No Ordinary Men [CVerse]

[Big Roguey]

Can't wait for that mysterious masked man to give Funky Fedora and his Cadillac Bores their comeuppance!

[Historian]

Ahahaha!

 

I laughed aloud when I saw Nate DeM- I mean Mr America in the mask.

 

Drawing inspiration from some old school WWE I see

 

Technically I'm drawing inspiration from the Midnight Rider in Florida and the JYD angle in Mid South..

 

I mean...

 

That man is a new wrestler who has never been in CWI before.

[Historian]

The Redemption of Nicky Champion, Chapter One

 

The Redemption of Nicky Champion

Chapter One

 

 

 

 

He sat alone in his motel room with a bottle of water clutched in his large hand. The adrenaline was still coursing through his veins. A rush. A high like none other and Nicky knew about getting high. He could tell you about the differences in highs from a joint to coke to a variety of pills. He could describe the common misconception that all weed was a downer -- it wasn’t. He knew about how to manage his high. How to take an upper in the morning and then something to bring him back down and then take him back up. A roller coaster. A constant need to feed the addiction. To manage it. For years, he had managed it well. He had been the top wrestler in the world -- the number one guy in the number one company on the planet. He had made sure he never got drug tested. Sam Strong and later Allen Packer didn’t want to bust their golden goose, so they didn’t test him. It was a perfect system. Until it wasn’t.

 

One day, an investigative journalist had discovered an awful truth. Nicholas Buffalo Tiger, professionally known as Nicky Champion, was busted. For years, he had been getting pain pill prescriptions from a dirty doctor. He had brought other wrestlers to the same doctor. To the same ring. He wasn’t the All-American (an ironic concept that wasn’t lost on the Seminole) babyface that he had been portrayed as for a decade and a half or more. His hands weren’t clean. It had cost him everything.

 

He unscrewed the bottle of water and took a slow drink. He breathed through his nose and then back out through his mouth. He was trying to calm himself. Tonight was the first night he had been back in front of a live crowd in a year. He had almost forgotten how palpable a feeling it was. He had always been great at crowd management. He could flip his long, dark hair and look at the crowd and make them feel what he felt. He could take a beating and reach out to the kids in the front row and they would reach back for him. They would will him back to his feet and he would charge up. He would become impervious to pain. He would become the hero they all wanted and craved. He was good at that. He wasn’t good at being honest. And for a year, he’s had to be honest.

 

He was an addict and the curse of addiction is to chase the thing that destroys you. He had been destroyed. His seven-figure-a-year-guaranteed job was gone. Allen Packer had personally called him to tell him that his services were no longer needed. The guy who had helped him cover up his addiction for so long was the guy telling him they had to cut him. The irony wasn’t lost on Nicky about that either. Nicky had been revealed to be a liar -- and people generally disliked liars because a lie was an act of theft. It robbed people of faith and it makes them resent not just you, but themselves for believing it. For the first few months, Nicky received tons of hate mail. Letters and tweets and emails from people who were disgusted by him. Mothers that wanted to know how he could do this to their children. Fathers who wanted him to finish the job. It was not easy. He had to stand in court in a black suit with his hair pulled back and a sombre look on his face while a judge sentenced him to rehab instead of jail time. It was part of a plea to testify against the doctor. He stood there with journalists scribbling behind him and a judge admonishing him for his failures as a man as if Nicky didn’t already know that.

 

He took another drink of water and found the bottle was empty sooner than he realized. He rose from the bed and dropped the bottle in the trash and reached into his cooler for another. Before he had gotten busted, the cooler was always something cold and fermented that he could mix with something to take the pain in his back, or neck, or knees, or elbows, or soul away and he could drift into slumber. Back then, the rooms were nicer than this. Big suites with views that he could invite pretty girls up to and they could share a beverage and room services and tangle in the bedsheets. He pulled open the bottle and downed this one in a long, solitary gulp.

 

He had gone to rehab like the judge ordered. Rehab the made him sit in a circle and talk about how he was feeling. Rehab where everyone had chores and responsibilities and he could only be in his room certain times of the day and there was some kid right out of high school working the front desk that would say “You have a bedroom pass, brother?” And he’d have to say no and they’d make him go sit in the common area or go outside or some other crap he didn’t want to do. He had a six thousand square foot house and cars that cost more than any of them made in a year. He had a boat and a bank account that meant he didn’t really have to work all that much anymore, except maybe he did.

 

He had gotten out of rehab and the idleness drove him crazy. It almost made him relapse. He found himself sitting in front of a dingy bar in some podunk town in Florida where he could avoid cameras and prying eyes. The kind of bar that bikers and farmers and blue-collar guys went and drank and played pool at. The kind that’s air conditioning didn’t really work and was always warm in the oppressive Florida humidity, but it’s beer was cold and cheap and Nicky almost shut the truck off and walked in. He could have hid his face under a ball cap and ordered a beer or two and drank and taken the edge off. The edge that didn’t go away. He had forgotten just how much you feel with sobriety. He felt every damn thing. His fingers had gripped that steering wheel so hard that his knuckles were white. He was arguing with himself.

 

Nicky shook his head to clear thoughts from that time and pulled out his third water of the evening. He pulled the top off of it and took a small sip. He didn’t down this one. He just sipped. Tonight, he had made a shocking appearance in Championship Wrestling from Indianapolis. A small little insignificant company running out of a nice looking theatre ran by Marvin Earnest. It wasn’t where he wanted to be, but he had called Allen and he didn’t want to bring him back. He’d called down in Texas to Kyle and they didn’t have a spot for him -- didn’t think it was wise given the current climate. Jerry had said that he “still had the sink of addiction” on him and wasn’t interested. SWF were trying to rebuild their reputation themselves after all. He called around to all of the companies. MAW, NYCW, CZCW, CWA, 21CW, RAW. He called anyone he thought would take him and they all told him the same thing. It wasn’t the right time. He was going stir crazy. If he didn’t get back to work, back to doing the only thing he had done in his adult life, he was certain he was going to end up in the bar he sat in front of for so long. Sam Keith called him back.

 

“Call Marv Earnest.” Sam had said. Nicky didn’t know Marv. Not really. They might have met in the early days of USPW or something, but Nicky didn’t really remember. Marv had never been a player in wrestling. He was a lieutenant. He was a solid, dependable announcer who did his job and didn’t make any waves. Apparently, unbeknownst to Nicky, he had been running Indianapolis and the surrounding towns. “It’s a place to maybe start.” Sam said. Sam didn’t own Nicky anything, but he was throwing him a lifeline here.

 

So Nicky had made that call and he could remember every word of it.

 

“Hey is this Marv Earnest?”

 

“Yeah. Who’s this?”

 

“Nicky.”

 

“Nicky who?”

 

“Champion.”

 

“Who is this really?”

 

“Nicky Champion.”

 

“Quit f*****g around. Who is this?”

 

“It’s really Nicky Champion.”

 

“Oh..Okay. What do you want.”

 

“To work.”

 

“So call Allen or Jerry or Kyle or Steve.”

 

“I did.”

 

“And?”

 

“They told me to go f*ck myself.”

 

“What about Sam or Cliff or…”

 

“You’re the only one left.”

 

“They all said no?”

 

“Yep.”

 

“Shit.”

 

“Yep.”

 

There had been silence on the phone after that. Long, uncomfortable silence.

 

“So, you got a spot for me?” Nicky had broken the silence.

 

“Nicky, I’d love to use you…”

 

“But now isn’t the right time?” Nicky finished the line that he was expecting.

 

“F**k the right time.” Marv exclaimed. “I’m getting my ass kicked out here. I just lost half my damn Women’s roster. I’m losing Trask. I just lost Chamberlain. I’m pretty sure I’m about to lose a couple of more women. NYCW is sniffing around Ox Mastadon for an exclusive deal.”

 

Nicky nodded though Marv couldn’t see it. “And you’re worried that I’ll jump ship.”

 

“Of course.” Marv said and at least he was honest. “Say I let you come work for me and you show people you can still contribute and then Allen and Steve and Jerry and Kyle start calling for you to come up to one of them and I’m left holding my d**k in my hands?”

 

“What if I give you a real commitment?” Nicky was desperate and desperate men do things they wouldn’t do otherwise.

 

“What kind of commitment?” Marv asked. Marv, as it turned out, was a decent businessman. Nicky learned that Marv had Funky Fedora and The Texas Express -- three guys he knew well, locked in for two-year non exclusive deals. He had Dreadnought and James Diaz locked in for two years. He was about to lock up some guy named Mr. Grappling and he had the Dynamite Express on similar deals -- though their’s was closing in six months in. He had tried to solidify his core as his talent started getting poached.

 

“I’ll give you two years.” Nicky had said. “I won’t leave for two years. After that, I’ll be forty-one. I’ll be twenty-three years into my career. I’ll probably chase the money then.”

 

“If the money will have you.”

 

“If the money will have me.”

 

There was another long pause and Marv spoke. “Okay. You sign on for two years. No creative control. If I need you to job you job. I’m not going to beat you into powder, but you can’t go over everyone.”

 

Nicky bit his tongue. Do a job? To guys who weren’t prime time, major league players. That was going to be tough. A two year contract meant Nicky would be locked in. He sighed. “Okay. Deal.”

 

“I’ll see you here for Christmas Clash.” Marv replied. “We’ll sign the papers before the show.”

 

Nicky blinked and he was back in his motel room. Back in Indianapolis just a couple of hours after the show. A couple of hours after signing papers that said he was a CWI contracted wrestler for the next two years. He had been the top wrestler in the world. He had performed in front of sold-out stadiums and tonight there were 130 people in the building when he walked out. He had thought those days were behind him, but it was either this or the nightmare of addicted once again. CWI was going to save his life. Whether Nicky wanted to be here or not, he knew he needed to be here. It was his penance. He had betrayed the trust of his fans and now he had to redeem himself. He had to start at the bottom.

[smw88]

Enjoyable stuff, looking forward to how you balance him with your roster

[Historian]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="smw88" data-cite="smw88" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47530" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Enjoyable stuff, looking forward to how you balance him with your roster</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Thank you. Hopefully I don't let you down.</p><p> </p><p> Roster has been updated!</p><p> </p><p> I also want to debut the brand new CWI logo!</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="cgSVUiW.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/cgSVUiW.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> Thank you to my wife, eyreo who made this for me.</p>

[Historian]

<p>I just realized that it cut off part of the opening promo from with Zippy and Nicky. That’s very upsetting! I’ll have to see if I still have the rest of it written down.</p><p> </p><p>

Edit: I still had it and was able to add it in so that the opening segment is complete. I'm not sure where it went/why it wasn't there but I've fixed it!</p>

[hailthebulldog]

That's a huge get. I'll be super excited to see where this goes.

[Ben Nook]

<p>83 man roster for a Small company! Good lord talk about roster bloat.</p><p> </p><p>

US Patriot </p><p>

Debut: Unknown</p><p> </p><p>

Had me in stitches!</p>

[Historian]

83 man roster for a Small company! Good lord talk about roster bloat.

 

US Patriot

Debut: Unknown

 

Had me in stitches!

 

I will be the first to admit that I suffer from a chronic case of bloated-rosteritis. I justify that, at least in my head, because a lot of the guys and gals on the roster are really just enhancement talents that instead of hiring local each time I just keep on the roster fulltime so that I can use on the spot shows I run as guys I can feed to people I'm trying to turn into stars by giving them wins.

 

And we don't know when he debuted! He's a mystery!

[Historian]

<table style="height: 29px; width: 590px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 15px;"><td style="width: 580px;"><table style="height: 101px; width: 820px; background-color: #0a003a;"><tbody><tr style="height: 134px;"><td style="width: 641px; background-color: #0a003a; height: 134px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" colspan="4"><img src="

https://i.imgur.com/O1E10IA.png" width="800" height="100" /></td></tr><tr style="height: 26px;"><td style="width: 50px; background-color: #0a003a; height: 229.817px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" rowspan="4"> </td><td style="background-color: #0a003a; height: 26px;" colspan="2"><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #ffffff;"><strong>Top Stories</strong></span></h1></td><td style="width: 50px; background-color: #0a003a; height: 229.817px; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;" rowspan="4"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 53.8167px;"><td style="background-color: #aa051e; text-align: center;"> </td><td style="background-color: #aa051e;"><p><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>2023 Year End Awards<br /></strong></span>We have come to the conclusion of another year and as always, the staff here at Pro Wrestling Reporter and I have worked tirelessly to give you our annual Year End Awards!  Remember, these are just our opinions and while we might be experts and our opinions expert opinions, they are still just opinions.  As a staff, we have watched more wrestler this year than probably any collective of people and we came to the following conclusions.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Wrestler of the Year</span><br /><strong>Ernest Youngman</strong> [sWF] -- Youngman had a great year (including holding the SWF World Heavyweight Title until July of 2023.  He had 92 broadcast matches in the year 2023 and had a record of 77 and 15 with an average PWR rating of 90 and five 100 rated matches over the course of the year.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Tag Team of the Year</span><br /><strong>Youngman & Frehely [sWF]</strong> - Forming a team in early 2023, they had 21 matches together throughout the year that were broadcast and had an average PWR rating of 91 in those matches including three 100 rated matches.  This was also a rare time when the Wrestler of the Year was also a part of the Tag Team of the Year -- a real testament to the worker that Ernest Youngman has become.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Female Wrestler of the Year</span><br />Pinky Perez [CWA] - The luchadora had a great 2023.  She was a featured performer on CWA's broadcasts -- wrestling 41 times on broadcasted shows and achieving an average PWR rating of 87 for her matches.   The 33-year-old Perez is in the prime of her career and this could be just the beginning.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Young Wrestler of the Year</span><br /><strong>Hurakan (4x) [EILL]</strong> -- In the last year of his eligibility for this award, Hurakan had taken it for the fourth straight year.  The luchador has had a sensational career so far and his 2023 was no different.  He had a staggering average match rating of 92 on the PWR scale.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Veteran Wrestler of the Year</span><br /><strong>Tommy Cornell [sWF]</strong> - The former two-time Wrestler of the Year and Tag Team of the Year winner notched his first win of the veteran award.  The 45 year old Cornell has been a force in SWF since jumping with his  cousin Edward after Tommy's divorce from Jennifer.  In 85 broadcast matches (a staggering amount for a 45 year old) Tommy had an average PWR rating of 88 in 2023, including three 100 rated matches.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Independent Wrestler of the Year</span><br /><strong>Mimic [ACPW + BMCW + Indys]</strong> -- The Canadian Mimic spent 2023 working for ACPW and BMCW in Canada and had a great year.  He had a run with BMCW #1 Contender title and had two separate runs as ACPW Junior Heavyweight Champion in the year (he's still Junior Heavyweight Champion as we start 2024).  After signing an exclusive deal with ACPW upon its rise, this might be the last time he wins this award. </span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Company of the Year</span><br /><strong>Burning Hammer of the Wrestling Gods (3x)</strong> - BHOTWG continues to be the standard-bearer for professional wrestling.  Led by Hiroaki Nakasawa and Matthew Keith, it had a stellar 2023 and looks to have a stellar 2024.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Most Improved Company of the Year</span><br /><strong>Invincible Pro Wrestling</strong> -- The Southern California based IPW had a big year.  They've had a tough road, as owner Gil Thomas has had to deal with the death of Nemesis and then Vin Tanner.  New booker Chris Caulfield has guided them to a Medium classification and what could be a very big 2024.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Event of the Year</span><br /><strong>BHOTWG Fire Dream of the Immortals</strong> -- With a show rating of a 99 this was the best show of 2023.  The March show was headlined by Matthew Keith retained the BHOTWG World Heavyweight Championship in a three way dance over SUKI and Hiroaki Nakasawa.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Match of the Year</span><br /><strong>Generation X def. The Future at SWF Elite</strong> -- This was a TV match but it was absolutely thrilling.  We gave it a 100 rating and we had to say that it was the best match we'd seen in the 2023 year.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Manager of the Year</span><br /><strong>Hailey Hunter [CWA]</strong> - Hunter had a great 2023 managing Generation Z before they broke up with Flip Simkins leaving.  The 33-year-old Hunter is the premier manager in the world right now</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Announcer of the Year</span><br /><strong>Duane Fry (10x) [sWF]</strong> - Duane Fry is the greatest play by play man in the history of the sport and he continues to prove that with his excellent run in SWF where in 14 years he has won this award 10 times.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Color Analyst of the Year</span><br /><strong>Emma Chase (9x) [sWF]</strong> - Equally as good as her broadcast partner, Emma Chase continues to be the best color person in the world and I would say the best color analyst in the history of the sport.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Referee of the Year</span><br /><strong>Referee Tawaraya (4x) [bHOTWG]</strong> - Tawaraya continues to be the best official in the world with another great 2023.  He refereed every BHOTWG World Heavyweight Championship matches this year and was the referee in the main event of the best show of the year.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 30px;"><td style="background-color: #d22942; text-align: center;"> </td><td style="background-color: #d22942;"><p><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Power 500<br /></strong></span><em>As always, in this summary we are only giving you the top ten for the award.  If you want the full 500, you're going to have to check out the full 500 post on our website.</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff;"><em>1. Ernest Youngman [sWF]<br />2. Tommy Cornell [sWF]<br />3. Greg Gauge [sWF]<br />4. Angry Gilmore [sWF]<br />5. Mainstream Hernandez [sWF]<br />6. Hollywood Bret Starr [sWF]<br />7. Jay Chord [sWF]<br />8. Multimillinario [EILL & USPW]<br />9. Wolf Hawkins [TCW]<br />10. Casey Valentine [sWF & USPW]</em></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 30px;"><td style="width: 60px; height: 30px; background-color: #0a003a; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" colspan="2">  </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>

[Historian]

 

I adjusted in my overstuffed recliner and stared out at the city lights. The new year had come and come. Celebrations were had and people were excited. They were always excited at the dawn of a new year. It represented hope. A chance to do it better than the year prior. A chance to fix mistakes and all of that jazz. I didn’t care much for new year’s. Not in any kind of depressed or macabre way. I just wasn’t an idealist. I didn’t believe in the inherent goodness of people or that we were somehow born anew when the clock struck midnight on December 31st. We are who we are. We get what we’ve worked for and what we’ve earned -- but not normally what we deserve. We rarely get that.

 

I took a drink from my highball glass. In a retrospective way, 2023 had been the best year of my professional career. I had been as good as an announcer as I had ever been. I told good stories. I sold the action I needed to sell. As a promoter, I had gotten CWI in front of more fans than we had been in front of before. We ran thirty-six shows in 2023. Thirty-six! I had eclipsed the 100 show mark as a promoter and a booker. We were consistently doing above a hundred fans a big show and our spot shows in Edinburgh and Bloomington were closing in on a hundred there too. We were selling more merchandise, generating more advertising revenue. Our wrestling academy had produced two more talents to graduate to the main roster -- that would be making their debut at the January Edinburgh spot show. I had been able to hire new talent and deal with the loss of old talent. Over the course of the year, the bulk of my women’s roster had been signed away and I still managed to keep the division going strong with talent. We lost several guys who were planned for top programs, but I was able to keep the talent pool deep enough that we kept rolling and we ended the year with bringing in Nicky Champion, the biggest signing we could possibly make.

 

As a booker, I felt like 2023 was a good year. We spent the entire year telling the story of Nate DeMarcus and Funky Fedora. We ended the year with Nate under the hood to do the classic angle of the guy coming back under a mask. It was simple and ‘rasslin’ but it would be effective for our audience. We had told the story of the breaking, remaking, and rebreaking of Zippy Deverell. Zippy had been our standout performer since day one. His growth has been impressive. He went from being a rookie who could cut a half way decent promo to a well-rounded, fully-fleshed out wrestler who could cut a sensational promo and sell and was getting better as an actual wrestler. He’d never be Dan Stone Jr., but he didn’t have to be. He just had to be believable in his role. We had told a story with Ashley Keith and Lucy Stone-McFly of two multi-generational talents trying to take over the wrestling world. I had secured the Dynamite Express to breathe new life into the tag division and finally got the Dog Soldiers over the hump -- with Ace and Roger winning the tag belts and Stallion getting a run with the Indiana. Mr. Grappling had a fantastic year and looked poised to be a major player for us for the next several years. Bred for Battle had a year run where they were mostly gone defending the World Tag Titles, gaining experience and seasoning and making a name for themselves and were now back and ready to come back into the fold. I had just signed The Montgomery Family out of Texas. There were five of them, a lot of them, but I was confident that they could bolster our roster. We had a deep talent pool. Far deeper than we probably needed but I was guilty of a love of a deep pool of talent to call on. Plus, they only get paid when they work and I wasn’t using them all the time. I was trying to develop new talent while also book established talent to establish the territory and get my young guys enough experience that they can carry the company. It might be a fool-hearted decision but it was what I had chosen to run with.

 

On a personal level, 2023 had been great. Grace and I had been seeing each other steady. It was nice to have a romantic partner who understood my loves. Who understood my passions. Who had similar ones. She understood me. Isn’t that what was important? Plus, she was smart and well-travelled and well-spoken. She had a quiet dignity about her, but at the same time she was a woman of the wrestling business. She could wear a dress and heels and at the same time she could drink and curse with the best of them. There was a beauty in that. She was the first woman I had been with that was in the wrestling business. She was the first woman I had been with that understood the life that had so consumed me because it had consumed her and when she looked at me.. Man, that look could stop a train at the drop of a dime. Sometimes I liked to think about the future. I liked to imagine what a life with Grace would be like when we were old and damn near crippled. Neither of us had children. Neither of us had ever wanted children and we were both too damn old to try and start a family now. So we could grow old together. Move to a beach somewhere and sit on rocking chairs and stare at the ocean and hold hands and just be, but then the pragmasist in me, or the depression or self-doubt or whatever, kicks in and reminds me that tomorrow has no more existence than yesterday, you can only control now. Life is a series of right now’s. It’s a series of decisions about the now. All your best-laid plans thrown out the window by the now. After all, what if I was only Grace’s now? What if I wasn’t her tomorrow? What if I became her yesterday? A memory she kept in a scrapbook for her nieces and nephews like the pictures of her as a champion and programs with her name and face on them.

 

I took another drink and watched the lights flickering in the distance. Indianapolis was not a conventionally beautiful city. It didn’t have a great skyline. It had no majestic views of water or mountains or buildings. It was a city carved out of farmland. It was a city I loved; however. I had come to love it. Come to appreciate the gentleness of it. The slow pace. The polite people. The budding food scene that was on the cusp of being something.

 

“Come to bed” The voice cooed to me from behind. I could see her reflection in the window. Standing there with her hair dishevelled in a nightgown that wasn’t designed to be anything other than to catch and eye because it damn sure wasn’t functional to sleep in.

 

I smiled and finished my drink. I didn’t need to worry about tomorrow or yesterday. Right now, I just needed to worry about the lady calling me to bed and the right now. That was enough.

[Historian]

 

Championship Wrestling from Indianapolis started 2024 off with a show down in Edinburgh, Indiana. This show featured the debut of several new talents who are all trying to make names for themselves in CWI and saw the debut of No Ordinary Men Academy of Pro Wrestling's newest two graduates Robin Leroy and Jimmy Dillon.

 

• Match One: In a terrible match, Porkchop Patterson defeated David Ward in 5:59 by pinfall with a Running Bulldog.
   
  
• Match Two: In a terrible match, Roy Goodlooks defeated Miguel Marcos in 4:28 by pinfall with a Southern Justice.
   
  
• Match Three: In a bout that didn't have much heat and terrible wrestling, AP Gumble defeated Craig Clark in 6:36 by pinfall with a Hitman Crusher.
   
  
• Match Four: In a bout that didn't have much heat and terrible wrestling, Victor Crash and AC King defeated Robin Leroy and Jimmy Dillon in 8:16 when Victor Crash pinned Robin Leroy with an Ice Backbreaker.
   
  
• Match Five: In a terrible match, Gary Greer and The Manifesto defeated Hamilton Ouellet and Latin Love Coalition in 8:57 when Gary Greer submitted Hamilton Ouellet.
   
  
• Match Six: In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but terrible wrestling, The Skyscrapers defeated Charlot Petit and Tokyo Lion in 2:43 when Skyscraper #2 pinned Charlot Petit with a Deadline Cutter.
   
  
• Main Event: In a decent match, Dapper Danny Draper defeated Flip Simkins in 16:39 by pinfall with a D-Struction. Dapper Danny Draper makes defence number one of the CWI Indiana title.
  

 

[Historian]

 

Championship Wrestling from Indianapolis returns to the Fountain Square Theatre for the first big show of 2024 -- our annual New Year Scramble event. 2023 ended with the shocking arrival of Nicky Champion and 2024 is set to begin with Nicky Champion wrestling his first match in over a year and his first match outside of United States Pro Wrestling since 2004.

 

New CWI signing US Patriot -- who was personally brought to CWI by Mr. Grappling, makes his in ring debut in a blockbuster six-man tag team match. Funky Fedora puts the Mid American Championship on the line against "The Bad Man" Warwick Good.

 

In a battle of two women representing legendary families in pro wrestling, Ashley Keith puts the Women's Championship on the line against Esperanza Montero -- and so much more. you do not want to miss this show. Get your tickets today!

 

Championship Wrestling from Indianapolis Presents

New Year Scramble

Saturday Week 1, January 2024

Live at the Fountain Square Theatre

Belltime 7:00 PM | Doors 6:00 PM

 

Main Event

Singles Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

COTT Mid American Championship

"The Bad Man" Warwick Good versus Funky Fedora ©

 

Co-Main Event

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

"Hawkeye" Nicky Champion versus "The Hillbilly Outlaw" Zippy Deverell

 

Six Man Tag Team Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Mr. Grappling, US Patriot, and Wild Red Stallion versus The Cadillac Four

 

Singles Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Women's Championship

Esperanza Montero versus Ashley Keith ©

 

Tag Team Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Tag Team Championship

The Skyscrapers versus The Dog Soldiers ©

 

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

"Mississippi Muscle" Adam MacDonald versus "The Traskmaster" Anthony Trask

 

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Jimmy Chipolata versus Marcus English

 

Tag Team Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Women's Tag Team Championship

Mad Millie Morgan & Bonnie Bogan versus The Bootcamp ©

 

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Nebo Martell versus Brute Kikuchi

 

Opening Match

Tag Team Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

The San Diego Girls versus Tameka Sky & Deborah Young

 

Plus: Two bonus matches for those early in attendance

 

[smw88]

Main Event

Singles Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

COTT Mid American Championship

"The Bad Man" Warwick Good versus Funky Fedora ©

 

Co-Main Event

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

"Hawkeye" Nicky Champion versus "The Hillbilly Outlaw" Zippy Deverell

 

Six Man Tag Team Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Mr. Grappling, US Patriot, and Wild Red Stallion versus The Cadillac Four

 

Singles Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Women's Championship

Esperanza Montero versus Ashley Keith ©

 

Tag Team Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Tag Team Championship

The Skyscrapers versus The Dog Soldiers ©

 

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

"Mississippi Muscle" Adam MacDonald versus "The Traskmaster" Anthony Trask

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Jimmy Chipolata versus Marcus English

 

Tag Team Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Women's Tag Team Championship

Mad Millie Morgan & Bonnie Bogan versus The Bootcamp ©

 

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Nebo Martell versus Brute Kikuchi

 

Opening Match

Tag Team Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

The San Diego Girls versus Tameka Sky & Deborah Young

[hailthebulldog]

I had just signed The Montgomery Family out of Texas. There were five of them, a lot of them, but I was confident that they could bolster our roster.

 

It's awesome seeing some of my personal creations in my favorite diary. Awesome work so far man I've been enjoying it.

[Historian]

It's awesome seeing some of my personal creations in my favorite diary. Awesome work so far man I've been enjoying it.

 

Well thank you. Hopefully I do you proud with them!

[KyTeran]

Main Event

Singles Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

COTT Mid American Championship

"The Bad Man" Warwick Good versus Funky Fedora ©

Co-Main Event

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

"Hawkeye" Nicky Champion versus "The Hillbilly Outlaw" Zippy Deverell

 

Six Man Tag Team Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Mr. Grappling, US Patriot, and Wild Red Stallion versus The Cadillac Four

 

Singles Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Women's Championship

Esperanza Montero versus Ashley Keith ©

Tag Team Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Tag Team Championship

The Skyscrapers versus The Dog Soldiers ©

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

"Mississippi Muscle" Adam MacDonald versus "The Traskmaster" Anthony Trask

 

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Jimmy Chipolata versus Marcus English

 

Tag Team Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Women's Tag Team Championship

Mad Millie Morgan & Bonnie Bogan versus The Bootcamp ©

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Nebo Martell versus Brute Kikuchi

 

Opening Match

Tag Team Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

The San Diego Girls versus Tameka Sky & Deborah Young

[Derek B]

I already gave you my more extended thoughts and comments via Discord, so just gonna post my predictions here.

 

Main Event

Singles Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

COTT Mid American Championship

"The Bad Man" Warwick Good versus Funky Fedora ©

 

Co-Main Event

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

"Hawkeye" Nicky Champion versus "The Hillbilly Outlaw" Zippy Deverell

But damnit, Zippy deserves the win more and I would book him to win it as part of Champion having lost a few dozen steps from his peak!

 

Six Man Tag Team Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Mr. Grappling, US Patriot, and Wild Red Stallion versus The Cadillac Four

 

Singles Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Women's Championship

Esperanza Montero versus Ashley Keith ©

 

Tag Team Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Tag Team Championship

The Skyscrapers versus The Dog Soldiers ©

 

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

"Mississippi Muscle" Adam MacDonald versus "The Traskmaster" Anthony Trask

 

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Jimmy Chipolata versus Marcus English

 

Tag Team Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Women's Tag Team Championship

Mad Millie Morgan & Bonnie Bogan versus The Bootcamp ©

 

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Nebo Martell versus Brute Kikuchi

 

Opening Match

Tag Team Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

The San Diego Girls versus Tameka Sky & Deborah Young

[BHK1978]

Main Event

Singles Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

COTT Mid American Championship

"The Bad Man" Warwick Good versus Funky Fedora ©

 

Co-Main Event

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

"Hawkeye" Nicky Champion versus "The Hillbilly Outlaw" Zippy Deverell

 

Six Man Tag Team Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Mr. Grappling, US Patriot, and Wild Red Stallion versus The Cadillac Four

 

I honestly don't know about this one. I went with the Four but part of me is questioning if you would have the Patriot lose in his debut match.

 

Singles Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Women's Championship

Esperanza Montero versus Ashley Keith ©

 

Tag Team Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Tag Team Championship

The Skyscrapers versus The Dog Soldiers ©

 

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

"Mississippi Muscle" Adam MacDonald versus "The Traskmaster" Anthony Trask

 

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Jimmy Chipolata versus Marcus English

 

Tag Team Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Women's Tag Team Championship

Mad Millie Morgan & Bonnie Bogan versus The Bootcamp ©

 

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Nebo Martell versus Brute Kikuchi

 

Opening Match

Tag Team Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

The San Diego Girls versus Tameka Sky & Deborah Young

[MisterRomanini]

I come back after a couple of weeks and NICKY CHAMPION IS IN CWI WTF????

 

 

Main Event

Singles Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

COTT Mid American Championship

"The Bad Man" Warwick Good versus Funky Fedora ©

 

Co-Main Event

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

"Hawkeye" Nicky Champion versus "The Hillbilly Outlaw" Zippy Deverell

 

Six Man Tag Team Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Mr. Grappling, US Patriot, and Wild Red Stallion versus The Cadillac Four

 

Singles Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Women's Championship

Esperanza Montero versus Ashley Keith ©

 

Tag Team Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Tag Team Championship

The Skyscrapers versus The Dog Soldiers ©

 

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

"Mississippi Muscle" Adam MacDonald versus "The Traskmaster" Anthony Trask

 

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Jimmy Chipolata versus Marcus English

 

Tag Team Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Women's Tag Team Championship

Mad Millie Morgan & Bonnie Bogan versus The Bootcamp ©

 

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Nebo Martell versus Brute Kikuchi

 

Opening Match

Tag Team Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

The San Diego Girls versus Tameka Sky & Deborah Young

[Historian]

 

Six Man Tag Team Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Mr. Grappling, US Patriot, and Wild Red Stallion versus The Cadillac Four

 

I honestly don't know about this one. I went with the Four but part of me is questioning if you would have the Patriot lose in his debut match.

 

The first match ever for this mystery man!

 

I come back after a couple of weeks and NICKY CHAMPION IS IN CWI WTF????

 

What a way to return! And welcome back!

[humph]

Main Event

Singles Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

COTT Mid American Championship

"The Bad Man" Warwick Good versus Funky Fedora ©

 

Co-Main Event

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

"Hawkeye" Nicky Champion versus "The Hillbilly Outlaw" Zippy Deverell

- I love Zippy, but I just don't see him as being ready for that kind of win yet

 

Six Man Tag Team Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Mr. Grappling, US Patriot, and Wild Red Stallion versus The Cadillac Four

- Way too early for the Cadillacs to lose, and the US Patriot is too green to make much of a difference;)

 

Singles Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Women's Championship

Esperanza Montero versus Ashley Keith ©

 

Tag Team Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Tag Team Championship

The Skyscrapers versus The Dog Soldiers ©

- Can't remember who the Skyscrapers are, so I'm going for the ones I know

 

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

"Mississippi Muscle" Adam MacDonald versus "The Traskmaster" Anthony Trask

- I seem to remember something about Trask being on his way out

 

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Jimmy Chipolata versus Marcus English

- It's a choice as dumb as any other

 

Tag Team Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Women's Tag Team Championship

Mad Millie Morgan & Bonnie Bogan versus The Bootcamp ©

 

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Nebo Martell versus Brute Kikuchi

- Even if he is on the downswing and meant to put people over he still needs a win every so often

 

Opening Match

Tag Team Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

The San Diego Girls versus Tameka Sky & Deborah Young

[Dalton]

Championship Wrestling from Indianapolis Presents

New Year Scramble

Saturday Week 1, January 2024

Live at the Fountain Square Theatre

Belltime 7:00 PM | Doors 6:00 PM

 

Main Event

Singles Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

COTT Mid American Championship

"The Bad Man" Warwick Good versus Funky Fedora ©

Co-Main Event

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

"Hawkeye" Nicky Champion versus "The Hillbilly Outlaw" Zippy Deverell

 

Six Man Tag Team Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Mr. Grappling, US Patriot, and Wild Red Stallion versus The Cadillac Four

Singles Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Women's Championship

Esperanza Montero versus Ashley Keith ©

Tag Team Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Tag Team Championship

The Skyscrapers versus The Dog Soldiers ©

 

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

"Mississippi Muscle" Adam MacDonald versus "The Traskmaster" Anthony Trask

 

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Jimmy Chipolata versus Marcus English

Tag Team Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Women's Tag Team Championship

Mad Millie Morgan & Bonnie Bogan versus The Bootcamp ©

 

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Nebo Martell versus Brute Kikuchi

 

Opening Match

Tag Team Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

The San Diego Girls versus Tameka Sky & Deborah Young

[Theheel]

Main Event

Singles Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

COTT Mid American Championship

"The Bad Man" Warwick Good versus Funky Fedora ©

 

Co-Main Event

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

"Hawkeye" Nicky Champion versus "The Hillbilly Outlaw" Zippy Deverell

 

Man wouldn’t it be great if Zippy somehow got a win here. What a boost, but that wouldn’t likely be a price Champion would want to pay

 

Six Man Tag Team Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Mr. Grappling, US Patriot, and Wild Red Stallion versus The Cadillac Four

The US Patriot stands tall after battering the Cadillac Club

 

Singles Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Women's Championship

Esperanza Montero versus Ashley Keith ©

 

Tag Team Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Tag Team Championship

The Skyscrapers versus The Dog Soldiers ©

 

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

"Mississippi Muscle" Adam MacDonald versus "The Traskmaster" Anthony Trask

Debut win over The Traskmaster who doesn’t seem to be on track

 

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Jimmy Chipolata versus Marcus English

 

Tag Team Match

Sixty Minute Time Limit

CWI Women's Tag Team Championship

Mad Millie Morgan & Bonnie Bogan versus The Bootcamp ©

If the Bootcamp got by Sky and Young I would expect any trouble here

 

Singles Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Nebo Martell versus Brute Kikuchi

 

Opening Match

Tag Team Match

Thirty Minute Time Limit

The San Diego Girls versus Tameka Sky & Deborah Young

A rebound victory for the powerhouse duo

 

 

Nice summary for the past year. Could this be the year that CWI really takes off with Nicky Champion leading the push? Perhaps most improved in 2024?

[DinoKea]

Finally caught up. Alright! Really enjoyed this, so interested to see where this 5th year goes.

 

Funky Fedora © def. "The Bad Man" Warwick Good

"Hawkeye" Nicky Champion def. "The Hillbilly Outlaw" Zippy Deverell

Mr. Grappling, US Patriot & Wild Red Stallion def. The Cadilliac Four

Ashley Keith © def. Esperanza Montero

The Dog Soldiers © def. The Skyscrapers

"Mississippi Muscle" Adam MacDonald def. "The Traskmaster" Anthony Trask

Marcus English def. Jimmy Chipolata

The Bootcamp © def. Mad Millie Morgan & Bonnie Bogan

Nebo Martell def. Brute Kikuchi

Tameka Sky & Deborah Young def. The San Diego Girls

 

I also saw someone do a end of year awards for CWI (in their opinion) and ended up feeling inspired to do the same, so here are the awards:

 

Male Wrestler of the Year: Mr. Grappling

Past Winners: Threepwood, Hangman, Deverell

Female Wrestler of the Year: Tameka Sky

Past Winners: Blake, Frost, Stone-McFly

Tag Team of the Year: Texas Express

Past Winners: Rock City Stars, Bred for Battle, San Diego Girls

Touch of Excitement: Nicky Champion (Wrestler I'm interested what you do with, either because of names, look, big star, storyline change or personal fav)

Past Winners: Tokoeka, Threepwood, Barnes

Graduate of the Year: Victor Crash (Basically just because I think he's won more)