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[CVerse 97] Hollyweird Grappling Company: The Vibert Era

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“If you have a stipulation that doesn’t get triggered, you’re telling the fans the stipulation doesn’t matter. That’s the closest thing Phil Vibert has to a rule when it comes to booking – stipulations matter. They get fulfilled, no matter what.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“So right from the beginning, someone was going to get knocked out of the main event at Malice. Hyping the possibility reinforced the importance of all the matches, since everyone who’d been named for Malice had something to lose, but actually pulling the trigger on it was a surprise. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“I asked him about it, a few weeks later. And Phil was quite up front – one day, we’d need the fans to believe in a stipulation and pay big for the match. We delivered on that promise now, so they’d take us seriously when it mattered.”</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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“It’s rare you don’t get to put someone over on the way out of a company. I was on my third reign in DAVE, had been on top for nearly six straight months, and Nemesis was gearing up to come in and run through the main event. We all knew I was going to go to HGC, once Phil asked me to come, but I wanted to do the right thing on the way out.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Then…well, it’s Nemesis. You’ve got a guy coming in that doesn’t need to get put over. He’s a bigger star than anyone else in DAVE, more legitimate than anyone really needs, and the decision is made that I go out on top. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“I don’t get it, but I take it. Puts me in a good position going into HGC.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“My suspicion is always Phil and Nemesis cutting some kind of deal.”</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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“No. Not at all.”</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Nemesis glares at the camera, not at all impressed by the suggestion that has just been made.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Phil and I are friends, have been for years. I don’t blame people for thinking that at all, but Phil…when he left DAVE, he left with the tools that made it his company. He took Johnny Martin. He took Chris Caulfield. He took Freddie Datsun. He took Eric Tyler.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“He took Vengeance, which hurt. If he’d left us Sean Martyn, I could have won the East Coast War in the space of six month, just off the back of a fued.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“But Phil had the show with the money and he had the prestige and Hollyweird had a developmental, just like the damn Eisens, which meant they could pay guys to learn and they could pay guys to improve, and there was no-one working for Phil in DAVE who wouldn’t jump at that.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“And I’m left feuding with Vin Tanner, whose gets to be the standard bearer for DAVE, and I’m fighting Henry Lee, and no offense to either of those guys, but they’re not Johnny Martin and Freddie Datsun. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“So, no, I wasn’t doing Phil a favour. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“But when it came to the Extreme title, we got more heat out of letting Johnny walk out strong and sacrificing the Wolverine in the title match, right before </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>he</em></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> left for the Burning Hammer. Suddenly I’m the guy who has chased out all the originals except Vin, and there’s a lot more heat on me and a lot more people behind him.”</div></div></div>

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- EPISODE 4 PREVIEW -

 

It’s the fourth instalment of HGC Underground and the last show before HGC’s first pay-per-view. There are two spots on the line for men who impress this week, so everyone is looking to impress.

 

None more so than
Johnny Martin
, the former DAVE champion, who was named as a competitor in the Malice in Wonderland main event after just one match in HGC. There’s been rumblings that he doesn’t deserve his spot, and some of the loudest has come from the man who is challenging him this evening – “Reckless”
Ramon Paez
.

 

The Vanguard
showed some unexpected technical chops when they faced the Machines last week, and no-one can doubt the success they’ve had in tag-team competition. This week they
Team Toronto
– a team of technical powerhouses, including the first man not named Stone to graduate from the famed Stone family dojo, Alexander Robinson.

 

Eric Tyler
.
Golden Fox
. Two men whose wrestling careers have stretched across decades and across continents. Easily two of the best in-ring competitors in the world today, both looking for one last chance to impress Phil Vibert and earn a shot at the Gold on Sunday.

 

Finally, in our main event, a triple-threat featuring the three of the biggest names in Hollyweird who haven’t yet made it into the Malice in Wonderland main event –
Richie Pangrazzio Jr
, the Mexican legend
Mr Lucha,
and the man no-one wants to face, the demon too dangerous to be kept in hell,
BLZ Bubb
. You would have to think that a victory here is the last ditch attempt to secure a spot on the pay-per-view, so expect all three to bring their very best to the contest.

 

Matches featured in this streaming video include:

 

Richie Pangrazzio vs. Mr Lucha vs. BLZ Bubb

Golden Fox vs. Eric Tyler

The Vanguard vs. Team Toronto

Johnny Martin vs. Ramon Paez

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<p>Hey, just wanted to say that I really love the narrative hook your diary is using. Playing a diary covering things that happened nearly 20 years in the past (aw jeez, I'm old) gives such a fantastic opening to using a historical retrospective approach. I'm curious - have you played all the way through to when you're going to end your diary, or are you writing diary entries as you play through? Either way, the stuff here is really interesting and well-written.</p><p> </p><p>

Richie Pangrazzio vs. Mr Lucha vs. <strong>BLZ Bubb</strong></p><p>

Golden Fox vs. <strong>Eric Tyler</strong></p><p>

<strong>The Vanguard</strong> vs. Team Toronto</p><p>

Johnny Martin vs. <strong>Ramon Paez </strong></p>

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Hey, just wanted to say that I really love the narrative hook your diary is using. Playing a diary covering things that happened nearly 20 years in the past (aw jeez, I'm old) gives such a fantastic opening to using a historical retrospective approach. I'm curious - have you played all the way through to when you're going to end your diary, or are you writing diary entries as you play through? Either way, the stuff here is really interesting and well-written.

 

Thanks. I can't take much credit for the hook - I'm mostly just heading down a path that was blazed by PhantomStanger and NoNeck in previous iterations of TEW.

 

The diary is written as I go. There are loose notes for the long-term arc of the backstage stuff, and long-term booking plans, but I'm rarely more than a show ahead of what you're reading here.

 

Mostly, this is because I'll discover things while writing up a show that change how I'd book the next one one. Something like Eric Tyler's promo with Monty Walker, which I'll put in as a generic promo, gives me an insight into the character that I didn't have before I wrote it and changes the way I'd planned to book Tyler in the next few shows. If I book too many shows ahead without writing up, I lose the ability to respond to that and get frustrated.

 

On the other hand, it's also an extraordinarily slow way to do this, and makes long gaps between posts inevitable when other things steal my attention away :)

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<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/UTV_Logo.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> </strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>

Friday, Week 4, January 1997</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>

The Ministry (Tri-State) – 874 people</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>

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

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler:</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> My name is Eric Tyler, and I’d like to tell you a story.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Tyler:</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> It all begins two weeks ago, when I made my debut by smashing a steel chair into the head of the American Outlaw, Liberty. It wasn’t personal, it was business – he was known here, I was not. I needed to get his attention, and the attention of those in charge. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em> We cut to footage of Tyler nailing Liberty with a chair, looking at the impact from multiple different angles. </em></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I got what I wanted. I got a match against Liberty the very next week, fighting him one-on-one. An opportunity to pin his shoulders to the mat, and take his place in the main event of Malice in Wonderland.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler:</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> It didn’t turn out the way I wanted.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em> More footage, this time featuring the interference of Ramon Paez and Jimmy Power, drawing the DQ to end Tyler’s clash against Liberty. </em></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I don’t hold a grudge for that. Jimmy Power wants to get ahead in HGC. Ramon Paez wants to get ahead in HGC. They picked a target, just like I did. They did what they needed to do. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler:</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> I do hold a grudge for what came next.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em> Johnny Martin hits the ring, decimating Power and Paez. He trades furious strikes with Tyler until Tyler is forced to flee.</em></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Me and Johnny Martin, we have a history. We’ve fought a war up and down the East Coast, and he only got to walk away from that title he’s so proud of talking about because I signed for Hollyweird first.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">And I was willing to let the past stay in the past, Johnny Martin, but you couldn’t let that happen. You needed a way to put yourself into title contention at Malice in Wonderland, and you chose to attack me just like I attacked Liberty.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">And some other day, I’d be flattered by that. I’d respect your drive to succeed.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">But tonight you’re defending your spot at Malice against Ramon Paez. Tonight there’s a main event where three of the most deserving wrestlers in the eyes of HGC fight it out for one of the spots that still remain.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">And what is Eric Tyler doing? What have they offered the best wrestler in the world today?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I get to wrestle a man named Steve Flash. Another name too many of you people haven’t heard of, despite the fact that his talents been overlooked and ignored for far too long. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Flash is a man who should have been wrestling on every show, if talent is all that matters. He's got the experience. He's got the recognition of his peers. He's the man any wrestler wants to test himself against. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em> We cut to footage of Steve Flash’s matches, taped during pre-shows or taken from his time on the independent scene. The footage focuses on his athleticism, including an incredible vertical leap, a devastating hook kick, and his penchant for finishing opponents with the Flash Bang hotshot.</em></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Tyler: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">But that's not how Hollyweird works, is it?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">If he wins tonight, Johnny Martin goes on to the main event at Malice. Whoever wins the main event goes into that match will be there, right beside him. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">If I win tonight, I go home with the satisfaction of knowing I beat one of the best wrestlers in the world…something that makes me one of the best wrestlers in the world…and I still won’t be wrestling on Pay-Per-View. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I still won’t be recognised for what I am – the very best there is in this business, and the best there ever will be. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler:</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> And if that doesn’t make you sick, you shouldn’t call yourself a wrestling fan. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Tyler unclips the microphone on his lapel and throws it aside, standing and walking off-camera right before the show credits begin.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Rating: D-</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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The show opens with Jimmy Power and Ramon Paez in the ring, Julie Forletta draped over Paez shoulder with a hockey jersey knotted above her stomach.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Paez:</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> You know, I’ve been watching Johnny Martin’s path over the last few weeks, and I have to say that I’m not impressed. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Paez: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Sure, he’s a great athlete. Sure, he’s walked away from one of the most important titles in America to compete here, among the very best.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Paez: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">But take a look at those victories he’s been racking up since he’s got here, and you’ll see a man who has relied on interference and distraction. You will see a man who talks about being pro-wrestling, but takes a short-cut every time it’s presented to him.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Paez: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Martin, you aren’t going to get that break with me. I’m young, I’m reckless, and I’m on the rise…and I’ve got thirty-four years of experience watching my back in case you try something.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Jimmy Power takes the microphone, adjusting his tie a moment before he addresses the crowd.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="text-align:left;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Power:</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> If you want to know the future, then look to someone who has seen the history of this sport written in his own pain and blood. For thirty-four years I’ve made my living beating people up, and I’ve seen careers rise…and fall just as fast.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Power: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Martin, your fall begins tonight. This is a great night for Ramon Paez and Jimmy Power, because he’s going to walk away with your spot at Malice in Wonderland…and I’m going to be there to guide him.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Rating: D+</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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</div></div></div><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/JohnnyMartin.jpg</span><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> vs. </strong></div></div></div><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/RamonPaez.jpg</span><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> w/</strong></div></div></div><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/JulieForletta.jpg</span><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/JimmyPower.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Johnny Martin vs. Ramon Paez w/Julie Forletta & Jimmy power</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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Paez lives up to his “Reckless” nickname here, going toe-to-toe with Johnny Martin in an exchange of strikes and kicks. Martin’s size advantage should have been definitive here, but Paez ducks and weaves…and cuts his opponent off with a thumb to the eye.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Paez goes for the rising knee but Martin has it scouted, avoiding the strike even though he’s half-blind. He recovers and knocks Paez to the floor with a clothesline, follows it up with a senton to his downed opponent. Jimmy Power and Forletta try to interfere, but Martin knocks Power off the ring apron and turns his attention back to Paez, finishing the match with a brainbuster. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Johnny Martin defeated Ramon Paez in 6:10 by pinfall.</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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

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As Martin stood, Jimmy Power slipped into the ring behind him and immediately connected with a Low Blow.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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Ramon Paez shakes off the aftereffects of the brainbuster and sees Martin doubled over. The young rookie grins and takes immediate advantage – a thrust kick knocks Martin to the ground, and Peaz goes for the ropes—</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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--where he’s met with a chairshot from Liberty, </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Paez goes down, scrambling for ringside. Forletta pulls him out of the path of destruction as Liberty goes after Power. This sees Power and Paez retreat up the ramp, right as Johnny Martin recovers and gets back to his feet.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Tension crackles for a moment as Martin and Liberty stare at each other, Liberty obviously considering the Malice in Wonderland main event and the damage he could do to one of his fellow contenders in that moment.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Then he nods and heads up the ramp himself, leaving Martin unmolested in the ring. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Rating: D-</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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Phil Vibert is seated in the production truck, watching a trio of screens featuring the in-ring work of Richie Pangrazzio, BLZ Bubb, and Mr Lucha.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="text-align:left;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Vibert: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">What do you tell people to make them understand how important tonight’s main event is? What do you tell people when they don’t yet understand what it means to be the first man to hold a title belt?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Vibert: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">What do you tell them when there’s a company that already has a World Heavyweight Champion worn by a living giant? </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="text-align:left;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Vibert: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">What do you tell them when there’s a man in Japan wearing a World Heavyweight Championship belt named like Tadiyuki Kikkawa, and he made his reputation by being one of the few men good enough to pin Sam Strong cleanly in the middle of the ring?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Vibert: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">What do you tell them when there’s a World Championship Belt in Canada around the waist of a man named DeColt, a family who has produced more great wrestlers than any except for the Stones who wrestle on the far side of the country?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Vibert: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">What do you tell them to make them understand that when you say World Heavyweight Champion, you legitimately mean the best wrestler in the world? </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Vibert: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Do you tell them about the legends fighting in that match, men with pedigrees like Sam Strong and Rip Chord? Do you tell them about the rising stars on the American scene like Johnny Martin? Do you tell them about the wars the Vessey Brother shave fought, alone and as a tag-team, on every continent there is to wrestle on?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Vibert: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Or do you point to the men who have fought to be part of that match and look at the reasons they have fought so hard to be part of it? Do you point at a man named like Richie Pangrazzio, one of the best natural wrestlers this sport has ever seen, who came out of retirement to fight for this belt because he’s got something to prove.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Vibert: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Do you point to man like Mr Lucha, who wrestles a style that Americans have rarely seen and does it better than any man alive? A man who represents the very pinnacle of lucha libre, who wants to return home to Mexico City with his head held high and the promise that he really is the best in the world? </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Vibert: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Do you point at the demon, BLZ Bubb, whose sole motivation for being in this match is getting the opportunity to hurt other people, but is so dangerous, so unstoppable, that he hasn’t been pinned or submitted in the two months he’s been wrestling against the very best wrestling talent in the world?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Vibert: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Or do I point at all three of those men – world class, dangerous, professional athletes – and tell you that only one of these three is going to go through to the main event of Malice in Wonderland and wrestle for his chance to be the very first World Heavyweight Champion?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vibert:</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Do I tell you that this is the quality of the competition here in Hollyweird Grappling, where opportunity is based upon talent and achievement instead of having a name people recognise? Do I tell you that what Hollyweird says World Heavyweight Champion, we do so firm in the knowledge that we have gathered the very best in the world here to compete for that title?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="text-align:left;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vibert: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">In reality, I don’t know what to tell you, because you either recognise the importance of what’s going to happen Sunday night or you don’t know wrestling at all. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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

</div></div></div><div style="text-align:left;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Vibert: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">But if you are among the latter, and you’re unsure whether you want to purchase Malice in Wonderland, I recommend you tune into tonight’s main event and pay attention to the caliber of the athletes who will not be wrestling in the main event on Sunday night, and then ask yourself if men that good, that talented, that dangerous aren’t fighting for the world heavyweight championship, then surely the ten men who will be can legitimately be called the very best in the world today. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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</div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Rating: B+</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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</div></div></div><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/TheDangerKid.jpg</span><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/JasonJackson.jpg</span><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> vs. </strong></div></div></div><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/AlexanderRobinson.jpg</span><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/LeeBennett.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>The Vanguard vs. Team Toronto</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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Team Toronto look confident on their debut, and it’s with good reason. The rookie team is trained by one of the best dojos in the world, they’re the current holders of the tag-team belts in HGC’s California Pro development territory, and they have weight and reach on their opponents. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

What they don’t have is experience, particularly as a tag-team, and that makes all the difference here. Jason Jackson lures Robinson into the set-up, holding him in place for a spinning heel kick from The Danger Kid. A Tumbleweed Leg Drop finishes things. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> The Vanguard defeated Team Toronto in 5:06 by pinfall.</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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

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

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Chase:</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> What’s up, stars, studs, and swingers? This is Emma Chase backstage, and I’m here with a team that’s been making waves since they arrived, Brent Hill and John Anderson – The Machines.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Chase:</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Boys, I—</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Kiss:</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> No.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Chase: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">No?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Kiss: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">If you want to talk to my clients, you talk to them through me. My daddy invested good money in their contracts because I saw potential in them. They’re here because I wanted them here, and I’m the one who says who they can talk to…and who they can’t.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Emma Chase blinks, obviously taken aback.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Chase: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Okay…um…well.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Kiss snatches the microphone out of Chase’s grip and holds up her hand.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Kiss: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">On second thoughts, speak to the hand.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Kiss: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I know what people think when they see me. They think I’m young, and they think I’m pretty, and they think I know nothing about this business. But I grew up rich, and I grew up bored, and the only distraction that ever entertained me was professional wrestling.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Kiss: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">The Machines didn’t sign with me because I was rich—</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Behind her, John Anderson raises an eyebrow.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Kiss: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">--and they didn’t sign with me because I was pretty.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Brent Hill fights a smile.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Kiss: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">They signed with me because they recognised that I could get them where they should be in this business. The Machines are the greatest tag-team in the world – they’re lean, mean, and quick, two men who work together like a single mechanism.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Kiss: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">On Tuesday night, The Machines were swindled by Jason Jackson and The Danger Kid. They had a chance at earning one of the remaining spots in the main event of Malice taken from them by The Vanguards behind-closed-doors deal with HGC officials.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Kiss: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I’m sure that seemed like a good idea at the time, but on Sunday they’re going to learn that they’ve made a big mistake. The Machines are going out there to wrestle. They’re going out there to win. And they’re going out to hurt people.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Kiss glances at her clients.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Kiss: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Boys, were done here.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

And with that, she leads the Machines off-camera. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Rating: D-</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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We cut backstage, where Eric Tyler has just abandoned his warm-up for the upcoming match thanks to the approach of Paez, Power, and Forletta.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Tyler: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">What do you want?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Paez: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I want to know where you were tonight.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Tyler raises his eyebrows and looks over at Power.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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

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

Tyler shakes his head.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Paez: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I’m right here, Eric. You can talk to me.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I’d prefer to talk to the brains of the operation, if that’s okay with you.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Paez: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">It’s not. I took a chair to the skull tonight, and that shouldn’t’ have happened. The three of us, we’ve been running together. Hassling Liberty as a team. Hassling Martin as a team. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Paez: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">We had your back, Eric. And tonight? When Liberty comes looking for revenge? You’re…what? Too busy?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Too busy suggests I had some intention of coming and saving your butt, kid. That wasn’t going to happen.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler:</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> We aren’t a team, Ramon. We were never going to be. Jimmy Power sees something in you – something he wants to hone. He’s doing that because he’s at the end of an illustrious career, thinking about his legacy.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Tyler pauses, and looks back at Power.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler:</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> No offense.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Jimmy Power grins, unconcerned.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Power: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">None taken.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler:</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Jimmy’s made his choice, Ramon, and it’s probably a smart one. You’re young, you’ve got promise, you’ll learn a lot under his guidance. I learned a lot myself, years ago, when we teamed together for a stretch.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">But right now, I’m in my prime, Ramon. I’m the best wrestler in the world, and I have a chance to prove it. I’ve got no interest in joining forces with a blue chip project that needs some guidance.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Tyler: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I helped you against Liberty because it suited my purposes at the time. This week…you got a chance to go into the main event at Malice. I got a match worthy of my talents, but it’s not going to advance me into the main event anywhere near as fast.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler:</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> That means our time together is done, Ramon. I’m here to fight the best, and tonight you proved you’re not in that league right now. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Paez goes to lunge at Tyler, but Power holds his protégé back. The veteran steps forward, fixes Tyler with a steady look.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Power:</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> And if Liberty decides he wants some payback for last week? You’ll want us watching your back, trust me.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Eric Tyler grins.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler:</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Jimmy, please, I’m a professional.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I’ve already got someone watching my back, and I don’t have to teach them a goddamn thing to do it.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Tyler’s music starts to play and he looks towards the ring.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Tyler: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Gentlemen, I’m afraid we’re done here.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Rating: D+</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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</div></div></div><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/SteveFlash_alt.jpg</span><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> vs. </strong></div></div></div><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/EricTyler.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Steve Flash vs. Eric Tyler</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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The fans aren’t that interested in this match when it starts, but they warm up fast as the action plays out. Eric Tyler is on fire as he works Flash’s arm, methodically attempting to dismantle his opponent’s wrist. Steve Flash rises to the moment, making a series of fiery comebacks that keep the crowd guessing, the advantage always teetering between the two.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

There is no doubt that these two men good, but Steve Flash is good. He doesn’t cheat, he plays fair, and he’s the consummate sportsman at all times…which means that he’s at a disadvantage against a man willing to bend the rules like Eric Tyler. He rolls out of the ring and the referee starts the ten count…</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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…completely missing Craig Prince coming down and yanks on Flash’s legs, sending Flash into the mat. Prince immediately grabs the arm and rams it into the ring post, jarring the wrist before ducking out of sight and allowing Tyler to re-join the fray. The Old School Submission is applied not long after, and Flash has no choice but to tap out. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Eric Tyler defeated Steve Flash in 8:21 by submission.</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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

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</div></div></div><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/SteveFlash_alt.jpg</span><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/CraigPrince.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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

Steve Flash gets to his feet, a hard stare shifting from Eric Tyler with his hand in the air to Craig Prince smirking at ringside. He makes a decision and slides under the bottom rope, advancing on Prince with payback in mind. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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Prince doesn’t seem interested in backing away, but Phil Vibert appears on the top of the ramp before the two can launch themselves into a brawl.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Vibert: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I know what the two of you are thinking, and I’d like you to restrain yourself for…oh, let’s say forty-eight hours or so. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vibert: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I can’t say I’m happy about your choices tonight, Craig, but just this once I’m inclined to reward them. There’s fifteen minutes on the Malice in Wonderland card to showcase up-and-coming talent from Underground TV, and I can’t think of a better combination to put there than Steve Flash and Craig Prince going at it, one on one.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Steve Flash actually breaks out into a grin, nodding his agreement to the match. Craig Prince does the same, backing off and making it clear no contact will be made this evening.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler:</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> And so disrespect continues.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Tyler leans against the ropes, microphone in hand, his attention fixed on Phil Vibert.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Two of the best wrestlers in the world just had a match out here, Vibert, and you just gave a pay-per-view spot to the man who didn’t get his hand raised. You gave a match against Johnny Martin to a kid whose had shot after shot at earning his place in Malice. You’ve given a spot in your main event to a monster who barely wrestles.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">And here I am, ignored and disrespected, committed to facing the best in the world and beating them, one by one.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Tyler: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">What exactly am I going to be doing at Hollyweird, Vibert? What exactly did you have planned for the most valuable talent on your roster? </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vibert:</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> You know what, Tyler?</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vibert: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">You’re absolutely right.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vibert: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">We signed you because you’re one of the top-rated talents in the world, and even if you haven’t been here long, you’ve impressed me and you’ve impressed Mister Stallings.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vibert:</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> You really think you’ve got what it takes to hang with legends like Strong or Chord, I’m happy to give you the opportunity to prove that you’re right.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vibert: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">There are two spots in the main event of Malice up for grabs tonight. One of them will go to the winner of our main event. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vibert: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">The other one is yours...assuming you don’t feel so disrespected that you’re unwilling to take it. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Rating: C</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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

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The commentary team discusses the addition of Tyler to the main event of Malice as the camera cuts backstage, tracking Mr Lucha as he makes his way out to the ring for the main event.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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Jack Bruce tackles Lucha into a wall, staggering the masked man. Bruce bounces back, plants a kick into Lucha’s stomach, and promptly drops him to the concrete floor with a New York Minute.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Bruce turns to the camera and throws up the horns.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Bruce: </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">THANK YOU, WISCONSIN!</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

He runs as security and a medical team hustle over to check on Lucha.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Rating: E</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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</div></div></div><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/RichiePangrazzioJr.jpg</span><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> vs. </strong></div></div></div><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/TysonBaine.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Richie Pangrazzio vs. BLZ Bubb</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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

It’s supposed to be a three-man match, but Lucha doesn’t make his way down to the ring when his music plays. That leaves Pangrazzio and BLZ Bubb to fight, one-on-one, and it’s a prospect Pangrazzio doesn’t seem to relish.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

He tries to keep the action low, going for BLZ Bubb’s legs over and over, looking for the takedown that allow him to ground the big man and eliminate the strength advantage. BLZ Bubb responds with big, haymaker punches and powerful slams, but can’t quite lock Pangrazzio down.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

The advantage gets traded back and forth for a few minutes, then it’s interrupted by a masked figure staggering down the ramp. Mr Lucha launches himself into the match, visibly hurting but unwilling to give up on a spot in the Malice main event.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/RichiePangrazzioJr.jpg</span><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> vs. </strong></div></div></div><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/MrLucha1977.jpg</span><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> vs. </strong></div></div></div><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/TysonBaine.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Richie Pangrazzio vs. Mr Lucha vs. BLZ Bubb</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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

Lucha’s aggression sees him take control for a few moments, but it’s a desperate approach to offense that sees him go high-risk early in an effort to counter the effects of his injury. He takes down Pangrazzio with a spinning head scissors, batters BLZ Bubb with a series of running dropkicks.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

That ends when he attempts a moonsault press against the Demon, getting caught and planted with a big side slam. BLZ Bubb makes a cover and Lucha kicks out. BLZ Bubb throws him into the turnbuckles and brutalizes him with hard elbows, but it’s still not enough to put the Mexican Legends away. Pangrazzio inserts himself a few times, but mostly stays out of the way, content to let his two opponents batter the hell out of each other. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

It’s a plucky attempt by Lucha against extreme odds, and he eventually rallies against BLZ Bubb’s offense. The masked man puts on a final burst of speed, hitting the ropes and coming at BLZ Bubb again and again. Dropkicks and flying elbows knock the big man off-balance, and a springboard bulldog actually takes the Demon off his feet and lays him out. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

BLZ Bubb kicks out of the cover, crawling under the bottom rope to regather his wits.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Which is when Richie Pangrazzio Junior catches Lucha from behind, picking him up and dumping him into the canvas with the Grand Slam in order to pick up victory.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Richie Pangrazzio Jr. defeated Mr Lucha and BLZ Bubb in 12:15 by pinfall.</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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

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</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em> The show fades out over a video package showcasing the ten competitors in the main even of Malice in Wonderland, with the lion’s share of the footage focusing on the biggest names: Sam Strong, Rip Chord, Romeo Heartthrob, Dusty Streets. </em></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Rating: B</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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

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“What is it that makes a great wrestler?”

 

Whistler spreads his hands wide, holding back a rueful grin. “I’ve seen fans debate that over and over – is wrestler X better than wrestler Y? If this guy is so much better in the ring, why is that guy getting the push?

 

“And the thing is, it’s not about talent, not entirely. Steve Flash is one of the best in-ring mechanics you’ll ever meet, a man who can do anything smoothly and fluidly. Natural babyface in the ring, capable of athletic feats I could barely even contemplate. Put him in the ring with a broomstick and he’ll set out to steal the show.

 

“Good chance he’ll do it, too.

 

“But you can’t send Flash out to talk people into the arena to see him wrestle – you’ve got to give him time and an antagonist who can stand up to his in-ring abilities. That made it hard to give him a sustained run as a top guy, even if his talent deserved that.

 

“I couldn’t do half the stuff Flash could do. I focused on the offense I knew how to deliver clean, told simple stories in the ring because I knew they worked. And that didn’t hold me back any, when it came to having a career.”

 

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Eric Tyler shakes his head in resignation. “The best wrestler on any given card is the guy who draws the money.

 

“How he does that doesn’t matter. It never has. If you can get people to pay to see you wrestle, you get to be a top guy. If you can get more people to pay to see you than anyone else on the roster, then you get to be the top guy and you’re the man who should be holding a belt.

 

“Fans get obsessed with the quality of the match, but all of that’s just a distraction. We don’t go out there are put our bodies on the line because we’re artists – we do it because we get paid, and money is the only measure you need to figure out who’s the top of the pile.

 

“But no-one earns money on their own in this business. Sam Strong was still going strong at fifty, drawing money hand over fist, but he needed an antagonist. He had Heatthrob, he had BLZ Bubb, he had Chord just sitting there.

 

“But you always need a new antagonist. That’s the way in, when you’re working your way up the card.

 

“So that’s what I focused on, every time I had the opportunity to talk. They need someone to wrestle Strong, and I want it to be me.”

 

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“When you get a group right, in wrestling, you feel it in your gut. The original plan for Eric Tyler was letting him build up a new School of Tradition, just like he had up in Canada, but with the added advantage of giving him a veteran and a young gun in the form of Power and Paez.

 

“None of us felt it.

 

“You don’t have to have that feeling to make a faction work – there’s a history of just throwing guys together because the booker has nothing else for them, and occasionally it works out for the best.

 

“Hollyweird was still new. It was still coming together. I wasn’t willing to settle for occasionally, and I knew the value of Eric Tyler as a talent. I knew the value of Ramon Paez as a rising star, and I knew the value of Jimmy Power as a tutor for the coming generation of stars.

 

“We realised too late what should have been obvious – Eric Tyler couldn’t school anyone in a group with Jimmy Power.

 

“That left us rethinking an angle for Malice on the fly. Eric Tyler and I sat backstage, tossing ideas back and forth. We weren’t coming up with anything that worked for us, until Steve Flash overheard us and said, ‘let me work Craig Prince.’

 

“No-one knew who Flash in the HGC crowds. He’d appeared on camera once, worked a tag-team bout. I knew how good he was – everyone knew how good he was – but he wasn’t factored into plans at all.

 

“But the moment he said those words, Eric Tyler just grinned. He knew that match wasn’t money the first time, but if you play a combination like Prince and Flash right, you can make a whole lot of money down the line. He respected both men, and if there's one thing Eric Tyler is good at, it's recognising where the money is in his future…”
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<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>TCW Legacy Presents</strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>

</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong><span style="font-size:24px;"><span style="font-family:Impact;">MALICE IN WONDERLAND 1997</span></span></strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>The Spirit Warriors</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> issues with </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Monty Walker </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">come to a head on Pay-Per-View, with “The Walk” taking issue with Eric Tyler’s suggestion that he’s the inferior wrestler. He’s requested a tag-team match to prove he’s the better man, and this time he’s joined by a man who is very familiar with both Warriors in their native Japan – the English Assassin, </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Dark Angel</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

The Underground Showcase follows our opening match, pitting two men with growing profiles in Hollyweird who are looking for an opportunity to rise up the rankings. “The Shooter” </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Craig Prince </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">is a two-time champion from Canada, ranked among the best technical wrestlers active in the world today. “Remarkable” </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Steve Flash</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> has worn belts on the East Coast, The West Coast, and in his native Canada, an accomplished all-rounder who has wrestled some of the best in the world. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>The Vanguard </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">already hold a victory over </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>The Machines</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">, but they don’t seem too happy with the way things were left standing after Hill and Anderson beat the two veterans down. The Vanguard are looking to cement their standing in the tag-team division, setting themselves as the benchmark – can the Machines and manager Nicole Kiss make the most of the opportunity this match presents? </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Jack Bruce </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">has ducked matches against </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Mr Lucha</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> for weeks now. He’s refused matches, ambushed his opponent, and even walked out rather than risk losing against the Mexican Legend. Costing Lucha a spot in the main event tonight was the last straw, and HGC officials have granted Mr Lucha a one-on-one match against the man whose been a thorn in his side. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Cowboy” </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ricky Dale Johnson</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> has a lot of anger to work out this evening, and he plans on working it out against the craziest man in HGC, </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Charlie Homicide</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">. Homicide has been taunting Johnson for weeks, but he crossed a line when he injured Whistler and put him on the shelf for weeks. Johnson is looking for payback for his friend…and he wants it at any cost. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>The Blazing Flames</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> are the most decorated tag-team in the world today, recognised for years of innovation and excellence in tag divisions around the world. </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>The Demons of Rage</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> want to make their names at the cost of the Flames reputation, and their alliance with Rip Chord has put them in a position to showcase their power, discipline, and teamwork more than once in HGC. It’s a battle for tag-team supremacy in Hollyweird, and only one team can be the best.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

And in our main event, a ten-man gauntlet to determine the first every HGC Champion. One wrestler will be released into the ring every ninety seconds, fighting until their numbers are winnowed down to just one. Will it be the Icon, </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Sam Strong</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">? The Legendary </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Rip Chord</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">? The All-Star of All-Stars, </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Richie Pangrazzio</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">? The ultra-tough </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Larry Vessey </strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">or his brother, </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Bryan Vessey</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">? Or will we see a dark horse victory, like </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Romeo Heartthrob</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">, </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Eric Tyler</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">, </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Johnny Martin</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">, or </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Liberty</strong></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">? It comes down to guts, in-ring ability, and endurance…and, ultimately, how much you want to be the man who stands above all others in Hollyweird Grappling. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong><em>Matches featured on this streaming video include:</em></strong></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Championship Gauntlet: Sam Strong, Rip Chord, Dusty Streets, Larry Vessey, Romeo Heartthrob, Bryan Vessey, Richie Pangrazzio, Eric Tyler, Johnny Martin, Liberty</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

The Blazing Flames vs. The Demons of Rage</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Charlie Homicide</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Mr Lucha vs. Jack Bruce</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

The Vanguard vs. The Machines</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Steve Flash vs. Craig Prince</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

The Spirit Warriors vs. Walker & Dark Angel</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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<p>Matches featured on this streaming video include:</p><p> </p><p>

Championship Gauntlet: Rip Chord: unless you removed creative control from him and Sams contracts it has to be one of the two</p><p>

The Blazing Flames: better team</p><p>

Ricky Dale Johnson: homicide isn't that great IMO and I could see RDJ going over</p><p>

Mr Lucha: bit early to pull the trigger on Jack and Mr Lucha is awesome</p><p>

The Vanguard vs. The Machines</p><p>

Craig Prince: Steve even at a young age is mainly a gatekeeper IMO</p><p>

The Walker & Dark Angel: considering spirit warriors both won't resign due to being migratory I'd probably expect them to put the new guys over</p>

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<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="font-size:24px;"><strong>HGC Malice in Wonderland</strong></span></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="font-size:24px;">

</span></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Sunday, Week 4, January 1997</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> Evanovich Riverside (Tri-State) – 9,790 people </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><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/HGCB.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;">

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</div></div></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;">

Emma Chase is up in the skyboxes looking over Evanovich Riverside, the near sell-out crowd visible behind 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;">

</div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Chase:</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> What’s up, stars, studs and swingers, and welcome to </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>MALICE IN WONDERLAND!</em></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 announcement gets a big pop from the crowd.</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>Chase: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">We’ve got a big night of wrestling ahead of us, including a ten-man gauntlet to determine the first-ever Hollyweird Grappling Company World Heavyweight Champion.</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>Chase: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Right now, to kick off the show, the men who made all this happen….JK Stallings Junior, and his chief talent advisor, Mister Phil Vibert.</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://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/JKStalkingsJr.jpg</span><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/PhilVibert.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

</div></div><div style="text-align:left;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Chase:</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Gentlemen, how does it feel to be here at Hollyweird’s very first pay-per-view.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

Vibert glances over at Stallings, who blushes and looks at his 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;">

</div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vibert: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Emma, I think I speak for Mister Stallings and myself when I say that it feels pretty damn great right now, but that’s not what we should focus on.</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>Vibert: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Tonight isn’t about what happened in the past, it’s about what’s going to happen over the next three hours.</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:left;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vibert: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">It’s about what happen when we put the Blazing Flames in the ring with the Demons of Rage, and ask them to determine which team is better. What happens when Charlie Homicide and Ricky Dale Johnson meet, after the injuries Homicide inflicted on the Cowboy’s friend.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

</div></div><div style="text-align:left;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vibert: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">It’s about what happens when two of the best wrestlers on the independent scene, Craig Prince and Steve Flash, are given a platform to go out and showcase their art, letting everyone know how criminal it was that it’s taken this long to put them on pay per view.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

</div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vibert: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">And, ultimately, it’s about our main event. Ten men fighting in a gauntlet for the gold, scrapping and clawing and fighting until there is just one man remaining who can truly claim he is the very best wrestler in the world.</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>Stallings: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Yeah!</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:left;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Vibert: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Now how about we all shut the hell up, and let the fans at home settle in to watch the hottest wrestling action you can find on pay-per-view. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

</div></div><div style="text-align:left;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Chase: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I can’t argue with that. Over to you, Jason, Kyle, and Professor Nero.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

</div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Rating: C</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

</div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/HGCB.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://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/GoldenFox.jpg</span><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/DarkEagle.jpg</span><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> vs. </strong></div></div><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/MontyWalker.jpg</span><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/DarkAngel.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><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>The Spirit Warriors vs. The Exiles</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

The commentary team welcome a wrestling legend – Professor Mycroft Nero – to the team for the first pay-per-view as the wrestlers emerge for our opening match. Dark Angel heads to the ring in an elaborate duster, a kendo stuck over one shoulder. The Englishman barely acknowledges the fans or his tag-team partner, focusing his attention on Fox and EAGLE.</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;">

Walker kicks the match off with his team, attempting to out-wrestle Dark EAGLE in the opening technical exchange. The pair go to a stalemate twice before Walker finally gets a two-count off a backslide that catches EAGLE by surprise.</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 Walk struts, cocky and confident.</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;">

He promptly eats a roundhouse kick to the face from Dark EAGLE, which sends Walker scrambling for the tag.</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 Dark Angel is the opposite of his partner. Where Walker is cocky and showy, Angel is stoic and methodical. He goes to work breaking down his opponent with kicks and suplexes, breaking out his more spectacular offense sparingly. The Spirit Warriors respond in kind and the action is crisp and fluid, punctuated by Walker’s trash-talking and increasing willingness to indulge in illegal tactics.</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;">

It’s a strong debut for the English Assassin, but it’s not a victorious one – The Spirit Warriors have the superior teamwork, and Dark EAGLE dropkicks Walker off the apron as Golden Fox lays Angel out with the Flying Fox top-rope lariat. </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;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Spirit Warriors defeated The Exiles in 10:20 by pinfall.</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> Rating: C-</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><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/HGCB.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://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/GoldenFox.jpg</span><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/DarkEagle.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

Golden Fox hits the turnbuckles to celebrate his victory, joined by his 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;">

</div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/DarkAngel.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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 the middle of the ring, Dark Angel rolls to his feet in a single fluid movement…and holds position for a moment, staring at the man who defeated him.</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://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/MontyWalker.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

Monty Walker grabs the kendo stick Angel left at ringside, lobbing it to the English Assassin. Dark Angel is already moving as he snatches it out of the air, swinging the weapon in a sweeping arc that catches Golden Fox in the thigh.</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;">

Fox tumbles to the canvas, where he’s met with a second kendo shot to the skull. Dark EAGLE charges across the ring, looking to make the save, but he’s met with superkick from Monty Walker that lays him out as well.</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;">

Angel and Walker stand over their fallen opponents, two men who have lost the battle for the evening but go home having won the war. </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;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Rating: E</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

</div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/HGCB.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://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/RomeoHeartthrob.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

The Silver Screen goes live, filled with a pre-tapped promo cut by Romeo Heartthrob on the Malice in Wonderland interview stage.</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>Heartthrob: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Everyone is going to tell you they want this. Everybody in this match wants to be the first Heavyweight Champion of the World.</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>Heartthrob: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">The best of us have been there before. Sam Strong. Rip Chord. Johnny Martin. Myself. </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>Heartthrob: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">It doesn’t matter </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>where </em></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">we champions. It doesn’t matter how long we had gold around our waist. We’ve tasted that feeling before. We know what it takes to win title matches, and we know what it takes to keep a belt around your waist.</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>Heartthrob: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">We are men who inherited a responsibility from the champions who came before us…and tonight we get the opportunity to be the man who defines what being the World Heavyweight Champion truly means when you wrestle among the best of the best.</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>Heartthrob: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">That makes us hungrier. It makes us dangerous.</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>Heartthrob: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">My name is Romeo Heartthrob. I’m not a nice guy.</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>Heartthrob: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">And when it comes to being champion, there is no line I will not cross. </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 screen fades to back, then comes back to life. </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://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/Strong.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

This time it’s Sam Strong standing on the interview stage, resplendent in his rainbow coloured fur coat.</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>Strong:</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The Psychedelic Warrior Sam Strong is back on pay-per-view, doing what he does best. </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>Strong: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Tonight, in the Gauntlet, I’m the man with the biggest arms, the man with infinite charm, and the man who is out there ready to do harm. </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>Strong: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Now let me lay something out for you brother…the question isn’t how I’m going to handle myself out there tonight…the question is how all those men in that ring are going to deal with 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;">

</div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Strong: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I want that belt. I need that belt. The Psychedelic Warrior was born to wear gold, baby, and he wears it better than anyone else alive.</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>Strong: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Because that belt isn’t just forged out of gold, baby, it’s made of hopes and dreams. It’s made of pain and sweat and determination. It’s made of adrenaline and it’s made of dreams…and it is the only prize in professional wrestling that’s every man dreams of holding.</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>Strong: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">An’ dreams are built on inspiration as much as they’re built on perspiration, and when you look at the ten men in the Gauntlet tonight, when you ask yourself who will be walking out the champion…ask yourself who inspires quite like the Psychedelic Warrior? </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>Strong: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Who has the experience and the steel and the will to hold the burning embers of that new dream in their hands and breathe on it until it becomes a mighty conflagration?</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>Strong: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">This is my night, baby. The Psychedelic Warrior is all loosy-goosy and ready to rumble.</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>Strong: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">So if you’re in that ring with me, you better get out of Sam Strong’s way…because I will be going home with the gold, and I will be the very first Champion in HGC.</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;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Rating: B+</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><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/HGCB.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><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>UNDERGROUND SHOWCASE</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><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/SteveFlash_alt.jpg</span><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> vs. </strong></div></div><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/CraigPrince.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><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Steve Flash vs. Craig Prince</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

This match opened with a hand-shake, but there was a moment where Prince seemed to contemplate using it to take Flash down. The decision is probably one he regrets, as the rest of the match sees the two men evenly pitched and unable to get a definitive advantage.</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;">

Prince makes extensive use of takedowns and suplexes, looking to keep the match on the mat where he’s got the advantage. Flash excels at slipping free or finding a reversal, springing back to his feet and busting out some explosive kicks or throws in response. </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;">

When the match hits the final five minutes both men pull out all the stops. Flash attempts to hit the Hook Kick or the Flash Bang, but he can’t cannot with move. Prince attempts to catch his opponent with the Katahame, but Flash is always on the lookout for the set-up sequence.</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 final minutes as fast, furious, and filled with kick-outs…which means the fifteen minute time limit is reached without a definitive winner. </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 men stare at each other, panting from the exertion, then shake hands a second time to end the match.</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;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Steve Flash drew with Craig Prince in 15:00 when the time limit expired.</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> Rating: C</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><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/HGCB.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://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/DustyStreets.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

We cut back to the interview stage, and this time it’s Dusty Streets who is standing before the camera.</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>Streets:</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Gold runs in my blood. My father wore it, my brother wore it. I’ve worn it too, because that’s what it means to be one of the Streets. We know how to win if there’s something on the line.</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>Streets: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I left my family behind because I wanted to strike out on my own…find out who I was away from my father and my older brother. I started in Texas, fighting alongside my dad. I travelled America with my brother, forming the very first tag-team composed of second-generation wrestlers.</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>Streets:</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> We got real good at being a team. Hell, we were the best.</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>Streets: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">But I wanted to be my own man, so we parted ways. I went to Japan. Fought the best, one on one, until I learned to hold my own without my father or my brother standing beside my side. </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>Streets: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">That’s what tonight means. That’s why I need to 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;">

</div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Streets: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Tonight, Dusty Streets stands alone…and proves he’s got what it takes to be World Heavyweight Champion. </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 screen fades to black. </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://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/RichiePangrazzioJr.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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When it fades in again, Streets has been replaced by Richie Pangrazzio Jr. He doesn’t speak immediately, scrubbing his hands through his hair instead. He looks up at the camera, his expression stern.</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>Pangrazzio: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">My own father doesn’t think I can win tonight.</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>Pangrazzio: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">For twelve years, I was the All-Star of the All-Star team. The natural athlete. The most gifted wrestler of his generation. The foundation he built a dynasty upon. </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>Pangrazzio:</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Everyone else wore gold under my father’s tutelage. I helped them get there. That’s what you do when you’re part of a team.</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>Pangrazzio: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I gave my father everything I had, right up until my own kids were born and I had to start giving everything I had to them instead of him.</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>Pangrazzio: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I thought he understood that. I thought he approved of my choice. </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;">

Streets scrubs his face again, fighting the emotion.</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>Pangrazzio: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">My father doesn’t think I can win tonight. That’s why he got Bryan into this match. It’s why he got Larry here instead of 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;">

</div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Pangrazzio: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">And now I’m here because I took a stand. I made it happen. I fought and I fought and I fought to get this shot.</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>Pangrazzio: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Now there’s just nine other men between me and holding gold in my hands, getting acknowledged as the best in the world. Nine men which includes legends and rising stars and members of my own team.</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>Pangrazzio: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">And tonight, when that bell rings, none of that matters. I don’t care who they put in front of me, or what they’re capable of.</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>Pangrazzio: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Tonight, The All-Star of All-Stars conquers all and goes home World Heavyweight Championship. Tonight—</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;">

Pangrazzio pauses, looking off to the side. Off camera, a familiar voice speaks.</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;">

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</div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Coach:</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Son, I’d like to talk…</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;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Rating: B-</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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</div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/HGCB.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;">

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</div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Chase:</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> What’s up stars, studs, and swingers? This is Emma Chase backstage, and I’m here with a man who received some very bad news this week.</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;">

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The camera pulls back, revealing Whistler standing alongside Chase, balanced on a pair of crutches as the camera as the shot dips to focus on the plaster cast covering his right foot.</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>Chase:</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Whistler, bad news from our medical team after you were attacked by BLZ Bubb and Homicide Tuesday night. I’ve been told that you’ll be out of action, while you wait for you ankle to heal. I’m sorry to hear that – I looked forward to seeing you wrestle tonight.</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;">

Whistler forces a grin.</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>Whistler: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I looked forward to wrestling tonight, so it’s bad news for both of us.</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>Chase: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Indeed. Now, despite your injury, you’ve requested a manager’s license so you can be in Ricky Dale Johnson’s corner when he goes up against Charlie Homicide this evening. Why would you want to be out there, given what happened just five days ago?</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;">

Whistler contemplates that for a second, as if the danger has just occurred to him. </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>Whistler:</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> What happened five days ago hurt, Miss Chase, but I’ve been hurt before. I’ve been wrestling for over a decade, and I did my hitch with the Marines before that. I’ve been bruised and I’ve been broken, and I’ve come back from it before.</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>Whistler: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">And if there’s anyone who knows how dangerous Homicide can be, it’s me. And I’ll be damned if I let my friend…my comrade…go out there are fight him with no-one in his corner.</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>Chase:</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> From what we’ve seen in recent weeks, having someone in your corner doesn’t appear to slow Homicide down any.</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>Whistler: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Maybe not, but I won’t let him think he’s gotten away with doing…this.</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;">

Whistler gestures at his cast.</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>Whistler: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I’ve got six weeks before this cast comes off and I can think about getting in the ring again, but I want Homicide to think real hard about what’s coming. Because I’m coming back with something to prove, and I’m going to be there, in his face, reminding him every week until I’m ready to get some payback. </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;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Rating: D+</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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</div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/HGCB.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://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/JasonJackson.jpg</span><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/TheDangerKid.jpg</span><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> vs. </strong></div></div><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/JohnAnderson.jpg</span><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/BrentHill.jpg</span><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> w/</strong></div></div><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/NicoleKiss.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><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>The Vanguard vs. The Machines w/Nicole Kiss</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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Both teams come into this match with very clear strategies. The Vanguard want to use Jason Jackson’s technical acumen to counter the Machines, setting them up for a high-risk move from The Danger Kid, while the Machines target the lower back of their opponents in order to slow them down and set up for submission holds.</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;">

Hill is the first man to get frustrated when his strategy fails, particularly when his attempt to suplex The Danger Kid sees the smaller man flip and land on his feet, immediately hitting the ropes and coming back with a leg lariat. </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 Vanguard pick up the pace after that, hitting a series of double-teams. A Doomsday Clothesline gets a two-count on Hill, broken up by Anderson coming into the ring. The Kid brawls with John Anderson, the two of them spilling out of the ring.</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;">

Nicole Kiss hits the ring apron, pulling a can of mace from the small handbag looped over her shoulder. Jason Jackson makes the mistake of turning to see what she’s up too, gets sprayed in the eyes and staggers sideways, half-blind.</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;">

Brent Hill takes the blinded Jackson down with a drop toe hold, then hits the turnbuckles to land a King of the Hill legdrop to pick up the three-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;">

</div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> The Machines defeated The Vanguard in 15:34 by pinfall.</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> Rating: C-</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;">

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We go back to the interview stage where Coach Pangrazzio is standing by with The Vessey Brothers.</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> Coach: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Malice in Wonderland. The Gauntlet for the Gold. Everything the All-Star Team has been working for, and all three All-Stars are in contention to become the first World Heavyweight Champion in Hollywood Grappling history.</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>Coach: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Ever man in this match has a game-plan for winning. Ours is the one that will deliver an actual 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;">

</div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Coach: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Not because Larry Vessey is the best striker in the game today, and not because Bryan Vessey is the best all-around athlete I’ve ever had the privilege to train. </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;">

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He pauses, and glances to the side. Waits for Richie Pangrazzio to step into shot, falling in beside the Vessey’s. Coach beams, obviously pleased to have the All-Star of All-Stars back in the fold.</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>Coach: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">It’s not even because my son is in this match, the star player of the All-Star Team, hungry to take home the gold.</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> Coach: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">They’ll win gold tonight because every other man in that ring is just a man, and the All-Star Team are a unit. They’ve got each other’s backs, and they understand how to work together. They are three men united in a single purpose – to prove that they’re the best of the best. </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>Coach:</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Tonight, the All-Star Team eliminates all opposition…leaving the three men who represent the very best of the best in wrestling to settle things among themselves and determine who really deserves to be World Heavyweight Champion.</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;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Rating: B</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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We cut to a locker room, where Mr Lucha is tightening the laces on his mask, preparing to head out for his match. He’s approached by Mitch Naess.</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>Naess:</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Lucha, can we have a moment?</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;">

Lucha tilts his head, considering the question. He nods, once.</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>Naess: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">You’re headed out to fight Jack Bruce once again this evening, searching for a clean win over the man who has done everything in his power to avoid a real fight between the two of you. What’s your plan for making sure tonight ends with his shoulders pinned against 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;">

Lucha’s tilts his head back, eyes narrowing with intense anger. But he’s interrupted before he can answer. </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://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/JackBruce.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

</div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Bruce: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Shouldn’t ask him a question he can’t answer – no-one has a plan against 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;">

The camera turns and Jack Bruce is leaning against the doorway, shirtless and ready to head to the ring for his upcoming match. He doesn’t look up, keeping his voice low and even. </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>Bruce: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">What you gotta understand, I am the consummate showman. Whether I’m out there singing, or wrestling a match, I am the man who puts on a show like nothing you’ve ever seen before.</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>Bruce: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I’ve got a muse to inspire me and talent that ignites me, and that makes me something this business has never, ever seen.</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>Bruce: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Anything less than that isn’t worthy of my 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;">

Bruce peers through his hair, focusing his attention on Lucha with a smile.</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>Bruce: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">See you out there, man. Bring everything you’ve got.</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>Bruce: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Because tonight, I plan on stealing the show…and I want you at your best. </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;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Rating: D</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

</div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/HGCB.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://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/MrLucha1977.jpg</span><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> vs. </strong></div></div><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/JackBruce.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><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Mr Lucha vs. Jack Bruce</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

Mr Lucha throws himself at Jack Bruce, and Jack Bruce immediately backs off and retreats to ringside. Lucha is visible frustrated, and Bruce kills time strutting at ringside, trash-talking fans and mocking his opponent.</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 count forces Bruce back into the ring and he reluctantly locks up with Lucha, finding himself on the losing end of exchange after exchange as the Mexican Legend outperforms him and outpaces him. Bruce’s sole offense tends to come from cheap shots, particularly after he retreats to the corner.</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;">

Lucha responds by increasing the pace, literally wrestling rings around his opponent—</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://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/ElBandido.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

--and then, a masked man appears, circling the ringside area. Bruce doesn’t miss a beat, immediately complaining to the referee about Lucha pulling his hair, keeping the attention on him as the masked man hits the ring and nails Lucha with a big suplex.</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;">

Lucha gets up, staggering, and Bruce presses the advantage, getting in a few cheap shots. Lucha rallies, goes for the moonsault, but Bruce has it scouted. He lets Lucha eat mat, then hits the New York Minute for the pinfall. </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;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Jack Bruce defeated Mr Lucha in 7:38 by pinfall.</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> Rating: D+</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

</div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/HGCB.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;">

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</div></div></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;">

The Silver Screen comes to life and this time it’s Eric Tyler on the Malice in Wonderland interview stage. Tyler is dressed in his impeccable suit, calm and composed as he regards the camera.</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>Tyler:</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> My name is Eric Tyler. I’m the best wrestler in the world, and I’ve got my eye on the prize.</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>Tyler: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I’m not saying that because it’s hubris, I’m saying it because it’s true. And I’m not going out there tonight to win the belt for fans, and I’m not doing it for my father or my brother or my kids.</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>Tyler: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I don’t have an issue with any of the men out there. I don’t need an issue to drive me to compete.</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>Tyler: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I’m going to win tonight because winning is good business. </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>Tyler: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Eric Tyler takes care of business. You can count on that.</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 footage fades to black on Tyler’s confident smirk. </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://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/JohnnyMartin.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

When it fades in once more, Johnny Martin is glaring at the camera.</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>Martin:</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> You win a championship with blood and skill and determination. You win a championship by being the better man on the night, and training to be the better man every day after strap that belt around your waist.</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>Martin: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I’ve worn titles before. I walked away from one to compete here, because I go where the best competition can be found.</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>Martin: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I’ve worn titles before, but they were belts with a legacy forged by other men. I could build on that legacy, shape it into something new, but they were always there.</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>Martin: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Tonight, I get the opportunity to do something few wrestlers will ever get to do.</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>Martin: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Tonight, I get the opportunity to be the first. The man who lays the foundation. Every man who follows will know my name. Every man who follows will know that belt matters because I’m the one who made it matter.</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>Martin: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I am Johnny Martin. I am pro-wrestling. And tonight, I walk out of Malice in Wonderland the very first World Heavyweight Championship.</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;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Rating: B-</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

</div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/HGCB.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://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/RickyDaleJohnson.jpg</span><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> w/</strong></div></div><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/Whistler.jpg</span><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> vs. </strong></div></div><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/CharlieHomicide.jpg</span><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> w/</strong></div></div><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/KarenKiller_alt.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><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Ricky Dale Johnson w/Whistler vs. Charlie Homicide w/Karen Killer</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

The heart of this match is a fired up, hard-hitting young babyface coming up against a cagey, thoroughly insane brawler who makes up for his comparative lack of power with sheer craziness and a willingness to cross lines.</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;">

Weeks of frustration come to the surface as Johnson trades fists with Homicide, but it doesn’t serve him well. Homicide works to keep Johnson angry, taunting him with slaps and cruel cheap shots, and it isn’t long before he’s used Johnson’s anger against him. A charging lariat is ducked and the Cowboy is sent shoulder-first into a post.</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 leaves Ricky Dale fighting the rest of the match with an injured shoulder, and this is the Cowboy’s time to shine. He guts out the pain and keeps coming back for more, gutting through some of Homicide’s biggest offense. Through pure stubborn tenacity and grit he fights his way back into the match—</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://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/TysonBaine.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

--until Karen Killer distracts the referee, feigning an attack by Whistler at ringside, and BLZ Bubb hits the ring while Sam Sparrow tries to figure out what’s going on. </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;">

BLZ Bubb hoists Ricky Dale up and plants him with the Hades Bomb, rolling out of the ring as Homicide recovers and crawls over to his opponent.</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 a beatific smile, Homicide applies a hammerlock and begins to rain elbows into the wounded shoulder until Johnson has no choice but to submit. </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;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Charlie Homicide defeated Cowboy Ricky Dale in 12:25 by submission.</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> Rating: C-</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><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/HGCB.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://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/Whistler.jpg</span><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/TysonBaine.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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Whistler yells from ringside, trying to draw Sam Sparrow’s attention to the interference. BLZ Bubb proves that he’s still not done, charging across the ringside area and nailing the injured man with stiff boot to the face. </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;">

Whistler’s crutches skitter across the concrete as he falls. He turns, groggy, crawling for them in an effort to get himself upright and mobile. BLZ Bubb stalks him, slowly, implacable.</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://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/KarenKiller_alt.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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Meanwhile, Karen Killer starts pulling up the ringside mats, exposing the concrete.</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://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/RickyDaleJohnson.jpg</span><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/CharlieHomicide.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

Ricky Dale Johnson sees what’s going on and darts for the ropes, but he’s cut off by Charlie Homicide. The Madman grabs the Cowboy’s ankle and hauls him backwards, promptly drops an elbow on Ricky Dale’s shoulder. </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>Homicide:</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Shh. Shh. Don’t interfere.</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;">

He drops his weight on Ricky Dale’s back and pins the Cowboy, then grabs Ricky Dale’s hair and wrenches back so there’s no choice but to watch the action at ringside.</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>Homicide: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">This isn’t a time to do, this is a time to watch.</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;">

BLZ Bubb picks Whistler up in a two-handed grip…HADES BOMB ON THE CONCRETE!</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;">

Whistler lies broken and motionless on the concrete while BLZ Bubb stands over him. Homicide lets Ricky Dale go and the Cowboy sags, helpless, as paramedics head down the ramp to check on his friend. </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;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> Rating: C-</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

</div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/HGCB.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://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/JoeyFlame.jpg</span><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/TeddyFlame.jpg</span><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> vs. </strong></div></div><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/DemonSpite.jpg</span><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/DemonAnger.jpg</span><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong> w/</strong></div></div><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/Brayfield.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><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>The Blazing Flames vs. The Demons of Rage w/Boss Man Brayfield</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

The pattern for this one is established early: The Flames hit and run, using speed and well-rehearsed double-teams to outpace their opponents; The Demons cut them off, unleashing bit slams and hard-hitting strikes as they trap one of the Flames in their half of the ring; The Flames slip free, rally, and begin the process over again.</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;">

It’s not the pattern that makes this great – it’s the experience of the two teams and their ability to find little nuances as they cycle the pattern. The Flames start out working methodically, relying on the ground-based offense that has started to dominate their ringwork for the last decade. As they fail to keep the Demons down, they start going to the top rope and going high risk. </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;">

Joey Flame earns a huge pop when he hits his first over the top rope suicide dive in three years, wiping out Demon Spite and Brayfield when the Demon tries to retreat. It’s a pivotal moment for the match, allowing the Flames to wear down Anger with a series of double-team kicks, and the match ends with a Swandive Splash after twenty minutes of action. </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;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>The Blazing Flames defeated The Demons Of Rage in 20:24 by pinfall.</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> Rating: C+</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><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/HGCB.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://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/Liberty.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

The Silver Screen fires up again and this time it’s Liberty in the hot seat. </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> Liberty: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I didn’t get into wrestling for the championships. I was a wild kid, lots of energy, kept getting into fights. My brother enrolled me in wrestling school, figured it would give me a place to burn up all that energy.</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>Liberty: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Turns out, my brother is a pretty smart guy. I fell in love with the sport, and I did okay for myself. I beat people up. I got beat up in return. Turns out, I wasn’t too bad at either part.</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>Liberty: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">It’s funny how far something like that could take you. </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>Liberty: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I didn’t sign for Hollyweird expecting to win a title. Figured, maybe it would happen. Figured, if it didn’t, I’d get one hell of a good fight in the ring here.</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>Liberty: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Then I fought Rip Chord, and walked away with the one-two-three. After that, I got challenged…and I didn’t back down. </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>Liberty: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I got ambushed…and I didn’t back down.</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>Liberty: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I got beat up…and I didn’t back down.</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>Liberty: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">And now it’s Malice in Wonderland and I’m here, gearing up, ready to go out and fight. Me and nine other men, competing to be the first Heavyweight Champion. </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>Liberty: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">It’s going to be one hell of a fight...I still got a whole lot of energy that needs to be used up. </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>Liberty: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">And no matter what happens tonight, whether I win or law, you can be sure of one thing.</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>Liberty: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I didn't back down. I don't even know how. </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 shot fades to black.</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://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/RipChord.jpg</span><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

Then fades in on Rip Chord.</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>Chord:</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> I’ve defeated Sam 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="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Chord: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I’ve defeated Dusty Streets.</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>Chord: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I’ve beaten Romeo Heartthrob and the Vesseys and Richie Pangrazzio. I’m confident I can take down every other man in this match.</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>Chord: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">I’m Rip Chord, and I’m a wrestling legend. I don’t care about your health, I don’t care about your future. </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>Chord: </strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">If you get between me and the title I deserve, I will end you. </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;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Rating: B+</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

</div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/HGCB.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><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><strong>World Heavyweight Championship Gauntlet</strong></span></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

</div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/JohnnyMartin.jpg</span><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/EricTyler.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><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>ENTRANT #1: Johnny Martin; ENTRANT #2: Eric Tyler</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

Johnny Martin is the first man out, and he doesn’t look phased by that. Even when the second man out proves to be Eric Tyler, an old nemesis who knows him well enough to be a major threat. </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;">

Martin and Tyler circle for a few minutes, gauging one another, conserving energy. Tyler shoots in, eager to start things off, and he gets met with a series of hard elbows as Martin fends him off. Tyler backs away, but Martin sees his opening – he goes in with hard slaps and strikes, chasing Tyler into a corner.</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;"><p></p><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/RipChord.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><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>ENTRANT #3: RIP CHORD</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

Chord hits the ring with something to prove, and he starts by hauling Martin off Tyler and assaulting the former DAVE champion with hard forearm shivs. It doesn’t take long before an unofficial alliance is formed between Chord and Tyler, and the duo start double-teaming Martin until…</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;"><p></p><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/Liberty.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><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>ENTRANT #4: LIBERTY</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

The American Outlaw is a shot of adrenaline for the match, charging the ring at a sprint and immediately launching himself into the fray. He’s got a dropkick for Tyler…a dropkick for Chord…a bulldog for Johnny Martin. </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;">

And then he’s the only man upright in the ring, giving him a moment to play to the crowd. Chord immediately hits him from behind, a hard forearm to the kidneys knocking Liberty to the canvas.</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;">

Tyler and Martin start brawling as Chord drags Liberty over to the ropes, planning on throwing him out. Liberty clings to the bottom rope, trying to save himself…</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;"><p></p><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/BryanVessey.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><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>ENTRANT #5: BRYAN VESSEY</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

The youngest member of the All-Star Team hits the ring and makes a beeline straight for Chord, throwing the wrestling legend around the ring with a series of suplexs. Liberty scrambles to his feet and joins the assault, Vessey and the American Outlaw peppering Chord with big shots. </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;">

It looks dangerous for Chord, right up until Eric Tyler gets himself some space and hits Liberty with a low blow. Liberty doubles over, and Tyler goes to help Chord up.</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;">

That’s a mistake. Chord hits a low blow of his own, and throws Tyler over the top rope.</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;"><span style="color:#FF0000;"><em><strong> ELIMINATION #1: ERIC TYLER.</strong></em></span></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;">

Meanwhile, on the far side of the ring, Johnny Martin and Bryan Vessey have begin to brawl. Vessey has Martin in the corner, hammering him with hard punches, but Martin reverses and starts throwing punches of his own.</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;">

Liberty charges in, looking to ambush Martin, but Johnny Martin ducks out of the way and Liberty catches Vessey with the dropkick instead. </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;"><p></p><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/LarryVessey.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><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>ENTRANT #6: LARRY VESSEY</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div></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;">

Liberty takes the situation as it comes and pummels Bryan Vessey, which proves to be a mistake as Vessey’s older brother hits the ring. Larry Vessey is big, ripped, and stronger than any man in the ring. He starts handing out Sick Cycles, starting with Liberty, then Martin, then Chord.</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;">

Larry helps his younger brother to his feet and the Vesseys go on a tear, hitting double-team moves on all of their opponents. It’s quickly apparent that the teamwork of the Vessey’s is a significant threat, so Chord, Martin, and Liberty become unlikely allies, trying to hold them off.</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;"><p></p><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/RichiePangrazzioJr.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><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>ENTRANT #7: RICHIE PANGRAZZIO</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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The next man down the ramp is Richie Pangrazzio Junior, putting all three members of the All-Star team in the ring at the same time. They immediately line up, facing off against the other three men – Chord and Martin showing signs of fatigue after being in the match from the opening, Liberty showing signs of hurting after the assault he’s taken thus far.</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 brawl is fast and furious, with the All-Stars well-equipped to function as a three-man unit. It’s only a high-energy rally by Liberty, which sees him bouncing off the ropes multiple times to build up momentum, that saves the other three men.</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;">

Which makes it all the worse when Liberty goes to the ropes one last time, only to have Rip Chord pull it down and send the American Outlaw tumbling over. </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;"><span style="color:#FF0000;"><strong> </strong></span></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#FF0000;"><strong><em>ELIMINATION #2: LIBERTY</em></strong></span></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 competitors have barely had time to gauge what’s just happened before Khula Shaker hits and Sam Strong comes spinning out through the curtain. The Icon takes a moment to play to the crowd, shucks off his fur coat, and hits the ring. </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;"><p></p><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/Strong.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><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>ENTRANT #8: SAM STRONG</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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As the fresh man, Strong tears through the opposition, but the bulk of his attention is occupied by the problem of Rip Chord and Larry Vessey. He throws fists and both men respond in kind, trying to wear down the icon.</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;">

Meanwhile, on the far side of the ring, Johnny Martin nails Richie Pangrazzio with a big boot and follows it up with the Brainbuster. Bryan Vessey saves his teammate with a series of German Suplexes. It’s not quite enough to take Martin out of commission and get him over the rope, and the two men start struggling.</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;">

Richie Pangrazzio charges in, looking to take advantage of the situation…</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;">

…and finds himself backdropped over the top rope when Bryan Vessey and Johnny Martin respond to the charge on instinct. </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;"><span style="color:#FF0000;"><em><strong>ELIMINATION #3: RICHIE PANGRAZZIO JR</strong></em></span></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;">

Pangrazzio is irate, particularly given its one of his team-mates involved in the elimination. Bryan realises his mistake, offers a short nod of apology. That’s not enough. Pangrazzio loses his cool completely. He’s still spitting abuse at the officials when U2’s </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>Where the Streets Have No Name</em></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> hits the arena and…</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;"><p></p><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/DustyStreets.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><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>ENTRANT #9: DUSTY STREETS</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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Streets hits the ring and handing out European Uppercuts. He’s building up some momentum, getting ready to throw Rip Chord over the top rope, when—</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 ARM TACTIC!</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;">

Dusty is down. Sam Strong tries to throw him over the top rope, but Dusty grabs hold and clings on for dear life. The two men struggle, trying to get an edge, but eventually Bryan Vessey grabs Chord from behind and fires punches into Chord’s stomach.</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;">

Dusty slides through the bottom rope, gets back to his 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;">

And immediately gets clotheslined over the top rope by Sam 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="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="color:#FF0000;"><em><strong>ELIMINATION #4: DUSTY STREETS</strong></em></span></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;">

On the far side of the ring, Johnny Martin is squaring off with Larry Vessey. The two men aren’t bothering with trying to throw each other over – they’re more concerned with beating the hell out of each other.</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;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> They’re still doing that when the final entrant makes his way down.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

</div></div><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/RomeoHeartthrob.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><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>ENTRANT #10: ROMEO HEARTTHROB</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;">

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Heartthrob is cautious about approaching the ring, taking the time to gauge what’s going on as he makes his way down the ramp. He sees Martin and Vessey brawling, circles around and grabs the ropes behind them as they fight. </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;">

A hard right from Martin sends Larry Vessey staggering backwards, and Heartthrob quickly hauls him over the top rope.</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;"><span style="color:#FF0000;"><em><strong>ELIMINATION #5: LARRY VESSEY</strong></em></span></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;">

Half the field is cleared out, leaving five men in the ring. Johnny Martin is showing signs of fatigue, but he’s nowhere near willing to back down. He throws a couple of strikes at Heartthrob, but he hasn’t quite got enough left in the tank – Hearttthrob locks in the Cupid’s Kiss and starts sapping what little energy Martin has remaining. Martin turns red as he struggles to breathe, but he struggles free, nailing Heartthrob with a series of hard elbows in an attempt to break 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;">

Martin staggers, catching his breath.</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;">

And Rip Chord throws him over the top rope before he can fully recover.</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;"><span style="color:#FF0000;"><em><strong>ELIMINATION #6: JOHNNY MARTIN</strong></em></span></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;">

Chord turns, utterly smug about what he’s done.</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;">

And immediately finds himself under assault by Bryan Vessey, who unleashes hell on the Wrestling Legend. He forces Chord into the corner, fires hard elbows at his face. He hears someone coming up behind and ducks free, just in time for Heartthrob to hit Chord with a running boot.</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;">

Sam Strong, not to be outdone, charges in with his second Strong Arm Tactic of the night.</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;">

A stunned Chord is thrown over the top rope by the other three men.</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;"><em><strong>ELIMINATION #7: RIP CHORD</strong></em></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;">

Vessey and Strong back away from Heartthrob, respecting the fact that he’s the fresh man. Heartthrob grins to himself – he gestures to Vessey, making an offer. “You and me against Strong, then we fight.”</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;">

Vessey takes the offer.</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 men come at Strong from opposite sides, peppering the Icon with kicks and punches. Strong tries to fight back and Vessey gets the arm, levering Strong to the ground and locking in a crossarm breaker. Strong spends several seconds trying to get free, screaming in pain as he sells the injury.</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;">

Then Romeo Heartthrob stomps on Vessey’s skull, ending their alliance. He grabs the young All-Star Team member in a sleeper and starts dragging him towards the ropes. His first attempt to shove Vessey over sees the younger man land on the apron, clinging to the top rope as he tries to clear his head.</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;">

Heartthrob shoves him hard, for the elimination.</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;"><em><span style="color:#FF0000;"><strong>ELIMATION #8: BRYAN VESSEY</strong></span></em></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;">

Heartthrob and Strong square up. Heartthrob fairly beams as he realises he’s still considerably fresher, paying attention to the way Strong moves. He gestures to his head, mocking the head injury, and Strong just nods and signals for Heartthrob to bring it on.</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 crash into one another, locking up, and for once Strong doesn’t have the juice in the tank to dominate with his size and power. They struggle in the centre of the ring for few moments, then Heartthrob simply plants a kick to the groin.</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 doubles over and Heartthrob is quick to take advantage. He starts with a series of hard punches to the head, targeting the wound where BLZ Bubb busted the Icon open. It doesn’t take many shots before he re-opened the wound, leaving Strong bloodied.</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 Cupid’s Kiss is locked in and Heartthrob proceeds to choke for all he’s worth, forcing Strong to carry his weight in addition to struggling against the hold. Strong tries to break free, but he can’t. He sags, then drops to his knees, then falls to the mat with the hold still locked in tight.</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 then does Heartthrob release it and start the process of dragging Strong over to the corner. Strong is dead weight, which means Hearrthrob goes to the corner, planning to use the turnbuckles to help get him over. He lifts strong, drapes his arms over the ropes. Crouches to grab the legs…</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;">

And Strong clamps down on the ropes with a powerful grip, kicking free of Heartthrob’s hands. The Icon isn’t entire there, still groggy after the choke, but he’s got enough in the tank to kick free on instinct and start firing big rights at Heartthrob. </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;">

Romeo covers up, ducks and weaves as best he can, but the crowd fires up as Strong begins a come-back and the noise seems to wake him up a little more. Hits start connecting, powerful and clean, knocking Heartthrob around the ring. It buys Strong enough time to recover his senses and start fighting back for real, hammering Heartthrob for all he’s worth.</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;">

He fires Heartthrob into the rope, nails him with a big boot. When Heartthrob doesn’t go down, he’s fired into the ropes again.</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 ARM TACTIC!</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;">

Heartthrob spins and flops to the canvas, but Strong has significantly fewer problems dragging his opponent to the ropes. Heartthrob makes a half-hearted effort to fight back, but powerful arms lock around him and haul him over the top rope.</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;"><em><strong> ELIMINATION #9: ROMEO HEARTTHROB</strong></em></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;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Sam Strong won a battle royal in 38:10. Sam Strong wins the HGC World Heavyweight title. </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> Rating: B</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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</div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/HGCB.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;">

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JK Stallings collects the HGC World Heavyweight Championship and hands it to the exhausted Strong. Strong holds it in both hands, then lifts it high as pyro explodes around the arena and confetti rains from the sky.</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;">

Jason Azaria leaves everyone with a single thought: Sam Strong is the first HGC World Heavyweight Champion.</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;"><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>Rating: A</strong></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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

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<p>An utterly magnificent show. Maybe the best single-show C-Verse write-up I've read on these boards. The gauntlet for the gold was perfectly paced, and the vignettes from each entrant throughout the show was the perfect build to the main event. Sam Strong might be one of the more obvious choices to be the first Hollyweird champion, but it didn't feel like LOLSTRONGWINS. He came out looking strong, but the rest of the field (save perhaps poor Dusty Streets) came out looking like legit contenders. Plus, the drama during the match are the jumping off point for a ton of other potential feuds among the men who didn't win. Just brilliant booking.</p><p> </p><p>

I'm honestly pretty hype on Homicide, BLZ Bubb and Karen Killer. In fact, your use of Karen Killer earlier in the diary was one of several factors that led me to use her in the role of "Lilith" in my own diary. They are genuinely disturbing heels, creepy but not creepy-cool. They're monsters, and when a hero finally comes to slay them, it'll be supremely satisfying.</p><p> </p><p>

I appreciate you've got storylines running for some of the lower-card talent. Balancing their stories with the main-event guys is tricky, but you're seeming to manage the trick just fine!</p><p> </p><p>

I'm loving this diary, just loving it.</p>

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<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="bonnie" data-cite="bonnie" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="42291" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Ricky Dale Johnson: homicide isn't that great IMO and I could see RDJ going over</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Solid logic, and had there been another month or two to build you'd have been correct. Right now, though, Homicide and RDJ's ring work is pretty even, and Homicide has 4 points in his favour:</p><p> 1 - He's a veteran with more popularity. That's in short enough supply that it doesn't get sacrificed for a very good reason. </p><p> 2 - He's the guy who got screwed out of his shot at Malice thanks to Pangrazzio's shenanigans, which is a potential angle that gets lost if he isn't kept strong enough to stay in narrative contention.</p><p> 3 - Better in-ring psychology and selling</p><p> 4 - As one of the two people attached to BLZ Bubb - and the one who has started on time decline - he's going to take a lot of beatings on the Demons behalf while we build up an unstoppable monster <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="42291" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>An utterly magnificent show. Maybe the best single-show C-Verse write-up I've read on these boards...I'm loving this diary, just loving it.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> High praise, and thank you. Glad your enjoying it.</p>
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<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x15/arwink/Liberty.jpg</span></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Sam Strong was going to be the first Hollyweird World Heavyweight Champion. No-one was kidding themselves about that – not the boys, not the back office, and not the vast majority of the fans. We worked hard to make believe otherwise, but let’s not pretend it was all that successful.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Apparently the only person to really convince themselves it would be someone else was Rip Chord, and he had some very specific ideas about who the belt go to. By the time we hit the pay-per-view, he had those ideas very loudly and made certain other people knew about them. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“We had the agents meeting for the Gauntlet and Strong made a point of sitting in the corner of the room, real quiet and focused, staring Rip down and waiting for him to launch into his spiel.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Rip basically watched Strong face for a minute, took a deep breath, and held his tongue.”</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Liberty grins.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“If only Strong solved all his issues as effectively.”</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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“I was ready to go home.”</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Dusty Street sit in the big red couch, his expression stern as he rolls a bottle of water back and forth between his palms. The big man is dressed in a suit, his shoulders sagging a little, and he holds himself like someone forced to remember a painful experience.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Two months in, and…yeah. If I can honest, I was miserable there, and I wish that was different. I wish I could have done more with the opportunity presented to me. But honestly, all I wanted to do was walk.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Sam and I had been professional when we worked in Burning Hammer. He stayed out of my way, I stayed out of his. Being in another country made our differences easier to navigate – when there’s only a handful of guys who speak your language in the locker room, you try not to alienate the ones who are there.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“That stopped the moment we walked into HGC. And maybe it was always going to be like that. Maybe it had something to do with the hits to his ego that came when some sixteen year old kid took the book away from him after the very first show. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Either way, he started building cliques, and I found myself personal non-grata by the time we were midway through January. Everyone hated me – including the guys I was supposed to be working a program with all the way through to March. I was hurting, I was getting relegated back to being a tag-team guy. I could see my future with the company going down the toilet week by week.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“So I went to Phil Vibert and told him I wanted out of my contract. I would do the Gauntlet, and then I wanted to be off the road for a while, let everyone simmer down.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“He talked me out of that. Largely because he offered me a bonus to stick with the company for another few months, given him a chance resolve things. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Then we hit the gauntlet, and….”</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Dusty shakes his head in disgust.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“I should have listened to my instincts and gotten the hell out.”</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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“There are some guys who get a reputation for being a dick when they hit the top of the card, and they don’t really deserve it. Suddenly they’re an icon, and they’ve got all this stroke, but they still think they’re one of the boys and their comments don’t mean too much. They still assume their ribs are just ribs, not a condemnation of someone’s career.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Strong was never one of those guys. He likes to play it off as a rib, but what happened at the gauntlet...”</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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“Dude threatened to walk out. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“I wouldn’t have given him a big chunk of time in the gauntlet either.”</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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“There were a lot of egos in that locker room. Not so much amongst the younger guys yet, but it was starting. Sam was building up his allies, trying to pull Dusty down. The Vesseys adopted Anderson, started travelling with him and giving him some advice on his technical work. The DAVE guys stayed close to one another, backing each other up. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Everyone has friends in this business, but there’s a point where that kind of factionalism just gets ugly.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“The Vesseys were the first crew to try and throw their weight around. They had a problem with something Kingman said during the agent meeting, and they just started talking s—t about him backstage. Kingman got wind of it and took objection, tracked Larry down to register those objections in person.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Only reason Vessey wasn’t performing in that main event with a broken arm is the Demons holding Kingman back for Larry’s own safety.”</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

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“Vessey’s an ass. But we were counting on a program against them to earn us a pretty good payday.”</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Demon Spite shrugs.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“That wasn’t going to happen if the Crippler ripped an arm off and fed it to him.”</div></div></div>

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“Why did we put the belt on Strong?”</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Phil Vibert tilts his head back, contemplating the question. He takes a deep breath and exhales.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“The money in wrestling is always a face chasing after a heel for a title. That’s been true ever since the very early days of the business, and even in an environment where we challenged conventions like DAVE, we followed that basic principle to the letter. It’s booking 101, even if there are plenty of places that think they can break the convention.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“This isn’t how you get belt over when it’s brand new, though. Your heels…well, they’re heels. Their integrity is suspect. You can’t build the importance of a new belt by having someone go out there, talk themselves up, then cheat to win every match. </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“You need someone who can go out there and tell everyone he’s the best in the world, then back it up match after match. Someone with rock-solid integrity, who can put over the opponents and have everyone nod and say, </div></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><em>yes, that’s right.</em></div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“I’m not saying Rip Chord couldn’t have done that, but it would have been a waste of his talents.”</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

Another long pause as Vibert chooses his words carefully.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“That doesn’t change a simple fact – Hollyweird had two incredible assets in its first year, and their names were Sam Strong and Rip Chord. Incredible talents, incredibly beloved, incredibly good at what they did in the ring and outside of it.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“Hollyweird also had two incredible drawbacks in its first year, and it was the same two wrestlers.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“When you’ve got two men that popular, that iconic, you’ve always got to account for them. If they’re not in the title picture, you’ve got to tell people why not. If you’re going to put someone over them, you want it to mean something.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“They’re the guys you’re constantly working around, because their value lies in the fact that they’re on a level above everyone else, but you don’t want it to feel like that or else the fans are never going to buy tickets.</div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">

“It’s one of the reasons I kept Strong off shows for ‘injury’ as much as I could without pissing him off. He simply didn’t need the airtime to get over, compared to everyone else.”</div></div></div>

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<p>An entirely reasonable explanation, though I'm wondering - does Sam Strong have creative control in his contract, and are you having to work around that? Does Rip Chord have creative control as well?</p><p> </p><p>

It's interesting, the different strategies on booking a main title. I suppose I think of the two classic methods as "North" and "South", based on WW(W)F and GCW/JCP booking philosophies. The classic WWWF/WWF model is clearly the Bruno Sammartino/Bob Backlund/Hulk Hogan booking, where you have a dominant face champion who is threatened by the build up of a monster heel, who is eventually conquered by the face champion after much tribulation and sneak attacks by the heel. Whereas the older southern-style, Dusty Rhodes booking where you have a dominant heel champion who is constantly letting a fan favorite get within inches of victory only to snatch it away at the last minute.</p><p> </p><p>

Sounds like, in some ways, you're a bit handcuffed to Sam Strong, babyface champion. I'm fascinated to see whether you use the classic babyface champion booking for Strong, or if you've got something a bit more modern in mind...</p>

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