India Rising - The Ballad of "Bollywood" Baljit

steev42 · May 27, 2020

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</td><td width="200"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/DSPW.jpg" align="right" style="border-radius:75px" width="125px" height="125px"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><div style="background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(129,0,48,.75) 0%, rgba(129,0,48,0) 72%);"><p>My story begins at Diwali. Well, I guess to be more honest, it starts in early childhood when I discovered my love for all things wrestling. I grew enthralled with SWF and HGC from the US, and the Hammer from Japan. I got lots of tapes, and devoured every moment. And then, at a family event (I can't remember which one), I met Kashmir Singh. He was family, of a sort. I mean, he was like the brother in law of a sister in law of my mother, or something like that. I was never very clear on the actual relationship, but there was a real-life wrestler, part of my family. So of course, he quickly became my favorite. I started watching his work with PSW and FCW, shelling out what little allowance I had to get some tapes shipped over. Talked to him off and on over the years, starstruck fan to indy wrestler. But that was about it, or so I thought.

Anyway, back to Diwali. Our celebration was another one of those huge extended family things, with probably around four or five hundred people in the building. Everyone was mingling. When Kashmir came up to me instead of the other way around. "Heya, Baljit." Yes, my name is really Baljit. His isn't really Kashmir, but that's another story. "You still watching wrestling?" Well, go figure. I'm starstruck again. I kind of stammer for a bit before I'm able to stutter out, "Uh, yeah, a bit. The big companies mostly now that you're not wrestling anymore."

And then, he dropped the bomb. "I would have thought you'd have come to the Academy when I opened it up, then. It always seemed to be in your wheelhouse. Why didn't you sign up? You're eighteen now, right?"

More stammering. Yeah, really putting on an air of confidence here, Baljit. "Uh, well...I wasn't sure if you'd remember me. And trying to use family connections just seemed wrong, somehow."

"Nonsense. To be honest, I was kind of surprised not to see your face. No worries, though. The MWA is just the first step to bringing the industry here, and I think you'd be perfect for the next step." He paused, and I almost certainly had a terribly confused look on my face. "The Academy is there to train people. But what good is training people if there's no place for them to put on a show. I'm starting a real federation, based in Delhi."

I snapped out of my shock. He wasn't saying what I thought he was, was he? "You mean, you want me to come wrestle for you? Yes, definitely, yes!"

He shook his head, but just slightly. "Baljit, calm down. I'm not here to ask if you want to wrestle, though that could certainly be on the cards if you wanted. No, I've been watching your posts. Your storyline ideas with the big guys? I think they're brilliant. And if I'm honest, my creative ideas are lacking. I don't want you just as a wrestler. I want you to run the show. What do you think?"

Yep. There I am, staring at my hero. My idol, who has just asked me to book and honest to go professional wrestling company. Waiting for my answer, and I'm just standing there like an idiot. Believe me, I was yelling at myself in my head. Finally, I snapped out of it, and cautiously asked the proper question. "Are...are you sure? I'm eighteen, and I have NO experience in this. This isn't something you want to get someone more experienced in to do?"

He gave me a smile then. "Not at all. Look, India's got a long way to go before we're able to even keep a real audience. I'm not sure I could even convince anyone to come over here and book a company right now, even if I did think they had better ideas than you. But they aren't the ones I want. I want your creativity. I think you've got what it takes. But I can understand your concerns. So why don't you take a look at this," he says as he hands me a manila folder. "Take a look at what I want DSPW to be. If you think you can handle it, I'm hoping to run our first show in January. Give me a call."

We shook hands, and I just kind of wandered in a stupor for a while. From there...well, I guess it's pretty obvious I ended up agreeing to his offer. Pulled in the guys who'd already graduated MWA, though we don't technically have any sort of formal relationship in place, that's likely to be a good source of people for us for a while. With Kashmir's approval, reached out to a couple guys from the US who were unemployed and brought them in. Some veteran types who could help all us new guys in the ring. And just around the corner, at long last, is DSPW Genesis. Our first show. I'm excited. I'm nervous. I think I might throw up before the show starts. But this...this is the start of my story. I'm going to make the best of it.

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So, this is going to be a Road to Glory diary, sort of. I might end up leaving DSPW at some point, but I'm sticking with it for a minimum of three years, assuming it survives. India is active, obviously. I have no idea how it'll develop.

The avatar is "Bollywood" Baljit. The image and name come from the default Avatar, but he was built with the RTG method. He's a Brawler, and I don't remember what stats he ended up with to begin with, but the Star Quality is a 74. I don't expect I'll keep track of achievements or the mystery boxes, but I'm sticking to the "I won't be an owner" rule. Starting talents are Negotiation 2, Motivation 4, Creativity 9, Leadership 7, Diplomacy 3, and Silver Tongue 5.

I kept DSPW as it was in the editor, except I reduced the popularity to 0 (after the game started -- I forgot to do it in the editor), and the money to $1,000. That means our style is "Family Friendly Pro Wrestling". We're currently using a strictly enforced Face/Heel divide, but I may change that at some point.

steev42 · May 27, 2020

DSPW Genesis (Jan 2020): 18

steev42 · May 27, 2020

<p>Preview for DSPW Genesis</p><p> </p><p>

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<div align="center" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:22pt">Genesis</div></p><p>

<td width="200"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/DSPW.jpg" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/DSPW.jpg"</a> height="125px" width="125px" style="border-radius:75px"></td></tr></table></p><p> </p><p>

<img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Parvin" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Parvin</a> Kishan.jpg" style="border-radius:50px" height="100px";width="100px"> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Mean" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Mean</a> Streets Mohan.jpg" style="border-radius:50px" height="100px";width="100px"> <br /></p><p>

<b>Parvin Kishan -vs- Mean Streets Mohan</b></p><p>

Two of India's rising stars meet in the ring to put to the question whether or not a solid MWA background is worthwhile. Parvin was one of MWA's first graduates, Mohan is self-trained. Both show promise, but which man will come out on top in DSPW's first show?</p><p>

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<img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Kolkata" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Kolkata</a> Jai.jpg" style="border-radius:50px" height="100px";width="100px"> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Bollywood" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Bollywood</a> Baljit.jpg" style="border-radius:50px" height="100px";width="100px"> <br /></p><p>

<b>Kolkata Jai -vs- "Bollywood" Baljit</b></p><p>

Kolkata is a powerhouse of a man, standing a towering 2 meters tall. He has got to be one of the MWA's top graduates thus far, and looks to have a long career ahead of him. "Bollywood", meanwhile, is an eighteen year old rookie with no training that has come out of nowhere. Can Baljit bring the big man down to size or will his debut crash and burn?</div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

<img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Bullet" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Bullet</a> Babu Menon.jpg" style="border-radius:50px" height="100px";width="100px"> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Sensational" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Sensational</a> Sarja.jpg" style="border-radius:50px" height="100px";width="100px"> <br /></p><p>

<b>Bullet Babu Menon -vs- Sensational Sarja</b></p><p>

The Bullet is a fair hand and veteran around the almost non-existent wrestling scene in India. Sensational Sarja is a recent graduate of the MWA. Will experience rule the day, or will the rookie earn his stripes?</div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

<img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Black" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Black</a> Flash.jpg" style="border-radius:50px" height="100px";width="100px"> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Prince" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Prince</a> Rupy.jpg" style="border-radius:50px" height="100px";width="100px"> <br /></p><p>

<b>Black Flash -vs- Prince Rupy</b></p><p>

A mysterious high flyer from Australia, Black Flash looks to outpace his opponent Prince Rupy, who is an MWA graduate and a positively built light heavyweight. Which style will prove superior at Genesis?</div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

<img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Art" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Art</a> Reed.jpg" style="border-radius:50px" height="100px";width="100px"> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Kashmir" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Kashmir</a> Singh.jpg" style="border-radius:50px" height="100px";width="100px"> <br /></p><p>

<b>Art Reed -vs- Kashmir Singh</b></p><p>

Genesis' Main Event features two men who have had long careers across the oceans in Art Reed and Kashmir Singh. Reed has worked for a number of promotions in his nearly 20 year career, but has never really managed to climb that ladder to the top of any of them. India's own Kashmir Singh, however, managed to take home two titles while working in Puerto Rico, and has almost 25 years of experience behind him. Which man's experience will prove the deciding factor here in DSPW?</div></p>

kanegan · May 27, 2020

<p>I have been also running a diary in the India C-verse with the other default promotion, MGPW with my UC being Kashmir and Bollywood Baljit Avatar's fictional father, the owner of the company who has asked Kashmir to make his son the superstar in India.</p><p> </p><p>

So, great to see a R2G attempt here.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Parvin Kishan </strong>vs Mean Streets Mohan</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Kolkata Jai</strong> vs Bollywood Baljit</p><p>

<em>Early days for Baljit plus Jai is a monster.</em></p><p> </p><p>

Bullet Babu Menon vs <strong>Sensational Sarja</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Black Flash vs <strong>Prince Rupy</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Art Reed vs <strong>Kashmir Singh</strong></p><p>

<em>The legend can't lose in his homeland.</em></p>

Portlius · May 27, 2020

Parvin Kishan

Kolkata jai

Bullet Babu

Black Flash (he is an absolute nugget imo)

Kashmir Singh (it is destiny)

steev42 · May 28, 2020

DSPW Genesis

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<div align="center" style="font-style:italic;font-size:8pt">Held in Delhi; Attendance of 45</div>

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<b>Kashmir Singh, Art Reed</b>

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</td><td width="200"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/DSPW.jpg" align="right" style="border-radius:75px" width="125px" height="125px"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><div style="background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(129,0,48,.55) 0%, rgba(129,0,48,0) 72%);"><p>Kashmir Singh comes out to a heros welcome, and plays the part, high fiving most of the crowd on his way to the ring. He thanks everyone for coming out to DSPW's first ever show. He promises to put on a good show tonight, and he hopes everyone goes home happy and sings the praises of the company to their friends and family.</p>

<p>He is interrupted by Art Reed, who makes his way to the ring to almost as large a cheer as Singh did. He says what better way to kick off the company in style than two of the biggest and best in the facing off in the main event. Tonight, Reed vs Singh. Singh agrees to the match, they shake hands, and depart in opposite directions.</p>

</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-weight:bold" align="left">Rating: 32/27</div></td><td ></td><td><div style="font-size:8pt" align="right">Road Agent:Buddy Garner<br/></div></td></tr></table>

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<b>Black Flash -vs- Prince Rupy</b></div>

</td><td width="200" rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><div align="center"></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><div style="background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(129,0,48,.55) 0%, rgba(129,0,48,0) 72%);"><p>With that, the actual action here at DSPW Genesis kicks off. I was backstage nearly throwing up, so I missed a bunch of the action, but it seemed to go pretty well. Flash, with his mask and all, plays the mystery up for the crowd. Rupy on the other hand was born to be the egomaniac he appears to be. Flash definitely carried the match, which isn't really surprising given the lack of experience that Rupy has. That said, it felt right to give Rupy the first win in our history, and he claims a clean pinfall.</p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-weight:bold" align="left">Rating: 15</div></td><td align="center"><b>Prince Rupy wins by Pinfall with a High Knee</b></td><td><div style="font-size:8pt" align="right">Referee:Glen Lee<br/>Road Agent:Buddy Garner<br/>Match Time:11:20</div></td></tr></table></div>

<table width="100%"><tr><td width="200" rowspan="2"></td><td><div align="center"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Chandan Bhat.jpg" style="border-radius:50px" height="100px";width="100px"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Kumar Kong.jpg" style="border-radius:50px" height="100px";width="100px"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Dhruv Ahmad.jpg" style="border-radius:50px" height="100px";width="100px"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Jazz Funk.jpg" style="border-radius:50px" height="100px";width="100px"><br /><b>Chandan Bhat & Kumar Kong -vs- Dhruv Ahmad & Jazz Funk</b></div></td><td width="200" rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><div align="center"></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><div style="background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(129,0,48,.55) 0%, rgba(129,0,48,0) 72%);"><p>Yeah, Bhat is a newcomer, and one who never went to the academy. And apparently he has no stamina. I tried to make this a decent match, but Reed kept telling me that he didn't think that Bhat could handle it. Ah well. In the end, we decided to just make Kong do the bulk of the work, and Bhat was able to recover his gas on the sidelines while the fight was still going on. Tag teams might be the way to go with him. It's not like we have much of a choice of people. Anyway, we gave the faces the win here, Kong earning the victory with the Big Splash. </p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-weight:bold" align="left">Rating: 9</div></td><td align="center"><b>Chandan Bhat & Kumar Kong win by Pinfall with a Big Splash</b></td><td><div style="font-size:8pt" align="right">Referee:Glen Lee<br/>Road Agent:Art Reed<br/>Match Time:5:55</div></td></tr></table>

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<table width="100%"><tr><td width="200" rowspan="2"></td><td><div align="center"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Kolkata Jai.jpg" style="border-radius:50px" height="100px";width="100px"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Bollywood Baljit.jpg" style="border-radius:50px" height="100px";width="100px"> <br /><b>Kolkata Jai -vs- "Bollywood" Baljit</b></div></td><td width="200" rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><div align="center"></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><div style="background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(129,0,48,.55) 0%, rgba(129,0,48,0) 72%);"><p>My first action. I want to say nerves got the best of me, but honestly, I don't really remember what happened. We had a match. I got tossed around a lot. Jai did a good job, and looked completely dominant. He dropped the Big Legdrop and got the pin. I...didn't get much offense in.</p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-weight:bold" align="left">Rating: 0</div></td><td align="center"><b>Kolkata Jai wins by Pinfall with a Big Legdrop</b></td><td><div style="font-size:8pt" align="right">Referee:Glen Lee<br/>Road Agent:Kashmir Singh<br/>Match Time:4:01</div></td></tr></table>

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<table width="100%"><tr><td width="200"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/DSPW.jpg" style="border-radius:75px" height="125px" width="125px"></td><td><div align="center"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Kolkata Jai.jpg" style="border-radius:50px" height="100px";width="100px"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Bollywood Baljit.jpg" style="border-radius:50px" height="100px";width="100px"><br/><b>Kolkata Jai, "Bollywood" Baljit</b></div></td><td width="200"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/DSPW.jpg" align="right" style="border-radius:75px" width="125px" height="125px"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><div style="background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(129,0,48,.55) 0%, rgba(129,0,48,0) 72%);"><p>Jai had the pin, but he wasn't done. I got to practice my selling a bit more as he continued the assault. Lee was finally able to convince him to leave me alone. Hey, at least this went over better than the match?</p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-weight:bold" align="left">Rating: 15</div></td><td ></td><td><div style="font-size:8pt" align="right">Road Agent:Art Reed<br/></div></td></tr></table></div>

<table width="100%"><tr><td width="200" rowspan="2"></td><td><div align="center"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Parvin Kishan.jpg" style="border-radius:50px" height="100px";width="100px"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Mean Streets Mohan.jpg" style="border-radius:50px" height="100px";width="100px"> <br /><b>Parvin Kishan -vs- Mean Streets Mohan</b></div></td><td width="200" rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><div align="center"></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><div style="background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(129,0,48,.55) 0%, rgba(129,0,48,0) 72%);"><p>While I recovered from my beatdown, Kishan and Mohan both started out some highly received gimmicks. That's something. The match wasn't great, as both men's inexperience was definitely showing. Note to self: pair up the guys with experience and those without going forward. I gave Parvin the win here so it wouldn't be an all-heel show (outside of the main event).</p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-weight:bold" align="left">Rating: 9</div></td><td align="center"><b>Parvin Kishan wins by Pinfall with a Face Crusher.</b></td><td><div style="font-size:8pt" align="right">Referee:Glen Lee<br/>Road Agent:Art Reed<br/>Match Time:13:25</div></td></tr></table>

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<table width="100%"><tr><td width="200" rowspan="2"></td><td><div align="center"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Bullet Babu Menon.jpg" style="border-radius:50px" height="100px";width="100px"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Sensational Sarja.jpg" style="border-radius:50px" height="100px";width="100px"> <br /><b>"Bullet" Babu Menon -vs- "Sensational" Sarja</b></div></td><td width="200" rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><div align="center"></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><div style="background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(129,0,48,.55) 0%, rgba(129,0,48,0) 72%);"><p>Another pair of great gimmicks. And the match was...well, what we're expecting. Menon's veterancy came out ok, but he wasn't really on his game here tonight. The match flowed pretty well, and Sarja got the victory.</p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-weight:bold" align="left">Rating: 9</div></td><td align="center"><b>"Sensational" Sarja wins by Pinfall with a Cal-Cutter.</b></td><td><div style="font-size:8pt" align="right">Referee:Glen Lee<br/>Road Agent:Buddy Garner<br/>Match Time:8:29</div></td></tr></table>

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<table width="100%"><tr><td width="200"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/DSPW.jpg" style="border-radius:75px" height="125px" width="125px"></td><td><div align="center"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Prince Rupy.jpg" style="border-radius:50px" height="100px";width="100px"><br/><b>Princy Rupy</b></div></td><td width="200"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/DSPW.jpg" align="right" style="border-radius:75px" width="125px" height="125px"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><div style="background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(129,0,48,.55) 0%, rgba(129,0,48,0) 72%);"><p>Time to start another storyline. Rupy comes out to the ring, and runs down Kashmir. He starts saying that this company is obviously a backwater. They don't even have anything to fight over. No titles. No championships. What's the point? And since there's nothing to fight over, there's only one thing to do. He says that he wants to fight the owner. He wants Kashmir Singh in the middle of the ring.</p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-weight:bold" align="left">Rating: 17</div></td><td ></td><td><div style="font-size:8pt" align="right">Road Agent:Kashmir Singh<br/></div></td></tr></table></div>

<table width="100%"><tr><td width="200" rowspan="2"></td><td><div align="center"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Art Reed.jpg" style="border-radius:50px" height="100px";width="100px"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/DSPW/Kashmir Singh.jpg" style="border-radius:50px" height="100px";width="100px"> <br /><b>Art Reed -vs- Kashmir Singh</b></div></td><td width="200" rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td><div align="center"></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><div style="background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(129,0,48,.55) 0%, rgba(129,0,48,0) 72%);"><p>Live and learn. Reed was really off his game here tonight, but hey, these two showcased some good chemistry. Also, the audience didn't like a match this long. So, that's something to keep in mind. I wanted something different for this match, so Reed was in control for pretty much all of the match. He was on the offense for minute after minute, and hit numerous near falls, but Mr. India Kashmir Singh kept kicking out. It was only during the last minute that Singh really came alive, and finally managed to counter one move just long enough to pin Reed's shoulders to the mat.</p></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="font-weight:bold" align="left">Rating: 18</div></td><td align="center"><b>Kashmir Singh wins by Pinfall</b></td><td><div style="font-size:8pt" align="right">Referee:Glen Lee<br/>Road Agent:Buddy Garner<br/>Match Time:17:28</div></td></tr></table>

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Oh gods, it's over. Singh gave me a back slap on his way out of the building, but I'm still a bit thrown off by how awful some of this wrestling was. I encouraged some of the losers from the night, keep morale up. Don't know how that'll go over. Guess that's what happens when everyone's basically brand spanking new. And when I checked the books the next day, we'd lost everything we'd started with, and another grand besides. So...too many people in this show. Probably travel costs. I think the actual wages were reasonable. But, one show in the can. Time to look forward to next month.

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