The Climb [RMW, CVerse]

Theheel · November 11, 2018

Glad to see you with another diary. Interesting story and with Jen as the champ, I will enjoy seeing how he does.

RingRider · November 11, 2018

Fun little show... what is a "captain's match?"

Historian · November 11, 2018

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="RingRider" data-cite="RingRider" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45989" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Fun little show... what is a "captain's match?"</div></blockquote> It’s an old southern wrestling spot show gimmick. You name two members of a tag team as captains and they go at it in a singles contest. It serves no real purpose other than to distinguish who is supposed to be the leader of each team.

Historian · November 12, 2018

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="XMultiGames" data-cite="XMultiGames" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45989" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> Now, I have to tell a nitpick, because if not im going to be uncomfortable all diary, given how the game doesnt have states but regions, given the official maps made by the Devs, Denver isnt in the North West Region, is in the Mid South, but the Rockies are in the North West, just not the part of it that is in Denver, more like the Idaho-Montana Rockies, so the name of the company is factually correct.</div></blockquote> I meant to add, I found the maps that someone shared, and I see that Colorado is listed in the Mid South territory, but the only venue that is definitely in Colorado is the Colorado Springs building. Since Colorado Springs is about 71 miles South of Denver, I'm going to use that as my official cut off point between the Mid South and North West, because darn it, Rocky Mountain Wrestling just makes sense to be based out of Denver! <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="theheel" data-cite="theheel" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45989" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> Glad to see you with another diary. Interesting story and with Jen as the champ, I will enjoy seeing how he does. </div></blockquote> Hopefully I can hold your interest. This one should be easier for me to maintain because I'm not writing the full results like I did before, so it makes shows significantly easier.

Historian · November 12, 2018

Monday, Week 1, March, 2016. No Law, No Order went off okay. I would have liked the main event to be better, but apparently Hardcore Killah was taking advantage of me. He had showed up ready to work for the battle royal, but with a singles contest he didn’t show up in shape, almost hurt Jebediah when he botched a move and, simply put, at the worst performance of anyone that night. I expected a lot more from Killah, but he didn’t deliver and I’m not in the business of keeping people around just to keep them around. I let him know this morning that he would not be asked back. He understood. He’s been around a long enough time. We drew more fans to No Law, No Order than we did to the Climb. We still lost money, but we only lost a small fraction of what we had lost before -- and most of our loss could be traced to the running of the dojo. As much as I want to train new talent, if we don’t see some growth within the year, I’ll probably have to close the training center. It’s not cheap to keep the lights on and I don’t want to have to keep losing money each month. This month was better though -- so if we grow a little bit we should be able to make up the difference. I also put out a few phone calls this morning. Shady K is sitting unemployed right now and while he is it at the top end of what I would like to pay, he has some name value from his time on SWF and might be able to function as a top heel. I called Jack Griffith too -- but he’s not a long term solution. I only want to bring him in for a show. He’s expensive, I’ve seen some tapes of him from some indy gigs and he is a shell of a guy. Alcohol and pills can do that to you. I also called Phillipe LeGrenier. He’s a good looking kid. He has some good skills. I would have thought Jeremy or Alex would have brought him in full time -- or at least Troy. None of them have, so I might as well try. He could fill a void. The last calls I put in were to the Boys from the Yukon from New York. While I want to make sure I don’t flood my roster with guys working elsewhere, I got a call from Steve that told me he might be finishing them up soon and he thinks their lumberjack gimmicks and overall style would fit nicely in what I’m trying to build -- so I might as well. They’re big, they’re burly, and if they can get over they could be a great addition to my roster. I looked down at the plan for Wrestling Summit. Eventually, if we are able to tread water enough and become successful, I hoped to turn Wrestling Summit into a hallmark event for our organization. That comes in time though. Right now, I’m hoping this show brings us closer to breaking the century mark in attendance. It looks like we’ll have a new home in Club X. Not my first choice for a place to run shows, I’ll be honest. It was a gay bar that had terrible lighting. The patrons were super nice and the crowd we drew there was very much into the action, but you can only do so much with terrible lighting. It can fit three hundred people in it, though, so we had some room to grow. I was pretty happy with the card for Wrestling Summit. It presented some good action and continued our smaller card trend, but featuring guys who were going to be players. It is also allowed me to continue to stagger featuring talent. <div style="text-align:center;"><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45989" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div style="text-align:center;"><div>Rocky Mountain Wrestling Presents: Wrestling Summit I Saturday Week 4, March 2016 Main Event Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Championship Sixty Minute Time Limit “Southern Justice” Jack Griffith versus “The Amish Mountain” Jebediah © Semi Main Event Rocky Mountain Tag Team Championship Forty-Five Minute Time Limit National Guard [Desert Storm and The Silencer] versus The Aces of Mayhem [Ace Youngblood and Max Mayhem] © Special Attraction Singles Match Twenty Minute Time Limit Cip Conduit versus “Cowboy” Buck Winchester Opening Contest Eight Man Tag $400 Bonus to the winning team Twenty Minute Time Limit Jebediah, Buck Winchester, and the Aces of Mayhem versus Jack Griffith, Cip Conduit, and National Guard </div></div><div></div></blockquote></div>

SomeLazyMagic · November 12, 2018

It's a shame about how Killah turned out for your last show, but in a way it's situations like that that add to the overall experience as you try things out. Hopefully Griffith will be a much smoother and better defense for Jeb.

Main Event

Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Championship

Sixty Minute Time Limit

“Southern Justice” Jack Griffith versus “The Amish Mountain” Jebediah ©

Like Oxford said before, Griffith is a shell of a himself, but if I remember correctly he should still be enough to get both a good rating and some improvements for Jeb.

Semi Main Event

Rocky Mountain Tag Team Championship

Forty-Five Minute Time Limit

National Guard [Desert Storm and The Silencer] versus The Aces of Mayhem [Ace Youngblood and Max Mayhem] ©

Special Attraction

Singles Match

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Cip Conduit versus “Cowboy” Buck Winchester

Opening Contest

Eight Man Tag

$400 Bonus to the winning team

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Jebediah, Buck Winchester, and the Aces of Mayhem versus Jack Griffith, Cip Conduit, and National Guard

A victory for the heel team would be a pretty good way to build heat for several of the matches imo, especially for Jack since he's the one off challenger.

Leion · November 12, 2018

Main Event

Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Championship

Sixty Minute Time Limit

“Southern Justice” Jack Griffith versus “The Amish Mountain” Jebediah ©

Semi Main Event

Rocky Mountain Tag Team Championship

Forty-Five Minute Time Limit

National Guard [Desert Storm and The Silencer] versus The Aces of Mayhem [Ace Youngblood and Max Mayhem] ©

Special Attraction

Singles Match

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Cip Conduit versus “Cowboy” Buck Winchester

Opening Contest

Eight Man Tag

$400 Bonus to the winning team

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Jebediah, Buck Winchester, and the Aces of Mayhem versus Jack Griffith, Cip Conduit, and National Guard

King Bison · November 12, 2018

Main Event

Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Championship

Sixty Minute Time Limit

“Southern Justice” Jack Griffith versus “The Amish Mountain” Jebediah ©

I don’t see Griffith winning but I am glad to see him on the card. Even in his current state I still have a soft spot for him

Semi Main Event

Rocky Mountain Tag Team Championship

Forty-Five Minute Time Limit

National Guard [Desert Storm and The Silencer] versus The Aces of Mayhem [Ace Youngblood and Max Mayhem] ©

I don’t like Desert Storm

Special Attraction

Singles Match

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Cip Conduit versus “Cowboy” Buck Winchester

Buck is just such a good “old school” wrestler. I love seeing him on the sings but I think SWF messed up not signing him to developmental when he was without ripw

Opening Contest

Eight Man Tag

$400 Bonus to the winning team

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Jebediah, Buck Winchester, and the Aces of Mayhem versus Jack Griffith, Cip Conduit, and National Guard

I love the old school feel of this show and the “insider perspective”. I’m a big fan of the story you’re telling right now

Herrbear · November 12, 2018

Main Event

Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Championship

Sixty Minute Time Limit

“Southern Justice” Jack Griffith versus “The Amish Mountain” Jebediah ©

Semi Main Event

Rocky Mountain Tag Team Championship

Forty-Five Minute Time Limit

National Guard [Desert Storm and The Silencer] versus The Aces of Mayhem [Ace Youngblood and Max Mayhem] ©

Special Attraction

Singles Match

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Cip Conduit versus “Cowboy” Buck Winchester

Opening Contest

Eight Man Tag

$400 Bonus to the winning team

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Jebediah, Buck Winchester, and the Aces of Mayhem versus Jack Griffith, Cip Conduit, and National Guard

foolinc · November 12, 2018

Main Event

Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Championship

Sixty Minute Time Limit

“Southern Justice” Jack Griffith versus “The Amish Mountain” Jebediah ©

Fool me once, same on me.

Semi Main Event

Rocky Mountain Tag Team Championship

Forty-Five Minute Time Limit

National Guard [Desert Storm and The Silencer] versus The Aces of Mayhem [Ace Youngblood and Max Mayhem] ©

Special Attraction

Singles Match

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Cip Conduit versus “Cowboy” Buck Winchester

Opening Contest

Eight Man Tag

$400 Bonus to the winning team

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Jebediah, Buck Winchester, and the Aces of Mayhem versus Jack Griffith, Cip Conduit, and National Guard

moafnsteel · November 13, 2018

I am loving the diary so far! Love seeing different people get pushed, especially ones that I like, but never figured out how to push lol.

Rocky Mountain Wrestling Presents: Wrestling Summit I

Saturday Week 4, March 2016

Main Event

Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Championship

Sixty Minute Time Limit

“Southern Justice” Jack Griffith versus “The Amish Mountain” Jebediah ©

Semi Main Event

Rocky Mountain Tag Team Championship

Forty-Five Minute Time Limit

National Guard [Desert Storm and The Silencer] versus The Aces of Mayhem [Ace Youngblood and Max Mayhem] ©

Special Attraction

Singles Match

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Cip Conduit versus “Cowboy” Buck Winchester

Opening Contest

Eight Man Tag

$400 Bonus to the winning team

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Jebediah, Buck Winchester, and the Aces of Mayhem versus Jack Griffith, Cip Conduit, and National Guard

Historian · November 13, 2018

RMW Presents: Wrestling Summit I

<div style="text-align:center;">Rocky Mountain Wrestling Presents: Wrestling Summit I

Saturday Week 4, March 2016

Opening Contest

Eight Man Tag

$400 Bonus to the winning team

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Jebediah, Buck Winchester, and the Aces of Mayhem versus Jack Griffith, Cip Conduit, and National Guard

In a decent match, Buck Winchester, Jebediah, and the Aces of Mayhem defeated Jack Griffith, Cip Conduit, and the National Guard via pinfall in 16:16 after Jebediah hit Desert Storm with the Sundown Splash. D-

Buck Winchester cut a promo on Cip Conduit hyping their upcoming match. D

Special Attraction

Singles Match

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Cip Conduit versus “Cowboy” Buck Winchester

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Cip Conduit defeated Buck Winchester in 12:45 by pinfall with a Running Boot E+

Semi Main Event

Rocky Mountain Tag Team Championship

Forty-Five Minute Time Limit

National Guard [Desert Storm and The Silencer] versus The Aces of Mayhem [Ace Youngblood and Max Mayhem] ©

In a decent match, The Aces of Mayhem defeated National Guard in 16:14 when Ace Youngblood pinned Desert Storm after hitting the Chaos Effect. This is the second successful title defense for the Aces of Mayhem. D.

Jebediah cuts a promo hyping his upcoming title defense against Jack Griffith, E+.

Main Event

Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Championship

Sixty Minute Time Limit

“Southern Justice” Jack Griffith versus “The Amish Mountain” Jebediah ©

In a bout that had good heat and a decent wrestling, Jebediah defeated Jack Griffith in 18:05 by pinfall after a Sundown Splash. This is Jebediah’s second successful defense of the Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Championship. D-.

Overall: This show increased our popularity in one region, D-.</div>

Historian · November 13, 2018

Thank you to everyone who predicted and to everyone who has given me positive feedback on the diary so far. I'm glad people are liking it. The old-school vibe has been very fun to write, so I'm glad it has been fun for people to read. Hopefully the short show reports aren't taking the enjoyment away from people.

Historian · November 13, 2018

There is an old adage that I heard from my first days in the wrestling business. I was a young wrestler in the late seventies and early eighties, the veterans used to tell me that they didn’t have to be as good night in-night out as they had been in their youth. They had to be good enough on the big shows to make people still believe in them. To still pay money to come out in see them. That was the key to longevity in the wrestling business, they told me. “Be just good enough when it is big enough.” I never believed that. I believed you wanted to perform at as high a level as possible -- then again, I was young and dumb and didn’t understand main eventing in weekly territories.

I was working in Texas when Clint Wayne came back for a run. He wasn’t the same performer he had been when he set Texas Wrestling on fire. One too many longnecks. One too many late nights in bars trying to prove he was outlaw enough to compete with the legends of old. He got brought back in though by a sympathetic ownership group and Professor Nero -- who had the book at the time. I was young. Just eighteen months into my career and I was being used as a carpenter. I was going to do the loop with Wayne to help get him back into ring shape -- help re-establish him with a fan base that they were hoping hadn’t forgotten him. After our first match, he was winded and sweaty and truth be told had been rotten, but the people reacted to him.

I asked him why. Why did they care so much? He wasn’t the performer he had been. He took a grand total of one bump the whole match. He didn’t use any holds out side of the lock up and a wristlock. Nothing else. Just punches and kicks and elbows. He laughed at me. Not in a mean way. In an amused way. He said ‘kid. I gave them what they wanted. They wanted to see me punch and kick and snarl. So I gave them that.’

Jack Griffith did that for my fans. He’s not the wrestler he was in his youth. He’s not the guy that set East Tennessee and Georgia on fire with his performances for Sneer in the early aughts. He was slower. Not nearly the athlete. Not nearly as exciting, but he knew what the people wanted to see. They wanted ‘Southern Justice’. They wanted him to be a little wild. A little crazy. They wanted the ‘Southern Justice’ jacket. He gave them that. He led the eight-man tag match. He kept the timing down, made sure the guys hit their spots at the right time. In the main event, he slowed the big man down. Helped him work like the six-feet-eleven giant that he is supposed to be. He cowered away. He powdered. He sold. He got his heat on Jeb without making the big man cheapen his gimmick. He bounced off the Amish Mountain and ultimately got a solid main event for Jeb’s second defense -- and helped lead us to what was the best show of our initial trilogy of shows.

Jack left with his envelope of cash and my respect. He’s not a guy I can use every show. His body can’t do it like it used to. He’s a guy that earned my respect though. He did business the right way. He would have liked to go over, sure. He would have liked a full time gig too, but he knew neither of those things were in the cards -- so he did his job.

Jeb looked like a star too. He got the biggest win of his career and really set himself up for what’s next. He’s worked five matches in three shows and won every one of them. He was improving too. Getting better at working to his size and understanding his role as the lead babyface.

The only negative? Five people fewer came to this show. I could have blamed it on the weather, or that there was something on TV that night that couldn’t be missed -- there was a special ceremony for Ross Henry getting inducted into some Ring of Heroes for the football team -- or maybe the new Wal-Mart that opened up was getting more attention. All of those would be excused though. The reality is, five fewer people showed up because we didn’t convince them to come out. Eighty-one people showed up to this show. All eighty-one were at the last show, so we haven’t made any new fans since our first show -- in fact we lost five, but with the critical reception of this show we are bound to attract more fans at our next one.

Historian · November 13, 2018

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” -- C. Powell.

The boy in the ring took a near flawless flat-back in the small ring in the converted store. The acoustics in the building made sure that you could hear the slapping of flesh against canvas-covered wood boards. I leaned against the apron. My eyes watched intently. If you were going to train students you had to watch them. You had to pay close attention -- and I took the job seriously. If Rocky Mountain Wrestling was going to be sustainable in the long term, we had to be able to restock our own shelves. The secret to Rip and now Sam’s success in Baltimore was in the Boot Camp. It put out talent that made up the bulk of their roster. Syd and Cameron -- products of the training school. Nate and Tyrone -- products of the training school. The Architect, Deuce Deadline, Miller Fforde, Copperhead -- I could go on. They filled their roster with products of their camp and by proxy, guys tailor made to succeed in their environment. I wanted to replicate that success seventeen hundred miles away.

The boy flat-backed again. Then a third time. I watched. I said nothing. I didn’t need to -- he knew the method. I had shown him and all the others the proper method. Now he had to feel it. Had to have his shoulders drive into the woods. Had to feel his palms against the canvas, spreading out the impact and creating the right sound. Had to feel the benefit of tucking his chin so as to avoid the sickening sensation that comes when the back of the head hits the mat. Wrestling was part art, part sport, part science, all performance. You had to feel it. You had to live it. A man who worked with his hands all day naturally grew calloused to protect his hands. A wrestler had to condition his or her body to the bump. It had to become natural. You had to learn to fall that way every time. Once, after a particularly bad (and rare) rainstorm in Los Angeles, I slipped in my driveway and I took a perfect flat-back right there on the concrete. It hurt. I ached for a couple of days after, but I wasn’t damaged. I fell correctly and spared myself real injury.

The boy in the ring got out and another one took his spot. They’re all boys to me. We’re all boys. The boys and girls of wrestling. No matter how old you are, you’re still one of the boys or still one of the girls -- hell, even sometimes the girls are one of the boys. These guys are young. Pups really. Not yet in the fraternity of pro wrestling, but pledging to be in said fraternity. A tap on the shoulder brought me out of my idle daydreams. I turned towards the assaulting fingers.

“You’ve got a call.” The student said. He was nervous. More nervous than he should have been. Maybe I turned too aggressively. His fingers didn’t actually assault me. It just brought me from the zone.

“How do you know?” I asked curiously. I didn’t hear the phone ring. We don’t even have a phone installed here in the building. Everyone uses a cellphone.

“You left your phone with me… Told me to get you if anyone called.” He said confused. I did do that.

“That’s right. Thanks.” I took the phone from him and took a few steps from the ring. “This is Robert. Ray? How the hell are you? What time is it there anyway?” I paused to listen to Raymond Diaz. Ray was a legend in this business. A monster of a man who had spent virtually all of his career in the Land of the Rising Sun. We had met a handful of times. I was part of a committee that was sent to do overtures of several top North American wrestlers who were working out of Japan. He also started working for PGHW when I was still with GCG. He and Lee Wright were the top foreign tag team for them while Joel and I were the same for GCG. For twenty years he has been loyal to Japan and I was unable to help persuade him to come stateside for several runs with TCW over the years, but we had stayed friendly. “Yeah, I know your nephew Logan has been pro for a couple of years. He’s a hot prospect. I know that Naess had high hopes for him when he brought him in.” I took a pause. “What do you mean they cut him? When? January? Yeah, I’d love to talk to him and see if we can’t work something out.”

I listened intently to Ray. He was looking out for his nephew. Logan was a good athlete from what I remember. A two-time Florida Freestlye Wrestling Champion who skipped out on college scholarship offers from Florida, Florida State, Oklahoma, Seaton Hall, and Minnesota to turn pro. He’s big and burly. I had seen tapes of his when I was producing for Tommy. I was always watching tapes, trying to find that next guy. We needed a next guy. USPW was aggressive, SWF was aggressive, South of the Border was aggressive -- hell, North of the Border was aggressive too. We had managed to get Jay Chord and Matt Hocking -- but the rest of our young talent had been from our school. We weren’t able to restock the shelves. We weren’t aggressive in getting the young talent that was out there and we weren’t able to steal top talent -- and it cost us a lot of money. It cost them Tommy and Rick. Tommy did not like unproven commodities. He didn’t like to roll the dice on rookies -- despite the fact that Richard and J.K. had rolled the dice on him when he was a pup with big paws. He could have had Cameron, Casey, Brett, D.C. and Eddie -- any of Rip and then Sam’s talent. There was a natural relationship there that could have been used to refill our coffers. Logan would have been a great asset for TCW -- I’m sure one day he will get the call. But right now? I was negotiating with his uncle to bring him in for me. He was cheap. Unproven. Raw in a lot of ways, but he looked great. Fit the bill for what I was looking for and would make it easier when I inevitably had to make some tough decisions down the road.

“Tell him to call me as soon as he can. I can do some great things with him. Thanks for the call, Ray.” I hung up. The future was looking bright, rainy weather be damned.

Historian · November 13, 2018

Rocky Mountain Wrestling Presents: Wanted Dead or Alive

Saturday, Week 4, April

Main Event

Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Championship

Sixty Minute Time Limit

Shady K versus 'The Amish Mountain" Jebediah ©

Semi Main Event

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

If Whitehorse wins, the Boys from the Yukon get a Tag Title Shot Next Month

Ace Youngblood versus Whitehorse Whitaker

Singles Match

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Riley McManus versus El Hijo Del Neutron

Singles Match

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Logan Diaz versus Phillipe LeGrenier

Opening Contest

Singles Match

Twenty Minute Time Limit

El Mitico Jr. versus Hellion

Leion · November 14, 2018

Main Event

Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Championship

Sixty Minute Time Limit

Shady K versus 'The Amish Mountain" Jebediah ©

Semi Main Event

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

If Whitehorse wins, the Boys from the Yukon get a Tag Title Shot Next Month

Ace Youngblood versus Whitehorse Whitaker

Singles Match

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Riley McManus versus El Hijo Del Neutron

Singles Match

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Logan Diaz versus Phillipe LeGrenier

Opening Contest

Singles Match

Twenty Minute Time Limit

El Mitico Jr. versus Hellion

SomeLazyMagic · November 14, 2018

Main Event

Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Championship

Sixty Minute Time Limit

Shady K versus 'The Amish Mountain" Jebediah ©

Semi Main Event

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

If Whitehorse wins, the Boys from the Yukon get a Tag Title Shot Next Month

Ace Youngblood versus Whitehorse Whitaker

Singles Match

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Riley McManus versus El Hijo Del Neutron

Singles Match

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Logan Diaz versus Phillipe LeGrenier

Opening Contest

Singles Match

Twenty Minute Time Limit

El Mitico Jr. versus Hellion

moafnsteel · November 14, 2018

Rocky Mountain Wrestling Presents: Wanted Dead or Alive

Saturday, Week 4, April

Main Event

Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Championship

Sixty Minute Time Limit

Semi Main Event

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

If Whitehorse wins, the Boys from the Yukon get a Tag Title Shot Next Month

Ace Youngblood versus Whitehorse Whitaker

Singles Match

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Riley McManus versus El Hijo Del Neutron

Singles Match

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Logan Diaz versus Phillipe LeGrenier

Opening Contest

Singles Match

Twenty Minute Time Limit

El Mitico Jr. versus Hellion

foolinc · November 14, 2018

Rocky Mountain Wrestling Presents: Wanted Dead or Alive

Saturday, Week 4, April

Main Event

Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Championship

Sixty Minute Time Limit

Looks like Jebediah is taking on "foreign" talent while you are building up the home team. Solid strategy.

Semi Main Event

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

If Whitehorse wins, the Boys from the Yukon get a Tag Title Shot Next Month

Ace Youngblood versus Whitehorse Whitaker

Singles Match

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Riley McManus versus El Hijo Del Neutron

Singles Match

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Logan Diaz versus Phillipe LeGrenier

Opening Contest

Singles Match

Twenty Minute Time Limit

El Mitico Jr. versus Hellion

Historian · November 14, 2018

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="foolinc" data-cite="foolinc" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45989" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> Main Event Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Championship Sixty Minute Time Limit Shady K versus 'The Amish Mountain" Jebediah © Looks like Jebediah is taking on "foreign" talent while you are building up the home team. Solid strategy. </div></blockquote> Gotta keep it old school -- and the home team definitely needs to be built, especially given my starting desire to not hire anyone who was working other gigs. The only reason Whitehorse and Howlin' got brought in is because NYCW announced they weren't resigning them -- so I signed them while technically they still had deals [NYCW fell to Small so they chose not to resign them, their contracts came up within like, two weeks of each other in game]

foolinc · November 14, 2018

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Historian" data-cite="Historian" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45989" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Gotta keep it old school -- and the home team definitely needs to be built, especially given my starting desire to not hire anyone who was working other gigs. The only reason Whitehorse and Howlin' got brought in is because NYCW announced they weren't resigning them -- so I signed them while technically they still had deals [NYCW fell to Small so they chose not to resign them, their contracts came up within like, two weeks of each other in game]</div></blockquote> It makes sense. While I've been using outside talent to fish for chemistry notes and keep my core roster strong, as NEO gets closer and becomes a small company, I'll also start using them to leach some overness. <img alt=":cool:" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/cool.png.f00d2562b2c1d873a09323753efdb041.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Historian · November 14, 2018

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="foolinc" data-cite="foolinc" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45989" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>It makes sense. While I've been using outside talent to fish for chemistry notes and keep my core roster strong, as NEO gets closer and becomes a small company, I'll also start using them to leach some overness. <img alt=":cool:" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/cool.png.f00d2562b2c1d873a09323753efdb041.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote> Smart strategy. I've been reading your NEO game. It's been new for me -- because I know a whole lot of nothing about that universe -- so I'm having to get used to a whole new crop of people.

Historian · November 14, 2018

RMM Presents: Wanted Dead or Alive

<div style="text-align:center;">Rocky Mountain Wrestling Presents: Wanted Dead or Alive

Saturday, Week 4, April

Hellion cuts a scary, menacing in ring promo about his upcoming match with El Mitico Jr. C+

Opening Contest

Singles Match

Twenty Minute Time Limit

El Mitico Jr. versus Hellion

In a decent match, Hellion defeated El Mitico Jr. in 6:02 via pinfall after a Devastation Bomb. D-

Singles Match

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Logan Diaz versus Phillipe LeGrenier

In a decent match, Logan Diaz defeated Phillipe LeGrenier in 17:26 by stoppage when LeGrenier could not continue. D-

-- Logan debuted his ‘Blue Chipper’ gimmick to an initial rating of Great.

-- LeGrenier debuted his Arrogant Heel gimmick to an initial rating of Very Good.

Singles Match

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Riley McManus versus El Hijo Del Neutron

In a decent match, Riley McManus defeated Neutron in 19:45 via pinfall after Riley McManus hit a slingshot suplex. D-

-McManus and Neutron do not seem to click and it made for an awkward bout.

Semi Main Event

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

If Whitehorse wins, the Boys from the Yukon get a Tag Title Shot Next Month

Ace Youngblood versus Whitehorse Whitaker

In a decent match, Whitehorse Whitaker defeated Ace Youngblood in 12:25 by pinfall after a Canadian Stun Gun. D-

-- Whitaker debuted his ‘Lumberjack’ gimmick to an initial rating of Poor.

Main Event

Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Championship

Sixty Minute Time Limit

-In a bout that had good heat and decent wrestling, Jebediah defeated Shady K in 13:09 by pinfall after a Sundown Splash. It was a wild brawl and marked the third successful title defense of the RMW Heavyweight Championship for Jebediah. D-

-Shady K debuted his ‘Street fighter’ gimmick to an initial rating of Below Average.

-Shady K and Jebediah have great chemistry and it showed in their performance.

After the match, Jebediah was celebrating his victory when Shady K slid back in the ring -- but this time with a heavy glove on his hand. Jebediah turned around and Shady K hit him one time and dropped the big man to the mat. E+

Overall: This show increased our popularity in one region. D-

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Historian · November 14, 2018

I had grown fond of the blue and white mask. It represented something special. Something historic. I had always had a deep appreciation for history. When I was first starting out as a wrestler, I actually completed a degree in Education with a focus in History. It was my back up plan. If wrestling hadn’t worked out, I would have taught high school history and probably had been happy. Mariah and I would have had a quiet life. A house in the suburbs somewhere. We would have still had our four children, but I would have been home every night. Dinner with the family. Coached little league.

Instead wrestling worked out and my love of history translated into an almost pathological need to learn the history of the sport. Lucha Libre had a lot of history. Its history mattered. Masks were passed on. Masks possessed legends. People remembered the mask. El Mitico Jr. wore his mask with pride. It was passed onto him by family. He wanted to carry on that legacy -- the legacy of his family. He was about to get that chance.

“Boss, I just wanted to say thank you.” He said in his accented English. He was fluent in English and Spanish -- it made him a great prospect, one I had had high hopes for. “You gave me a shot when no one else would. It only lasted a couple of months, but thank you.”

I shook his hand. A proper handshake. A handshake between men who respected each other. “You give them hell down there. Make sure Pablo uses you right. There’s no reason you can’t be main eventing with Champagne and Axxis and Leon in eighteen months. You’ve got all the skills, the charisma, the drive.”

He nodded. His mask was still on, but untied. He wouldn’t take it off at the building -- not as long as there was the possibility of someone who shouldn’t see him seeing him. “Hopefully they’ll see it that way and not just see me as a way to get other people over.”

“I certainly hope so.” I liked him. If he was staying, I would have eventually put the title on him. Built him up into my top star. He had the technical ability. He had the psychology. He could sell. He could talk. He had the ‘It Factor.’ He would do well in South of the Border. Sure, I’m disappointed that he’s leaving, but I’m not angry. Everyone wants to make it. Everyone wants to make big money. A full-time, fully guaranteed contract with the biggest company in Mexico? I couldn’t compete with that and I couldn’t be mad at him for taking that deal. “Just do good out there.”

I will.” He shook my hand one last time, picked up his bag and walked out. I watched him go. I knew that this was bound to happen. The big leagues would come calling. They’d come after guys -- not out of aggression towards me but as a way to continue to build assets in the never ending war for international supremacy. It used to be that a company would be happy controlling its region. If a company could have a good, steady fanbase in its local region, that was enough. Eisen changed that. Stallings made it worse. Strong and then Packer made it a full blown war. The other companies were gearing up just for survival. Pablo had guided South of the Border into national dominance. From a strong regional promotion to the dominant promotion in Mexico. Mitico would fit in there. He would do well. I would have liked to see him go to OLLIE -- some place with history deserving of him, but he could be a national star with South of the Border, so all the best to him.

I turned back to my table. My station. My water was almost empty, so I finished it. Shady and Jeb had done really well in the main event. That is too straight shows where Jeb really stepped his game up. Two straight shows where his opponent helped bring out the best in him. He and Shady were both brawlers and I had let them go wild tonight and my audience ate it up. Turned out that Shady and Jeb were tailor made to fight each other. The simple Amish giant, the hard-nosed street fighter. Both fighting for pride and to put food on the table. A simple story of two polar opposite men philosophically who are competing for the same result. It worked to a ‘T’ and it was something we were going to do again next month -- this time with a gimmick. The Coal Miner’s Glove. An easy gimmick to pull off. You put a pole in the corner, you put the glove on top of the pole, first to get it can use it. It gives something different without needing things we can’t afford -- like a cage -- or things that don’t make sense for the competitors -- a ladder. Both guys are brawlers and Jeb is almost seven feet tall, he can’t be doing ladder matches. The glove will play to the old school fanbase we are building.

The Boys from the Yukon are going to arrive in full force against the Aces of Mayhem. This is going to have to carry my tag division. Desert Storm is not going to be sustainable as a partner for The Silencer. I like the Silencer, as a singles heel he might have some real legs to him. Storm has a terrible attitude and he has not really shown much in the ring so far. I might give him another show or two to see if he can pull something out and start to put the pieces together and make himself valuable -- otherwise I’ll just cut him loose and bring someone else in.

That’s a decision for future Robert, though. Tonight, I mourn the loss of El Mitico Jr. and I celebrate the success we are having. Another good show. The guys are really putting the pieces together. Jeb is getting over. We’re slowly building a tag program that I hope can carry us for a few months in that respect. Hellion is establishing himself as a big monster heel. Hopefully in a few months he will be ready for the big time -- that remains to be seen, but he’s making strides. His menace-style promos are getting good reactions. He’s got the size, menace, and mobility to really be a sustainable monster heel.

Riley is getting over as a big time babyface. Maybe I’ll get more mileage from him then he had in Mid Atlantic. I’ll find out. Right now I’m fully committed to making Jebediah the top guy and establishing him as the key attraction of my roster. He hasn’t let me down yet and I don’t think he’s going to start.

I sighed. A heavy sigh. A sigh letting go of all the stress that I’ve been dealing with recently. The running an organization yourself. Booking, promoting, handling the finances and back end. It has been a lot of work, but I’m getting used to it now. It took a few months, but I’ve got the systems in place to make it successful and sustainable. We just have to keep growing in popularity.

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