since I started the diary, so I'm glad you enjoyed it. I think I might also do another one about when Honey offered the job to Kate, but that will come sometime down the line.</p>

Dr_Avalanche · January 1, 2017

Great show. I feel I've lost the bead on whatever is going to happen next, but that's an enjoyable feeling. Being a wrestling fan mixes contradicting emotions. On one hand, we want stories to make sense - if A happens and then B, C should follow - but at the same time, we live for the unexpected, when, despite it all making sense you're still surprised. So I guess what I'm saying is I really enjoy not seeing what you have planned.

Card for Heat Check

Pre-Show:

Ariel Breaks vs Sarah Sparkell

Ariel has been reduced to second fiddle for a while now but I don't see why she couldn't step up to be a more prominent heel.

Generation NOW vs Raiden

Raiden could be the future, but Generation NOW is the present.

Main Show:

For a spot in the 6-Woman DPW Queen of the Ring Body Count Match at Ashes in the Fall

Deborah Young vs Thea Davis

Yeah! Shenanigans won't stop Deborah.

Marie Punnen vs Sista Kass (if Marie wins, she gets her job back)

It would be hilarious if Punnen won on a technicality, but can you even convince Kass to eat a loss to someone like Marie?

For the Deuces Wild Tag Team Titles

Ladies Reborn (w/ Roxy Kitten) vs Yo Ho! ©

I keep getting it wrong, but Ladies Reborn would have so much to lose by losing to a comedy act. I think it's their time.

No Disqualification Match for the DPW Athena Warrior Title

Electric Warrior (w/ Seduction) vs Killer Kathy McMahon ©

Electric Dreamer gets murdered. Getting involved with Seduction was a terrible decision.

For a spot in the 6-Woman DPW Queen of the Ring Body Count Match at Ashes in the Fall

Claire Winters vs Gorgon

I'm a fan of Claire, but Gorgon has eaten enough losses. Time to show what she's made of.

Main Event for the DPW Queen of the Ring Title

Kate Avatar © vs Simony Sentinel

I don't see any particular reason why Simony need to win the belt other than to keep good momentum going, but it's not like Kate lacks momentum either. I give Kate something like 80-20 chances.

Bonus Points (One Point Each)

How many titles will change hands during the show? Tag team belt only. So one.

The Queen of the Ring title will be defended at Ashes in the Fall in a 6-Woman Body Count Match (think Elimination Chamber). Two of the spots will be determined at Heat Check. Who will be the other four entrants announced during the show? (one point for each correctly named wrestler; an additional bonus point for guessing the common theme among the four): Past and present Queen of the ring holders? Kate Avatar, Simony Sentinel, Laura Flame and Sista Kass?

Where will DPW finish in September's Regional Battle (out of 5)? 2nd

MrWolf101 · January 2, 2017

<p>Chapter 32 Interlude: Bar None</p><p> </p><p>

<em>One month earlier…</em></p><p> </p><p>

</p><p><span>http://i.imgur.com/1Hyvuq0.jpg</span></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Hey Mickey, una cerveza por favor,“ Kate Avatar sits alone at the end of the bar at DPW’s original home, several empty shot glasses splayed out in front her.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“You done with tequila Hell Cat?” Mickey cleans a glass with a dirty rag while eying Kate skeptically.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Yeah, I’ve still got to work tonight,” Avatar's head sways back and forth as she watches Mickey put a bottle of Corona down on the bar. Kate immediately grabs the beer and starts downing its contents.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div><span>http://i1383.photobucket.com/albums/ah283/DarEatWorld/Karma%20Kollopy%20First_zpsrldds0to.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Hey, you’re Kate Avatar aren’t you?! Hell Cat?”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Avatar turns her head to the excited voice approaching her from the left. After taking one look at the man with long hair, Kate shifts her attention back to the beer in her hand.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“I’m a really big fan. I’ve been to more DPW shows than I can count. I even travelled all the way to Los Angeles for the last one.” </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Oh yeah, what did you think?” Avatar’s posture relaxes and she lazily motions for the fan to sit down on the stool next to her.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Thanks, the name’s Karma. I mean, it was good. I’m curious to see where everything is going.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“You and me both,” Kate sarcastically says before taking another long sip from her beer and signaling Mickey to bring her a second one.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Oh.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Hell Cat looks over to Karma and through her drunkenness, realizes her words may have come out too sharp, “Sorry, didn’t mean to be harsh. I’ve just got a lot on my mind. Something happened after Bitter Harvest that I’m not quite sure what to do about.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Sitting on the stool, Karma drums his fingers on the bar, “No worries. I’m sure you’ll figure it out.” </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Let’s hope so,” after a few more seconds of awkward silence, Kate turns back to the man sitting next to her, "Who do you think should win the next Venus Tournament?"</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Karma blinks a couple of times, somewhat stunned that the booker of DPW would ask a fan this question, “Well, only Thea, Laura, Claire and Simony are left, right? To be honest, Winters hasn’t totally grabbed me yet, though I do like her. I wouldn't let Flame win it again, I just don't think she needs it right now. That leaves Thea Davis finally proving that she can hit the very top of the mountain or Simony Sentinel getting back to the peak. Personally, I think, after all that she's been through and all that she's given to DPW, especially in the early days, the story of 'The Violent Violet' putting her head down and working her way through every obstacle to come out on top again, that would be a beautiful moment! That is a moment I would want to be there for!”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Kate pauses mid-sip, impressed by the passion and thoughtfulness in the man’s answer, “And what if I told you Gorgon is a choice?”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Gorgon? Nah, it might just be that I don't know her that well, but I think Kass and Deborah Young are monsters enough. If you have many more you're just diluting their individual impact.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Processing this information, Avatar goes back to her beer, losing herself in the different possibilities that could come from a Simony win in the tournament.</div><p></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>OOC:</strong> <em>Thanks to DarEatWorld for doing the original write-up that is the basis for this interlude. The original write-up is brilliant, so I hope this does it justice. I hope it's okay that I included Karma's picture in the post too. </em><img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

MrWolf101 · January 2, 2017

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Dr_Avalanche" data-cite="Dr_Avalanche" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Great show. I feel I've lost the bead on whatever is going to happen next, but that's an enjoyable feeling. Being a wrestling fan mixes contradicting emotions. On one hand, we want stories to make sense - if A happens and then B, C should follow - but at the same time, we live for the unexpected, when, despite it all making sense you're still surprised. So I guess what I'm saying is I really enjoy not seeing what you have planned. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p> </p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Haha thanks. I think this season is a bit different than those in the past in that it isn't necessarily a straight line. Past seasons have had a pretty rigid arc leading from Red Alert to All In All. For various reasons (budgetary, lack of a formalized booking plan ahead of time, wanting to hit certain storyline points down the road), this season kind of has two arcs for the main event scene. I'm hoping the transition between the two will feel more natural than manufactured, while still being enjoyable. <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

Theheel · January 2, 2017

<p>1st Place - DarEatWorld: 10 points</p><p> 2nd Place - MisterRomanini: 8 points</p><p> 3rd Place - kingjames: 7 points</p><p> 4th Place - Dr_Avalanche: 6 points</p><p> 5th Place - <strong>theheel: 5 points</strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Just when I thought I had things figured out, I obviously didn't. You had a lot of directions you could go so that shows you are doing a very good job with creative and booking.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="MrWolf101" data-cite="MrWolf101" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Haha thanks. I think this season is a bit different than those in the past in that it isn't necessarily a straight line. Past seasons have had a pretty rigid arc leading from Red Alert to All In All. For various reasons (budgetary, lack of a formalized booking plan ahead of time, wanting to hit certain storyline points down the road), this season kind of has two arcs for the main event scene. I'm hoping the transition between the two will feel more natural than manufactured, while still being enjoyable. <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><p> </p><p> <strong>I would like to hear how the finances are going. It would be fun to see just how rich Kate is getting. I mean she needs to start thinking about life after wrestling since she is now closer to 40 than 30 if I have her age right based on the diary.</strong></p>

MrWolf101 · January 3, 2017

<p>Chapter 32 Flashback: You Can’t Always Go Home</p><p> </p><p>

<em>Four years earlier…</em></p><p> </p><p>

</p><p><span>http://i.imgur.com/BtwT5LL.jpg</span></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Sitting in a Berlin restaurant on a chilly November day in 2015, Thea Davis can’t help but think back on how she got here. Coming back to the Continent with her tail between her legs was something she never imagined she would have to do when she was moving up the ranks of BSC. Hell, even if she got perpetually stuck in the midcard of the company, it was still 100 times better than she could have hoped for in Europe or the British Isles.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Due to the pay per appearance nature of BSC contracts, and the five shows the company held each month, Thea had made $17,500 in June alone, with all of her travel expenses covered to boot. In Europe, she’d be lucky to get $1,000 per show, for only one show a month, and she would have to cover her own airfare, not to mention lodging.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“And somehow I spent it all,” Thea mutters to herself while she waits for the other half of her meeting to show up.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Of course, her BSC contract had been assumed by AAA during the bankruptcy proceedings, but her ego had gotten in the way of just putting her head down and cashing Catherine Quine's checks. Even before Dharma Gregg staged her now infamous walk out during Battle of the Babes, Davis had been let go at that show for getting in an altercation with Steph Blake.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>“Hey rookie!”</em></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Blake’s taunt still reverberates through Thea’s mind daily, but Davis knows she could have handled the situation better. </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Better might be an understatement. Instead of just letting this snide remark slide on her first night in an AAA locker room, Thea got right into the face of her former British Bombshells tag team partner. After letting Steph know that she was never good enough for BSC, along with calling her a “Manc twat,” the two came to blows. With Davis being the outsider, she was promptly thrown out of the building, the notice that her contract was being terminated ‘with cause’ received the next day.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

With AAA out of the question and QAW scared off by this episode, Thea called the only other person she could think of, and after being thirty minutes late, she looks up to see him finally entering the restaurant.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div><span>http://i.imgur.com/XvvqIru.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Welcome back to Berlin,” Byron, in his faux-royalty tinted English accent, sweeps his bleached blonde hair behind his right ear as he takes a seat across from his former employee.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Thank you. It’s, uh, good to be back.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Ha, you never were one for pleasantries Thea, were you?” Byron signals for a waiter, and after whispering something to the well-dressed man, shoos him away. “We both know you wouldn’t be here unless you needed a job.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Davis shuffles her hands over one another as she fails to hide her nervousness, “Yes, you’re right. I’m sure you heard about BSC?”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Yes, quite a shame to see another company go out of business, but not a surprise.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“So…I’m hoping that EWA has a spot for me. I know I didn’t leave on the best of terms, but I think my profile in the States can really help take the company’s Women’s division to the next level.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

While Byron opens his mouth to speak again, the waiter returns with a bottle of wine, which the owner of EWA gives one look over before nodding his head in approval. After pouring Byron and then Thea a glass, the waiter leaves the bottle on the table as he retreats back to where he came from, “Thea, do you know what the best part of German Reunification was? All of the people in this country could finally stop being ashamed of being capitalists.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Uh huh,” while Byron takes a sip from his glass, Davis leaves hers untouched. </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“I guess what I’m trying to say, Thea, is that this comes down to simple supply and demand. Women’s wrestling is the least of my concerns, mostly because the Europeans don’t care about it, or haven’t been given a reason to care about it. Sure, I’d love to see women have more opportunities here, it’s not like anyone back home is hiring them, but I can’t afford to be a trailblazer. EWA’s has its women, but we’ve only got a limited number of spots. With these Japanese ones on excursion willing to work for peanuts, we’re pretty much all filled up.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Thea lets out a sigh and looks towards the door, thinking about how she should have saved more of her money when she had the chance, “I knew this would be a waste of time.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

The Englishwoman starts to rise from her seat, but Byron stops her by gently grabbing her hand, “Now, now, now. Nothing is ever a waste. Maybe there’s another arrangement we can come to.” With a twinkle in his eye and a twisted smile on his lips, the owner of EWA begins caressing Davis’ arm.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

While Thea feels her skin crawl, she doesn’t pull away, and with her free hand, picks up her glass of wine.</div><p></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>OOC:</strong> <em>Thanks to Dr_Avalanche for suggesting this flashback. I might do a series about how each BSC worker handled the collapse of the company (hey, that's a good idea for a prediction prize </em><img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><em>) as I think it helps flesh out how damaging such a failure was to all involved. Well, except for Alicia Strong and her clique, who had USPW to fall back on.</em></p>

MrWolf101 · January 3, 2017

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Theheel" data-cite="Theheel" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>1st Place - DarEatWorld: 10 points<p> 2nd Place - MisterRomanini: 8 points</p><p> 3rd Place - kingjames: 7 points</p><p> 4th Place - Dr_Avalanche: 6 points</p><p> 5th Place - <strong>theheel: 5 points</strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Just when I thought I had things figured out, I obviously didn't. You had a lot of directions you could go so that shows you are doing a very good job with creative and booking.</strong></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Haha, all good, and thank you for the compliments. We've gone from Kass being the only realistic winner last year to (what I feel) is six (seven if you include Gorgon) candidates that a legitimate argument could have been made for winning the tournament. I'm not saying this is the 1992 Royal Rumble of Venus Tournaments, but I feel like I'm going to have a hard time topping it. <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> All of the major storylines are in transition right now as we get ready for the overarching theme of the season, so I think that has a lot to do with it. Depending on where people fell on where they see things going, without the benefit of much foreshadowing, had a lot to do on their score. Things should become a little clearer in the next couple of shows, but will hopefully still provide plenty of surprises even if the match finishes are predictable. <img alt=";)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/wink.png.686f06e511ee1fbf6bdc7d82f6831e53.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Theheel" data-cite="Theheel" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> <strong>I would like to hear how the finances are going. It would be fun to see just how rich Kate is getting. I mean she needs to start thinking about life after wrestling since she is now closer to 40 than 30 if I have her age right based on the diary.</strong></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> DPW finances are in one word, awful, which is bad for Kate considering she is 35 now. The company lost $6,600 in August, bringing the cash balance to a negative $4,000. Things only get worse going forward, but there is a bright light on the horizon (might be a train, but we'll find out together). In the future, DPW is losing about $9,000 in months when events are held (in an A* economy to boot), and only makes $4,000 in non-event months. With 8 event months and 4 non-event months, this projects out to a loss of $56,000 over the course of a year.</p><p> </p><p> The good news (I am hoping) is that the next interlude covers something that will shake up the in-game world in a way I could have never imagined (again, not to overhype it or anything <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />).</p>

Dr_Avalanche · January 3, 2017

Gah. Byron is a top grade creep. I feel so sorry for Thea. And pleased she got out of that situation thanks to DPW.

Theheel · January 3, 2017

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="MrWolf101" data-cite="MrWolf101" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> DPW finances are in one word, awful, which is bad for Kate considering she is 35 now. The company lost $6,600 in August, bringing the cash balance to a negative $4,000. Things only get worse going forward, but there is a bright light on the horizon (might be a train, but we'll find out together). In the future, DPW is losing about $9,000 in months when events are held (in an A* economy to boot), and only makes $4,000 in non-event months. With 8 event months and 4 non-event months, this projects out to a loss of $56,000 over the course of a year.</p><p> </p><p> The good news (I am hoping) is that the next interlude covers something that will shake up the in-game world in a way I could have never imagined (again, not to overhype it or anything <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />).</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> <strong>Sounds like Kate needs a sugar daddy to help bail out the company. Maybe that offer from Victoria is sounding better</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> I'm just starting to get into TEW 2016, why do you think the attendance has been such a slow grind up. I mean you are 7-8 times higher than when you started but is this just the function of the games engine compared to prior versions?</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> Based on all the interludes it sounds like BSC, which I believe you had an original game was built up to weekly shows and attendance in the thousands. Was that a real game save you had or just storyline?</strong></p>

MrWolf101 · January 4, 2017

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Dr_Avalanche" data-cite="Dr_Avalanche" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Gah. Byron is a top grade creep. I feel so sorry for Thea. And pleased she got out of that situation thanks to DPW.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Yeah, I know it was a bit over the top, but it fits Byron's in game profile (ruthless, manipulative, and egotistical). I also briefly tried an EWA playthrough and it turns out he is also a negative influence backstage when he doesn't have the book, so I kind of just see him as a jerk now.</p><p> </p><p> I wanted to show that BSC's collapse had some very bad consequences for a lot of people, not just Kate and Honey, results that they still carry with them. I don't doubt this type of thing happens in the industry more than we would think (to male wrestlers as well), so it was time to turn up the creep factor. Sympathy for Thea will be an interesting emotion considering how her kayfabe character continues to act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Theheel" data-cite="Theheel" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><strong>Sounds like Kate needs a sugar daddy to help bail out the company. Maybe that offer from Victoria is sounding better</strong><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> I'm just starting to get into TEW 2016, why do you think the attendance has been such a slow grind up. I mean you are 7-8 times higher than when you started but is this just the function of the games engine compared to prior versions?</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> Based on all the interludes it sounds like BSC, which I believe you had an original game was built up to weekly shows and attendance in the thousands. Was that a real game save you had or just storyline?</strong></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Yeah, $50k isn't looking too bad when creditors are starting to pound on Kate's door. Thankfully, with the loan coming in December, DPW will at least make it to All In All V.</p><p> </p><p> I think the main factor hurting DPW's attendance (or at least suppressing it) is that I started with 0 momentum, which seems to be a big factor in calculating attendance. The wrestling industry has also been down almost the whole time, only just getting back to where it was at the start of the game (B), which really hampered DPW’s growth considering how many shows have been run. A lot of the lack of momentum has to do with losing regional battles, as well as not really doing any big signings (Gorgon and Kass have been the only ones I've noted that have moved the needle). Only recently has attendance started to pick up, and All In All V should pass 200 (it's the small victories).</p><p> </p><p> You are correct that BSC had weekly shows (on TV no less) building to a 'PPV-like' event each month (I'm a child of WWE so it's all I know). Attendance peaked at around 9,000 in early 2015 before the loss of main eventers hurt the company's momentum. This was an actual save done in TEW 2010, and I put more hours into it than I'd care to admit. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> Speaking of Victoria...</p>

MrWolf101 · January 4, 2017

<p>Chapter 32 Interlude: The War is Over</p><p> </p><p>

</p><p><span>http://i.imgur.com/OdAnbs6.jpg</span></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong><em>F*cking Eisens get everything. My father spent half his life building this company, and now we’re going to give it all…</em></strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div><span>http://i.imgur.com/aDljGie.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Vicky, how good it is to see you. I'm guessing you're taking a little break from the negotiations,” Jerry Eisen approaches a pacing Victoria Stone-McFly in the lobby of NOTBPW’s legal counsel thirty floors up in a downtown Toronto high-rise.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Jerry, you’re looking about as well as could be expected,” while the eldest son of Richard Eisen stands with his hand outstretched, Victoria dismisses the gesture with one cold look of disdain. </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong><em>Wipe that smug f*cking smile off your face you inbred twit or I’ll do it for you. Just because your father exploited his way to the top doesn’t mean I’m going to kiss your ass.</em></strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Well then, is your husband with you today?”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>

</strong></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong><em>No, I can make decisions for myself, you asshole. Not that it matters. My dumbass brothers are falling over themselves to get your money, so my vote sure as hell won’t matter.</em></strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“No, he leaves the business side of things to me. Will your father be joining us or would that mean they would have to unfreeze his head?”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Jerry lets out a slight scoff, but retains his confident posture, “No, Dick just signs the checks. This is all my idea, so I’m running the show.” </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong><em>Right, like daddy ever lets you off the leash.</em></strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Well, it certainly is a historic day.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong><em>Mainly because I’m about to know what it feels like to sell my soul to the devil.</em></strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Extremely. It </div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>is</em></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"> a shame Sean’s not here. I was hoping to discuss with him how to handle this in the Canadian media should he get asked any questions.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>

</strong></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong><em>You can tell me you little prick. But you’ve dismissed me just as quickly as your little minions did my booking plans when I shared those with them.</em></strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Before Victoria can open her mouth again, Jerry parts the doors to the conference room, and when Dan Stone’s only daughter follows him in, she finds the SWF and NOTBPW lawyers talking up a storm, her brothers Jeremy, Duane and Dan Jr sitting in the middle of the two groups, just as she had left them fifteen minutes earlier.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Ah, gentlemen, the main event is here!” SWF’s lawyers explode into laughter as Jerry makes a wide-sweeping gesture with his left arm before sitting down at the head of the table.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div><span>http://i.imgur.com/O7d3pd2.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Good of you to finally get here, Jerry. We were just finalizing some of the details,” Jeremy remains stone faced as Victoria takes her seat across from her eldest brother.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Nothing that would screw me over too much, I hope,” SWF’s lawyers burst into another round of forced laughter at Jerry’s quip, while a thick bundle of papers is slid in front of Victoria.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong><em>$60 million, $60 million is all it took for you three to sell our family out. I should have known better. I should have made dad give me all of the company when I had the chance instead of letting him split it up between us. We’re lucky he isn’t dead otherwise he’d be turning over in his grave.</em></strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“So if we can all review the terms of the deal and provide signatures where indicated, we can close this transaction and have the funds transmitted by the end of the week,” NOTBPW’s head legal counsel stands up to begin a PowerPoint presentation on the finer points of SWF’s acquisition of the company, while Victoria starts reading through her packet.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

About thirty minutes into her review, the head booker of NOTBPW finds a paragraph she does not remember reading in previous versions, “Wait, what does this mean? ‘NOTBPW (the Party) shall be responsible for the termination and payment of all outstanding contracts effective upon the close of the transaction. SWF (the Acquirer) shall under no circumstances assume any liability nor any of the prior agreements entered into by the Party.’”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

The men in the room stop their discussion as Jeremy turns to his sister, “Uh, Vicky, we didn’t get a chance to mention this to you, but some aspects of the deal have changed.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Dan Stone’s only daughter reads further, the implications of the passage becoming clear to her, “What the f*ck Jeremy?! They’re supposed to keep us open as their Canadian brand! How many people are going to be put out of work because of this?!”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

While Victoria stares holes through her three brothers, Jerry Eisen drums his fingers on the rare tropical wood of the conference table, “How can we put this Vicky? SWF has decided there is no value in keeping NOTBPW open. It’s a tired name, a tired concept, one that really doesn’t </div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>mesh</em></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"> with our core values. Once we get you out of the way, we can establish SWF as the premier company in this market.” </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Victoria only gives Richard Eisen’s eldest son a cursory glance before turning her gaze back to her brothers, “And you three are okay with this?!”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong><em>Damn it! We don’t need these f*ckers! David is the best young wrestler on the planet, and Lucy is only a year or so away from debuting. We can build around them, renew the Stone name, and destroy these New York assholes at their own game.</em></strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div><span>http://i.imgur.com/EMe8Jxw.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Vicky, it’s a lot of money, and…” Dan Jr’s calm voice can barely be heard by the others in the room, but Victoria knows exactly what he means.</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong><em>…and if I hadn’t spent everything we had already.</em></strong></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Rising from her seat, the head booker of NOTBPW finds the pages of her packet marked with yellow ‘Sign Here’ stickers and hurriedly scribbles her name in the blank spaces, “Fine. Enjoy your blood money, but you can build your filthy world without me.”</div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Storming back to the lobby, Victoria makes sure to slam the large wooden door shut behind her on her way out, at which point the men in the conference room go back to finalizing the sale of NOTBPW to SWF.</div><p></p><p>

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</div><span>http://i.imgur.com/2hra7At.jpg</span><p></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>OOC:</strong> <em>Hopefully including the thoughts of Victoria in bold italics wasn't very jarring, but I couldn't imagine doing this without her cussing up a storm inside her head.</em> <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

kingjames · January 4, 2017

Holy crap!

What's amazing to me is that, at least through the first six or so months of my diary, NOTBPW was consistently running the highest-rated shows, possibly in the entire world. But they did always seem to be on the verge of falling to Cult, despite those massive show scores. Still, for them not just to fall to cult, but to be bought completely out...cannot say that I would have seen that coming. I would have expecting CGC to have gone out of business way before NOTBPW.

Of course, one woman's loss may be another woman's gain. NOTBPW is one of only two outfits that will poach women workers with written contracts. Basically, at this point, the only company you'll have to watch out for in terms of stealing away your workers is USPW. And it should mean there's suddenly an influx of talent showing up on the market. Maybe, with a 50k loan, there's funding for a talent acquisition that can push DPW into the black instead of bleeding cash.

Then again, given the state of DPW's finances, Kate might have to wind up just watching as Catherine Quine and AAA reaps the benefits, just like they did when BSC closed...

Dr_Avalanche · January 4, 2017

It is quite a shocker seeing such a major player on the market suddenly just being devoured. The wastefulness is just amazing. If you make an acquisition like that, why not at the very least cherry pick the best workers and bring them over to SWF? Not to mention just throwing away the brand.

I'm not sure the economy in the game is flexible enough to account for a sudden glut in available talent. Supply and demand should suggest an availability of cheaper labor for a while, but I imagine available workers will probably request just about as much pay per show as before NOTBPW went out of business, but at least there should be some exciting names suddenly become available. Exciting times!

kingjames · January 4, 2017

It is quite a shocker seeing such a major player on the market suddenly just being devoured. The wastefulness is just amazing. If you make an acquisition like that, why not at the very least cherry pick the best workers and bring them over to SWF? Not to mention just throwing away the brand.

*cough* The WCW/ECW Invasion *cough cough*

MrWolf101 · January 5, 2017

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="kingjames" data-cite="kingjames" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Holy crap!<p> </p><p> What's amazing to me is that, at least through the first six or so months of my diary, NOTBPW was consistently running the highest-rated shows, possibly in the entire world. But they did always seem to be on the verge of falling to Cult, despite those massive show scores. Still, for them not just to fall to cult, but to be bought completely out...cannot say that I would have seen that coming. I would have expecting CGC to have gone out of business way before NOTBPW.</p><p> </p><p> Of course, one woman's loss may be another woman's gain. NOTBPW is one of only two outfits that will poach women workers with written contracts. Basically, at this point, the only company you'll have to watch out for in terms of stealing away your workers is USPW. And it should mean there's suddenly an influx of talent showing up on the market. Maybe, with a 50k loan, there's funding for a talent acquisition that can push DPW into the black instead of bleeding cash.</p><p> </p><p> Then again, given the state of DPW's finances, Kate might have to wind up just watching as Catherine Quine and AAA reaps the benefits, just like they did when BSC closed...</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Yeah, in my TEW 2010 playthrough, NOTBPW ended up becoming the #1 promotion in the world thanks to their constant A rated shows. The new National Battle system has definitely up-ended this.</p><p> </p><p> NOTBPW fluctuated between Cult and National since the beginning of the game, most recently falling to Cult in June 2019. I think that might have been the death blow as their main show got moved to a lesser time slot soon thereafter. The Canadian economy has also been in toilet almost the entire game (I blame low oil prices), so I don't know if that had anything to do with it too, but I was definitely still surprised. I'd like to think that the struggle became too much for the Stone brothers, and they decided to cash out instead of continuing to push the boulder up the hill.</p><p> </p><p> Not to give too much away, but none of the affected wrestlers (Sara Marie York actually left the company right before this, which should have been a red flag something was up) have signed with either AAA or QAW yet as of February 2020. With NOTBPW not having a TV deal in the US, I think it may be that these wrestlers are expensive relative to their US popularity. I'll cover it in the interlude after Heat Check, but someone has stepped into the void NOTBPW left. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Dr_Avalanche" data-cite="Dr_Avalanche" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>It is quite a shocker seeing such a major player on the market suddenly just being devoured. The wastefulness is just amazing. If you make an acquisition like that, why not at the very least cherry pick the best workers and bring them over to SWF? Not to mention just throwing away the brand.<p> </p><p> I'm not sure the economy in the game is flexible enough to account for a sudden glut in available talent. Supply and demand should suggest an availability of cheaper labor for a while, but I imagine available workers will probably request just about as much pay per show as before NOTBPW went out of business, but at least there should be some exciting names suddenly become available. Exciting times! <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I'm going to go with this is Jerry Eisen's first major move to prove himself to his father/smirking revenge against the company that has bad-mouthed SWF for years. Making it even more WWE-like, my take is that Jerry doesn't consider NOTBPW wrestlers as having enough personality to hack it in SWF. In corporate-strategy terms, he's thinks getting the NOTBPW brand out of the way is best for SWF-business, in that they can focus 100% on making that the top name in Canada instead of splitting their efforts.</p><p> </p><p> I agree that the supply/demand impact on salaries would be interesting, but I'm going to interpret the non-change as the major wrestlers having their contracts paid out as part of the transaction. People like Sean McFly and Lauren Easter don't need the money (similar to Sting/Goldberg/Hulk Hogan after WWE bought WCW) and can hold out for what they want, for awhile at least.</p><p> </p><p> In fact, the first male wrestler to get signed just happened, and that was Sean Deeley going on tour with PGHW.</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="kingjames" data-cite="kingjames" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>*cough* The WCW/ECW Invasion *cough cough*<p> </p><p> <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Now, now, no bad memories please <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> (the only thing I really remember from this is the teased Austin - RVD feud).</p>

DarEatWorld · January 6, 2017

That NOTBPW piece was epic. Shocker!

Theheel · January 7, 2017

That NOTBPW piece was epic. Shocker!

Agreed it was but I have noticed it also fail in another diary that I have been looking at around the same timeframe Year wise.

Great write up though, I really liked it.

Mike Louis · January 7, 2017

I was thinking you could perhaps bring Victoria Stone in along with some of the ex NOTBPW women as part of an invasion storyline with Victoria being a member of the DPW "Board of Directors" and plotting to takeover DPW via a Corporation like faction / stable. You could call them either the Cartel or the Administration. Both Vibert and Brayfield in turn could conspire to gain more influence by allying with either Avatar or Stone.

MrWolf101 · January 8, 2017

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="DarEatWorld" data-cite="DarEatWorld" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>That NOTBPW piece was epic. Shocker!</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Haha, thanks. As mentioned by others, in terms of Women's wrestling, this is even a bigger deal as it takes away half of the written contracts available. I'll cover this in the interlude after Heat Check, but it's bittersweet for Kate, because as a promotion owner, she's thrilled one of the potential poachers of her talent is gone. But at the same time, she knows NOTBPW was good for Women's Wrestling, and fewer high paying jobs available is never a good thing.</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Theheel" data-cite="Theheel" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Agreed it was but I have noticed it also fail in another diary that I have been looking at around the same timeframe Year wise.<p> </p><p> Great write up though, I really liked it.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Thanks! That is interesting that NOTBPW failed in another diary, as they always seem to put on great shows and have good crowds. I think the cost of keeping up with SWF and USPW eventually catches up with them, or maybe that's just a bit of globalization roleplaying on my part.</p><p> </p><p> NOTBPW had around -$23k when they sold, so it's not like they had to. The interesting part is that Victoria's desire to win the Women Wars was the downfall of the company, as the contract she gave Amber Allen cost them $500k over two years. If they didn't do that, I think they would have still been in business.</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Mike Louis" data-cite="Mike Louis" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I was thinking you could perhaps bring Victoria Stone in along with some of the ex NOTBPW women as part of an invasion storyline with Victoria being a member of the DPW "Board of Directors" and plotting to takeover DPW via a Corporation like faction / stable. You could call them either the Cartel or the Administration. Both Vibert and Brayfield in turn could conspire to gain more influence by allying with either Avatar or Stone.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> This would be a really good storyline (I can neither confirm nor deny I looked into doing it <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />). The main issue is that Victoria is only willing to work in Canada, and I don't see that changing like it would for an out-of-work wrestler. I'll chalk it up to her having enough money (I'm putting her share of the NOTBPW sale at $15 million before taxes) where she doesn't need to work.</p><p> </p><p> I don't think we've seen the last of Victoria though. <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> On another note, not that Dr_Avalanche would mind racking up the points unopposed, but don't forget to get in your predictions for Heat Check (if you want <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />). The show is over halfway written, so the goal of Tuesday night/Wednesday morning California time is probably going to be met. You can take this as the 72 hour notice. <img alt=";)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/wink.png.686f06e511ee1fbf6bdc7d82f6831e53.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Card for Heat Check</span></strong><p> </p><p> <strong>Pre-Show:</strong></p><p> Ariel Breaks vs Sarah Sparkell</p><p> Generation NOW vs Raiden</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Main Show:</strong></p><p> <strong>For a spot in the 6-Woman DPW Queen of the Ring Body Count Match at Ashes in the Fall</strong></p><p> Deborah Young vs Thea Davis</p><p> </p><p> Marie Punnen vs Sista Kass (if Marie wins, she gets her job back)</p><p> </p><p> <strong>For the Deuces Wild Tag Team Titles</strong></p><p> Ladies Reborn (w/ Roxy Kitten) vs Yo Ho! ©</p><p> </p><p><strong> No Disqualification Match for the DPW Athena Warrior Title</strong></p><p> Electric Dreamer (w/ Seduction) vs Killer Kathy McMahon ©</p><p> </p><p> <strong>For a spot in the 6-Woman DPW Queen of the Ring Body Count Match at Ashes in the Fall</strong></p><p> Claire Winters vs Gorgon</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Main Event for the DPW Queen of the Ring Title</strong></p><p> Kate Avatar © vs Simony Sentinel</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Bonus Points (One Point Each)</strong></p><p> How many titles will change hands during the show?</p><p> The Queen of the Ring title will be defended at Ashes in the Fall in a 6-Woman Body Count Match (think Elimination Chamber). Two of the spots will be determined at Heat Check. Who will be the other four entrants announced during the show? (one point for each correctly named wrestler; an additional bonus point for guessing the common theme among the four)</p><p> Where will DPW finish in September's Regional Battle (out of 5)?</p><p> </p></div></blockquote>

DarEatWorld · January 8, 2017

<p>Card for Heat Check</p><p> </p><p>

Pre-Show:</p><p>

<strong>Ariel Breaks</strong> vs Sarah Sparkell</p><p>

<em>#NoSparkleAllFade</em></p><p>

<strong>Generation NOW</strong> vs Raiden</p><p>

<em>Just feel that G-NOW are a step above still.</em></p><p> </p><p>

Main Show:</p><p>

For a spot in the 6-Woman DPW Queen of the Ring Body Count Match at Ashes in the Fall</p><p>

Deborah Young vs <strong>Thea Davis</strong></p><p>

<em>Could go either way but I feel Thea needs it more to shake off the 'nearly (wo)man' tag that I have sort of labelled her with in my head.</em></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Marie Punnen</strong> vs Sista Kass (if Marie wins, she gets her job back)</p><p>

<em>What the hell, I'll go with the upset. It won't be clean obviously, possibly a rage DQ or some such.</em></p><p> </p><p>

For the Deuces Wild Tag Team Titles</p><p>

<em>I like Ladies Reborn. </em><em><span style="font-size:8px;">Of course I love Joanna Silver but that's a whole other story.</span></em></p><p> </p><p>

No Disqualification Match for the DPW Athena Warrior Title</p><p>

<em>Electric Dreamer doesn't do it for me... now, I've said it out loud.</em></p><p> </p><p>

For a spot in the 6-Woman DPW Queen of the Ring Body Count Match at Ashes in the Fall</p><p>

Claire Winters vs <strong>Gorgon</strong></p><p>

<em>If Deborah Young doesn't make it, we need a monster.</em></p><p> </p><p>

Main Event for the DPW Queen of the Ring Title</p><p>

<em>Possibly being guided by my heart rather than my head here, just think it would be an epic comeback story.</em></p><p> </p><p>

Bonus Points (One Point Each)</p><p>

How many titles will change hands during the show? <strong>2</strong></p><p> </p><p>

The Queen of the Ring title will be defended at Ashes in the Fall in a 6-Woman Body Count Match (think Elimination Chamber). Two of the spots will be determined at Heat Check. Who will be the other four entrants announced during the show? (one point for each correctly named wrestler; an additional bonus point for guessing the common theme among the four) <strong>Avatar, Sentinel, The Kassastrophe and Laura Flame. Can't argue with Doc's former champs logic.</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Where will DPW finish in September's Regional Battle (out of 5)? <strong>I'm gonna say slight dip and 3rd.</strong></p>

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