The Puppets Dance (CVerse '20 - 5SSW)

White Dolphin · June 18, 2020

(OOC: Post got delayed because reasons. Big Crush is probably being pushed back to Saturday, and prediction key will hopefully be up tomorrow. Love you guys and gals!

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Sensational Ogiwara leaned back in her chair and sighed.

The latest financial report had come in for 5SSW, and things weren't looking good. With 100 grand from their starting funds and the 500 grand loan from the esteemed Alexander Marcelin, they were at 600 grand going into January. It was now mid-February. 5-Star was projected to have lost about a quarter of that starting income after the Big Crush.

Thankfully, a government subsidy to the tune of 65 grand was coming in soon, thanks to a somewhat controversial bill passed by the wrestler-turned-politician Eisaku Hoshino. It was designed to provide minimal expense cover for promotions, stuff like hotels for out-of-towners and production costs (although Karube had insisted on 5 grand split up amongst the talent for make-up pay). It would help, but that still meant 5-Star's losses were galloping along to the tune of roughly 100 grand through six weeks.

In other words, 5-Star's cash was gone. Alexander's cash was all that remained. And who knows when Alexander would want a return on his investment.

Sure, he had been claiming that he didn't want the money back right away, and that he was content just seeing his daughter have a job getting experience and paying her dues for now. But Ogiwara had the feeling he would be asking for more than that soon.

If he did, there were ways around it. Maybe to make a Young Lion belt, maybe to even take the plunge and have Erin get the upset over a veteran sooner than the fans would want. Maybe team Erin with a veteran and have them win the tag titles...... but that would conflict with the planned angle she had.

If the company made it that long to implement it.

On the bright side, they were halfway through their deal with Shogun TV. 5-Star was producing the best cards of anyone besides Burning Hammer at this point. In terms of wrestler popularity they were behind others, sure, but in terms of effort and value for money 5-Star gave fans more. If they could keep things going, Shogun TV might offer a bigger piece of the advertising pie, the company could get more popular, and maybe even get back on pay-per-view somewhere. Ticket sales could also go up. 5-Star could be profitable next year, if they kept the momentum and didn't run out of capital first.

It wasn't panic time, yet. But Ogiwara could feel the noose tightening. Especially with these ridiculous expenses. 25 grand a month for MUSIC!? All this money for production, and great cameras, and better mics, just to fulfill a TV bargain, and look as good as the other name promotions? But it had to be done. Japan's magazines took this stuff seriously, and they were the lifeblood of the industry.

......Was this what life was like for Kagawa in the 90s? Having to walk the line constantly between success and financial ruin? Making reckless gambles on your crew being awesome enough to shut up the detractors and put on the best shows? How much of Kagawa's livelihood relied on her top stars having blow-away matches, or having to make tough decisions to keep everyone paid?

Of course, Ogiwara knew the answer to that question. Her eyes wandered on the desk to pictures of her and Kagawa, and her and Thunder Hike, her long-time tag partner.

And as it often did in stressful situations when seeing the picture, Ogiwara's mind wandered to a hotel room in Minami, a pair of kimonos on the floor, and that unpleasant man......

......Ogiwara shook her head and snapped out of it. 5-Star was fine for the moment. The future might be different, but it would be best to take it one show at a time.

......It was time to take that next show to paper, and hope it created the magic that Ogiwara used to create in the ring......

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Ted and Erin were spending their weekday evening peacefully in Ted's boarding room, watching matches on Ted's laptop. Erin's larger room next door had been commandeered by half the 5-Star gaijin workers for a "strategy meeting". Ted knew the meeting had something to do with ribbing Higa, and it was serious enough to bring gaijin liaison Kinuye Mushashibo and two unfamiliar Japanese guys that looked geekier than Ted over to discuss things.

They were keeping Erin in the dark to their plans, so Ted was cool with it. No sense in taking any blowback for even a deserved prank like this.

To be fair though, Ted doubted the office would care. Higa seemed to have heat dating back quite a while, and her gimmick was becoming just an extension of her real personality at this point. But that was the wrestling business for you: It was reliant on strong personalities, and letting them harness those personality traits to create a character that drew money. Higa believed she was Miss Perfection, so the gimmick worked. Except when she was backstage......

In the mean time, Ted was having a pleasant evening shooting the breeze and watching tape of Erin to figure out what needed to be better. Erin was slowly improving on a fundamental level, but her punches were still hitting people way too hard, a little more Bryan Vessey than Pit Bull Brown.

However, it couldn't be denied that Erin showed promise. Ted was still waiting for the other shoe to drop, and to find out that Erin was just a rich brat trying this as a hobby and maybe even a backdoor to the movie industry or something. But Erin loved this business and wanted to be better at it. Erin had no complaints about doing the job night after night. Erin watched, learned, and had the mentality to get better.

The Big Crush finale was shaping up to be interesting for sure......

Teasenitryn · June 18, 2020

Ooh dance dance to the tune of the piper and wait the day he comes to collect. I have been kind of lurking but this has been one of my favourites from the first post.

Got to say I admire the work that goes into this, even booking a tour company let alone the write up adds up when you consider it is more than the one show a week model then everything else you do with it.

White Dolphin · June 18, 2020

(OOC: Prediction key will be up tonight!)

Ooh dance dance to the tune of the piper and wait the day he comes to collect. I have been kind of lurking but this has been one of my favourites from the first post.

Got to say I admire the work that goes into this, even booking a tour company let alone the write up adds up when you consider it is more than the one show a week model then everything else you do with it.

Thanks for checking in Tea! I will say though that I am only booking 4 shows a tour, both to avoid burning through all my matches, and because the recent game constraints on popularity. Some tours like the J Grand Prix might necessitate 5 or 6 shows between big events however.

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TEW.com

5SSW News And Notes

by "JoshiJosh6" Joshua Prosser

-The taped show of the Big Crush Tour semi-final did just under 19000 viewers, a bump from last week, and drew houses of 125 and 100. Shogun TV is said to be thrilled with the way things are going in their TV deal so far.

-Some talent backstage are said to be annoyed at getting half pay for the last two cards, but Ogiwara's lieutenant Umeko Karube is planning on smoothing things over by splitting 5 grand amongst the talent as a payoff to make up for it.

-5-Star, along with Pro Wrestling SAISHO, are said to be getting a rebate of some sort from the government soon, courtesy of a controversial plan ramrodded into law by former puro star Eisaku Hoshino, which is the source of this 5 grand split payoff.

-Despite issues, the 5-Star talent have been praised for their hard work recently on shows, with the eight woman tag main event getting rave reviews, along with some good promo work by Yuma Maruya and figurehead VP Kaiya Kuwahara.

-It is said that no one is working double duty for the Big Crush, meaning all title match and show opener participants will not be working the battle royale.

-Lady Lotus and Fuyuko Higa continue to get heat backstage.

-Power and Passion got another tryout and looked terrible in the opener against the Stone Soliders.

-Rei Chikanatsu and Kuniko Matsura were brought in on a one-shot to do a job, and are not expected to be returning to the company regularly.

-Tsuna Kamiya, a February graduate of the recently opened Sapporo Wrestling Dojo, got a tryout dark match against Maki Yoshifumi and looked green and nervous. Kamiya is expected to get more oppportunities though, if only because of a lack of options. Also journeywoman brawler Kaori Mochizuki got a dark match tryout against Monster Ishimura, in a bout that was said to be "surprisingly not terrible".

-Among other notable matches that didn't air was a 10 minute time limit draw between The Uprising/Double Pink vs. The TermiNation/Lethal Strike that was said to be decent.

-A lot of tryout matches are expected to take place at the Big Crush pre-show.

-Rumours are that 5-Star has lost six figures since the start of the New Year, although the company is still in the green due to outside investments. Said source of outside investments are unknown, but one theory floated about is that the mysterious Swiss businessman known as the Grand Avatar is involved.

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OTHER NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD:

WLW Hiring Spree: Possible return of Modern Japan?.........

SWF Supreme TV timeslot changed after Botch Mayhem-esque Supreme TV episode.........

WATCH VIDEO: USPW staff member records argument between Alicia Strong and Rich Money.........

Teasenitryn · June 18, 2020

Thanks for checking in Tea! I will say though that I am only booking 4 shows a tour, both to avoid burning through all my matches, and because the recent game constraints on popularity. Some tours like the J Grand Prix might necessitate 5 or 6 shows between big events however.

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Certainly I feel that. One of my options at dipping my toe into the dynasty water was a Thunderverse joshi fed, essentially their 5SSW with different names and faces but they were very helpful in scheduling what the general number of tour dates would be and I was looking at twelve a month in some cases. Outside of preferring what I went with in any case that struck me as a play it, don't write it project.

Ouch those losses...here is hoping that the finances start to come good because there is only so long one can rely on a man's good favour.

White Dolphin · June 18, 2020

Shogun TV Presents:

5SSW Big Crush! 2020

Friday/Week 2/February/2020

The conclusion of the current tour is upon us, as 5 Star Supreme Wrestling presents the 2020 Big Crush event!

The show will open up with the luchadora sensations Double Pink taking on local competitors, rumoured to be former 5 Star Supreme wrestlers aiming to get back in the spotlight!

Next up we will have veteran Otsune Tsumura trying to get back into the win column after a rough start to 2020, as she'll take on the youngster Erin Marcelin!

Next up we will see the European tag team Lethal Strike take on the veteran duo of Ochiyo Iijima and Hana Ajibana!

Then the first of 4 title matches start, with MAYA making the V3 Defense of her Triangle title against Yukiko Matsumara and Lady Lotus!

Next up the All-Asian title will be defended, as Champion Maki Yoshifumi makes her first defense against the tall youngster Rika Tsujimura. Will the youngster make the upset, or will the MMA shooting star retain?

Next up, a Tag Team title rematch. The Uprising won the 2019 Dynamo Tag League, then defeated the TermiNation to win the titles. The TermiNation are hell bent on getting them back! Who will prevail?

And finally the main event of the evening will see the eponymous Big Crush battle royale, where Yuma Maruya has boldly put her title on the line against 19 other quality competitors. Will Maruya walk away champion, or will one of the many challengers take it from her?

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PREDICTION KEY:

Double Pink (Mystery Pink/Pinky Perez) vs. local competitors

Otsune Tsumura vs. Erin Marcelin

Lethal Strike (Thea Davis/Zofia Jankovic) vs. Ochiyo Iijima and Hana Ajibana

5SSW Triangle Title V3 Defense: MAYA © vs. Yukiko Matsumara vs. Lady Lotus

5SSW All-Asian Title V1 Defense: Maki Yoshifumi © vs. Rika Tsujimura

5SSW Tag Team Title V2 Defense: The Uprising (Talia Quinzel/Selina Svelte) © vs. The TermiNation (Unstoppable Tai/Toku Kijmuta)

5SSW World Title V4 Defense; Big Crush Battle Royale: Yuma Maruya © / Aud Valkyrie / Eve Grunge / Chiyeko Kita / Etsuko Arihyoshi / Eri Sato / Miwako Katsukawa / Fuyuko Higa / Gemmei Oonishi / Kaede Sugiyama / Kinuye Mushashibo / Romi Yamato / Sae Akutagawa / HEART Saitoh / Machiko Matsuda / Megumi Nakajima / Monster Ishimura / Paige Croft / Shiori Jippensha / Yu Hashimoto

Teasenitryn · June 18, 2020

Double Pink (Mystery Pink/Pinky Perez) vs. local competitors

Otsune Tsumura vs. Erin Marcelin

Lethal Strike (Thea Davis/Zofia Jankovic) vs. Ochiyo Iijima and Hana Ajibana

5SSW Triangle Title V3 Defense: MAYA © vs. Yukiko Matsumara vs. Lady Lotus

5SSW All-Asian Title V1 Defense: Maki Yoshifumi © vs. Rika Tsujimura

5SSW Tag Team Title V2 Defense: The Uprising (Talia Quinzel/Selina Svelte) © vs. The TermiNation (Unstoppable Tai/Toku Kijmuta)

5SSW World Title V4 Defense; Big Crush Battle Royale: Yuma Maruya © / Aud Valkyrie / Eve Grunge / Chiyeko Kita / Etsuko Arihyoshi / Eri Sato / Miwako Katsukawa / Fuyuko Higa / Gemmei Oonishi / Kaede Sugiyama / Kinuye Mushashibo / Romi Yamato / Sae Akutagawa / HEART Saitoh / Machiko Matsuda / Megumi Nakajima / Monster Ishimura / Paige Croft / Shiori Jippensha / Yu Hashimoto

So interesting question for me, the promoter is putting in what if plans in case Erin’s father alters the deal (pray he doesn’t alter it further), it was why I predicted her win whereas tour finale I think she’s still to pay her dues for that. The two things this will impact are the other gaijins, while they consider her one of us in terms of you look after your own might have more questions and maybe more significantly if she finds out, Erin seems the sort who wants to do this properly.

Herrbear · June 19, 2020

Double Pink (Mystery Pink/Pinky Perez) vs. local competitors

Otsune Tsumura vs. Erin Marcelin

Lethal Strike (Thea Davis/Zofia Jankovic) vs. Ochiyo Iijima and Hana Ajibana

5SSW Triangle Title V3 Defense: MAYA © vs. Yukiko Matsumara vs. Lady Lotus

5SSW All-Asian Title V1 Defense: Maki Yoshifumi © vs. Rika Tsujimura

5SSW Tag Team Title V2 Defense: The Uprising (Talia Quinzel/Selina Svelte) © vs. The TermiNation (Unstoppable Tai/Toku Kijmuta)

5SSW World Title V4 Defense; Big Crush Battle Royale: Yuma Maruya © / Aud Valkyrie / Eve Grunge / Chiyeko Kita / Etsuko Arihyoshi / Eri Sato / Miwako Katsukawa / Fuyuko Higa / Gemmei Oonishi / Kaede Sugiyama / Kinuye Mushashibo / Romi Yamato / Sae Akutagawa / HEART Saitoh / Machiko Matsuda / Megumi Nakajima / Monster Ishimura / Paige Croft / Shiori Jippensha / Yu Hashimoto

KyTeran · June 19, 2020

Double Pink (Mystery Pink/Pinky Perez) vs. local competitors

Otsune Tsumura vs. Erin Marcelin

Lethal Strike (Thea Davis/Zofia Jankovic) vs. Ochiyo Iijima and Hana Ajibana

5SSW Triangle Title V3 Defense: MAYA © vs. Yukiko Matsumara vs. Lady Lotus

5SSW All-Asian Title V1 Defense: Maki Yoshifumi © vs. Rika Tsujimura

5SSW Tag Team Title V2 Defense: The Uprising (Talia Quinzel/Selina Svelte) © vs. The TermiNation (Unstoppable Tai/Toku Kijmuta)

5SSW World Title V4 Defense; Big Crush Battle Royale: Yuma Maruya © / Aud Valkyrie / Eve Grunge / Chiyeko Kita / Etsuko Arihyoshi / Eri Sato / Miwako Katsukawa / Fuyuko Higa / Gemmei Oonishi / Kaede Sugiyama / Kinuye Mushashibo / Romi Yamato / Sae Akutagawa / HEART Saitoh / Machiko Matsuda / Megumi Nakajima / Monster Ishimura / Paige Croft / Shiori Jippensha / Yu Hashimoto

Mokoa · June 19, 2020

Double Pink (Mystery Pink/Pinky Perez) vs. local competitors

Otsune Tsumura vs. Erin Marcelin

Lethal Strike (Thea Davis/Zofia Jankovic) vs. Ochiyo Iijima and Hana Ajibana

5SSW Triangle Title V3 Defense: MAYA © vs. Yukiko Matsumara vs. Lady Lotus

5SSW All-Asian Title V1 Defense: Maki Yoshifumi © vs. Rika Tsujimura

5SSW Tag Team Title V2 Defense: The Uprising (Talia Quinzel/Selina Svelte) © vs. The TermiNation (Unstoppable Tai/Toku Kijmuta)

5SSW World Title V4 Defense; Big Crush Battle Royale: Yuma Maruya © / Aud Valkyrie / Eve Grunge / Chiyeko Kita / Etsuko Arihyoshi / Eri Sato / Miwako Katsukawa / Fuyuko Higa / Gemmei Oonishi / Kaede Sugiyama / Kinuye Mushashibo / Romi Yamato / Sae Akutagawa / HEART Saitoh / Machiko Matsuda / Megumi Nakajima / Monster Ishimura / Paige Croft / Shiori Jippensha / Yu Hashimoto

Wicked Intentions · June 19, 2020

Double Pink (Mystery Pink/Pinky Perez) vs. local competitors

Locals never win... lol

Otsune Tsumura vs. Erin Marcelin

Going with Erin, because Otsune broke her toe in my game... lol

Lethal Strike (Thea Davis/Zofia Jankovic) vs. Ochiyo Iijima and Hana Ajibana

Going with the name team right here, because that makes it seem to be you have more planned for them down the road.

5SSW Triangle Title V3 Defense: MAYA © vs. Yukiko Matsumara vs. Lady Lotus

Going upset here, because I have plans for Yukiko in my game... even though she got injured in the last show.

5SSW All-Asian Title V1 Defense: Maki Yoshifumi © vs. Rika Tsujimura

Champ to retain in this one.

5SSW Tag Team Title V2 Defense: The Uprising (Talia Quinzel/Selina Svelte) © vs. The TermiNation (Unstoppable Tai/Toku Kijmuta)

I want to go with the champs, but I know that you aren't found of the name... so I could see them dropping the titles to start a split... and because Selina got injured in my game as well. I've had a lot of injuries happen early on.

5SSW World Title V4 Defense; Big Crush Battle Royale: Yuma Maruya © / Aud Valkyrie / Eve Grunge / Chiyeko Kita / Etsuko Arihyoshi / Eri Sato / Miwako Katsukawa / Fuyuko Higa / Gemmei Oonishi / Kaede Sugiyama / Kinuye Mushashibo / Romi Yamato / Sae Akutagawa / HEART Saitoh / Machiko Matsuda / Megumi Nakajima / Monster Ishimura / Paige Croft / Shiori Jippensha / Yu Hashimoto

Realistically I see the champ retaining the title, but I can't lie... I wanna see Eve with the title.

medla · June 20, 2020

Double Pink (Mystery Pink/Pinky Perez) vs. local competitors

Otsune Tsumura vs. Erin Marcelin

Lethal Strike (Thea Davis/Zofia Jankovic) vs. Ochiyo Iijima and Hana Ajibana

5SSW Triangle Title V3 Defense: MAYA © vs. Yukiko Matsumara vs. Lady Lotus

5SSW All-Asian Title V1 Defense: Maki Yoshifumi © vs. Rika Tsujimura

5SSW Tag Team Title V2 Defense: The Uprising (Talia Quinzel/Selina Svelte) © vs. The TermiNation (Unstoppable Tai/Toku Kijmuta)

5SSW World Title V4 Defense; Big Crush Battle Royale: Yuma Maruya © / Aud Valkyrie / Eve Grunge / Chiyeko Kita / Etsuko Arihyoshi / Eri Sato / Miwako Katsukawa / Fuyuko Higa / Gemmei Oonishi / Kaede Sugiyama / Kinuye Mushashibo / Romi Yamato / Sae Akutagawa / HEART Saitoh / Machiko Matsuda / Megumi Nakajima / Monster Ishimura / Paige Croft / Shiori Jippensha / Yu Hashimoto

White Dolphin · June 20, 2020

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5 Star Supreme Wrestling

Big Crush! 2020

Saturday/Week 2/February/2020

Osaka East Volleyball Centre

Osaka, Japan

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After the announcers welcome us to the show, an intro video airs, narrated by Kaiya Kuwahara, going over the card and showing off some past moments from the Big Crush. This video was decently done and started the show off fairly well.

<div style="text-align:center;">Rating: 59

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Double Pink (Mystery Pink / Pinky Perez) vs. Chitose Ariwara / Yoko Ikina</div>

Ariwara and Ikina make their return to 5-Star for the first time in a while, but it proves less than memorable for them, and they spend most of the match bumping around like pinballs for their impressive opponents. Double Pink really strut their stuff here, showcasing some breathtaking tandem moves while making their opponents look like they're in slow motion. Ikina tries some high-flying of her own thats mostly ineffective, and Ariwara works most of the match for her team, leading to some burnout as she goes down to the Pink Butterfly Powerbomb (Spinning Double Underhook Powerbomb) from Perez to end it.

<div style="text-align:center;">Result: Double Pink def. Ikina/Ariwara (Perez pins Ariwara) in 5:35

Rating: 56

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Otsune Tsumura vs. Erin Marcelin</div>

The second match is not so well-received. Marcelin has her fans in attendance and is improving bit-by-bit, but she's still a relatively bottom-rung worker by 5-Star standards, and Tsumura has been in patchy form lately, continuing it by blowing a couple spots. The match problems are further exacerbated by Tsumura knocking herself loopy on a criss-cross spot when she collides headfirst with Marcelin. Several punches by Marcelin do not help, but do make the young lion realize that her opponent is out on her feet a bit. The match falls apart a bit despite the referee and Erin trying to keep it on the rails, but Tsumura eventually gets back into the swing of things, taking the match home with double knees to the back followed by the Shine Drive (Modified Sliced Bread #2) for the pinfall.

<div style="text-align:center;">Result: Otsune Tsumura def. Erin Marcelin via pinfall at 8:44

Rating: 41

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Backstage we check in briefly with Gemmei Oonishi talking up her chances and recent issues with Higa. Oonishi is confident they can make things work out, and hopes to share the final 2 with Higa and win the match to take home the title.

<div style="text-align:center;">Rating: 53

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Lethal Strike (Thea Davis / Zofia Jankovic) vs. Ochiyo Iijima and Hana Ajibana</div>

Ajibana and Iijima have had their struggles lately, but offer some resistance in this mid-card tag match, with Ajibana getting to suplex Davis around a bit. This is still mostly a showcase for the Europeans though, who show some all-around skill with a sadistic twist, capping off with Jankovic casually grabbing an Iijima Paralysis Thumb Strike (Samoan Spike), using an overhead judo arm throw, and cinching in a Kimura Lock for the tapout win just before the 10 minute mark.

<div style="text-align:center;">Result: Lethal Strike def. Iijima/Ajibana (Jankovic submits Iijima) in 9:41

Rating: 52

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5SSW Triangle Title

V3 Defense

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MAYA (Champion) vs. Yukiko Matsumara (Challenger) vs. Lady Lotus (Challenger)</div>

The title matches start to get things going a bit. MAYA once again benefits from playing the challengers against each other, although Lady Lotus is also quick to turn on her temporary alliances in any 2-on-1 situation. The work is active and fast-paced, with Matsumara and MAYA having their share of supporters in the audience, and it makes for a pretty good midcard title match.

Matsumara tries to seal the deal late with the Matsumara Press (Twisting Moonsault Press) on Lady Lotus, but the masked marauder ducks it and Matsumara lands hard. Lotus goes for a reverse DDT of some description on the weakened Matsumara, but get clotheslined by MAYA reviving from out of nowhere, who then picks Lotus up and lands the Slingshot Spike DDT for the win to make another successful defense.

<div style="text-align:center;">Result: MAYA def. Yukiko Matsumara and Lady Lotus (MAYA pins Lotus) at 12:02

MAYA retains the 5SSW Triangle Championship (V3 Defense)

Rating: 59

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Yu Hashimoto cuts a generic backstage promo hyping up her partner's title defense, as well as talking about her chances to win, and the chance to get some payback over some people in the Big Crush who have beaten her in the past.....

<div style="text-align:center;">Rating: 45

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5SSW All-Asian Championship

V1 Defense

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Maki Yoshifumi (champion) vs. Rika Tsujimura (Challenger)</div>

Tsujimura comes down with a case of the big match nerves that ruins this match a bit, but the main takeaway coming out of this is Maki Yoshifumi continuing to progress as a wrestler, and getting more confidence born from her side career in MMA.

Tsujimura is a bit different from Yoshifumi's previous opponents, being a tall all-rounder instead of a high flyer, but the match works well enough, and theres a lot of physicality and hard-hitting involved.

Tsujimura's best shot to win comes when she hits a Razor Slicer (Kenka Knee Strike) hard on Yoshifumi, but Yoshifumi kicks out at 2, recovers, and has the match well in hand after that, tormenting Tsujimura with leg kicks until her body dips low enough for Yoshifumi to land the always deadly HEAD KICK for 3.

<div style="text-align:center;">Result: Maki Yoshifumi def. Rika Tsujimura via pinfall at 11:32

Maki Yoshifumi retains the 5SSW All-Asian Championship (V1 Defense)

Rating: 57

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Fuyuko Higa is backstage next cutting a promo, talking about how the win in the eight women tag was the first domino to fall, and now more are to come. The world of 5-Star is changing as we know it, and soon, the false idol of 5-Star will be dethroned for Miss Perfection........

<div style="text-align:center;">Rating: 50

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5SSW Tag Team Championship

V2 Defense

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The Uprising (Talia Quinzel / Selina Svelte) (champion) vs. The TermiNation (Unstoppable Tai / Toku Kijmuta)</div>

This match was a somewhat anticipated rematch of the December clash over the Tag Team titles following the Uprising's win. The rematch does not live up to the past encounter though in terms of entertainment, although some of the brawling is downright ferocious. Talia starts the match against Tai and is eager to do so, with the two stiffing each other wildly in an electrifying early exchange.

Talia ends up dominating that, and not just because she was booked to either. Things get considerably more civil-looking when Kijmuta gets involved, but the action in general is one-way traffic, with even Svelte looking somewhat dominant in the process.

The match not being balanced limits how good it can be, but it does a hell of a lot to make the Uprising, especially when Quinzel gets the impressive pinfall on Tai after managing to lift her overhead for the Spinal Trauma backbreaker, one that was prefectly executed and looked devestating. The Uprising celebrate their victory with a little in-your-face stuff going on before the referee gives them the belts and raises their hands.

<div style="text-align:center;">Result: The Uprising def. The TermiNation via pinfall at 11:40

The Uprising retain the 5SSW Tag Team Championship (V2 Defense)

Rating: 55

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We then cut to a decent video package, focusing on the motivations of various 5-Star fighters going into this battle royale, and some of the issues brewing over the past several weeks, with emphasis placed on the champion, her partner Shiori Jippensha, Fuyuko Higa, Megumi Nakajima, and Team SUB.

<div style="text-align:center;">Rating: 50

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5SSW World Championship

V4 Defense

Big Crush Battle Royale:

Yuma Maruya (Champion) / Aud Valkyrie / Eve Grunge / Chiyeko Kita / Etsuko Arihyoshi / Eri Sato / Miwako Katsukawa / Fuyuko Higa / Gemmei Oonishi / Kaede Sugiyama / Kinuye Mushashibo / Romi Yamato / Sae Akutagawa / HEART Saitoh / Machiko Matsuda / Megumi Nakajima / Monster Ishimura / Paige Croft / Shiori Jippensha / Yu Hashimoto (Challengers)</div>

Yuma Maruya is certainly up against it here, as the ring fills up and a sense of hopelessness descends upon the fans, seeing a bunch of wrestlers smiling at the prospect of tossing out the champion. Fuyuko Higa looks particularly ready to hit someone hard, and is debuting some time of glitter stripe in her ring attire today.

Unfortunately for the bad guys, there are people who support the champion that have no love for them in the battle royale, chief among them her partner Shiori Jippensha, and there are the lone wolves who don't have a stake in these fights.

Thus, the battle royale starts with an unfocused 20 woman melee, with bodies flying into the corners from all over the place. Maruya gets targeted early by Higa before being cut off, and ends up spending a lot of the match either trying to do moves or holding onto the bottom rope for dear life as the eliminations occur around her.

And there are certainly eliminations, with Machiko Matsuda, the Stone Soliders, Aud Valkyrie, and Eve Grunge being pressed out of the ring by Monster Ishimura. Paige Croft and Eri Sato are given rides out of the ring fairly early as well.

The big sequence comes mid-way through the match, as Shiori Jippensha surprisingly goes out to Yu Hashimoto. We then gets a sequence of conga line eliminations off that, as HEART Saitoh eliminates Hashimoto, then Fuyuko Higa eliminates Saitoh, then Megumi Nakajima eliminates Higa! Oonishi is late to save Higa from elimination, fights with Nakajima alongside the ropes....... and then Monster Ishimura dumps them both!

As the numbers dwindle, it suddenly becomes obvious to the remaining participants that the only path to victory is getting rid of Monster Ishimura. Her size proves a tough obstacle to overcome, and the Hell Raisers get eliminated in the process (with Yamato getting piefaced and having her nose bloodied), but eventually a team carry finally gets Ishimura up and over and we're down to an unlikely final 4!

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Katsukawa decides to make an alliance with Maruya and fight 2-on-2 with Team SUB, and Maruya agrees, while looking rather confused about it for some reason. The alliances pair off into 1-on-1 fights, and we get to see Arihyoshi's excellent technique on display, as she works over and eventually corners the champion, who's taken a bit of a pounding in the match that goes occasionally unnoticed by the cameras (but not by her sharp-eyed fanbase, who scream at every near elimination.)

Katsukawa's fighting a losing battle on her end too, as Kita has her nearly over the ropes and out. Arihyoshi comes over to help after some stomps to a Maruya prone across the bottom rope, but Katsukawa makes a last effort, and takes Kita over and out with her before Arihyoshi can come help with the elimination, and we're down to the final 2!

Arihyoshi desperately keeps the assault going on Maruya, and has her propped against the ropes woozily for the finish. Running clothesline looks to take Maruya out......but Maruya hangs on. Second clothesline! Maruya hangs on. Third clothesline....... but Maruya summons a second wind, kicks up into the air, headscissors Arihyoshi as she runs in, and flips her over and out, skinning the cat back in to take the win and retain the title!

<div style="text-align:center;">Result: Yuma Maruya wins the Big Crush Battle Royale at 22:05

Yuma Maruya retains the 5SSW World Championship (V4 Defense)

(Final 4: Maruya / Arihyoshi / Kita / Katsukawa, Most Eliminations: Ishimura)

Rating: 69 (nice)

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A dazed and slightly confused Yuma Maruya cuts a post-match victory promo, saying she's not sure how she got out of this one, but she thanks the fans for their support and promises more successful title defense to come to uphold the company standard! Confetti and streamers fill the ring as Maruya holds the title up high!

<div style="text-align:center;">Rating: 70

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OVERALL SHOW RATING: 67

ATTENDANCE: 630</div>

White Dolphin · June 21, 2020

Friday/Week 2/January/2020

Osaka East Volleyball Centre Dressing Rooms

Osaka, Japan

Another month, another lively big card to wrap up a tour.

Ted was camping near the monitor most of the show. Although he felt a little disappointed with the match quality overall, the battle royale came off well enough to the crowd, the good girl retained her title in the main event, and 5-Star fans were fairly receptive to the other title matches on top. It looked like another successful show in a string of them since the New Year.

Ted really felt for Erin though, who was having a minor panic attack backstage because she wasn't sure if her opponent Otsune Tsumura was ok. It was a total accident and no one held it against Erin, luckily enough, but it was always an adventure when a rookie wrestled a veteran and the veteran was legitimately out on their feet for a while. Erin had to walk Tsumura through some stuff until she snapped out of it, and then they went normally from there, but it wasn't a good match.

Tsumura was ok and passed a rudimentary concussion test after coming through the curtain, although Ogiwara told her to go to the clinic right away for X-rays. Erin apologized through Ted, but Tsumura wasn't too concerned about it, and neither was anyone else. Erin's job was probably safe. Probably.

Meanwhile, a bunch of other stuff had happened backstage. Tai had thrown a hall of fame hissy fit over being asked to job to the Uprising, being somehow under the misguided impression that the TermiNation was getting the titles back. Ogiwara and Hatoyama were having none of it, and it got to the point where Ogiwara said something to the effect of "Fine, wanna keep complaining, you'll lose even harder." That ruined the tag match a bit from an in-ring perspective, but Tai and Kijmuta were at least professional enough to do the job asked of them in front of the cameras, although Tai was notably absent from the post-show pep talk, having taken her bag and left while shouting some very naughty words.

Romi Yamato found herself nursing a bloody nose after getting piefaced by Monster Ishimura, but it looked like nothing was broken and Yamato would be fine. However, it did seem like Yamato would be joining Tsumura for a trip to the doctor tonight regardless.

Wrestler's Court was also a thing that happened, but it wasn't a spectacle like the January edition. Lady Lotus was charged with being selfish and gloomy backstage again, and she had to buy a drink for a few people in the post-show festivities. A few production assistants were charged with minor offenses, and Miwako Katsukawa got chewed out a bit for being late to a meeting with an agent, but nothing serious.

Of course, Ted suspected a much bigger case would be presented to the Wrestler's Court down the line, as halfway through the card an enraged Fuyuko Higa was raising hell in the locker room about something that had happened to her. Ted had no idea what was going on and why Higa was covered in glitter, but he had an idea of who was responsible.......

As it turned out (although no one knew at the time and the story didn't come out until later), Higa was nailed with a glitter bomb put in a care package, addressed to Higa from one of her sponsors, a female drummer in a metal band. In fact, it was actually the gaijin pulling a rib on her, and they had enlisted the assistance of a couple people Kinuye Mushashibo had found online who set these up for Niconico videos.

Paige Croft had come up with the idea, after seeing a YouTube video about a man leaving a glitter bomb trap rigged inside a cardboard box, as bait for people who steal packages off of front porches for a living. The glitter bomb trap also had four cellphone cameras set up to record the response to said glitter explosion. There was a note from a "Phantom Thief X" letting Higa know that this was a rib. Higa went nuts over this, especially when said glitter refused to wash off properly, leaving Higa with a weird stripe of it on her ring attire. As a bonus, a can of scent spray was also rigged in the trap, with some red bean paste food that Higa hated being the scent. So it wasn't a good day for Higa.

Ted wanted to have sympathy, because Higa had a lot of redeeming qualities in front of the cameras, but stuff like this was bound to happen to people who couldn't turn the ego off afterwards.

At any rate, Ted had to dole out his yen to the male staff after losing at poker (again), and needed to get home to prepare for a meeting tomorrow and pack for his flight. Ted went looking for Erin, but she was off with the gaijin to toast Eve and Aud before they flew home, and she'd be partying with them for a while.

Another good month for 5-Star then. Ted was looking forward to being around to witness the next tour......

Teasenitryn · June 21, 2020

Goodness, I have seen the glitterbomb video, I would say poor Fuyuko but given she nearly beat up a fan on my own save...eeeeeh not so much with the sympathy.

Mokoa · June 21, 2020

Goodness, I have seen the glitterbomb video, I would say poor Fuyuko but given she nearly beat up a fan on my own save...eeeeeh not so much with the sympathy.

I hear many stories about Higa being a handful in other's saves. but in mine, she doesn't do anything other than come to me to say: "wrestler X is shitty at something and should be fired."

Mokoa · June 21, 2020

About the show

The battle royal was loads of fun. I made a bold prediction that ultimately was wrong, but the actual finish was much better than anything I antecipated. It's a coincidence that Katsukawa and Maruya had a little aliance there. In my save, they are allied in a world title feud between Maruya and Matsumara(who has the "power of positivity" gimmick and is being really fun as a heel against Maruya)

Higa will snap sooner rather than later. It'd be fun if she became the gaijin hunter after the rib.

You had a great use for Monster Ishimura in the battle royal. It was so simple but so deliciously right. It's a shame she sucks so badly in ring. Could be the female Kane if she was better.

I love your booking of Maruya as well. She has been awesome and it was a great story in the main event as she clawed to retain the world title.

Unstoppable Tai fuming after jobbing surely seems like an Unstoppable Tai thing to do. It'd be interesting to know what Toku Kijmuta thinks about her partner being a locker room nightmare. It has been fun to see Oonishi's view of Higa's antics.

White Dolphin · June 21, 2020

OOC SHOW NOTES:

-First of all, LOVE you guys for the predictions, comments, and DOTM votes, they mean a lot to me, keep em' coming. Just voted for DOTM the other day, I didn't select my own, but I did select Voeltzwagon's BBoA bit. He really should be in veteran category, given that hes done like two dozen diaries at this point and a lot of them have been good, but I digress. Anyways, love you guys for following along and showing your support.

-Goodness, I have seen the glitterbomb video, I would say poor Fuyuko but given she nearly beat up a fan on my own save...eeeeeh not so much with the sympathy.

-I hear many stories about Higa being a handful in other's saves. but in mine, she doesn't do anything other than come to me to say: "wrestler X is shitty at something and should be fired."

-Higa hasn't actually given me backstage issues yet, cause this game seems to negate the chance for incidents if the overall rating is 100% and 5-Star has a ton of positive people in it. I've gotten three or four Wrestler's Court cases but thats it. I'm just making stuff up with her and Tai to add creative tension to the story I'm trying to tell. 3rdStringPG can tell you that you really need to create antagonists out of nothing whenever possible so that you have something interesting going on between shows.

The battle royal was loads of fun. I made a bold prediction that ultimately was wrong, but the actual finish was much better than anything I antecipated. It's a coincidence that Katsukawa and Maruya had a little aliance there. In my save, they are allied in a world title feud between Maruya and Matsumara(who has the "power of positivity" gimmick and is being really fun as a heel against Maruya)

Higa will snap sooner rather than later. It'd be fun if she became the gaijin hunter after the rib.

You had a great use for Monster Ishimura in the battle royal. It was so simple but so deliciously right. It's a shame she sucks so badly in ring. Could be the female Kane if she was better.

I love your booking of Maruya as well. She has been awesome and it was a great story in the main event as she clawed to retain the world title.

Unstoppable Tai fuming after jobbing surely seems like an Unstoppable Tai thing to do. It'd be interesting to know what Toku Kijmuta thinks about her partner being a locker room nightmare. It has been fun to see Oonishi's view of Higa's antics

-Maruya and Katsukawa's alliance will be elaborated on first show of the next tour. That Matsumara idea sounds interesting, but I don't see her breaking out of my godly talented midcard pack. Also would Japan understand that gimmick even?

-The Higa idea was a spur-of-the-moment thing after booking Higa v Eve and seeing the end product, I don't know if she'll feud with the gaijin directly going forward backstage.

-Ishimura had a great use in the battle royale, but with her slow improvement as a worker I'm dubious things will work out with her. I'll give it another college try later, but if she can't get over on her own she is useless as a talent.

-Tai didn't actually complain about doing the job, but I just had her do it to heat up the Uprising, who continue to be the biggest beneficiaries of circumstance in the history of TEW dynasties. Like seriously, I can say right now that if the Uprising didn't start the game with the tag titles, they would be having a breakup angle right now or on the next tour, with Talia turning on Svelte for someone better and damn the chemistry. But they're champions, they're the big deal now, and so the TermiNation's popularity must die for the cause.

Now for the talking the rest of the card:

-Poor Chitose Ariwara, had to have her do the job due to decent overness in Kansai to heat up Double Pink. I like her and Ikina in their own way, but I like a bunch of other people I cant push if I hire them too soooooo.......

-Tsumura/Marcelin was pretty bad and Tsumura was at fault. Erin carried the match from a performance perspective almost (39 to 38, and Erin might've beaten that score with a couple more points in popularity). Tsumura's been booked badly because I need underneath people, but unlike some other punching bags she's starting to deserve it, which is a shame as I like her chic new render. (then again I had her jobbing in TEW2016 too)

-Jankovic continues to bring the awesome.

-Triangle title match was good hard work from all involved. It feels so weird that the title even exists though, and it's on someone i had pegged as a tag specialist (although MAYA did warrant consideration near the start of the diary to be in Katsukawa's spot on the roster.)

-Hashimoto likes cutting unscripted promos even though she isn't particularly talented or over. Weird.

-Tsujimura underperformed a bit relative to my expectations on this tour, but Big Match Maki came through again with another solid performance. Really impressed by Maki's All-Asian title reign, which I literally gave her to keep her out of the way of more important things that might tarnish her gimmick. She'll continue to be protected going forward.

-Not much more to say about the tag match. I will say though that Tai would be in line for a push of some description (with better selling and charisma) beyond "well you're big so I might protect you sometimes."

-DRAGON ASSASSIN PLEASE COME BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK

-Battle royale surprised me with its ratings in initial test sims, and I got a good one here after only a couple reloads (yes I cheat for ratings but I'm not showing off skill at this game I just want my storylines to look cool shut up. ) I think I did an okay job telling the story, but it did feel like, even with all their recent victories, Team SUB got lost in the shuffle due to not being Higa. If I had remembered to post the bonus question asking y'all who you thought would be final 4, I'd bet neither member of Team SUB would've shown up, and it would been Maruya / Jippensha / Nakajima / Higa pretty much straight across, or maybe Ishimura and Oonishi thrown in somewhere. The conga line elimination was great though, and I wonder if its ever happened in the Royal Rumble, cause I have no idea where I ripped that spot off from. It can't have been original, can it?

News post and next tour hires later today mebbe. Stay safe fellas!

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PREDICTION STANDINGS THAT I TOTALLY DIDN'T EDIT IN LATER SHUT UP:

medla: 28/36

KyTeran: 27/36

El_Ray: 22/29

Herrbear: 14/21

Mokoa: 12/21

Wicked Intentions: 7/14

Teasenitryn: 4/7

Mokoa · June 22, 2020

OOC SHOW NOTES:

-Tsumura/Marcelin was pretty bad and Tsumura was at fault. Erin carried the match from a performance perspective almost (39 to 38, and Erin might've beaten that score with a couple more points in popularity). Tsumura's been booked badly because I need underneath people, but unlike some other punching bags she's starting to deserve it, which is a shame as I like her chic new render. (then again I had her jobbing in TEW2016 too)

-Triangle title match was good hard work from all involved. It feels so weird that the title even exists though, and it's on someone i had pegged as a tag specialist (although MAYA did warrant consideration near the start of the diary to be in Katsukawa's spot on the roster.)

-Hashimoto likes cutting unscripted promos even though she isn't particularly talented or over. Weird.

-Tsujimura underperformed a bit relative to my expectations on this tour, but Big Match Maki came through again with another solid performance. Really impressed by Maki's All-Asian title reign, which I literally gave her to keep her out of the way of more important things that might tarnish her gimmick. She'll continue to be protected going forward.

Tsumura is in steep decline because of her age. I usually see her having matches in the 30s in my 5SSW save as well. Which is a shame since she is fun to book.

The Triangle Title is pretty annoying to book due to it being a triple threat championship. I usually keep it simple. I'd rather give more love to the All-Asian title.

Yu Hashimoto has somewhat of an ego. She always complains about jobbing or looking weak. I find it funny since she's pretty average and leeches off her better partner.

White Dolphin · June 22, 2020

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="49448" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Tsumura is in steep decline because of her age. I usually see her having matches in the 30s in my 5SSW save as well. Which is a shame since she is fun to book. The Triangle Title is pretty annoying to book due to it being a triple threat championship. I usually keep it simple. I'd rather give more love to the All-Asian title. Yu Hashimoto has somewhat of an ego. She always complains about jobbing or looking weak. I find it funny since she's pretty average and leeches off her better partner.</div></blockquote> Tsumura's pulled off a few 45s before for personal match rating, and another one in my test sim, but that match she was just weird. Triangle title is annoying to book because you have to keep an extra girl strong going in, but it'll fit neatly into some plans I have for later. Yu hasn't given me issues about anything since the Triangle title job (which I sorta regret now because Yu's higher than MAYA on my pecking order right now.) I'll keep an eye out for that. Tour hires and a story post later today or later tomorrow! <div style="text-align:center;">--- TEW.com 5SSW News And Notes by "JoshiJosh6" Joshua Prosser</div> -The finale show of the Big Crush tour did slightly over 22,000 viewers, a record high so far for the station. Shogun TV continues to be thrilled with how things are going, and it's almost a certainty that the TV deal will be renewed at the start of April. -The show came across well to the staff backstage, although there were fears that the undercard would be seen as underwhelming. The battle royale was well-worked however and saved the show. -Chitose Ariwara and Yoko Ikina's returns were one-shots, and they aren't expected to make a full-time return. -Other tryouts included: A dark match between the team of Spider Isako and Sapporo Wrestling Dojo graduate Tsuna Kamiya taking on Power and Passion in a bad match, a dark tag match with Angel Takudome and Asami Okubo working a 10 minute draw against the Gun Metal Gals that was decent, Kate Avatar getting a win over Hoshiko Tagawa, and the Gamma War Unit working a squash over Young Lightning. -Management is said to be keeping an eye on Spider Isako, even taping an interview with her and Kaiya Kuwahara, although it is not expected to air anywhere as Isako is not great on interviews. -A different set of tour hires is expected next week, although it is likely that all of the Big Crush tour hires will be back later. A few new gaijin hires are expected. -Both Lethal Strike and Double Pink are said to be in storylines of some sort on the next tour. -The booking of the tag title match was said to be a result of Unstoppable Tai complaining about the finish, leading to Ogiwara and Karube changing it to be even worse to spite her. Quinzel was also allegedly ordered to stiff Tai on the opening exchanges. -Romi Yamato and Otsune Tsumura suffered minor injuries on the tour, although both are expected to be recovered for the next tour. -Management is said to still be high on Miwako Katsukawa, although she was a guest of Wrestler's Court for some sort of minor infraction. -Lady Lotus was also a guest of Wrestler's Court as she continues to draw heat backstage. -Fuyuko Higa was said to have been in a furious mood backstage over some type of rib involving her entrance attire, which was notably covered in glitter on the midsection when she entered the Big Crush battle royale. -Team SUB is expected to be pushed hard in the next tour for some type of title shot. <div style="text-align:center;">MORE NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD: -Lost footage of holiday indy show match between Peter Valentine and Big Smack Scott surfaces, thousands traumatized...... -Smaller Japanese feds continue sharing talent as Modern Japan resurrection rumours heat up...... -Steve DeColt on Alicia Strong's CWA criticism: "It's good to hear from the daughter of George's job boy again!"......</div>

White Dolphin · June 23, 2020

<div style="text-align:center;">TEW.com

5SSW News And Notes

Tuesday/Week 3/February/2020

by "JoshiJosh6" Joshua Prosser</div>

5SSW has announced 6 hires for the upcoming Queendom Parade tour, running from Monday/Week 4/February to Saturday/Week 2/March. The list of names is as follows:

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Simony Sentinel</div>

Known on the North American scene as "The Violent Violet", Simony Sentinel is a fundamentally sound wrestler from Boston. Simony's wrestling career so far has seen a decent two-year run with AAA before it's closure, followed by her taking a midcard role in ACPW after the gender integration of their roster. Simony is expected to be pushed fairly hard out of the gate, due to her good fundamentals and interesting star quality.

Initially, Simony was not keen on working Japan in her lifetime, but a fairly lucrative contract offer enticed her to give it a shot.

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Connie Morris</div>

A former 5SSW regular during their tours, Connie Morris is returning after a 10 year absence to bring her veteran fisticuffs and power back onto the Japanese stage. While known for her tag team with Gorgon as "The Missouri Bruisers" in 5SSW, Connie will be wrestling as a solo act here.

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Angel Takudome and Asami Okubo</div>

Angel Takudome is a veteran and former tour regular with 5-Star, who has been asked on the indy scene as of late to tag with youngsters and train them up.

Asami Okubo has been part of several matches alongside Angel Takudome, and is a young ultra-serious technician with a judo background. Asami is known for being green, but tough and dangerous.

Together the two will be a lower-rung tag team known as "The Sunset Riders"

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Ava Anderson and Lily Snyder</div>

Two women that needs little introduction to women's wrestling fans, Anderson and Snyder are a regular tag team for QAW, known for their solid chemistry and awesome double-team moves. The classic striker and technician duo are 3 time QAW tag team champions, and have had many memorable bouts over the past few years with teams like Perez and Torres, Tex-Mex, and various members of the Ronin 3. Snyder has long been angling for a job with 5-Star, but Anderson alledgedly needed more convincing before finally taking the gig. The team is going to be known as "Synchro Wave", and 5-Star is hopeful to bring them back for possible future tours afterwards.

5SSW has also confirmed the return of Canadian rookie Erin Marcelin for another tour, although she will be without her partner Kate Avatar.

5SSW's first show of the Queendom Parade tour is set to take place in the Nekketsu High School Gymanisum on Osaka on Monday/Week 4/February.

<div style="text-align:center;">(OOC: Story post later tonight or tomorrow, hopefully a prediction key up tomorrow as well!)</div>

White Dolphin · June 24, 2020

<div style="text-align:center;">Friday/Week 3/February/2020

Toronto, Canada

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Erin was humming a tune as she packed her suitcase. She didn't know how it happened, but she had gotten another tour with 5-Star, and obviously she would jump at the chance. Erin was learning so much, and felt she was slowly getting better and putting it all into practise.

Luckily, Otsune Tsumura was ok after their match at the Big Crush, and Erin got no heat over her getting hurt. Erin was still trying to work out the kinks in her in-ring style, but Otsune's head-on collision with Erin was judged as an accident. Had Erin been blamed for hurting a veteran, bye-bye Japanese career.

Thank God it was nothing serious. Also, that apology note Ted sent to the clinic for Otsune might've helped too. Erin had to remember to thank Ted again and have him ask how Otsune was doing.

This upcoming tour looked a bit interesting too: Connie Morris was old and broken down, but still had vast experience and a lot of insight to share, and her work was vaguely like Erin's. Simony Sentinel and Synchro Wave though, Erin had seen a lot of their tape, and it was cool that they were getting a shot. 5-Star's tag division was nuts, and Simony would have appeal as a punk girl heel (although Erin thought that might've been her role coming in, so who knew.)

It was a shame that Erin wouldn't be involved in the cool tags, but they weren't bringing back Kate Avatar, at least not right away, so it looked like she would run singles or maybe 6/8 women tags.

Halfway through packing, Erin was interrupted by Alexander.

"Hey sweetie, packing for your trip?"

"Yeah, just trying to fit in all the outfits."

"Well, I've gotta take off for a late meeting, so I'll leave you to it. Have a safe trip, call me when you get there. Also, I'm trying to get that Gunshow TV or whatever your matches are on on satellite, but the stupid idiots at the cable companies don't carry the Japanese channels. Can you believe that?"

"It's Shogun TV dad, and don't worry about it, I'll get the matches on a USB drive for you."

Gunshow TV, what a joke. As if her dad even cared. Erin still felt he was against this whole wrestling thing and thought it was a phase Erin would grow out of. It wasn't, and even if it didn't become Erin's life as an adult, being in the ring with legends like Yuma Maruya was a life experience she'd treasure. Dad would NEVER understand that.

"Thanks sweetie, stay safe."

Alexander kissed his daughter on the forehead and left. Erin shook her head and resumed packing up for the trip.......

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Ted finished packing his suitcase, humming a tun of celebration. Against all odds, things were looking up for this luckless sonofagun.

Ted had finally mustered up the courage to ask Layla out for a lunch date when he got back from Japan. He had almost stammered while doing it before finally spitting it out, but Layla, the sunny goddess of the Strathcona-Fremont offices, just smiled and said of course. God only knows how many people Layla rejected over the years, but this ray of sunshine chose Ted for a date. Or maybe she thought it wasn't a date....... no, best to be optimistic. Ted never sexually harassed Layla like some of the other miserable bastards at the office might've, he just exchanged polite greetings each day and worked near each other. Layla might've decided to go on a date with him because of him being the only nice guy in the office. And nice guys finish first, right? Except for all those times he could immediately think of........

So all he had to do was get through another 3-week trip to Japan to get a tasty reward of lunch with a goddess. To be fair though, aside from the occasional meeting where a Japanese businessman dropped the mask of politeness, or times when Ted got lost on regional dialects, the trips to Japan were great. Being able to hang out with Erin and see a bunch of cute girls wrestle was mighty fine. Hell, even the poker games involving the male staff were great, despite Ted just losing every time.

Ted was making contacts too in the Japanese business world. The economy was finally turning around a bit after the tsunami, businessmen were making start-ups of promise, and things were looking up. If Erin stuck it out here for a while and Ted saved up, he could quit Strathcona-Fremont after he was no longer needed, and live off his savings and his small investments maybe. If he could get himself a steady girl too..... things were looking up!

Ted did a little pirouette, as he locked his apartment door and headed for the taxicab to the airport.......

White Dolphin · June 25, 2020

Shogun TV Presents:

5SSW Queendom Parade Tour Night 1

Monday/Week 4/February/2020

The first stop in 5 Star Supreme Wrestling's Queendom Parade is here, live on Shogun TV from the Nekketsu High School Gymnasium in Osaka!

Our opening match sees veteran gaijin newcomer Simony Sentinel take on the Canadian youngster Erin Marcelin.

Angel Takudome makes her return to 5SSW, teaming with tough young judoka Asami Okubo to take on the Kanto Express.

Team SUB aim to make a statement this tour after coming up short in the Big Crush battle royale, and they'll ally with Yu Hashimoto against Hana Ajibana and the debuting new American team Synchro Wave.

The brawler of the Missouri farmlands, Connie Morris makes her return to 5SSW as well, and will face veteran Ochiyo Iijima.

Next up is a 4 on 4 tag match, as we'll see Shiori Jippensha, HEART Saitoh, and the Stone Soldiers take on the eclectic team of Megumi Nakajima, Lady Lotus, Monster Ishimura, and Selina Svelte. A lot of different issues are present across the teams, but who will prevail?

Our semi-main sees the TermiNation out for blood after losing their tag team title rematch, and they'll be facing the Hell Raisers, who have dogged them for a match for a while now. Will the younger tandem prevail, or will the TermiNation get right back on the horse that threw them?

Finally, our main event spot has been requested by Yuma Maruya, who has issued some sort of challenge, and is even be putting the title on the line to get the match! Will Yuma turn back the mystery challenge target in this crucial V5 Defense?

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PREDICTION KEY

Simony Sentinel vs. Erin Marcelin

Angel Takudome / Asami Okubo vs. MAYA / Machiko Matsuda

Chiyeko Kita / Etsuko Arihyoshi / Yu Hashimoto vs. Hana Ajibana / Ava Anderson / Lily Snyder

Connie Morris vs. Ochiyo Iijima

Shiori Jippensha / HEART Saitoh / Kaede Sugiyama / Kinuye Mushashibo vs. Megumi Nakajima / Lady Lotus / Monster Ishimura / Selina Svelte

Unstoppable Tai / Toku Kijmuta vs. Romi Yamato / Sae Akutagawa

5SSW World Title V5 Defence: Yuma Maruya vs. ???

(OOC: Show will be up Friday evening or Saturday, but there'll be a character post before the show.)

Blake Trask · June 25, 2020

Connie! Heck yeah.

Nice behind the scenes with Erin and Ted. Good luck, Teddy-o!

KyTeran · June 25, 2020

Simony Sentinel vs. Erin Marcelin

Angel Takudome / Asami Okubo vs. MAYA / Machiko Matsuda

Chiyeko Kita / Etsuko Arihyoshi / Yu Hashimoto vs. Hana Ajibana / Ava Anderson / Lily Snyder

Connie Morris vs. Ochiyo Iijima

Shiori Jippensha / HEART Saitoh / Kaede Sugiyama / Kinuye Mushashibo vs. Megumi Nakajima / Lady Lotus / Monster Ishimura / Selina Svelte

Unstoppable Tai / Toku Kijmuta vs. Romi Yamato / Sae Akutagawa

5SSW World Title V5 Defence: Yuma Maruya vs. ???

Teasenitryn · June 25, 2020

Nice scenes there, and yeah sometimes it is this guy hasn't harassed me like the other jerks, so here's hoping for Ted. Erin's dad is really bad at showing her she is about the one person he cares about, I am still waiting for the you got bought in truth bomb to drop, on the one hand he did that for her, on the other I still think that would annoy her more.

Simony Sentinel vs. Erin Marcelin

Angel Takudome / Asami Okubo vs. MAYA / Machiko Matsuda

Chiyeko Kita / Etsuko Arihyoshi / Yu Hashimoto vs. Hana Ajibana / Ava Anderson / Lily Snyder

Connie Morris vs. Ochiyo Iijima

Shiori Jippensha / HEART Saitoh / Kaede Sugiyama / Kinuye Mushashibo vs. Megumi Nakajima / Lady Lotus / Monster Ishimura / Selina Svelte

Unstoppable Tai / Toku Kijmuta vs. Romi Yamato / Sae Akutagawa

5SSW World Title V5 Defence: Yuma Maruya vs. ???

I don't think Erin gets the singles win if she is any other young newbie, it was a struggle because of her circumstances, how the rest of the girls take the truth whenever it comes out will at least partially depend on how humble she keeps herself before that point. I think that she doesn't expect special treatment means she will get treated like any other new gaijin until Alexander alters the deal and they seem hot on Simony. If the next character post is Alexander doing a little strongarming I am changing my pick.

Usually I would say that the world title does not change hands on a tour match or against an unnamed opponent...but Yuma is pushing her luck, I can't shake the feeling that this is one too many.

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