ESE Zero to Hero?

BHK1978 · March 6, 2019

I love how you just cut people without hesitation. I always say, "I should really fire so and so...but...", and I never fire anyone.

Zergon · March 10, 2019

<div style="text-align:center;"><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Voeltzwagon" data-cite="Voeltzwagon" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45829" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I admit after finally getting fully caught up I am enjoying seeing a company of similar size using some of the same guys I do just to see how different they perform. I am somewhere in 2019 with AAW so it is neat seeing a guy like Austin Smooth where he is at in your game and try to compare where he was at that time in mine.</div></blockquote> I´m enjoying compering our diaries too for same reason. I´m espesially interested on how well Ramone and Kid could do for you since they didn´t get much of a shot in my company. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="BHK1978" data-cite="BHK1978" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45829" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I love how you just cut people without hesitation. I always say, "I should really fire so and so...but...", and I never fire anyone.</div></blockquote> I´m mostly not a quick cut type myself (or at least I don´t see myself as such <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />) but I don´t tolerate bad behavior particularly well so cutting Eagle was an easy thing to do since I did found his behavior unacceptable. Jazz would had been a lot more difficult if he would had been any higher on the card but since I didn´t have any plans for him and pretty much anyone could replace him he just wasn´t worth keeping with all those backstage penalties (I always aim high backstage rating so any negative impacts are a big minus on my list espesially if there´s multiple of those on one person). Roster Review: And as usual for the end of the year it´s time for a roster review. In terms of roster turnover, this year was quite an eventful one with Andrew Harper, Logan Wolsbaine, Texas Hangman, Kirk Drury, Nate DeMarcus, Hurukan, Darryl Borgomeo, Jules Night and Fred Bowen all joining us while Justice Jolson, Kid Fantasic, Mad Dog Mortimer and Rex Reeves left (though we already knew some of them were on their way out last year at this time). Add Freedom Eagle and Jazz Funk (and Seth Whitehead who´s only namely part of the roster anymore) who didn´t stay a full year to that and you got by far the busiest year in terms of roster movement. Then again, that was to be expected as you do need to shuffle your starting roster evetually and most guys named above are/were quite low on the card and also rising to small was always going to bring some new names to the company. Overall, with additions of Logan Wolfsbaine, Nate DeMarcus and Andrew Harper, I´m again feeling quite confident with my roster after shortly starting to worry about the grades during last year. Also getting used to production penalties and the fact that RIPW ain´t no longer a direct competition have helped me ease up a bit and as a result. I don´t currenty plan to expand my roster and only contract coming up in next 6 months is Garry´s and he´s planned to be resigned so hopefully the first half of 2019 will be uneventful in terms of roster movement. In terms of pushes, I´m somewhat given up the top 8, bottom 8 idea that I had a year ago, mainly because I found out that I still thought them being on differend levels anyway so it didn´t really reflect the reality particularly well. Before writing this one, I didn´t actually have particularly clear picture of who was were in terms of push bur writing this helped me clear my own head and come up with quite solid idea of were everyone stands in terms of push. That said, some movent could happen during the year as usual. Anyway, here´s where everyone stands in my mind at this moment: Big Three: Austin Smooth, The Silencer and Quentin Queen No surprise here, these three are the three most over guys in the company at the moment and are thus the biggest stars. Queen is somewhat below the other two in terms of grades but that haven´t hurt him so far in my eyes. The main problem I have with these three is that they so much more over than anyone else (except maybe Harper) that is hard to figure feuds that wouldn´t hurt their popularity but still keep their opponents looking strong as well. Other main players: Andrew Harper, Regular Joe, Cobra, Whitehorse Whittaker These four would currently be the next tier behind the top three, Harper is bit of an unwritten leaf right now but he´s popularity alone would put him here as would the impression I have gotten from him while reading other people´s diaries. Midcard guys: Nate DeMarcus, Garry The Entertainer, Outlaw Wes Revell These three ain´t quite having the same push than the other top guys but are considered solid performers and will likely have frequent storylines with the main guys even if they are more likely to end up on the losing side at the end of the feud. Rising Stars: Logan Wolsbaine, Kirk Drury, Texas Hangman These are the next tier of guys, Logan is someone who I hope to eventually becoming main player, Kirk´s glass ceiling would likely be midcard guy currently but if FCW ever starts to use him he might become a real player simply by gaining enough popularity that I can´t ignore him anymore. Hangman is currently step below the other two, mainly being here thanks to him being part of Predators and thus needing to stay decently strong. Rest of the guys: Hurakan, Darryl Borgomeo, Dustin Deuce, Jules Night, Fred Bowen These guys are expected to lose way more than they win. NOTE: Average match rating is from the 2018 and doesn´t include earlier years. Main event: <img alt="gQwSeBU.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/gQwSeBU.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Andrew Harper Age: 29 Face, Bad Ass Record (in ESE): - Average match Rating (in ESE): - As said, Harper is still unwritten leaf in terms of performance but I expect him being able to at least match the likes of Whittaker and Regular Joe on that area. Since Harper´s signing weren´t planned, I don´t yet have ideas for him but I´m sure I soon find one and it´s quite safe bet to expect him to be in a storyline sooner or later simply because he´s the one with most options open as most of my top guys have either already feuded (something that is playing a big part going forward and is going to be mentioned a lot on this roster review), or I have plans to feud them later on. <img alt="bsGXr0s.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/bsGXr0s.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Austin Smooth Age: 24 Heel, Prima Donna. Record (in ESE): 8 - 0 - 3 (24 - 2 - 8) Average match Rating (in ESE): D Smooth is still the best rating machine alongside Silencer and my top heel and I don´t see either one of those changing this year either. That said, once he´s current title run is over, he´s likely going to take a backseat in terms of screen time and the reason for this is simply that I have mostly exhausted his feud options with Joe, Silencer and Queen all being guys Smooth had feuded recently over the belt. That said, expect him to win a lot as he´s popularity is too high for him to lose outside of Queen and Silencer and with another face on Harper currently being the 4th most popular guy, I need to rather build heels up than faces and thus I don´t see Smooth being jobbed to anyone even if he´s not on the spotlight. <img alt="1OOBqpp.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/1OOBqpp.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Quentin Queen Age: 25 Face, Blue Chipper Record (in ESE): 8 - 0 - 2 (25 - 1 - 6) Average match Rating (in ESE): D Queen managed to rise his average match rating to D (from D-) but then again, he spend second half of the year feuding with Smooth so I would be worried if he hadn´t done that. Despite not really delivering any better than Regular Joe, I still continue to push Queen as one of my top guys. I guess I just like to have at least guy or two at the top who probably shouldn´t be there, mainly because I occasionally like to push guys that normally aren´t used and thus tend to do so after I found few guys that I can trust keep things together (mainly Smooth and Silencer on this one with Cobra filling in when needed) while I´m pushing the less great guys. Expect Queen to have big role this year as he have decent amount of feud options open namely with Whittaker and Cobra (yes, Queen feuded with Cobra back to 2016 but I feel like there´s enough time between that and now that Cobra would be potential feud option again at this point) and potentially one of the rising stars (Logan, Hangman or Drury with Drury being the most likely one) if I need more options. <img alt="vvyWO0h.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/vvyWO0h.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> The Silencer Age: 36 Face, Armed Forces Record (in ESE): 6 - 0 - 2 (11 - 2 - 3) Average match Rating (in ESE): D Silencer has same role than Smooth on the heel side, namely make sure that I have at least one guy on each side who I can absolutely trust to deliver great ratings and as a result, he´s very important guy on my roster. That said, he didn´t found a feud after losing to Smooth and that is shown by his record as he only appeared in 8 shows out from the 12. I tried to find a feud for him on the next round, something that sounds easy enough as he´s only feuded with Smooth so far but the problem is that whoever he´s going to feud with is going to have so much lower popularity that Silencer is almost certainly going to drop popularity during the feud instead of gaining it and that combined with the fact that I have other plans for most likely feud partners later (Whittaker and Cobra again) and/or would run said feuds later could potentially leave Silencer off the feuds again. That would certainly not be ideal situation so I´m currently considering adding him into certain multi-man feud just to make sure he has something to do, more about that when the current round of feuds ends. Upper Midcard: <img alt="NaloB3a.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/NaloB3a.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Nate DeMarcus Age: 24 Face, Happy-Go-Lucky Record (in ESE): 3 - 0 - 1 Average match Rating (in ESE): E+ Nate have had an ok start with us. E+ as match average ain´t particularly great but you have to remember that out of the four matches, Nate faced Mortimer once in singles action and then teamed with Garry as Fun Police on other three with two being against random jobber pair while only the third tag match was against talent higher on the card. That´s quite likely how it is for the most part for Fun Police, beating jobbers and losing to guys higher on the pecking order, although they will likely end in some feuds too (I actually plan to put Fun Police into storyline straight away to replace the Revell vs. Eagle one). Overall, I´m so far happy about Nate´s performance and think that he and Garry could be solid midcard team for a long time. <img alt="M9kMTmh.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/M9kMTmh.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Regular Joe Age: 29 Face, Blue Collar Record (in ESE): 7 - 0 - 4 (24 - 1 - 8) Average match Rating (in ESE): D- Joe is still the highest paid guy in the roster and still slighly underperforms considering his cost but he´s still a solid hand and currently the plan is to keep him once his contract comes up after 11 months. Joe had a bit of down year in terms of push, falling from being the main champ into more midcard position while putting Smooth and Whittaker over and now feuding with Cobra who I plan to push so you can likely figure were that feud is going. I´m hoping to build Joe back up a bit after his current feud ends but he does suffer a bit from a same thing that Smooth, namely that he already have feuded with the biggest heel names recently (Smooth, Whittaker and Cobra) and thus will likely have to settle to midcard feuds until I either shake up my top heels or until enough time has passed that I feel the feuds are ok to be redone. <img alt="PduipuV.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/PduipuV.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Seth Whitehead Age: 25 Face, Bad Ass Record (in ESE): 0 - 0 - 0 (13 - 1 - 9) Average match Rating (in ESE): - Seth haven´t been working up for a year now and only had one match in GSW this year so not much to say here. He´s contract is up in 11 months and I doubt he´s GSW contract would run out before that so most likely he won´t have another match for us before his run ends. Certainly the biggest loss I have had so far and someone who I would look to sign back if he leaves from GSW. <img alt="02tjC91.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/02tjC91.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Whitehorse Whittaker Age: 31 Heel, Grizzled Tough Record (in ESE): 8 - 0 - 2 (13 - 0 - 3) Average match Rating (in ESE): D- Whittaker has done ok job so far, enough to justify his current push but not enough for me to consider him amongst my most reliable performers. In terms of storylines, Whittaker started the year strong by beating Regular Joe but then I didn´t find a storyline for him after that so he´s push slighly stalled as a result (that three point popularity drop in July didn´t help either and he mostly faced jobbers after that so gaining popularity back have been hard). Expect Whittakar to take more central state next year as with Smooth likely taking a step back, it would be Whittaker and Cobra who I expect to fill the void until I find a fresh feud for Smooth again. Midcard: <img alt="HwG9s5O.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/HwG9s5O.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Cobra Age: 28 Heel, Snake Record (in ESE): 5 - 0 - 4 (17 - 1 - 11) Average match Rating (in ESE): D- Cobra continues to be a solid presence on my midcard and I´m hoping this would be the year when he starts his raise to main event scene, at least that´s the plan at the moment but we will see how it works. As is often the case with me, some of the top guys are having years were they aren´t on the spotlight a lot and Cobra had that kind of year this time, not having any feud at the start of the year. At the second half, things fired up a bit with the current feud with Regular Joe starting. I have plans on further feuds for Cobra and him being the leader of my only stable should also help him stay decently strong as other members of the stable can eat some key losses in feuds. So basically, expect Cobra to stay strong this year and likely the next as well and hopefully getting a push that sees him becoming main event player (assuming plans doesn´t change). <img alt="gGnd4Jj.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/gGnd4Jj.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Garry The Entertainer Age: 24 Face, Bubbly Babyface Record (in ESE): 7 - 0 - 4 (8 - 0 - 11) Average match Rating (in ESE): D- Despite Cobra and Seth having had pretty good careers so far in my diary, I think Garry might well be or at least become the biggest success story so far. The reason why I say this is that he was brought in as a jobber and I believe I said that you shouldn´t expect him to win any matches during his stay. Well, just year later and he has almost twice as many wins than losses for last year so Garry certainly have moved up on ranks. Being in tag team is a bit of a double edge sword with me as on one side, you are more likely to stay decently strong and keep your job if you are midcarder that has a tag team going on versus singles guy but on the same time, upper midcard is a bit of glass ceiling if you are on tag team as I rarely do main event teams (mainly because I feel those would dominate the tag division). In Garry´s case I assume getting a partner would be more positive than negative as he´s alt would make it hard for me to push him as main player regardless of how good he´s performance would be and being one of the main tag team guys would likely be second best option to be in my roster if main event run is unlikely. Expect Fun Police to be in storyline or two (were they will likely be bit more on losing end but it´s still an upgrade for them) so they should gain decent exposure next year. <img alt="IE8Yfvb.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/IE8Yfvb.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Hurakan Age: 19 Heel, Cartoon Joker Record (in ESE): 1 - 0 - 6 Average match Rating (in ESE): E+ Hurakan have been doing an ok job so far so I have no comblains on him. He´s likely going to fall a bit on the pecking order when everyone gets to 17 popularity but that´s all right as he isn´t really meant to be midcard guy in the first place. Expect Hurakan to continue his jobbing duties next year and with Logan, Drury and Hangman all getting a bit of a push, I doubt Hurakan would get more wins next year than this and might well not have even that one when everything is said and done. <img alt="b50sLBx.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/b50sLBx.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Kirk Drury Age: 29 Heel, Ravishing Record (in ESE): 4 - 0 - 5 Average match Rating (in ESE): E As his average match rating will tell, Drury haven´t yet managed to turn the ratings in that I was hoping he would (he actually have the worst average on any active guy currently which shocks me quite a bit) but he likely had ringrust at the beginning and had to deal with Eagle a lot on the second half so I´m still patient with him. Drury kind of benefited from the Eagle episode a bit and gained few more wins than he would otherwise had. He also potentially stands to gain from his FCW contract as any popularity raise should help him with us although he likely going to donate some of that elsewhere the same way Ramone was back when he was with us. Of course, FCW would need to use him first and the AI ain´t having great record on actually using my talents so far so we have to wait and see. I do have storyline or two in mind for Kirk so expect him to get chance to show his skills at the beginning of the year although, like Fun Police, he´s more likely to end into losing side of feuds. So overall, Kirk potentially stands to gain a push (espesially if FCW finds use for him) but it´s bit of a sink or swim year for him as he needs to get that E match average rating up to at least E+ and prefetably D- rating if he wants to keep the position I´m currently planning for him. <img alt="R4wPrpL.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/R4wPrpL.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Outlaw Wes Revell Age: 27 Heel, Cowboy Record (in ESE): 6 - 0 - 2 (8 - 0 - 4) Average match Rating (in ESE): D- So far, the experiment with Revell have been bit of a mixed back as he haven´t really shined but haven´t disappointed either. That´s partly my fault as I haven´t really been comfortable pushing Revell (the fact that I was unwilling to put him over Queen while they feuded being the biggest sign on that) above beating jobbers and losing to bigger guys and the feud with Eagle that was supposed to help Revell partly fell flat thanks to Eagle´s behavior problems. Overall, I feel that midcard is were he should be at the moment so expect similar treatment than with Drury and Fun Police, namely being in storylines but likely on the losing side when facing above midcard guys. <img alt="raEy4gd.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/raEy4gd.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Texas Hangman Age: 19 Heel, Crusher Record (in ESE): 2 - 0 - 4 Average match Rating (in ESE): D- Hangman has certainly benefited being put into same group than Cobra and Logan and while he will be the fall guy for the group, that might still be higher than he supposed to be on this state of his career. Stiil, that´s were he is and I have no current plans to alter his push, it remains to be seen if he can stay relevant after Predators run their course but right now, he´s in a good spot and should develop well while working alongside Cobra and Wolfsbaine. Expect Hangman to feature in storylines, mainly as a henchman for Cobra but that´s still way more than any other rookie guy could claim to have. Lower Midcard: <img alt="afr75F7.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/afr75F7.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Darryl Borgomeo Age: 21 Heel, Biker Record (in ESE): 1 - 0 - 1 Average match Rating (in ESE): E+ Darryl is still pretty much unwritten leaf at this point so not much to say about him. Expect him to stay near the bottom of the card while collecting experience. <img alt="NwsGwG5.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/NwsGwG5.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Dustin Deuce Age: 18 Face, Goth Record (in ESE): 1 - 0 - 7 Average match Rating (in ESE): E+ Deuce did do bit more than I originally thought on his first year thanks to being in that Revell vs. Eagle storyline (although he didn´t do much on that one partly because of Eagle, again). Now that the storyline has ended, expect Deuce to keep jobbing as he´s still near the bottom of the barrel in terms of push and that unlikely to change anytime soon. <img alt="pWR0ou8.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/pWR0ou8.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Jules Night Age: 21 Face, Machine Record (in ESE): 0 - 0 - 6 Average match Rating (in ESE): E+ Of the guys who I but into "rest of the guys", Night would currently be the most likely to get a push but that doesn´t say a whole lot and it´s still quite unlikely he´s going to get past jobber role espesially with him and Cobra disliking each other´s. Night has been a solid hand on lower end of the roster and that´s pretty much all you can expect from him to be. <img alt="Tdpb2q5.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Tdpb2q5.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Logan Wolfsbaine Age: 23 Heel, Enforcer Record (in ESE): 1 - 0 - 2 Average match Rating (in ESE): D- Logan have had a solid start although to be fair, Logan has also in general faced higher level opponents so far than most of the other low level guys and thus the average match rating might lie a little bit. Still, Logan is someone who I look to become an important part of the roster in future and he will likely get into midcard pack alongside Fun Police and Revell pretty much as soon as he gets to 17 popularity. Whatever he gets further than that depends on his performance but I´d assume he would stay on the midcard at least 1 - 2 years before I would push him further even in the case were I would feel him being ready for a bigger role. Enchantment Talent: <img alt="6O59uOA.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/6O59uOA.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Fred Bowen Age: 20 Face, Biker Record (in ESE): - Average match Rating (in ESE): - Bowen just got here so nothing yet to say about him. His role is same than most other lowercard guys, put other´s over while collecting experience and honing his own skills. Tag Teams: Fun Police (Garry The Entertainer & Nate DeMarcus) Stables: Predators (Cobra, Texas Hangman & Logan Wolfsbaine) Title History: King of the Network belt: <img alt="ZiG1u8d.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZiG1u8d.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <img alt="bsGXr0s.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/bsGXr0s.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Current Champion: Austin Smooth (2nd run) 0 defenses Former champions: Quentin Queen (1st run) 2 defenses Austin Smooth (1st run) 9 defenses Regular Joe (1st run) 8 defences Alumni: <img alt="Mjh55YU.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Mjh55YU.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Freedom Eagle Age: 26 Record during the year (in ESE): 4 - 0 - 7 Average match Rating during the year (in ESE): E Eagle was just fired so obviously haven´t yet been anywhere since that, only time will tell if he gets work elsewhere in the future. <img alt="nVl3Zfp.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/nVl3Zfp.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Jazz Funk Age: 34 Record during the year (in ESE): 0 - 0 - 6 Average match Rating during the year (in ESE): E+ Much like Eagle, Funk just left after I terminated his contract and since he´s still based in Canada he will go back to there which is likely bad for him as he didn´t have any matches there before going to us. <img alt="9MqkHxv.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/9MqkHxv.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Mad Dog Mortimer Age: 41 Record during the year (in ESE): 1 - 0 - 5 Average match Rating during the year (in ESE): E+ Mortimer´s last match with us was in October and he haven´t worked anywhere else so far. My prediction is that he will do independence matches for rest of his career but who knows, maybe he gets lucky and AI signs him somewhere? <img alt="ETtXsFn.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ETtXsFn.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Justice Jolson Age: 30 Record during the year (in GSW): 0 - 1 - 6 Average match Rating during the year (in GSW): D Jolson did manage to get matches in GSW this year and while he was losing all the time, his match average is same than my top three guys so I´d assume move to GSW has been good for his career. Will be interesting to follow if Jolson manages to get past the current lower midcard role in GSW. <img alt="xv97ilD.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/xv97ilD.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Rex Reeves Age: 39 Record during the year (in Independence and ESE ): 2 - 0 - 2 Average match Rating during the year (Independence and ESE): E Reeves had two E+ matches with us before leaving early this year. After that he had just two independence appearances with E and E- match ratings although both of those matches ended with Reeves on the winning side (one being a tag match with Nate DeMarcus on the losing side). <img alt="XvsxvrU.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/XvsxvrU.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Kid Fantastic: Age: 22 Record during the year (Independence): 2 - 1 - 1 Average match Rating during the year (Independence): E Much like most of the rest of the guys I have let go, Kid has been staying in Independence scene so far but he has gotten somewhat regular work with 4 appearances with two E- rated and 2 E rated matches. <img alt="dxRj2Kx.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/dxRj2Kx.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Ricochet Ramone Age: 30 Record during the year (in FCW): 2 - 0 - 9 Average match Rating during the year (in FCW): D Ramone is so far the most successful guy on this list (although that´s pretty much given with most guys only leaving this year) as he had full 11 matches in FCW and even picked up two wins along the way. He also don´t have simmering tension with Handsome Stranger anymore so he could well stay in FCW for some time. He´s still lower midcard guy with them but is certainly more over than what he would be if he would still be with us. Highlight of Ramone´s year is likely his four challenges on FCW People´s champion belt (Giant Brody being the champion on all four times) during the year (he lost them all but at least he got to be in title matches) and a win over Carlos Gonzales in September. <img alt="fOQmCtj.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/fOQmCtj.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Lucas Danger Age: 24 Record during the year (Independence): 1 - 0 - 4 Average match Rating during the year (Independence): E- Lucas was in five matches this year which is the same than what he worked in previous two years combined (including the two matches with us) so on that note, 2018 was certainly his most successful year. On other hand, his matches were really bad with three out of the five matches getting only F+ rating, one getting E- and only one being rated as E. Hard to see Lucas getting regular work with that kind of performance espesially with the drug problems but who knows what AI will do so there is hope for him, I guess. </div>

Zergon · March 17, 2019

January 2019

Friday, week 3

ESE Eternal Storm

San Juan High School (Puerto Rico)

Attendance: 300

2 vs. 2

& vs. &

Dustin Deuce & Jules Night vs. Kirk Drury & Outlaw Wes Revell

In a poor match, Outlaw Wes Revell and Kirk Drury defeated Dustin Deuce and Jules Night in 6:57 when Outlaw Wes Revell defeated Dustin Deuce by pinfall.

Notes: Deuce was really off his game

Performance: Deuce: E-, Night: E, Drury: E+, Revell: D-

WINNERS: Kirk Drury & Outlaw Wes Revell by pinfall in 6:57 E+

ANGLE:

After their match, Kirk Drury starts to talk about how great he is and how everyone should realize it now that he and Revell did banish Freedom Eagle from ESE. Drury also suggest to Revell that they should work together on regular basis. Revell answers that he will work with Drury as long as he keeps the dollars coming his way. Drury tries to convince Revell on working with him as partners instead of hired gun but he has little success on it much to his annoyance. Drury´s mood takes a swing to worse as Fun Police interfere them, telling Drury and Revell that they did bad things to force Eagle out from ESE and that they are going to get their punisment in hands of Fun Police. Oh and since they happen to be here, Revell should certainly accept the offer as it´s always more fun with friends. Drury starts yelling to Fun Police, telling them to piss off since Drury and Revell already had a match. Garry and Marcus agree that they can´t face each other´s this month but next month they can and they will. Drury tells them that they are going to get beating of their lives by him and Revell but Revell simply reminds Drury that he ain´t doing anything unless he gets paid. Drury tries to argue that Fun Police is after them both but that doesn´t seem to concern Revell so Drury finally agrees to pay for Revell to be in the match and help him take out the Fun Police. Speaking of Fun Police, they had already wandered backstage during the argument between Drury and Revell, a fact that makes Drury fume even more about how disrespecful that was while Revell is still his usual stoic himself. D-

1 vs. 1

vs.

Andrew Harper vs. Darryl Borgomeo

In an extremely short match, Andrew Harper defeated Darryl Borgomeo in 4:32 by pinfall with a Spike Slam.

Notes: Harper debuted Bad Ass gimmick with average rating

Performance: Harper: E+, Borgomeo: E

WINNER: Andrew Harper by pinfall in 4:32 E+

1 vs. 1

vs.

Quentin Queen vs. Hurakan

In an extremely short match, Quentin Queen defeated Hurakan in 4:40 by pinfall with a Q-Ball.

Notes: Hurukan was really off his game

Performance: Queen: D-, Hurakan: E

WINNER: Quentin Queen by pinfall in 4:40 D-

ANGLE:

Queen cuts a promo after his match, telling that he´s going to cash his rematch next month and tells Smooth to bring his A-game because he plans to pull all stops in order to regain the belt he hold for a short time. C-

3 vs. 3

& & vs. & &

Fun Police (Garry The Entertainer & Nate DeMarcus) & Fred Bowen vs. Predators (Cobra, Texas Hangman & Logan Wolfsbaine)

In a poor match, Predators (Cobra, Logan Wolfsbaine and Texas Hangman) defeated Fred Bowen and Fun Police in 9:56 when Cobra defeated Fred Bowen by submission with a Viper Vice. During the match we also had Kirk Drury run in and attack Garry.

Fred Bowen was the weak link, struggling to keep up with everyone else's in-ring performance.

Notes: Bowen debuted biker gimmick with great rating.

Performance: Garry: D-, DeMarcus: E+, Bowen: E-, Cobra: D-, Wolfsbaine: D-, Hangman: E+

WINNERS: Predators by submission in 9:56 D-

ANGLE:

After the match, Cobra stays on the ring, telling audience that ESE management has seen fit to book him against Regular Joe in 1 vs. 1 action next month. Cobra says that as far as Joe goes, it´s still bit early for the killing blow so he didn´t plan to face Joe just yet. But as is the way of the nature, he has to adapt his plans and he´s going to be ready to face his prey next month. D

1 vs. 1 vs. 1 for King of the Network belt

vs. vs.

The Silencer vs. Austin Smooth vs. Whitehorse Whittaker

In a decent match, Austin Smooth defeated The Silencer and Whitehorse Whittaker in 13:40 when Austin Smooth defeated Whitehorse Whittaker by submission with a Smooth Hold. Austin Smooth makes defence number 1 of his ESE King of the Network title.

Whitehorse Whittaker was the weak link, struggling to keep up with everyone else's in-ring performance.

Notes: -

Performance: Silencer: D, Smooth: D+, Whittaker: D-

WINNER: Austin Smooth by pinfall in 13:40 D+

Show Rating: D-

Comments: I started to booking of this show on the main event and boy was that tricky to put together. Overall, I find it quite hard to figure good filler title matches and typically go with three or four way matches as singles matches are ofter reserved for feuds. On this case, I was first considering Cobra and Joe into main event but with Cobra just cutting a promo on last month about time not being right yet for the strike, I felt that it would be rather odd if he faces Joe straight after that even if it is a title match (shows how well I plan ahead which is not much at all ). I then put Harper into title match and then decided that Silencer didn´ t have anything better to do and figured that with him and Smooth in the main event, the match would always be great. Then I decided to add Whittaker into match too as I figured that a) he´s doing nothing at the moment, and b) he could benefit skill wise on working with Silencer and Smooth. Then, I decided to make it a three way anyway and cut Harker on the main event, the main reason for this is that I didn´t want a new signing to be in the title match in his first appearance (not that it has stopped me before as at least Garry and Freedom Eagle both had their first match be a title match) as he haven´t "earned" a spot in there. Now, I know it´s not a great reasoning consdering that I have booked pretty much every jobber than had been in ESE into title matches one time or another (mostly to get those filler title defenses that I so love to book) but the case with Harper is that he´s going to get a shot later anyway and I´d like to proberly build him up first while jobbers pretty much have their best shot at the beginning before people get too used to see them getting pinned. After the main event was booked, rest of the show fell down pretty quickly, I knew I wanted Revell and Drury to feud with Fun Police so I had Revell and Drury be in a tag match in order to set up the angle later on. I wasn´t entirely happy to have Fun Police be on the losing side for Predators as I fear that it might drop Nate back to 17 without really benefiting anyone but I figured that it was still ok thing to do espesially with Drury interfering and Bowen being the one getting pinned. Harper and Queen both got an essential squash match just to get them in the card. Both Queen and Cobra cutting a promo was simply a way to keep their feuds going instead of really setting up anything new and thus what they actually said were secondary concern to me. Also, slighly odd note is that Whittaker was unhappy about how the booking of the main event went. I actually checked if Silencer would be more willing to take a loss and he would but Whittaker was still unhappy? At the end, I just decided to go with Whittaker losing since he´s unhappy anyway and his not important enough for me to change my booking plans if he gets angry enough to leave (oddly enough, he is unhappy about the booking of the match but is still happy about his recent booking on January... yeah...). I assume it´s the old, "he´s more popular in rest of the USA so he sees himself as bigger star even if he has less popularity in our home area" thing that have been bugging me during multiple diaries across several TEW games. This is one of the main reasons why I hate signing talent above F+ popularity around USA in this type of saves as they almost never happy to lose to my main guys (aka the ones with popularity only in my home area) despite my main guys having higher popularity in the only area were it really matters. I complimented Queen (great promo and also decent enough match with off game opponent), Hangman (E+ is slighly better than what I generally expect from him) and Revell (nothing special but he was able to be the highest ranked guy in his match and ok promo too, plus I haven´t really praised him a whole lot and have kind of failed to push him the way I was supposed to so I decided that he at least deserves a praise this time).

main event: Harper: 22, Smooth: 27, Queen: 24, Silencer: 25

upper midcard: Drury:18, Joe: 19, Seth: 19, Whittaker: 19

midcard: Cobra: 17, Deuce: 17, Garry: 18, DeMarcus: 18, Revell: 18, Hangman: 17

lower midcard: Borgomeo: 10, Hurakan: 17, Night: 15, Wolfsbaine: 14

Opener: Bowen: 3

So Silencer gained a point just by being part of the main event as did Whittaker despite all that whining about needing to be booked stronger. Everyone else stayed were they were expect anyone below 17 got who all got their usual 2 points (well Bowen got 3 but everyone else). It´s also note worthy that Drury did have a match in FCW (win against Brady Prince) and while that didn´t visibly change his popularity, auto-push did upgrade him from midcard to upper midcard between my two events so I assume he gained slight popularity boost from that even if that doesn´s show on popularity rating. On financial side, we lost another 1 321$.

BHK1978 · March 18, 2019

I have no problem with filler title matches. Sometimes you just have to have them in order for your champion to have a longer reign. If you do not have them then you would have only one worker winning on a regular basis (the champion) while the rest of your higher workers in that division (be it singles or tag) would have to constantly lose to them and then trade wins with the other workers who are not the champion/champions.

Zergon · March 24, 2019

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="BHK1978" data-cite="BHK1978" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45829" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I have no problem with filler title matches. Sometimes you just have to have them in order for your champion to have a longer reign. If you do not have them then you would have only one worker winning on a regular basis (the champion) while the rest of your higher workers in that division (be it singles or tag) would have to constantly lose to them and then trade wins with the other workers who are not the champion/champions.</div></blockquote> <div style="text-align:center;">The only reason filler title defenses tend to bother me is that I see current champion being at the top of the hill and thus I feel that challengers should in general earn the shot at the belt instead of being handed randomly to pretty much anyone which is what I´m doing here. That said, I haven´t found a feasible way to actually make every title match meaningful so I currently view filler defenses as necessary evil to keep the ball rolling.</div> February 2019 Friday, week 3 <div style="text-align:center;"> <img alt="35SBGV2.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/35SBGV2.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> ESE Eternal Storm San Juan High School (Puerto Rico) Attendance: 300 ANGLE: <img alt="M9kMTmh.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/M9kMTmh.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="HwG9s5O.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/HwG9s5O.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> The show starts with Regular Joe on the ring and he declares that tonight, he´s going to beat Cobra second time in a row and hopefully he´s then finally able to shake Cobra off from his back and prove his not a stepping stone to anyone. Cobra interferes the promo, telling Joe that this won´t be over tonight, as while it´s not adviced to play with your food, Cobra ain´t quite ready to end the thrill of the hunt quite yet. Joe doesn´t seem happy about this but just declares that he just have to beat Cobra so hard that even he understands that Joe ain´t no-one´s pray but Cobra doesn´t seem impressed, reminding Joe that despite putting up good fight and winning a lot, he has lately failed when it was time to strike the killing blow and that is the weakness that Cobra plans to exploit when the time is right. D 2 vs. 2 <img alt="gGnd4Jj.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/gGnd4Jj.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="NaloB3a.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/NaloB3a.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> vs. <img alt="b50sLBx.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/b50sLBx.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="R4wPrpL.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/R4wPrpL.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Fun Police (Garry The Entertainer & Nate DeMarcus) vs. Kirk Drury & Outlaw Wes Revell In a decent match, Fun Police defeated Outlaw Wes Revell and Kirk Drury in 7:31 when Garry The Entertainer defeated Kirk Drury by pinfall with a Pants Pull Sunset Flip. Notes: - Performance: Garry: D-, Nate: D-, Drury: E+, Revell: D- WINNERS: Fun Police by pinfall in 7:31 D- 3 vs. 3 <img alt="6O59uOA.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/6O59uOA.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="pWR0ou8.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/pWR0ou8.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="NwsGwG5.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/NwsGwG5.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> vs. <img alt="02tjC91.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/02tjC91.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="Tdpb2q5.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Tdpb2q5.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="afr75F7.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/afr75F7.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Fred Bowen & Jules Night & Dustin Deuce vs. Whitehorse Whittaker & Logan Wolfsbaine & Darryl Borgomeo In a poor match, Darryl Borgomeo, Logan Wolfsbaine and Whitehorse Whittaker defeated Fred Bowen, Dustin Deuce and Jules Night in 8:23 when Whitehorse Whittaker defeated Fred Bowen by pinfall with a Canadian Stun Gun. Notes: Deuce and Borgomeo were both really off their game Performance: Bowen: E-, Night: E, Deuce: E, Whittaker: D-, Wolfsbaine: D-, Borgomeo: E WINNERS: Whitehorse Whittaker & Logan Wolfsbaine & Darryl Borgomeo by pinfall in 8:23 E+ 1 vs. 1 <img alt="gQwSeBU.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/gQwSeBU.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> vs. <img alt="IE8Yfvb.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/IE8Yfvb.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Andrew Harper vs. Hurakan In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Andrew Harper defeated Hurakan in 5:42 by pinfall with a Spike Slam. Notes: Hurakan was off his game Performance: Harper: E+, Hurakan: E+ WINNER: Andrew Harper by pinfall in 5:42 E+ ANGLE: <img alt="gQwSeBU.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/gQwSeBU.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> After his match, Harper takes a microphone and introduces himself, telling audience that they might know him from NYCW were he was banished because of him huring people by driving them through the tables and assaulting them outside of the ring. He declares that he has now seen the error of his ways and seeks to start a new chapter for himself here in ESE and while he still looks to fight hard and rise on the top, he looks to do it the right way this time by beating his opponents in the ring, not outside of it. E+ 1 vs. 1 <img alt="M9kMTmh.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/M9kMTmh.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> vs. <img alt="HwG9s5O.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/HwG9s5O.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Regular Joe vs. Cobra In a decent match, Cobra defeated Regular Joe in 9:43 by submission with a Viper Vice after interference from Logan Wolfsbaine. <img alt="Tdpb2q5.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Tdpb2q5.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Notes: - Performance: Joe: D-, Cobra: D- WINNER: Cobra by submission in 9:43 D- 1 vs. 1 for King of the Network belt <img alt="ZiG1u8d.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZiG1u8d.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <img alt="1OOBqpp.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/1OOBqpp.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> vs. <img alt="bsGXr0s.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/bsGXr0s.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Quentin Queen vs. Austin Smooth In a decent match, Quentin Queen defeated Austin Smooth in 14:13 by pinfall with a Q-Ball. Quentin Queen wins the ESE King of the Network title. Notes: Performance: Queen: D, Smooth: C- WINNER: Quentin Queen by pinfall in 14:13 D+ Show Rating: D- Comments: One backstage incitend before the show as Dustin Deuce turned late on the show and I gave him stern warning from that. He was happy about the decision and improved his behavior as a result. Also note about the venue, the game actually auto booked generic venue for me likely because there´s slighly less than 500 fans expected on the show and none of the actual venues really fit. However, I dislike using generic venues (purely personal opinion, and certainly it hurts me here) so I manually changed it back to San Juan High School and that´s were I will stay until I feel that we can move into Gymnasium Aquada (1000 seats venue) unless I of course forgot to change this manually every time. This show was relativily quick to book with three of the matches already being decided thanks to last show´s angles. Queen winning the belt back might be a bit of s surprise as I´m not usually one to hotshot belts back and forth but that´s exactly why I did it here as I tried to brake my usual booking habits a bit mostly to try to keep thing from becoming too predictable. I´d assume it could have worked better if someone else would have won the belt than Queen since I´m kind of just delayed Queen´s "real" run by hot-shotting belt between him and Smooth but I wanted to get a pay-off from keeping Queen strong since the start of the diary and thus decided that I want to give him a longer run. Also, as stated before, the current problem with Smooth is that he already recently feuded with most creditable title challengers so there wasn´t many feuds I could put him right now while Queen has slighly more options so it made sense to me to have Smooth drop the belt again. Another thing to note is that having lesser guy (combered to Smooth and Silencer) as a champion hurts me less now than it would later (currently E+ and D- rated shows seem to be enough to rise my popularity which wouldn´t be the case later on). The loss will certainly hurt Smooth´s popularity a bit but hopefully he can bounce back and Queen on the other hand, would need that extra popularity more than what Smooth would. As for other matches, Cobra beating Joe via run-in both ties the wins as 1-1 and keep the feud going for a bit longer as the win wasn´t clean while Fun Police did go over Revell and Drury based on the fact that they are a real tag team while Revell and Drury are thrown together pair (I actually considered making them a regular team but decided against it). Harker got a win mainly to establish the promo after the match as with all three feuds being mainly forwarded via matches, I had time to establish his character a bit. Joe and Cobra also got a promo time, frankly mainly just to fill out the show. Speaking of filler, the six-man tag match was certainly that as well, it was mainly there to give Whittaker a win after being pinned last month but also served as way to put my guys below 17 popularity into the show and thus help them raise their popularity towards the 17 points threshold. After the show, I praised Smooth (because he´s awesome, seriously, he gave better than normal performance in a match were he was asked to drop the belt), Queen (second half of the best match of not only the night but also ESE´s history to this point) and Joe (D is ok angle rating, bit disappointed about the match being only D- but no-one overperformed so he gets the praise). main event: Harper: 22, Smooth: 28, Queen: 28, Silencer: 25 upper midcard: Cobra: 18, Drury:18, Seth: 19, Whittaker: 19 midcard: Garry: 18, Wolfsbaine: 16, DeMarcus: 18, Revell: 18, Joe: 17, Hangman: 17 lower midcard: Borgomeo: 12, Deuce: 17, Hurakan: 17, Night: 17 Opener: Bowen: 7 Smooth actually gained a point this month! He was in FCW show as well, being on the losing side against 937lb with Laine so no idea if he gained point there or here (grades were 52 vs. 46 to ESE´s favor but I have noticed that AI seems to get popularity easier than what players do). Regardless who it is to thank, I happily take a raise there as I was expecting him to lose 2 - 3 points. Queen also rise all the way to 28 (from 24) so that main event worked great! In a more familar territory, Cobra gained a point by beating Joe who lost two points but not going to complain about that as it´s what I expected. Slighly surprised that Fun Police vs. Revell and Drury didn´t give any popularity changes but I take no change on that one without complain. Other than that, the ones below 17 got their usual 2 points increase which was enough to push Wolfsbaine to midcard status. Garry The Entertainer had his contract coming to an end during this month and he asked only 400$ per show deal so I quickly accepted it and offered a 3 year deal (with no travel again) as I have been really happy with him and he has become a quite big part of my roster´s midcard, something that I didn´t foresee to happen when I first signed him. Garry accepted the deal and will now be part of the company for three more years unless something unexpected happens. On finances, we lost about the same amound than last month with 1,332$ being lost this time around. </div>

Zergon · March 31, 2019

March 2019

Friday, week 3

<div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="35SBGV2.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/35SBGV2.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

ESE Eternal Storm

San Juan High School (Puerto Rico)

Attendance: 300

ANGLE:

<img alt="1OOBqpp.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/1OOBqpp.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="bsGXr0s.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/bsGXr0s.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Show starts with Quentin Queen on the ring, stating that he did what he planned to do last month, and that´s win the King of the Network champion belt back and that this time, he hopes to keep it longer than before. That said, Queen admits that he has lots of obstacles on his way, one of the biggest one being Austin Smooth, the man who he has traded wins back and forth for few months now and who will no doubt come after the belt soon again. Queen doesn´t get much further as Smooth does interrupt. Smooth declares that it´s a disgrace that Queen holds the belt again instead of him and that now he has once again defeat Queen and take the belt off from him even though Queen is obviously below him. Queen tells Smooth to shut up and do the talking in ring, something Queen remarks that Smooth has mostly failed to do against him so far. Smooth is angered by this, shouting that Queen has been lucky twice but that there´s won´t be a third time as Smooth will cash his rematch clause in few months and then beat Queen again on the rematch and finally leave him behind. That is of course if Queen manages to hold the belt until Smooth cashes his rematch clause. Queen answers taht he does plan to hold the belt, and he does plan to hold it after Smooth´s challenge as well so Smooth should once again prepare himself because Queen is here to show that he belongs on the top of the ladders. C-

1 vs. 1

<img alt="gGnd4Jj.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/gGnd4Jj.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> vs. <img alt="b50sLBx.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/b50sLBx.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Garry The Entertainer vs. Kirk Drury

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Garry The Entertainer defeated Kirk Drury in 7:56 by pinfall with a Pants Pull Sunset Flip.

Notes: -

Performance: Garry: D-, Drury: E+

WINNER: Garry The Entertainer by pinfall in 7:56 D-

1 vs. 1

<img alt="M9kMTmh.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/M9kMTmh.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> vs. <img alt="IE8Yfvb.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/IE8Yfvb.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Regular Joe vs. Hurakan

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Regular Joe defeated Hurakan in 5:56 by pinfall with a Joe And Behold.

Notes: Hurakan seemed off his game

Performance: Joe: E+, Hurakan: E

WINNER: Regular Joe by pinfall in 5:56 E+

ANGLE:

<img alt="M9kMTmh.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/M9kMTmh.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

After his match, frustrated Joe cuts a promo on Cobra, telling him to stop running, stand his ground and fight like a man. Joe´s challenge is met with silence as no-one answers, a fact that seems to annoy Joe even more as he leaves backstage. D-

2 vs. 2

<img alt="6O59uOA.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/6O59uOA.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="NwsGwG5.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/NwsGwG5.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> vs. <img alt="bsGXr0s.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/bsGXr0s.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="02tjC91.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/02tjC91.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Fred Bowen & Dustin Deuce vs. Austin Smooth & Whitehorse Whittaker

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Austin Smooth and Whitehorse Whittaker defeated Fred Bowen and Dustin Deuce in 7:40 when Austin Smooth defeated Fred Bowen by pinfall with a Fireman's Carry Cutter.

Notes: Bowen and Deuce showed excellent chemistry teaming together

Performance: Bowen: E, Deuce: E, Austin: D+. Whittaker: D-

WINNERS: Austin Smooth & Whitehorse Whittaker by pinfall in 7:40 D-

1 vs. 1

<img alt="NaloB3a.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/NaloB3a.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> vs. <img alt="R4wPrpL.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/R4wPrpL.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Nate DeMarcus vs. Outlaw Wes Revell

In a decent match, Outlaw Wes Revell defeated Nate DeMarcus in 10:22 by submission.

Notes: -

Performance: DeMarcus: E+, Revell: D-

WINNER: Outlaw Wes Revell by submission in 10:22 D-

3 vs. 3

<img alt="vvyWO0h.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/vvyWO0h.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="gQwSeBU.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/gQwSeBU.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="1OOBqpp.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/1OOBqpp.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> vs. <img alt="HwG9s5O.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/HwG9s5O.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="raEy4gd.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/raEy4gd.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="Tdpb2q5.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Tdpb2q5.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

The Silencer & Andrew Harper & Quentin Queen vs. Predators (Cobra, Texas Hangman & Logan Wolfsbaine)

In a decent match, Andrew Harper, Quentin Queen and The Silencer defeated Predators (Cobra, Logan Wolfsbaine and Texas Hangman) in 11:48 when Quentin Queen defeated Texas Hangman by pinfall with a Q-Ball.

Texas Hangman was the weak link, struggling to keep up with everyone else's in-ring performance.

Notes: Hangman was really off his game

Performance: Silencer: D+, Harper: D-, Queen: D, Cobra: D, Hangman: E, Wolfsbaine: D

WINNERS: The Silencer & Andrew Harper & Quentin Queen by pinfall in 11:48 D

Show Rating: D-

Comments: An ok show considering that none of the matches really featured top stars facing each other´s (maybe with exception of main event but even there is was likely pretty clear which side would won from the beginning). Booking wise, this was somewhat typical show from me after the "big show" (with the guys on main storylines just clashed in last show that show would pretty much equal PPV if I´d run those, so basically this would be right after PPV show). Namely most of the storylines were forwarded via angles with only the Fun Police vs. Revell and Drury clashing in pair of singles matches (with standard 1-1 split). Other than that Joe got a momentum win mainly to give me an excuse to cut the angle afterwards while the main event had three of my top faces going over Predators, mainly in hope to get at least one of the Predotors bit higher on popularity but also I just expected it to be good match with so much talent in it. Smooth & Whittaker vs. Bowen & Deuce was just filler and was there mainly to give Whittaker and Smooth another win. Speaking of that match, there was a nice chemistry note to be found there and I did decide to put Deuce and Bowen as regular team since their gimmicks at least aren´t completely opposite each other´s (goth for Deuce and Biker for Bowen) even if they aren´t really natural pair either. Don´t have any plans for them and there´s no space to push them at the moment so it doesn´t really help them rising on ranks but they will form a jobber team for now and that might at least help them keep their jobs a bit longer if nothing else as I´m less likely to let tag guys go simply because that usually means that I have to find two new guys instead of one (assuming that I´m not breaking the team simply because I would want to push one of them) and since I like to keep roster size decently small, I´m usually short of tag teams to fill the void. So they will now work with the tag team name Violent Conduct (I had no idea of a name so I just took the first suggestion that I felt fit decently for them). I also decided to officially put Wolfsbaine and Hangman as a team (named Predators), I was bit unsure about what ever to make them an official team mainly because Predators is already name of the whole group and I didn´t feel another name for their tag team would work either. At the end, the positive chemistry note on Bowen and Deuce made me decide to pair Logan and Hangman now so I would have some teams with decent experience if I decide to kick start tag team division eventually. Realistically, that might have to wait until regional though as I would at least like to have four teams, prefetably six that could be creditable contenders and that´s pretty hard to do with small company assuming you also want to have decent amound of singles guys as I usually do and it could well be that Predators (nor Violent Conduct for that matter) ain´t a team at that point but there´s no cost on putting them as team now so might as well do it in order to have more options later. As for who to praise after the show, well only thing really catching my eye was the promo from Queen and Smooth so they got the praise on that (plus both did well on their matches as well) while the third praise goes for Silencer for another great in-ring performance and him keeping on delivering raitings even when I don´t really give him much attention. I was generally happy with how everyone else performed as well, Fun Police + Revell and Drury turned two D- ratings aganst each other´s which is slighly above the E+ rating that jobber vs. star matches (Joe vs. Hurakan in this one) tend to currently get and that´s about what I would expect those four to get based on their push and former ratings. Cobra and Wolsbaine also delivered nicely on the main event, while Hangman failed to rise on the occasion and had an off night but he was expected to be a weak link and I knew he would likely bring the rating down a bit. Harper being second worst guy in the main event was a bit disappointing but D- was about was expected after those two E+ ratings against jobbers in previous two shows. It seems Harper ain´t quite as good as I hoped he would be (that E+ promo means he´s not particularly great talker either) but he should be able to deliver similar ratings than the likes of Joe, Revell or Whittaker and that´s good enough for me and perhaps he pick things up a bit after he gets few more matches under his belt. Harper did take time telling me that Wolfsbaine is a star in the making and while that´s something I already figured out, it does give indication that Harper is nice backstage presense and that´s always a big plus in my books.

main event: Harper: 22, Smooth: 28, Queen: 28, Silencer: 25

upper midcard: Cobra: 19, Garry: 19, , Seth: 19, Whittaker: 19

midcard: Drury: 16, Wolfsbaine: 17, DeMarcus: 17, Revell: 19, Joe: 18, Hangman: 17

lower midcard: Borgomeo: 12, Deuce: 17, Hurakan: 17, Night: 17

Opener: Bowen: 9

Cobra did gain a point from losing in the main event so my plan worked there. Garry also gained a point while Drury lost 2 points by being on losing side. Luckily Drury can get back to 17 pretty easily so it´s more point gained and point lost elsewhere which is fine. Wolfsbaine gained one but that was given since he was on 16 before the show. DeMarcus lost a point and Revell gained one, so again, as expected. Joe gained one as well from beating Hurakan since they were both on 17 points, while Bowen gained the usual two points. Overall, I´m quite happy about how things did go this time. On finacical side, it was pretty much things as usual with us losing 2 285$ this time around.</div>

Herrbear · March 31, 2019

Glad I am following this.

Zergon · April 7, 2019

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Herrbear" data-cite="Herrbear" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45829" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Glad I am following this.</div></blockquote> Thanks Herrbear, always good to hear that people like to read this. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> April 2019 Friday, week 3 <div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="35SBGV2.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/35SBGV2.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> ESE Eternal Storm San Juan High School (Puerto Rico) Attendance: 300 ANGLE: <img alt="bsGXr0s.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/bsGXr0s.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="Tdpb2q5.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Tdpb2q5.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="1OOBqpp.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/1OOBqpp.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="M9kMTmh.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/M9kMTmh.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Show starts with Smooth and Logan Wolfsbaine in the ring and they tell the audience that they will face Queen and Regular Joe into tonight´s main event. They also don´t forget to tell everyone that they will win the main event (because of course they think they will). Queen and Joe interfere before the villanous pair can get much further, declaring that they Smooth and Logan are going to be on the losing side because the two of them have much to prove, Queen wants to prove that he can beat Smooth twice on the row to solify his title claim while Joe wants to prove that he´s no-one´s prey. The foursome continues to argue and it´s about to become physical but the fun police (no, not the tag team but the security) comes down and keeps the two pair away from each other´s (for now). D+ 2 vs. 2 <img alt="6O59uOA.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/6O59uOA.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="NwsGwG5.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/NwsGwG5.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> vs. <img alt="b50sLBx.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/b50sLBx.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="R4wPrpL.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/R4wPrpL.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Violent Conduct (Fred Bowen & Dustin Deuce) vs. Kirk Drury & Outlaw Wes Revell In a poor match, Kirk Drury and Outlaw Wes Revell defeated Violent Conduct in 6:59 when Outlaw Wes Revell defeated Dustin Deuce by pinfall. Notes: Bowen and Deuce showed excellent chemistry teaming together Performance: Bowen: E, Deuce: E, Drury: E+, Revell: E+ WINNERS: Kirk Drury & Outlaw Wes Revell by pinfall in 6:59 E+ ANGLE: <img alt="R4wPrpL.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/R4wPrpL.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="b50sLBx.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/b50sLBx.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> After their match, Drury cuts a promo on Fun Police, telling them to get ready for rematch because last time they clashed they got a fluke win but this time, they are up for a big beating. Drury says that he knows Fun Police ain´t here tonight, likely because they are too scared of Drury but he expects an answer next month. Revell, as usual, seems completely uninterested on all of this and doesn´t say a thing during the promo (guess Drury ain´t paying him extra for talking). E+ 1 vs. 1 <img alt="gQwSeBU.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/gQwSeBU.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> vs. <img alt="raEy4gd.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/raEy4gd.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Andrew Harper vs. Texas Hangman In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Andrew Harper defeated Texas Hangman in 7:40 by pinfall with a Spike Slam. Notes: - Performance: Harper: E+, Hangman: E WINNER: Andrew Harper by pinfall in 7:40 E+ 1 vs. 1 <img alt="vvyWO0h.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/vvyWO0h.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> vs. <img alt="afr75F7.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/afr75F7.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> The Silencer vs. Darryl Borgomeo In a decent match, The Silencer defeated Darryl Borgomeo in 7:29 by submission with an Extreme Prejudice. Notes: - Performance: Silencer: D+, Borgomeo: E WINNER: The Silencer by submission in 7:29 D 2 vs. 2 <img alt="1OOBqpp.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/1OOBqpp.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="M9kMTmh.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/M9kMTmh.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> vs. <img alt="bsGXr0s.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/bsGXr0s.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="Tdpb2q5.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Tdpb2q5.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Quentin Queen & Regular Joe vs. Austin Smooth & Logan Wolfsbaine In a decent match, Austin Smooth and Logan Wolfsbaine defeated Quentin Queen and Regular Joe in 15:21 when Austin Smooth defeated Regular Joe by submission with a Smooth Hold. Notes: Smooth and Logan don´t work well as a team. Performance: Queen: D, Joe: D-, Smooth: D, Logan: D- WINNERS: Austin Smooth & Logan Wolfsbaine by submission 15:21 D Show Rating: D- Comments: This shows main event was the usual "lets but two feuding pairs into same match" type of thing (well, it was supposed to be that since I forgot that Cobra works elsewhere tonight, hence Logan being there on his place). I had heels going over mostly because I felt Smooth could use a win over Queen after dropping the belt on their last clash and while Joe could have used a win over Cobra as well (even more so with Cobra even not being there), the main title feud is always highest priority in my books so hence heels picked up the win here. Next match to be booked was the tag match between Violent Conduct and Revell & Drury. Normally, I would be quite hesitant to put pair of midcard singles guys over newly formed tag team but on this case, Violent Conduct are still considered as jobbers and there´s no space for me to give wins to them at any rate so I´m not too concerned on their momentum tanking. The match itself was mostly just to set-up the angle afterwards and to give Drury and Revell a tag win before they clash with Fun Police again. Other than that, both Harper and Silencer got momentum boosting wins while the angle at the start was basically just filler (although one that I expect to get the best rating of the show) since I needed a long angle. After the show I praised Silencer (best in ring rating and helped Darryl to D rated match), Wolfsbaine (nothing unexpected from him but filled Cobra well) and Queen (D rating on match ain´t every day thing for him but he did rise into occasion here as champ should). Harper praised Wolfsbaine again, after the show, saying that he´s star in a making. I did get that on the first time Harper but thanks anyway. main event: Harper: 22, Smooth: 29, Queen: 27, Silencer: 25 upper midcard: Cobra: 19, Garry: 19, , Seth: 19, Whittaker: 19 midcard: Drury: 17, Wolfsbaine: 17, DeMarcus: 17, Revell: 19, Joe: 17, Hangman: 17 lower midcard: Borgomeo: 14, Deuce: 17, Hurakan: 17, Night: 17 Opener: Bowen: 11 I wasn´t expecting any popularity changes this time around, but Smooth and Queen decided to swap a point on Smooth´s favor. Not something I care a lot since there weren´t a net loss and Queen will likely get that back when the inevitable title rematch happens. Joe also dropped back to 17 which hurts a bit more since Logan didn´t gain anything so that 1 point of net loss from the main event which obviously not great. Other than that, nothing really happened, Drury got a point to get back to 17 while Borgomeo and Bowen both got their usual two points. We actually made profit this month (first time during this diary) with $682 gains. Main reason for this was the fact that there were quite many wrestlers that didn´t appear in last show so out expenced were about 2000$ less than normal. One interesting news that happend just few days before May´s show was that Seth Whitehead walked out from GSW, meaning that I could actually use him again. Now obviously, Seth wasn´t in my plans so I have to figure were he will slot with the current roster and whatever there´s potential storylines to run when he comes back, although any potential storyline has to wait until the current ones run their course.</div>

MisterRomanini · April 7, 2019

I'd say get Whitehead back. He's a solid hand for a local/small company, even if you don't have any immediate plans for him right now.

Zergon · April 7, 2019

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="MisterRomanini" data-cite="MisterRomanini" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45829" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I'd say get Whitehead back. He's a solid hand for a local/small company, even if you don't have any immediate plans for him right now.</div></blockquote> Sorry, I was bit unclear on what I meant on my Seth comment. Seth is still in the roster since I never fired him so he´s in by default, I was mainly commenting that I could book him again now (GSW had the show on same night than me each month and hence he was never available to me as long as he was on GSW or I would decide to chance the show date). That said, I would had likely signed him even if he wasn´t as Seth had been really good hand for me in this diary and is certainly guy worth to get if your running local/small company.

Zergon · April 14, 2019

May 2019

Friday, week 3

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ESE Eternal Storm

Gymnasium Aguada (Puerto Rico)

Attendance: 581

1 vs. 1

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Regular Joe vs. Texas Hangman

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Regular Joe defeated Texas Hangman in 6:06 by pinfall with a Joe And Behold.

Notes: Joe and Hangman don´t click

Performance: Joe: E+, Hangman: E-

WINNER: Regular Joe by pinfall in 6:06 E+

ANGLE:

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Joe did take the victory here but he is clearly not 100% after the crueling match. This is also the time that Cobra chooses to come into ringside, telling Joe that it´s finally time to give Joe the mercy kill and Cobra will strike the last blow on Joe coffing next month. Joe seems eager to fight, telling Cobra that he will be rady for Cobra and it will be Cobra that finds himself looking up the arena lights after everything is said and done. D

1 vs. 1

<img alt="pWR0ou8.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/pWR0ou8.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> vs. <img alt="02tjC91.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/02tjC91.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Jules Night vs. Whitehorse Whittaker

In an extremely short match, Whitehorse Whittaker defeated Jules Night in 5:24 by pinfall with a Canadian Stun Gun.

Notes: -

Performance: Night: E+, Whittaker: D-

WINNER: Whitehorse Whittaker by pinfall in 5:24 D-

2 vs. 2

<img alt="gGnd4Jj.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/gGnd4Jj.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="NaloB3a.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/NaloB3a.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> vs. <img alt="afr75F7.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/afr75F7.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="IE8Yfvb.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/IE8Yfvb.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Fun Police (Garry The Entertainer & Nate DeMarcus) vs. Darryl Borgomeo & Hurakan

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Fun Police defeated Darryl Borgomeo and Hurakan in 5:56 when Nate DeMarcus defeated Darryl Borgomeo by pinfall with a Snap Tackle.

Notes: Borgomeo seemed off his game

Performance: Garry: D-, DeMarcus: E+, Borgomeo: E+, Hurakan: E+

WINNERS: Fun Police by pinfall in 5:56 D-

ANGLE:

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Fun Police cut a promo after their match, declaring that they are ready to face Revell and Drury next month but that the two should be wary for what they wish for as they have no chance against Fun Police because a) They are Awesome and b) Fun Police outnumbers them three to two (yes, they are counting the monkey). D+

2 vs. 2

<img alt="PduipuV.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/PduipuV.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="gQwSeBU.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/gQwSeBU.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> vs. <img alt="bsGXr0s.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/bsGXr0s.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="HwG9s5O.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/HwG9s5O.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Seth Whitehead & Andrew Harper vs. Austin Smooth & Cobra

In a decent match, Austin Smooth and Cobra defeated Andrew Harper and Seth Whitehead in 11:40 when Austin Smooth defeated Seth Whitehead by submission with a Smooth Hold.

Notes: -

Performance: Seth: D, Harper: D-, Smooth: D+, Cobra: D

WINNERS: Austin Smooth & Cobra by submission in 11:40 D+

1 vs. 1 for King of the Network belt

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<img alt="1OOBqpp.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/1OOBqpp.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> vs. <img alt="Tdpb2q5.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Tdpb2q5.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Quentin Queen vs. Logan Wolfsbaine

In a decent match, Quentin Queen defeated Logan Wolfsbaine in 12:03 by pinfall with a Q-Ball. Quentin Queen makes defence number 1 of his ESE King of the Network title.

Notes: -

Performance: Queen: D, Logan: D-

WINNER: Quentin Queen by pinfall in 12:03 D

ANGLE:

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Queen doesn´t get a chance to celebrate his victory as he´s attacked from behind by Smooth, who beats Queen down. After the beatdown, Austin declares that Queen´s time as a champion is over as Smooth will cut Queen´s reign short just like last time and if Queen is smart, he will stay down this time. (despite the description, this was actually booked as Austin making promo on Queen since the attacks angles don´t really work with low popularity guys, yes, I cheated a bit but there was no point to end the show on bad angle just because I wanted the attack to happen). C-

Show Rating: D-

Comments: The main event was just another title defense with Logan being the opponent mainly because he´s someone who I don´t see as creditable challenger for the belt just yet (meaning it´s unlike there´s a feud coming between the two and thus I don´t need to "save" their 1 vs. 1 encounters for the said feud). However at the same time, Logan is someone who I can trust putting in a good match and these two things combined makes him ideal opponent for one shot title defenses, at least at the time being as no doubt Logan would one day be considered as real challenger. As is the case with many matches here, the match also served the purpose of setting the angle that followed. Speaking of having matches to set-up angles, both Joe vs. Hangman and Fun Police vs. Hurakan & Borgomeo were there mainly to set-up the angles that follwed, with Joe vs. Hangman having the extra layer of Joe beating one of Cobra´s stable mates (I did forgot the fact those two had bad chemistry but decided to go with the match anyway when game reminded me on it as the rating ain´t that important here).

As for other two matches, semi-main even was somewhat unusual in the way that it had four guys who´s all considered upper midcard or above against each other´s and it wasn´t storyline driven match. This time, I mostly wanted Seth to get a match and while I originally planned for him to be on the winning side, most of the lower cards heels were already in the show and I had decided to leave Revell and Drury of the show (mostly as an excuse why their clash with Fun Police happens in next show instead of this one) so I put him and Harper into losing side against Smooth (most over heel) and Cobra (guy I´m most interested at pushing on this point). Whittaker over Night was more typical me booking, having guy higher on pecking order picking a win over jobber. Night got the spot over other face jobbers for the simple reason that he was sitting out the last two shows and thus I wanted to make sure he gets into this card. I also decided to see how we do on bigger arena so switches to Gymnasium Aguada this time around to see if I lose or gain more money from being there, My assumption is it´s net loss with 1500$ extra money put in to it, but I figured it´s worth checking out since the estimation of viewers was almost double (584 to be precise) on the 300 that the High School had seats. We ended up gaining 6,972$ on tickeds sales (up from 3600$) so seems like I was supposed to make that arena switch some time ago. Overall, I was pretty happy about how the show did go. Pretty much everyone delivered, the main even was bit overshadowed by the match before it but it wasn´t a big surprise so I´m alright with it. Two of the three undercard matches scoring D- is also better than average and the third one had bad chemistry note so E+ is ok rating on that too. I was kind of ready to praise Whittaker and Nigth for their match (since it was better than I expected from them) but then everyone else started to deliver as well. At the end, I praised Whittaker, Night and Hurakan this time around, mostly just because I normally don´t remember to praise the jobber guys (it´s less useful too but still, they should gain credit from their work all the same) but there were plenty of other´s who I would have wanted to praise, mainly Smooth and Garry but I figured both of them had lots of praises before and thus should be decently happy already.

main event: Harper: 22, Smooth: 29, Queen: 27, Silencer: 25

upper midcard: Cobra: 20, Garry: 19, , Seth: 20, Whittaker: 19

midcard: Borgomeo: 16. Drury: 17, Wolfsbaine: 18, DeMarcus: 17, Revell: 19, Joe: 18,

lower midcard: Deuce: 17, Hurakan: 17, Night: 17, Hangman: 16

Opener: Bowen: 11

Harper staying on 22 was bit of a relief as I was fully expecting him to lose a point or two there, Cobra gaining a point was also nice so the match filled it´s purpose and ever outshined my expectations with Seth also gaining a point (maybe I shouldn´t be so scared of running main eventer vs. main eventer matches because of potential popularity losses?). Wolfsbaine gaining a point on loss to Queen was also nice surprise (have we finally managed to break that 17 barrier?). Joe also picked a point by beating Hangman but they were on equal level on popularity so that explains that and sure enough Hangman did drop to 16 which ain´t a problem since he gains it back on next show as usual (as much as I have complained about the barrier on 17, the fact that you always gain popularity when below 17 is really handy for these kind of situations). Borgomeo also gained two points and seems to have a style that is really good for my product considering he passed my other jobbers on push despite plenty of them being on 17 intead of 16 like Darryl. We made 1 614$ profit this month so changing the venue certainly seems like a good idea, just wish that I would have done so earlier as I have quite needlessly lost money for some months now.</div>

Zergon · April 22, 2019

June 2019

Friday, week 3

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ESE Eternal Storm

Puerto Rico (generic venua since I forgot to chance it)

Attendance: 584

ANGLE:

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Show starts with Austin Smooth in the ring, telling audience how he will once again, face someone who is way below him in terms of... well everything and that hopefully ESE management in competend enough that they finally realize that Quentin Queen doesn´t belong into same ring with someone as great as Smooth. Unsurpisingly, Queen does interrupt Smooth, telling him that he already knows that Smooth can talk the talk and that he can mostly back his words in-ring too. However, Queen reminds that he have had upper hand in their clashes and has won more times than he lost against Smooth and he don´t plan to let the outcome be differend tonight so Smooth better start spending more time preparing their match rather than running his mouth because that´s the one aspect were Smooth doesn´t need any practise. C-

2 vs. 2

<img alt="gGnd4Jj.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/gGnd4Jj.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="NaloB3a.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/NaloB3a.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> vs. <img alt="b50sLBx.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/b50sLBx.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="R4wPrpL.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/R4wPrpL.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Fun Police (Garry The Entertainer & Nate DeMarcus) vs. Kirk Drury & Outlaw Wes Revell

In a decent match, Fun Police defeated Outlaw Wes Revell and Kirk Drury in 7:51 when Garry The Entertainer defeated Kirk Drury by pinfall with a Pants Pull Sunset Flip.

Notes: -

Performance: Garry: D-, Nate: E+, Drury: E+, Revell: D

WINNERS: Fun Police by pinfall in 7:51 D-

ANGLE:

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After the loss, Drury and Revell start arguing with each other´s, with Drury yelling Revell that he´s a failure while Revell does point out that it was infact Drury who was pinned as has been the case previously. Drury gets angry and tries to punch Revell but Revell blocks the shot and hits Drury who drops down and is out cold, while Revell simply leaves the ring, signaling that alliance between Drury and Revell is likely to be over. E+

1 vs. 1

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Seth Whitehead vs. Darryl Borgomeo

In a decent match, Seth Whitehead defeated Darryl Borgomeo in 6:22 by submission with a Minnesota Stretch.

Notes: Seth and Darryl had a pretty good chemistry

Performance: Seth: D, Borgomeo: E+

WINNER: Seth Whitehead by submission in 6:22 D

2 vs. 2

<img alt="6O59uOA.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/6O59uOA.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="NwsGwG5.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/NwsGwG5.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> vs. <img alt="raEy4gd.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/raEy4gd.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="Tdpb2q5.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Tdpb2q5.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Violent Conduct (Fred Bowen & Dustin Deuce) vs. Predators (Texas Hangman & Logan Wolfsbaine)

In a poor match, Predators defeated Violent Conduct in 6:54 when Logan Wolfsbaine defeated Fred Bowen by submission with a Boston Crab.

Logan Wolfsbaine carried the match in terms of in-ring performance.

Notes: Bowen and Deuce had great chemistry

Performance: Bowen: E, Deuce: E, Hangman: E, Logan: D

WINNERS: The Predators by pinfall in 6:54 D-

1 vs. 1

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Regular Joe vs. Cobra

In a decent match, Cobra defeated Regular Joe in 9:53 by submission with a Viper Vice.

Notes: Joe seemed off his game

Performance: Joe: E+, Cobra: D

WINNER: Cobra by submission in 9:53 D-

1 vs. 1 for King of the Network belt

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<img alt="1OOBqpp.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/1OOBqpp.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> vs. <img alt="bsGXr0s.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/bsGXr0s.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Quentin Queen vs. Austin Smooth

In a decent match, Quentin Queen defeated Austin Smooth in 14:28 by pinfall with a Q-Ball. Quentin Queen makes defence number 2 of his ESE King of the Network title.

Notes: Queen seemed off his game

Performance: Queen: D, Smooth: D+

WINNER: Quentin Queen by pinfall in 14:28 D+

Show Rating: D

Comments: Booking of this show was pretty straight forward thanks to feuds ending here leading to three matches being pretty much decided from the beginning. Of those three, Queen got a win over Smooth mainly since Austin has already exhausted most feud options for now (though Seth coming back would have helped there but decision was already made before that) and it´s time for someone else carry the main belt anyway and at the moment, that someone is going to be Queen. Cobra is another guy who I look to put into frontline for now so he did beat Joe in the deciding match. Now I do aknowledge that Joe has lost his last three feuds (to Smooth, Whittaker and now Cobra) so he needs to win the next one in order to get some momentum back (there´s one feud planned for him from the new feuds but it´s not against same caliber opponents than last three so lets see how much that helps). Fun Police won the tag match because... well, they the guys that actually have named team and I would consider them as my main team at the moment so pretty much had to keep them strong there. As for other two matches, Predators vs. Violent Conduct was mainly there to give some tag experience for the two teams and also served as a way to give some momentum to Logan and Hangman and hopefully it made them look bit more as a threats on their own as so far most of their wins are from six man matches with Cobra. I also wanted to give Seth a welcome back win so he got the fifth match. That said, it was hard call to leave the likes of Silencer, Whittaker and Harper out from the show and this makes me wonder if I´m having few guys too many on my roster as the ones not in any storylines seem to be out from about every second show which is too often for my liking. On the other hand, having few extra hands is nice to have and there´s no extra expenses if I don´t use them so there´s no real pressure to drop anyone either. At this point, I likely won´t be changing anything for now but it´s something I might chance my mind at some point. Anyway, enough about that, lets move to actual show. Before the show, Garry did funny cartoon drawings that helped get the mood up so nice start there. Overall, this was pretty good show even when taken account that both main event and semi-main event got a hit with one of the two guys being off their game (as I side note, I haven´t counted to make sure but my impression is that Queen have been off his game quite lot). After the show I praised Revell (did outperform everyone else on the opener, including Garry who I do hold as decently high regard), Seth (D against a jobber is always good in my books though Darryl likely deserves a praise from that too) and Logan (I was expecting him to be the best guy from his match but full grade better than anyone else is noteworthy from someone that young).

main event: Harper: 22, Smooth: 25, Queen: 28, Silencer: 25

upper midcard: Cobra: 20, Garry: 19, Seth: 20, Whittaker: 19

midcard: Drury: 17, Wolfsbaine: 18, DeMarcus: 17, Revell: 19, Joe: 18, Hangman: 17

lower midcard: Borgomeo: 17, Deuce: 17, Hurakan: 17, Night: 17

Opener: Bowen: 13

Smooth lost 4 points which is certainly a blow, espesially with Queen only gaining one so that could certainly had gone better. No other changes except Hangman getting back to 17 and Bowen gaining 2 points on his quest to get up to 17. I guess Revell not losing points is a positive so could certainly had been worse but essentially losing three points of popularity in the main event does turn this month into negative in terms of popularity. Then again, it does happen occasionally and in general, we have been going towards the right direction. Speaking of right direction, we gained 1 930$ this time around. Nice to actually make money for a chance but I´m sure this won´t hold for long as eventually I would want to get few extra guys and up my production values to lower the penalties I got from those and also extend my shows a bit (from 1h to 1,5h). But that´s for the future at time being, right now I plan to keep going as I have with the longer show time being probably the first thing I want to upgrade.</div>

Zergon · April 28, 2019

July 2019

Friday, week 3

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ESE Eternal Storm

Gymnasium Aguada (Puerto Rico)

Attendance: 616

ANGLE:

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Show starts with Quentin Queen in the ring. He doesn´t get to address the crowd much more than saying hello, as Whitehorse Whittaker attack him from behind and beats him down. Before leaving, Whittaker makes it known that he has set his eyes on King of the Netowrk belt and if Queen would be wise, he would give it up without a fight. C

2 vs. 2

<img alt="gGnd4Jj.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/gGnd4Jj.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="NaloB3a.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/NaloB3a.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> vs. <img alt="raEy4gd.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/raEy4gd.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="Tdpb2q5.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Tdpb2q5.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Fun Police (Garry The Entertainer & Nate DeMarcus) vs. Predators (Texas Hangman & Logan Wolfsbaine)

In a decent match, Fun Police defeated Predators in 7:38 when Garry The Entertainer defeated Texas Hangman by pinfall with a Pants Pull Sunset Flip.

Notes: -

Performance: Garry: D, Nate: E+, Hangman: E+, Logan: D

WINNERS: Fun Police by pinfall in 7:38 D-

ANGLE:

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Fun Police doesn´t get to celebrate their victory as Predotors attack them right after they had recovered enough to realize that they lost. With advantage of a blindsight attack, they manage to easily gain upperhand, throw DeMarcus out of the ring and concentrate on Garry who seems to be in a world of hurt. However, cavalry arries on the form of The Silencer who drives Predators out of the ring before checking on Fun Police. E

1 vs. 1

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Andrew Harper vs. Darryl Borgomeo

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Andrew Harper defeated Darryl Borgomeo in 5:50 by pinfall with a Spike Slam.

Notes: -

Performance: Harper: E+, Borgomeo: E

WINNER: Andrew Harper by pinfall in 5:50 E+

ANGLE:

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Regular Joe comes into ringside next, looking a bit shaken and uncertain about himself. He starts by addressing that he have had rough times ever since he lost the King of the Network belt and that he want to finally turn his fortunes us and gain redemption tonight. And he has a good shot at that since he´s facing the man who beat him for the belt in tonight´s main event and.. Well we never hear what else Joe had in his mind as he´s interrupted by Kirk Drury who appearantly haven´t lost any of his arrogance despite being on the losing side last month as well. Drury states that it´s a discrace that loser like Joe will be in the main event while real talent like himself are left outside of the card completely. Joe doesn´t take kindly about being called a loser and calls Kirk out from it but after Kirk reminds Joe of all his recent failures, it looks like Joe loses some of his wind. He still notes that Kirk himself haven´t done any better which gets Kirk angry and he starts yelling that it was all Revell´s fault and that Joe is going to regret trying to pin Revell´s failures on him. After that, Drury simply leaves the ring fuming while Joe is left into ring looking slighly unsure on what an earth just happened. D-

1 vs. 1

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Seth Whitehead vs. Whitehorse Whittaker

In a decent match, Whitehorse Whittaker defeated Seth Whitehead in 10:13 by pinfall with a Canadian Stun Gun.

Notes: Seth was really off his game

Performance: Seth: E+, Whittaker: D-

WINNER: Whitehorse Whittaker by pinfall in 10:13 D-

1 vs. 1

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Regular Joe vs. Austin Smooth

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In a decent match, Austin Smooth defeated Regular Joe in 13:49 by submission with a Smooth Hold after interference from Kirk Drury.

Notes: -

Performance: Joe: E+, Austin: D+

WINNER: Austin Smooth by submssion in 13:49 D

Show Rating: D-

Comments: Booking wise, this show was all about setting up the next set of storylines. The storylines are Queen vs. Whitetaker, Fun Police plus Silencer vs. Predotors (Cobra included) and Drury vs. Regular Joe. All the three angles as well as three out of the four matches were set-up for these three feuds so there was little else on this show. On the main event, I wanted a good match and Joe vs. Smooth should deliver and loss here doesn´t really hurt Joe while helps Smooth gain some momentum back after dropping the belt. The semi-main event was there to help build Whitetaker up a bit, Seth got sacrificed here a bit and I fully expect him to lose some popularity as a result but I have nothing for him right now and I needed to at least try and close the popularity cap between Queen and Whitetaker a bit. Fun Police did go over Predators in order to better set-up the angle aftewards (and as said before I to count Fun Police as my top team). Now including Silencer might make little sense here but I wanted to put Cobra into this feud as well in order to give him something to do and thus needed a third face and Silencer has been out from spotlight too long already considering he´s one of my top two performers and with Smooth not having a feud, I need Silencer to be in one as the feuds currenly take around two thirds of any card I have. The last match was yet another squash win for Harper, who´s bit on a similar situation that Seth on me not having any storylines for him at the second. Show started with Joe brightening the mood with several cartoon drawings so good start there. Also I did note that the simemring tension between Cobra and Queen is finally gone too so backstage is mostly at harmony with Cobra and Night not liking each other´s being the only minus with 10+ guys being positive influences. As for show itself, bit disappointed on Seth and Joe, they didn´t perform particularly well tonight, angles also weren´t as good as usual (excluding that assault angle from Whittaker but even on that Queen underperformed) but that was kind of expected so not a big deal. I did praise Smooth, (for pretty much single handedly saving the main event) Garry and Logan (being the two next best performers after Smooth which I wasn´t expecting).

main event: Harper: 22, Smooth: 25, Queen: 28, Silencer: 25

upper midcard: Cobra: 20, Garry: 19, Joe: 18, Whittaker: 20

midcard: Drury: 17, Wolfsbaine: 18, DeMarcus: 17, Revell: 19, Seth: 17, Hangman: 17

lower midcard: Borgomeo: 17, Deuce: 17, Hurakan: 17, Night: 17

Opener: Bowen: 13

Whittaker gained a point and Seth lost three in the progress so obviously not a good swap and pretty well demostrates why I´m usually not willing to put guys higher on the card against each other´s unless the more popular one wins (in which case it´s usually no chance on popularity levels). Other than that, there were no chances so status quo didn´t really chance much other than Seth taking the expected hit but like I said earlier, I felt that I had to at least try to give Whittaker bit popularity because of him feuding with Queen currenly. On financial side, we did make another 1401$ profit this month. Also some contract talks were set to this month as Outlaw Wes Revell had his contract ending. He was willing to take the same 600$ per show that he´s getting already so I signed him for another two years as he´s been decently solid midcard guy for me and I quite like the character I have come up for him.

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Zergon · April 28, 2019

Also, I guess I should give anyone reading this a fair warning.

I have now cautch up with were the save is (to the point that I haven´t even planned the next show yet) and with me recently discovering mafia games and that taking quite a bit of my free time, I won´t likely be able to continue a show /week phase. That said, current plan is to continue this diary, just that it will likely be updated less often than before, at least for the time being.

Zergon · May 5, 2019

August 2019

Friday, week 3

ESE Eternal Storm

Gymnasium Aguada (Puerto Rico)

Attendance: 663

2 vs. 2

& vs. &

Violent Conduct (Fred Bowen & Dustin Deuce) vs. Cobra & Logan Wolsbaine

In a decent match, Cobra and Logan Wolfsbaine defeated Violent Conduct in 8:01 when Cobra defeated Dustin Deuce by submission with a Viper Vice.

Dustin Deuce was the weak link, struggling to keep up with everyone else's in-ring performance.

Notes: Deuce and Bowen had excellend chemistry as partners

Performance: Bowen: D-, Deuce: E, Cobra: D, Wolfsbaine: D

WINNERS: Cobra and Logan Wolfsbaine by submission 8:01 D

ANGLE:

After the match, Predators cut a promo were they declare that last month they tried to fulfil nature´s order by eliminating the weak (Fun Police). However, Silencer did see it fit to mess with cycle of life and now he has to learn the hard way that only strong will survive because that´s the way of the nature. Weak will perish and only strong are left standing and when everything is said and done and the hunt is over, Silencer and Fun Police will find out that they were prey, not predators. D

1 vs. 1

vs.

Jules Night vs. Kirk Drury

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Kirk Drury defeated Jules Night in 7:26 by submission with a Scorpion Deathlock.

Notes: -

Performance: Night: E, Drury: E

WINNER: Kirk Drury by submssion in 7:26 E+

ANGLE:

Drury doesn´t get a chance to celebrate his victory as he´s interrupted by Regular Joe who is still pretty angry for what happened last month. He confronts Drury who states that what happened was Joe´s own foult for taking a spot that didn´t belong to him and Drury simply saved him for an embarrasment by giving him reason to lose. Joe ain´t happy with the answer and the two almost comes to blows but security manages to keep them seperated. D-

ANGLE:

Fun Police and Silencer cut a promo next, Silencer starts by declaring that he fight against bullies and brutes where ever he find ones and it´s no differend here. He also warn Predators that he have targets set on their heads now and it´s going to be war out here if they plan to continue their hostile actions. Fun Police take the microphone next thanking Silencer for his help and invating him to team party that is being arranged by their monkey friend (really?). Silencer shakes his head clearly wondering were an earth he has got himself into and says that he need to do more military training and thus have to decline the invation. Then clearly wanting to get out of the situation, he tells Fun Police that they should get into backstage because he´s match is next which Fun Police happily accepts and dance their way

up the ramp while Silencer is shaking his head in the ring. D-

(I accitendly had Hurakan in this angle instead of Garry but since that makes zero sense I´m just going to pretend like Garry was here.)

1 vs. 1

vs.

The Silencer vs. Texas Hangman

In a decent match, The Silencer defeated Texas Hangman in 8:20 by pinfall with a Drop Zone.

Notes: Silencer and Hangman had great chemistry as opponents

Performance: Silencer: D+, Hangman: E+

WINNER: The SIlencer by pinfall in 8:20 D

1 vs. 1 for King of the Network belt

vs.

Quentin Queen vs. Outlaw Wes Revell

In a decent match, Quentin Queen defeated Outlaw Wes Revell in 10:27 by pinfall with a Q-Ball. Quentin Queen makes defence number 3 of his ESE King of the Network title.

Notes: -

Performance: Queen: D, Revell: D-

WINNER: Quentin Queen by pinfall in 10:27 D

ANGLE:

After the match, Queen takes microphone and has a few words on Whittaker, saying that if Whittaker think a simple attack could get Queen scared, then he haven´t done his scouting very well as Queen has been targeted by many people during his career and Whittaker is going to find the same thing everyone else is, Quentin Queen won´t go down easily, espesially not when he has extra energy thanks to him having a title belt to defend. C

Show Rating: D

Comments: This was one of those shows were I really didn´t have much idea what I wanted before I started. The first thing I actually decided was the two angles from Predators an Fun Police + Silencer just to set-up their feud a bit more and give reasoning to why it´s happening in the first place. Next segment that found it´s way into the card was Drury´s win over Night and the following segment that helped forward the feud between him and Joe. Drury´s win was high on the list of "things that need to be done" since my current feeling is that he´s not been shown particularly strong and I felt that I should at least have him go over jobber to justify his arrogance a bit. Main event was next to thing that I figured out, at first I tried to figure out a tag or six-man match that would allow me to put Whittaker over Queen but I couldn´t quite find a combination that I would been fine of (my main problem was that most of the main event level faces have higher popularity than heels so finding a good combination that would get the job done while protecting popularity for my faces proved hard to do) so I decided to give myself bit more time in order to try to figure that one out and decided to go for one-shot title defense instead and just had Queen forward the feud via angle afterwards. After that, I decided that I want Silencer into semi-main mainly for rating reasons (I was bit sceptic about main event delivering) and decided to put him against Hangman since I has already an idea that there would be one singles match each show between the two feuding trios (was planning to start that on next show). With three singles matches and four angles already written, I decided that I want a tag match as opener to put bit more guys into show and with Predators promo being scheduled after the first match, I figured I could put Cobra and Logan into match as well and picked Violent Conduct as their opponents mostly just to give them some more tag experience but also because there were the most logical guys left that I wouldn´t mind losing a match. Again, bit unhappy that I couldn´t find spots for likes of Smooth, Harper and Seth for the show but it is what it is. I probably keep 1h show for rest of this year but I´m going to seriously consider adding another half and hour for the show at the end of the year (if not earlier) which would likely translate on getting at least another jobber for both face/heel side in as well.

Other news around the world before the show (I used to put this at the end of last show but since I actually didn´t sim until this show before postin the last I have to but this info here instead) that concern my guys is that Austin Smooth now muscular middleweight after gaining more muscle mass while Hurakan did sign a contract with FCW. Grade wise, I was happy with the show, it was mostly filler and getting three D out from the matches were better than I expected. I did praise Bowen (raising into occasion with D- rating when put against talented opponents), Queen (D was alright rating in the main event considering who was in it and the angle after that was by far the best segment of the entire show) and Silencer (not surprised that he had best in-ring rating but it should be aknowledget every now and then).

main event: Harper: 22, Smooth: 25, Queen: 28, Silencer: 25

upper midcard: Cobra: 20, Garry: 19, Revell: 19, Whittaker: 20

midcard: Drury: 17, Wolfsbaine: 18, DeMarcus: 17, Joe: 18, Seth: 17, Hangman: 17

lower midcard: Borgomeo: 17, Deuce: 17, Bowen: 16, Hurakan: 17

Opener: Night: 16

No visible chances (other than Bowen gaining 3 and Night losing 1) on popularity but it´s worth pointing out that Revell did rise into upper midcard after being midcarder last month so likely bit of popularity were gained there? Money wise, we made 3 431$ profit this month. Also during this month, Fred Bowen signed a contract with IPW so looks like I´m at least able to help my guys getting some exposure. IPW doesn´t hold shows on same nights than us so I am completely fine with this.

Zergon · May 12, 2019

September 2019

Friday, week 3

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ESE Eternal Storm

Gymnasium Aguada (Puerto Rico)

Attendance: 673

4 vs. 4

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Andrew Harper & Silencer & Violent Conduct (Fred Bowen & Dustin Deuce) vs. Darryl Borgomeo & Predators (Texas Hangman & Logan Wolfsbaine) & Outlaw Wes Revell

In a decent match, Andrew Harper, The Silencer and Violent Conduct defeated Outlaw Wes Revell, Darryl Borgomeo and Predators in 13:36 when The Silencer defeated Darryl Borgomeo by pinfall with a Drop Zone.

Notes: Borgomeo was off his game

Performance: Harper: D-, Silencer: D, Bowen: E+, Deuce: E-, Borgomeo: D-, Hangman: E+, Wolfbaine: D, Revell: D-

WINNERS: Harper, Silencer & Violent Conduct by pinfall in 13:36 D-

ANGLE:

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After his match, Silencer takes time to address Predators again telling them that he has beaten them again today just like he beat Hangman last month and claims that he´s the ultimate predator, a soldier that doesn´t leave job undone and now that Predotors have decided to target him, they will learn that even predators can become casualties of war. D

1 vs. 1

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Regular Joe vs. Hurakan

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Regular Joe defeated Hurakan in 6:24 by pinfall with a Joe And Behold.

Notes: -

Performance: Joe: E+, Hurakan: E

WINNER: Regular Joe by pinfall in 6:24 E+

ANGLE:

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After his match, Joe takes a microphone and challenges Drury to a match next month, telling him that it´s time for him to put money were his mouth is and try to prove that he´s better than Joe in-ring. D

1 vs. 1

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Nate DeMarcus vs. Cobra

In a decent match, Cobra defeated Nate DeMarcus in 9:53 by submission with a Viper Vice.

Notes: -

Performance: DeMarcus: E+, Cobra: D

WINNER: Cobra by submission in 9:53 D

2 vs. 2

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Quentin Queen & Seth Whitehead vs. Whitehorse Whittaker & Austin Smooth

In a decent match, Whitehorse Whittaker and Austin Smooth defeated Quentin Queen and Seth Whitehead in 14:54 when Whitehorse Whittaker defeated Seth Whitehead by pinfall with a Canadian Stun Gun.

Notes:

Performance: Queen: D+, Seth: D-, Whittaker: D-, Smooth: D

WINNERS: Whitehorse Whittaker & Austin Smooth by pinfall in 14:54 D+

Show Rating: D-

Comments: The first match I decided on this card was actually Cobra vs. Nate DeMarcus, mostly because I decided that one on the same time I decided Silencer vs. Hangman in the last show. Other than that, I didn´t have any pre-made plans for this show and to be honest, I´m pretty much coasting at this point, trying to find my interest on this game again (lack of interest happens more often that I care to admit during my diaries) but I have learned to just work through those for the most part until I can spark my creativity again and hoping it´s the case here. The main even was the second segment that I decided to do this show, as I told during last show´s comments, I had hard time figuring a way to put Whitetaker over Queen and in the end I decided to pick Seth as Queen´s partner because he´s someone with low popularity (17 before the show) but who has enough skills to get a good match. Whittaker´s partner was Smooth mostly because he´s my most over heel so I hoped including him would both give me better rating and lessen the potential hit Queen´s popularity would get. I wasn´t completely happy about this because a) I would have liked to put Cobra here in order for him to benefit and b) Seth just had a big loss to Whittaker so I would have liked to get him some wins to make up for that but in the end, I decided that this is how things have to go here. The next match was Joe vs. Hurakan which was mostly there to set-up the angle afterwards. I then decided that I want to include bunch of guys in the last match to make sure some people get some in-ring time so decided to have 4 vs. 4 match. Harper and Silencer were the first two picked and that pretty much decided who the winners would be. I decided I wanted Violent Conduct to get a rare win so they were included as well. Heel side had pretty much just who was available, the match did forward Predators vs. Fun Police + Silencer feud but that was mostly just an accitend rather than me wanting to do so, I just simply felt that those guys would be better on the match than few other´s that were left outside of it. The Silencer promo after the match was mostly filler, and chance to give Silencer some more promo time since he haven´t been on spotight much since he´s feud with Smooth ended.

Overall, I´m pretty happy about the show again, main event and semi-main delivered well enough even if we didn´t manage to break into D rated show this time around. I praised Cobra, Queen and Smooth after the show for being the three guys in main and semi-main event that delivered. Specific mention should go to Queen outperforming everyone else in the main event (including Smooth), which I look as raising his game now that he´s champion. After the show Dustin Deuce complained that he´s been booked badly and would need some momentum. Why do this just after I gave him a win is a bit of mystery to me but hey, it´s not like his wrong. The thing is, he´s ain´t getting a push so while he´s complain has legs, it´s not goign to affect anything.

main event: Harper: 22, Smooth: 25, Queen: 28, Silencer: 25

upper midcard: Cobra: 20, Garry: 19, Revell: 19, Whittaker: 21

midcard: Bowen: 17, Drury: 17, Wolfsbaine: 18, , Joe: 18, Seth: 18, Hangman: 17

lower midcard: Borgomeo: 17, Deuce: 17, Hurakan: 17, DeMarcus: 17

Opener: Night: 16

Whittaker did get a point from main event as did Seth and no-one else lost anything from the main event so success (yes, small gains and all that but I´m happy about every point I can get were I don´t lose popularity elsewhere)! Bowen got to 17 and that was enough to raise him into midcard status (over Nate DeMarcus) which was the only other popularity chance that happened. So basically, it was pretty succesful night with both Seth and Whittaker getting a popularity point and no-one losing one (Bowen raising to 17 was pretty much given). On finances, we gained another 1,322$ profit which is a decent amount considering that we did use most of our roster (Garry, Drury and Night being the only ones who weren´t in the show) on this month. Quentin Queen did sign a contract with PSW this month as well. What this means is that he won´t be available during April (same as Cobra) with PSW holding show on the same date that month but other than that, it won´t affect us and I view it as positive thing since he will now get more experience and hopefully helps him devoloping his skills and thus making him even more useful to us as well. Few days later, Seth Whitehead signed a contract with IPW so he´s experiencing the GSW vs. IPW war on the other side, being former GSW wrestler who got into argument with Weston. IPW ain´t holding shows on the same dates than us so this doesn´t affect us at all. IPW continued to offer contract to my guys as Regular Joe also received and signed a contract with them. On other backstag news, Hurakan did complain about lack of push and once I auto pushed he jumped into upper midcard (he´s popularity had jumped all the way to 20). The reason for this was him being in FCW show (I honestly didn´t even remember that he had signed with them) and even though he was on losing side (tag match) it appearantly was enough to rise his popularity (well, it was C- rated match which is full grade better than his second best which is D- rated). Kirk Drury was also on the same show but he didn´t get any popularity boost from that.</div>

Zergon · May 19, 2019

October 2019

Friday, week 3

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ESE Eternal Storm

Gymnasium Aguada (Puerto Rico)

Attendance: 700

1 vs. 1

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Regular Joe vs. Kirk Drury

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Regular Joe defeated Kirk Drury in 8:29 by pinfall with a Joe And Behold.

Notes: -

Performance: Joe: D-, Drury: E+

WINNER: Regular Joe by pinfall in 8:29 D-

1 vs. 1

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Seth Whitehead vs. Darryl Borgomeo

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Seth Whitehead defeated Darryl Borgomeo in 6:04 by submission with a Minnesota Stretch.

Notes: Borgomeo was really off his game. Seth and Borgomeo had pretty good chemistry

Performance: Seth: E+, Borgomeo: E

WINNER: Seth Whitehead by submission in 6:04 E+

3 vs. 3

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Violent Conduct (Fred Bowen & Dustin Deuce) & Jules Night vs. Outlaw Wes Revell & Texas Hangman & Hurakan

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Texas Hangman, Outlaw Wes Revell and Hurakan defeated Jules Night and Violent Conduct in 8:25 when Outlaw Wes Revell defeated Jules Night by pinfall with a Release Powerbomb.

Notes: -

Performance: Deuce: E, Bowen: E+, Night: E+, Revell: D-, Hangman: E+, Hurakan: E+

WINNERS: Revell, Hangman & Smooth by pinfall in 8:25 D-

1 vs. 1

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Garry The Entertainer vs. Logan Wolfsbaine

In a decent match, Logan Wolfsbaine defeated Garry The Entertainer in 10:29 by pinfall with a Belly To Belly Suplex.

Notes: -

Performance: Garry: D-, Wolfsbaine: D

WINNER: Logan Wolfsbaine by pinfall in 10:29 D

2 vs. 2

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Andrew Harper & Nate DeMarcus vs. Whitehorse Whittaker & Cobra

In a decent match, Cobra and Whitehorse Whittaker defeated Andrew Harper and Nate DeMarcus in 13:43 when Whitehorse Whittaker defeated Nate DeMarcus by pinfall with a Canadian Stun Gun.

Notes: Cobra and Whittaker had excellent chemsitry as partners

Performance: Harper: D-, DeMarcus: E+, Whittaker: D, Cobra: D+

WINNERS: Whitehorse Whittaker & Cobra by pinfall in 12:43 D

ANGLE:

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After his match Whittaker takes a microphone and demands a title shot, telling the crowd that he has earned it. Queen comes to ringside and says that Whittaker have indeed been quite impressive lately and that Queen has some payback to give on Whittaker for the assault few months ago so sure, Whittaker will get his title shot next month and learn that Quentin Queen ain´t an easy target. D+

Show Rating: D-

Comments: Here I had two pre-made matches before I started my booking, first was Wolfsbaine vs. Garry which was the third singles match between the two groups. the second was Joe vs. Drury that was set-up by Joe´s promo on previous month. The main event was the next match I did put together and the main thing there was to give another win to Whittaker. I wanted him to go over "big" name so Harper, being higher on popularity than Whittaker, was put into other team. I then decided to add Cobra on the match as well for a slight hope that he and/or Whittaker would gain popularity from the win. In order to protect Harker a bit, I decided that I wanted his partner to be someone with lower popularity to take the fall (which axed Silencer or Queen from the list of options) and with Joe and Garry already being on the card and me not wanting to give Seth another loss, I picked DeMarcus as he´s partner. This would also mean that the Predators vs. Fun Police storyline would advance here but as with last month´s eight man match, it wasn´t the actual plan but just happened that way because of other reasons. I was slighly worried with the potential rating this match would get since Harper, DeMarcus nor Whittaker ain´t guys who I would trust putting great ratings in but in the end, I decided to just go with it and see what I get. The angle afterwards forwarded Whittaker´s feud with Queen. After that, I decided that since all three feuds were already forwarded, I would have two more matches instead of the more typical four matches and two angles. The last matches were completely decided on who I would want to give some momentum with Seth, Hangman and Revell being the three guys who I wanted to gain wins. One note I would like to give is that I originally had Smooth in the six man tag match instead of Hurakan and changed that on the last minute once I remembered that he had that popularity rise and I decided to let him enjoy his popularity a bit longer and giving him a rare win before he has to drop that popularity to someone else (let´s not be kidding here, he´s not going to keep that popularity, espesially not when his style doesn´t really work in ESE and me already having only two actual heel jobbers). Another thing to note is that the only two wrestlers left unused were Smooth and Silencer so interesting to see how well my roster performs when two of the best performers ain´t on the card.

Overall, I was pretty happy with the show, D- rating as overall rating was a bit given considering two top performers weren´t even on the card, much less anywhere near main event. Both main event and semi-main event still produced D ratings which is acceptable ratings and kind of what I expect on those spots (any more than that is a bonus and anything less is disappointment). Cobra and Whittaker having excellent chemistry is interesting, don´t have any plans to put them together right now as they my 2nd and 3rd heel but extra options are never a bad thing. I praised Cobra (best in-ring rating on the show), Whittaker (D is pretty good in-ring rating from him and as Queen last month, I see this as him raising an the occasion now that I put him into spotlight) and Revell (Best performer on his match, granded, everyone else were more or less jobbers but still, Revell ain´t someone who I see as rating machine and D- is slighly better than what I would had expected from him there). Granded, Wolfsbaine would probably deserve the praise more than Outlaw or Whittaker but considering his skills and current card placement, I expect to have plenty of chances to praise him in the future.

main event: Harper: 22, Smooth: 25, Queen: 28, Silencer: 25

upper midcard: Cobra: 20, Wolfsbaine: 19 , Revell: 19, Whittaker: 21

midcard: Bowen: 17, Hurakan: 19, Drury: 17, DeMarcus: 17, Joe: 18, Seth: 18,

lower midcard: Borgomeo: 17, Deuce: 17, Garry: 17, Hangman: 17

Opener: Night: 17

So Logan gained a point while Garry lost two. Also, Hurakan lost 1 point despite being on the winning side? Really? Night got back to 17 as well. No one from the main event didn´t gain popularity but that was bit of a long shot to begin with so not really disappointed there. On other news, we made 1 024$ profit this moth, which is about 300$ less than last month , with expeces being about same. The main reason for this is that sponsor income dropped from 4400$ into 3700$ range (got 400$ more on ticket sales which helped to offset loss of sponsor money). No doubt the sponsor money loss is because both economy and wrestling business is falling at the moment (economy is D- and business C at the time being). PSW also continued to sign our wrestlers into p.p.a deals, as this time Dustin Deuce was signed. Also, some of our contracts were coming to an end. I did resign Seth Whitehead for two years with 400$ per show (same amound he was making before). Other contract that was coming up was Regular Joe´s and that was a tougher one to figure out. You see, he was making 800$ per appearance (more than anyone else on teh roster) and frankly haven´t been worth that much and now he wanted 900$ per appearance. I did considering replacing him and even looked at other options (still only unemployed because I roll that way). I did consider Remmy Honeyman (200$ cheaper than what Joe would be but would need to build up before being on Joe´s level) and Rayne Man (would actually ask 100$ more but would have E popularity around USA). In the end, I decided not to pull the trigger at this point and just resigned Joe for the asked amound. I was considering on just giving one year contract and re-evaluate him after that but he´s set to win his feud with Drury so I figured I might want him around for a bit longer so settled to more standard two year deal in the end.</div>

Zergon · May 26, 2019

November 2019

Friday, week 3

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ESE Eternal Storm

Gymnasium Aguada (Puerto Rico)

Attendance: 748

1 vs. 1

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Jules Night vs. Austin Smooth

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Austin Smooth defeated Jules Night in 5:47 by submission with a Smooth Hold.

Notes: -

Performance: Night: E, Smooth: D

WINNER: Austin Smooth by submission in 5:47 D-

1 vs. 1

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Fred Bowen vs. Kirk Drury

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Kirk Drury defeated Fred Bowen in 6:13 by submission with a Scorpion Deathlock.

Notes: -

Performance: Bowen: E+, Drury: E

WINNER: Kirk Drury by submission in 6:13 E+

ANGLE:

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After his match, Drury takes a microphone and starts complaining about his loss last month, claiming that Regular Joe cheated and should be fired from ESE because of that. He ends his rant by declaring that cheap win like last month doesn´t prove a thing and that Drury is still the top star and Joe just someone who should be out of the doors instead of being put into spotlight. E+

2 vs. 2

<img alt="M9kMTmh.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/M9kMTmh.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="PduipuV.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/PduipuV.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> vs. <img alt="IE8Yfvb.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/IE8Yfvb.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="afr75F7.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/afr75F7.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Regular Joe & Seth Whitehead vs. Hurakan & Darryl Borgomeo

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Seth Whitehead and Regular Joe defeated Hurakan and Darryl Borgomeo in 7:58 when Regular Joe defeated Darryl Borgomeo by pinfall with a Joe And Behold.

Notes: Borgomeo was really off his game.

Performance: Joe: D-, Seth: D-, Hurakan: E+, Borgomeo: E+

WINNERS: Regular Joe & Seth Whitehead by pinfall in 7:58 D-

ANGLE:

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After his match, Joe answers to Drury´s earlier rant by saying that he didn´t cheat which should be obvious to anyone who watched the match and asking just how low Drury can get by having to give ridicilous excuses on his losses? You win some and you lose some, it´s the question of how you get yourself back up after loss and keep going forward and that was Joe has done each time he´s being beaten and if Drury wants to continue his quest on trying to defead Joe his welcome to try again but this time, Joe doesn´t plan to lose on deciding moment. D-

3 vs. 3

<img alt="vvyWO0h.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/vvyWO0h.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="gGnd4Jj.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/gGnd4Jj.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="NaloB3a.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/NaloB3a.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> vs. <img alt="HwG9s5O.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/HwG9s5O.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="raEy4gd.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/raEy4gd.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> & <img alt="Tdpb2q5.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Tdpb2q5.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

The Silencer & Fun Police (Garry The Entertainer & Nate DeMarcus) vs. Predators (Cobra & Texas Hangman & Logan Wolfsbaine)

In a decent match, The Silencer and Fun Police drew with Predators (Texas Hangman, Logan Wolfsbaine and Cobra) in 12:21 following a double disqualification.

Notes: -

Performance: Silencer: D+, Garry: D, DeMarcus: E+, Cobra: D, Hangman: E, Logan: D

DRAW by double DQ in 12:21 D

1 vs. 1 for King of the Network belt

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<img alt="1OOBqpp.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/1OOBqpp.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> vs. <img alt="02tjC91.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/02tjC91.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Quentin Queen vs. Whitehorse Whittaker

In a decent match, Quentin Queen defeated Whitehorse Whittaker in 15:20 by pinfall with a Q-Ball. Quentin Queen makes defence number 4 of his ESE King of the Network title.

Notes: -

Performance: Queen: D, Whittaker: D

WINNER: Quentin Queen by pinfall in 15:20 D

Show Rating: D-

Comments: The main event was the first match put together on this card as it was set-up in last show and was the first of the likely three singles clashes between the two. The second match that I did put together was the semi-main event were I decided to go ith draw simply because I didn´t really have a clear idea which side I actually wanted to win. Other three matches were all "give some momentum to midcard/main event stars". I did put Hurakan into tag match against Joe and Seth who both have point less popularity as I´m hoping at least one of them could get a bid of a rub although I don´t really expect any changes to status quo from that one. The two angles on this show were both there to forward the Drury vs. Joe feud since they just clashed last month.

The show itself was decent enough, undercard was around E+ to D- ratings with semi-main and main event both getting D ratings so pretty much standard stuff and on level that I´m happy with. I did praise Queen and Whittaker for their main event (I was slighly scared on rating there since I don´t see either as top in-ring worker but they delivered well) and also Silencer for getting the best in-ring rating on the show. Other than those three Cobra, Garry and Logan would have also deserved a mention as would had Smooth and Joe but those have to wait. Also, it´s worth to note that Bowen had better rating than Drury and that kind of paints a clear picture of how disappointing Drury have been for me considering that rookie with bit over a year experience outperforms him (remember, I did brough Drury in with an idea that he could be a heel version of Garry in terms of ratings and card position). Drury´s contract is up on three months and I´m slighly questioning if I even want to resign him but at the moment, the plans is to give him year contract and slot him as jobber once he´s current feud with Joe is over (want to guess who´s scheduled to win that feud? <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />). Hurakan complained about his lack of momentum after the show which is fair considering his current popularity. Hurakan´s contract is up on four months and I do wonder if it would be fairer for me to just cut him so that he wouldn´t lose all the popularity he gains from FCW because he´s just not going to be anything but jobber for me at the time being regardless of how popular he becomes but I also would feel kind of bad to just have him donate all the popularity to my guys as well (yeah, I know, digital character who doesn´t actually have feelings and all that but that´s how my mind works so I just roll with it).

main event: Harper: 22, Smooth: 25, Queen: 28, Silencer: 25

upper midcard: Cobra: 21, Wolfsbaine: 19 , Revell: 19, Whittaker: 21

midcard: Garry: 17, Hurakan: 19, Drury: 17, DeMarcus: 18, Joe: 18, Seth: 18,

lower midcard: Borgomeo: 17, Deuce: 17, Bowen: 17 , Hangman: 17

Opener: Night: 17

Cobra gained a point as did DeMarcus and no visible chances otherwise so good show overall. Also note worthy is that Garry did got back into midcard position while Bowen dropped back to lower midcard so some small chances likely happened there even if the numbers doesn´t show it.On finances side, we made another 2 157$ profit this month. Dustin Deuce had his current contract ending this month and while he has major negative momentum I decided to keep him for two more years mainly since I like his tag team with Bowen and I have other lower end guys that I would rather cut at the moment (Hurakan and Night being the main ones I´m thinking about cutting and potentially Drury depending how much he asks) and that combined on me wanting to put extra half hour into shows (+ likely sign 3 more guys to help fill the shows) means that I don´t really want let Deuce go at the moment as there´s enough roster turnover and new guys coming without letting him walk. He settled for 270$ per show which is 70$ raise but still pretty fair prize for someone on 17 popularity in my home area. On FCW December show, Hurakan gained a win over Curtis Shaw, which pushes him to 23 popularity making him my 4th most over guy. Drury was also on the show (losing effort in a tag match) but didn´t gain anything while Smooth once again wasn´t in the show at all.

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Zergon · June 8, 2019

After thinking this a bit and despite what I said little while ago about continuing, I think it´s time to call this diary officially over.

Sorry to anyone who liked to follow this but I just don´t find much inspiration to write this at the moment and since I do plan to buy TEW2020 (and write diary), I figured it´s good plan to take a brake before that considering my current lack of creativity.

Slighly disappointed on this being as short as it was but hopefully everyone still enjoyed the ride even if it didn´t last nearly as long as I hoped it would. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

BHK1978 · June 9, 2019

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Zergon" data-cite="Zergon" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45829" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>After thinking this a bit and despite what I said little while ago about continuing, I think it´s time to call this diary officially over. Sorry to anyone who liked to follow this but I just don´t find much inspiration to write this at the moment and since I do plan to buy TEW2020 (and write diary), I figured it´s good plan to take a brake before that considering my current lack of creativity. Slighly disappointed on this being as short as it was but hopefully everyone still enjoyed the ride even if it didn´t last nearly as long as I hoped it would. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote> Sucks but I have been where you are at and when it comes to that point it is probably best to end it. This was a fun diary and I always enjoy your insight into why you do what you do. You put far more thought into your game than I ever do and that is what made this diary a great read.

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