TCW - The Return of J.K. Stallings

eayragt · September 14, 2020

Very happy with this, and yes, I've underused Bright so far. That'll change. The misbookings on the pre-show were a little annoying, but I can work with it.

After some quietness backstage, Charles Hapstander got the wrestlers into the mood by starting a party before the show. Tana the Mighty added himself to the list of workers willing to put over T-Bone Bright, which really isn't going to work right now. He realised this, and gave me 5 months to see if I could make it work.

Finally, Chris Flynn has returned to fitness, moments after I discovered that I could limit his involvement in a match anyway to cover for his injury. Down at HGC Duke Freeman breaks his neck in a tag match, and with only 50 days left of his contract, that's sadly the last we'll be seeing of him.

TCW Presents Total Wrestling:

Cougar Stone vs Maverick and Marc Speed

Elliot Thomas vs Benny Benson

Sammy Bach vs Davis Wayne Newton

Human Arsenal, T-Bone Bright and Danny Fonzarelli vs Freddy Huggins, Jay Chord and Troy Tornado

Mighty Meaty © vs The Behemoths for the TCW Tag Team Titles

Aaron Andrews © vs Doc Hammond for the TCW World Heavyweight Title

I don't know how on earth you dragged T-Bone Bright to an 80-rated match, but I'm impressed. Tell me your secrets! Are you using specific booking notes for him or is he just being covered for by Bach and Jay there?

I annoyed Devine in my save by jobbing him out too much and he ended up leaving, which I regret as he's very talented. It's that damn tag team with the charisma vacuum that it Chance Fortune that puts me off him! I'm glad you're giving him a bit of love though.

You know what I've discovered? He's actually quite good. Good foil for a great wrestler like Chord, Hawkins or Gauge. He still needs a little bit of work on his psychology and selling, but in a fed full of workers packing in performance he can get away with it.

Certainly helps people keep offering to put him over, too.

As for Devine, that's another wrestler I have a soft spot for. I first booked him for a very short time in my first USPW diary before he was poached, and he was always a great talent. However, he is a shell of what he once was, and his position is definitely the lower midcard.

eayragt · September 18, 2020

TCW Presents Total Wrestling:

Darryl Devine defeated Chris Flynn in 9:10 (54)

-There is still the storyline going on between Devine Fortune and The Syndicate - it won't only be on the pre-show, promise.

One Man Army defeated Pretty Okakura in 8:35 (56)

-Only the odd mark knows who Okakura is, but people attending the show saw enough to be intrigued.

Chance Fortune defeated Jeremie Courtney in 7:20 (49)

-Ouch - Courtney has one more show with us next week - can I trust him for a main show job? Not sure.

Greg Gauge, Joshua Taylor and Matt Hocking defeated Bart Biggins, Joffy Laine and Dean Daniels in 11:42 (64)

-Well, that's an odd mix of thrown together people who weren't wrestling on TV. Greg Gauge made Daniels tap.

MAIN SHOW:

Wolf Hawkins was out with Doc Hammond to hype his title shot, telling Andrews that he would tap. The champion was out to refute this, and to tell Hawkins that he had better stay away from the ring in the Main Event - if he interfered he would lose his World Heavyweight Title shot at Battlegrounds (89

Cougar Stone defeated Marc Speed and Maverick in 9:26 (66)

-Has Marc Speed shed himself of one partner only to find himself in another losing team? I hope not. He did, however, eat the pin from Masked Cougar here.

Wolf Hawkins was angry backstage, when he was confronted by Dazzling Dave Diamond. DDD told Wolf not to worry - he would keep an eye on his boys backstage, and made sure they didn't do anything to jeopardise Hawkins' title shot. Hawkins just growled and stomped off (72)

Greg Gauge cut a backstage interview, dressed in his civvies. He declared that he had the night off - there was no challenger to him, but wanted to see one ready for him next week (73)

Benny Benson defeated Elliot Thomas in 6:05 (55)

-Benson showed a gritty focus in this match - amazing how much someone can change in one week - winning with the Shockwave From Next Year.

Benny Benson grabbed a mic after the match, calling out his ex-partner Flying Jimmy Foxx. Benson accused Foxx of getting in the way of every opportunity that he ever had, and holding him back. Foxx refuted this, calling Benson deluded. Foxx said that he wouldn't fight Benson today, but would do it the proper way - in the ring, at Battlegrounds (62)

Mighty Meaty hyped out their Tag Title defence... fell a bit flat though (67)

Mighty Meaty © defeated The Behemoths to retain the TCW Tag Team Titles in 8:51 (75)

-Guess what - a wild brawl! But again, no DQ as some may have expected, Mo hitting Titan with a Plunging Piledriver while Tana was brawling with Killer Shark out of the ring.

After the match the brawl continued, with Eddie Peak (making his first TV appearance this year) and Chris Flynn joining in. They got the upper hand, with Cougar Stone came out for the save... multi-man match at Battlegrounds, anyone? (67)

Sammy Bach defeated Davis Wayne Newton in 11:44 (69)

-We gave DWN a little time to shine in singles action, and he held up his end, although the match was fairly average. Bach got the win with a Bach On Your Back.

Sammy Bach hung around after the match taking selfies with some pretty ladies ringside, when Jay Chord came out. He physically pulled Bach away, shouting that it wasn't all about him, and he had to be calmed down by his partner, Freddy Huggins and Troy Tornado (90)

Freddy Huggins, Jay Chord and Troy Tornado defeated Human Arsenal, T-Bone Bright and Danny Fonzarelli in 16:08 (76)

-Yes, I threw Fonzarelli into this match to see how he would do. Like someone slightly past it. Gave me someone to take the pin from Chord.

Aaron Andrew cut a quick hype for his match against Huggins - it's down to the two of them to make sure I don't run my worst show of the year here (73)

Aaron Andrews © defeated Doc Hammond to retain the TCW World Heavyweight Title in 17:59 (78)

-And they failed, Andrews frustratingly off his game. Doc Hammond put up his best show, and the match was perfectly respectable, but I just needed more from it. Andrews victory came after a Flying Body Press after a relatively long match which the crowd never believed he would lose.

Wolf Hawkins came out and went straight after Aaron Andrews, and he gave it everything, giving the show a pleasing finish. He brutalised the champion, and although DDD did lead a group of faces out the damage had been done as Hawkins left through the crowd (91)

Overall Rating 81

(not actually my worst show)

eayragt · September 18, 2020

So my fears were unfounded - some stellar angles kept the show afloat. Considering the show was considerably aimed towards building up rivalries for the PPV, it was not a bad result.

Benny Benson was accused of using his phone during a pre-show meeting by Joel Bryant. Benson tried to laugh it off as his new heelish personality, but took he punishment of buying a round of beers well.

For some reason EILL did not offer a new contract to Fast Navarro - he instantly becomes my joint best ref, which is why I nailed him down to a five-year contract. We did have some graduates from TCW School of Pro Wrestling to look at though:

Lewis Kipp - a muscular 18-year-old flyer, I guess. Has some basics, but little athleticism, star quality or stamina... that's a very long work in progress. He gets cut.

Jesse Monson - a muscular 18-year-old brawler - a lot of work but looks like he could be something for the future. Bit of a reputation as a troublemaker, but earns a contract. Just one year, mind you - if he's too much trouble he's out of here.

Raymond Muscles - a toned 18-year-old technician, but worse than Lewis Kipp. No contract.

Darrell Jurkiewicz - a menacing 18-year-old brawler, he's got the looks, and gets a two-year deal.

I did explore bringing in Heavy Metal Anarchy over from EILL, but he was only interested if we offered him as long as the deal EILL were offering - and we weren't. VWA's figurehead Landon Mallory, has always been a consideration to bringing to the states, however after tearing his rotator cuff he's out for a year.

TCW Presents Total Wrestling:

Greg Gauge © vs Darryl Devine for the TCW TV Title

Cougar Stone vs The Behemoths

T-Bone Bright vs Jeremie Courtney

Human Arsenal vs Davis Wayne Newton

Sammy Bach, Flying Jimmy Foxx and Joffy Laine vs Jay Chord, Troy Tornado and Benny Benson

Aaron Andrews and Dazzling Dave Diamond vs Wolf Hawkins and Doc Hammond

eayragt · September 22, 2020

TCW Presents Total Wrestling:

Marc Speed defeated Arthur Dexter Bradley in 8:15 (49)

-After Benny Benson's turn we are a little light on faces, so borrowed a couple of development talents to put over a couple of our heels.

Matt Hocking defeated Seth Whitehead in 8:24 (50)

-Here's the other one.

One Man Army defeated Chris Flynn in 9:54 (58)

-Chris Flynn is in his last month of his contract, and he's still annoyed at missing Malice in Wonderland. I haven't approached him for a new contract, but I fear unless I bribe him he's not going to be interested in what I have to say.

Joshua Taylor and Pretty Okakaru defeated Bart Biggins and Elliot Thomas in 10:32 (57)

-Well, it appears that Joshua Taylor has a role helping youngsters out - however his team didn't go as well with Okakaru here, with their timing seriously off.

MAIN SHOW:

Wolf Hawkins started the show flanked by Doc Hammond. Hawkins said where his partner failed, he will succeed to become the TCW World Heavyweight Title holder. That brought out Aaron Andrews out with Dazzling Dave Diamond, with DDD declaring that the rest of The Syndicate would have to be ready to fight at Battlegrounds, as he had been put in charge of putting together a team to keep them busy (91)

The Behemoths defeated Cougar Stone in 8:51 (58)

-So if The Sinner Society is in a four-man match at Battlegrounds, we had better remind everyone that Nick Booth exists, right? He interfered to allow his team mates to get the victory.

Mighty Meaty were out to make sure there was no post match attack, and they made the PPV match official (78)

Chance Fortune defeated Maverick in 8:16 (58)

-We found ourselves with room for an extra match, so used this to announce that Devine Fortune would join Dazzling Dave Diamond at the PPV against The Syndicate.

T-Bone Bright squashed Jeremie Courtney in 5:34 (59)

-Goodbye Courtney - I never gave you a chance.

Dazzling Dave Diamond and Devine Fortune approached One Man Army backstage to ask him to join their team - but he said that he had something else in mind (65)

Greg Gauge © defeated Darryl Devine to retain the TCW TV Title in 10:38 (71)

-These two went all out, and it was certainly a pleasing bout. Late on in the match the music of The Syndicate hit, with The Elite walking out to the stage. They didn't attack, but the distraction was all that was needed for Gauge to slap on the Proton Lock.

Devine chased off The Elite, and as Greg Gauge left he was met by One Man Army for a stare down. So that's his other plans that he meant (68)

Sammy Bach was shown with Flying Jimmy Foxx and Joffy Laine, giving everyone a short amount of mic time which went pretty well (65)

Jay Chord, Troy Tornado and Benny Benson defeated Sammy Bach, Flying Jimmy Foxx and Joffy Laine in 11:46 (66)

-I guess this was as good as I expected, otherwise I would have put this match on before the Main Event, and I tried (unsuccessfully) to keep Bach looking strong. Benson pinned Joffy Laine here with his feet on the ropes (in case we had forgotten he was a heel).

As the faces left Sammy Bach stopped for another selfie with a fan, which brought an irate Jay Chord over with Troy Tornado. T-Bone Bright made a surprise appearance to even the numbers, and despite Chord telling him to mind his own business the heels backed down (85)

Human Arsenal defeated Davis Wayne Newton in 10:58 (62)

-Properly got the order of the mid card wrong in this one. DWN did his best, but was eventually outclassed.

After the match Freddy Huggins was out to challenge Human Arsenal to a match at Battlegrounds - they have actually had interactions over the last few weeks, I just really haven't made a big deal about it (71)

Aaron Andrews and Dazzling Dave Diamond were on the hype (71)

Wolf Hawkins and Doc Hammond defeated Aaron Andrews and Dazzling Dave Diamond in 15:59 (78)

-A mixture of trying to keep Andrews strong while protecting DDD's stamina made an interested, if not overwhelming bout. DDD played the face in distress before Andrews cleaned house, but he made the mistake of trying to fly over the ropes to take out both Syndicate men. Although Hammond took the full force of the move, Hawkins dodged away, and was able to get Andrews back in the ring and hit the Full Moon Rising for the victory.

Wolf went to pick up Andrews again went Dazzling Dave Diamond interjected himself. The crowd were shocked as Hawkins head-butted DDD, sending him to the floor, and although he didn't get knocked unconscious he looked dazed as Andrews looked on concerned (91)

Overall Rating 80

eayragt · September 22, 2020

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Happy with that - the shows are being kept up by some great angles between the Main Eventers, but we're building well towards the PPV. The cards just about set, with the team to face The Syndicate needing a little filling.

Jay Chord thinks Nick Booth can't sell. It could certainly improve, I'll give him that, but there will be worse in The Sinner Society match at Battlegrounds (namely Killer Shark and Mighty Mo).

TCW Presents Total Wrestling:

Mighty Meaty and Cougar Stone vs Maverick, Marc Speed, Roderick Remus and Pretty Okakaru

Human Arsenal vs Matt Hocking

Danny Fonzarelli vs Freddy Huggins

One Man Army and Flying Jimmy Foxx vs Greg Gauge and Benny Benson

Devine Fortune vs Wolf Hawkins and Doc Hammond

Sammy Bach and T-Bone Bright vs Jay Chord and Troy Tornado

Aaron Andrews © defeated Eddie Chandler in a non-title match

eayragt · September 25, 2020

TCW Presents Total Wrestling:

Nate Johnson defeated Bart Biggins in 7:21 (54)

-An early dark victory for The Syndicate member.

The Sinner Society defeated Seth Whitehead, Harvey Robbinfield and Gringo Starr in 5:48 (48)

-We borrowed a few HGC faces, and the most important thing - none of them did anything wrong! To be fair, they all have talent, Seth Whitehead the one who looked most ready. Didn't stop this being a squash.

Joshua Taylor defeated Joffy Laine in 9:13 (70)

-Taylor was in my notes for wrestling with Davis Wayne Newton at Battegrounds vs ???, but I never filled the hole. He has great momentum due to his dark victories, but I desperately need to give him something to do worthy of his talent. I have an idea...

MAIN SHOW:

Aaron Andrews started the show with Dazzling Dave Diamond. DDD opened up on the mic to declare that he was not cleared to wrestle tonight - but he was cleared for Sunday. Aaron Andrews announced that he was ready to take on Eddie Chandler tonight, before moving onto Wolf Hawkins. That brought the challenger out, to remind Andrews that the Main Event was a lumberjack match, and he had a full team out with him. He asked Andrews who he had, who threw a look at DDD. DDD shook his head, and Andrews told Hawkins he would have to wait and see (82)

Mighty Meaty and Cougar Stone defeated Marc Speed, Maverick, Roderick Remus and Pretty Okakura in 8:08 (67)

-This match wasn't actually too bad - there was only going to be one winner, but the heels all got a little piece of offence and held their own.

After the match the entire Sinner Society were out - Goldworthy and Peak did the talking to hype their match, while the Behemoths did what they do well - look menacing (69)

One Man Army and Flying Jimmy Foxx defeated Greg Gauge and Benny Benson by DQ in 12:32 (66)

-We gave this one a little more time, with the contest ebbing one way then another. It looked like the tide was turning the heels way after Greg Gauge struck One Man Army with the brass knuckles in the gut, sending the face sprawling to the mat. Benson liked the idea and grabbed the discarded knuckles to drill Flying Jimmy Foxx, but he was less subtle and the DQ was called by the ref. Good chemistry from Gauge and Benson.

The heels couldn't believe it, and began arguing with one another. Gauge tried to take knuckles off Benson, but Benson shouted that he wanted to hit Foxx one more time. The arguments allowed OMA to take them both out with a flying dive, that left the heels crawling away from the ring (58)

Wolf Hawkins and Doc Hammond defeated Devine Fortune in 7:59 (75)

-The heels got the victory here, assisted by Chris Flynn ringside, with The Syndicate showing their advantage in numbers.

Aaron Andrews was shown backstage with the champion asking Dazzling Dave Diamond if "he" was here. DDD shook his head, and Andrews demanded that he found out where "he" was - they needed him to even up the numbers later (74)

Human Arsenal defeated Matt Hocking in 7:37 (65)

-Oddly, Human Arsenal has got better matches out of wrestlers less well known than Hocking, but it was a clean victory here.

As Human Arsenal left he got into an argument with Freddy Huggins and his sister, reminding everyone that they were facing one another on Sunday (64)

Freddy Huggins defeated Danny Fonzarelli in 7:12 (73)

-A great match from Huggins, who has justified his push up the card, winning with a Huggins Kiss.

As the time came for the next match Sammy Bach spent a little time with the crowd, which frustrated Jay Chord once more. He took the microphone and demanded that Bach got on with it, which made the veteran laugh. Bach took the mic from Chord and told him that he needs to chill a little - he may claim he's the future, but he needs to live today (87)

Sammy Bach and T-Bone Bright defeated Jay Chord and Troy Tornado in 13:26 (77)

-The two teams ferociously went at one another, saving nothing for Sunday. T-Bone Bright went on a real tear, delivering the T-Bone to both Jay Chord and Troy Tornado, before a splash from Bach led to him pinning Tornado.

Wolf Hawkins came out to lead The Syndicate as lumberjacks for the Main Event, noting that Aaron Andrews couldn't even find a team to face his team-mates at Battlegrounds (83)

Aaron Andrews defeated Eddie Chandler in a non-title lumberjack match in 14:15 (80)

-Wow. I envisioned pushing Eddie Chandler as a challenger for Aaron Andrews, but he never quite justified it. However here, with the assistance of great chemistry, he pulled out his best match for years.

As for the match, the story was all about the numbers. Devine Fortune were out with DDD to support Andrews, but they were outnumbered by The Syndicate (and the commentary team kept reminding everyone that DDD could not risk another head injury and being ruled out of Battlegrounds). As such, Chandler was eager to throw Andrews out of the ring to let his team mates get the advantage at every opportunity. DDD's cell did go off mid match, and a smile went came over his face, but he then had to get involved as once more Andrews was thrown out of the ring and The Syndicate took over. Despite the faces best efforts they couldn't get him back into the ring... until all of a sudden a debuting MAINSTREAM HERNANDEZ rushed to ringside, leaping onto a barrier and launching a splash onto The Syndicate. He managed to clear the way for Aaron Andrews to get back into the ring, and while Hernandez continued with his momentum outside the ring, in the ring we had short technical exchange. Chandler went for the Fabulous Stretch but Andrews fought out, lifting his opponent up and drilling him to the mat before making the pin.

After the match Andrews helped Mainstream Hernandez into the ring and raised his arms, recognising the debutants assistance (89)

Overall Rating 82

eayragt · September 25, 2020

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I was really pleased with how that show went down, leading well into TCW Battlegrounds. Plenty of hype for all of the matches, a night off wrestling for Dazzling Dave Diamond (who gets fatigued easily), and a debut for Mainstream Hernandez. I've booked Hernandez before a few times and respect him, but he's not a huge coup - SWF didn't put up much effort to keep him, and his popularity puts him firmly as a midcarder. He's put on decent matches in SWF, but has only won one match this year - a dark match with recently formed (and now disbanded) team with James Prudence.

Meanwhile, the person who I refused to get into a bidding war with SWF with, Monty Trescarde, pulled off a 94 match on SWF Supreme TV with Zimmy Bumfhole. His opponent was the main reason, putting in a perfect 100 performance. ZWB has gone from the top of the midcard to ready to become a Main Eventer, and the future looks bright for him.

Micky Lau's contract also came up. SWF offered more than I am paying Aaron Andrews to him, sadly . That's one barrier that I won't be breaking right now, although Lau would be awesome in TCW.

Battlegrounds is set, with just 2 of the traditional multi man matches, featuring The Syndicate and The Sinner Society.

TCW Battlegrounds III

Devine Fortune, Dazzling Dave Diamond and Mainstream Hernandez vs The Syndicate

Mighty Meaty and Cougar Stone vs The Sinner Society

T-Bone Bright vs Troy Tornado

Flying Jimmy Foxx vs Benny Benson

Human Arsenal vs Freddy Huggins

Sammy Bach vs Jay Chord

Greg Gauge © vs One Man Army for the TCW TV Title

Aaron Andrews © vs Wolf Hawkins for the TCW World Heavyweight Title

eayragt · October 2, 2020

TCW Battlegrounds III:

Joshua Taylor, Davis Wayne Newton and Matt Hocking defeated Bart Biggins, Elliot Thomas and Joffy Laine in 12:32 (63)

-This was meant to the the last match before the show began but... I accidentally clicked start show. I panicked and went straight back to the booking screen, so can't tell you if anything interesting happened in it.

Danny Fonzarelli defeated Pretty Okakura in 8:42 (56)

-Okakura continues to look good for an unknown, looking the better of the two men in this match.

MAIN SHOW:

Freddy Huggins defeated Human Arsenal in 12:43 (70)

-We asked the two men to start spectacularly, and they went all out, doing pretty well considering that they didn't actually click with one another. Huggins pulled out the victory with a Huggins Kiss.

The Tag Team Champions Mighty Meaty were out for our first eight man battle, telling The Sinner Society that this was where it ended for them (68)

The Sinner Society defeated Mighty Meaty and Cougar Stone in 8:23 (58)

-This was a really quick brawl with a mixture of well known wrestlers and relative unknowns, including a very rare appearance from Nick Booth. To be honest, Might Mo looked head and shoulders above everyone else, but was brawling with The Behemoths outside the ring when Eddie Peak put away Tana the Mighty with a Peak of Perfection.

T-Bone Bright defeated Troy Tornado in 8:37 (67)

-Bright continued his recent push, putting away the veteran Tornado with a T-Bone.

Greg Gauge © defeated One Man Army to retain the TCW TV Title in 12:45 (75)

-Two more men that we asked to go out there and show off, and they did just that. OMA still knows how to use his body as a weapon, but it turns out that flying towards a pair of brass knuckles after accidentally knocking the ref out of the ring is no good for your consciousness.

The face team... facing The Syndicate got some hype time, led by Dazzling Dave Diamond and Mainstream Hernandez, determined to put The Syndicate out of action (64)

Dazzling Dave Diamond, Mainstream Hernandez and Devine Fortune defeated The Syndicate in 12:43 (63)

-A rare match where The Syndicate did not have the numbers advantage, and it was the newcomer Hernandez who got to victory after a Super Kick on Doc Hammond.

We went backstage and Wolf Hawkins berated his team mates, telling them that he would have to show them how it was done later (74)

Benny Benson defeated Flying Jimmy Foxx in 9:44 (65)

-This event is slowly meandering - but I'm hoping better from the next two matches. Benson cemented his heel turn with a decisive victory over his former partner.

Jay Chord was out first for the next match, before Sammy Bach was next our with a microphone. He taunted Chord, taking his time to meet the ladies on the way to the ring, laughing as Chord got more and more wound up (83)

Jay Chord defeated Sammy Bach in 19:18 (78)

-Chord's on the was up, and Bach is slowly being moved out of the Main Event. Chord was quick out of the blocks, but Bach took advantage of his speed, frustrating his opponent. The match eventually settled down, with the two exchanging big hits before Bach flew into Chord's arms, allowing the youngster to hit the Cradle Piledriver.

Aaron Andrews was on hype for the Main Event, telling Hawkins that he made a mistake by bringing forward this match, as it would just mean that the realisation would hit him quicker that he was never going to be World Champion ever again (89)

Aaron Andrews © defeated Wolf Hawkins to retain the TCW World Heavyweight Title in 26:23 (81)

-The star of this match? Wolf Hawkins. It was booked evenly... and then The Syndicate were out. As things begun to disintegrate in the ring faces were out from the back, with Hernandez again having a run of momentum, However, Doc Hammond snuck into the ring to attack Andrews, but the champion ducked and Hammond blasted his leader, Hawkins, over the head. Andrews dropped Hammond, before finishing off a dazed Hawkins.

Overall Rating 80

eayragt · October 17, 2020

My biggest issue with that show - time. A two hour show where I used the whole extra half an hour, and even then I made cuts. As such there was nothing post match to raise the show rating, and Hawkins only had a 3 minute angle in the show. I must pay more attention to the show length before committing to start the show.

Apart from that, a successful and profitable month - I can tell you straight off the day I turn Aaron Andrews my merchandise sales are going to take a shocking hit.

TCW Presents Total Wrestling:

Bart Biggins, Elliot Thomas and Joffy Laine vs The Sinner Society

Human Arsenal vs Doc Hammond

Edd Stone vs Freddy Huggins

Aaron Andrews, Sammy Bach and Dazzling Dave Diamond vs The Syndicate (The Elite and Chris Flynn)

T-Bone Bright vs Jay Chord

Mainstream Hernandez vs Wolf Hawkins

eayragt · October 17, 2020

TCW Presents Total Wrestling:

Mighty Meaty © defeated Pretty Okakura and Davis Wayne Newton in a non-title match in 8:63 (66)

-This was a pretty good match, the heels proving that they could stick with the champions for a while. A future tag team? Only if the creative team (me) fail at something better.

Marc Speed defeated Seth Whitehead in 6:42 (51)

-The lack of low level faces is really proving a great opportunity for some of the HGC faces, although he was outclassed by Speed here.

Joshua Taylor and Maverick defeated Devine Fortune in 10:28 (65)

-Don't worry - the future for Taylor is not tag teaming with Maverick.

One Man Army and Masked Cougar defeated Matt Hocking and Roderick Remus in 13:37 (61)

-That concludes a solid selection of dark matches - Masked Cougar finding a new, temporary partner with Edd Stone in singles action on TV.

MAIN SHOW:

The champion Aaron Andrews was out for promo time, but it wasn't long before Wolf Hawkins was out with Doc Hammond to tell him that Andrews he was not a true champion - he had the match won before Hammond (disgruntled face) ruined it for him. Hawkins demanded another shot at that title, which brought out Freddy Huggins, then Mainstream Hernandez, and then finally Jay Chord to make their case for title shots. Aaron Andrews announced there would be a series of four matches tonight and whoever won their match the fastest would have the title shot at The War to Settle The Score (99)

Greg Gauge and Benny Benson defeated Flying Jimmy Foxx and Danny Fonzarelli in 9:28 (70)

-Benny Benson backed up his victory at Battlegrounds by pinning Flying Jimmy Foxx here - this is clearly not a long term feud.

After the match Greg Gauge was interviewed backstage, demanding to know why he was not given the opportunity to try out for a shot at Aaron Andrews. That brought over One Man Army, who told him perhaps it was his overuse of illegal weapons, before turning away in distain (65)

The Behemoths and Chris Flynn defeated Bart Biggins, Elliot Thomas and Joffy Laine in 7:11 (58)

-Wait, what? That was meant to be Nick Booth, not Chris Flynn. No wonder I was warned that he was being overused. So, lets say we were told that Flynn was subbed in for Booth. Why? Well, I guess we'll try and incorporate that into the story somehow. Titan pinned Thomas.

Mighty Meaty were out, and apparently The Behemoths have a(nother) rematch for the Tag Team Titles next week (72)

Doc Hammond defeated Human Arsenal in the Title Shot Challenger in 11:07 (75)

-We knew about this chemistry, and milked it slightly here. Hammond, who was out on his own, set the initial mark to beat at just over 11 minutes.

As Hammond went backstage, Wolf Hawkins met him, and told him that he had better be out to help him later - and he had better do a better job at it than he did at Battlegrounds (81)

Freddy Huggins defeated Edd Stone in the Title Shot Challenger in 9:28 (81)

-I shouldn't have been surprised that this was a great match, given how well these men knew one another from their history in TCW. I mean, obviously their styles were perfect for one another, but I was not expecting Main Event material. They both really went at it, desperate to get the victory as early as possible, and it was Huggins who hit the Huggins Kiss to take 90 seconds off the target time.

Freddy Huggins grabbed the mic afterwards and cut a promo all about him - crowd weren't overly into it, but perhaps it was a welcome opportunity for them to slightly cooldown (69)

A bundle of faces next backstage - Aaron Andrews, Dazzling Dave Diamond, Sammy Bach, T-Bone Bright and Mainstream Hernandez. Their target was The Syndicate, agreeing to keep an eye on one another and make sure that whoever got the victory in the Title Challenger deserved it (86)

Aaron Andrews, Dazzling Dave Diamond and Sammy Bach defeated The Syndicate in 11:59 (74)

-Shall we say that Flynn looked tired? It wasn't him who took the pin though, Sammy Bach pinning Nate Johnson.

Jay Chord defeated T-Bone Bright in the Title Shot Challenger in 9:11 (77)

-Troy Tornado was ringside with Jay Chord, and it looked as if he was going to stay out of the match. Until, of course, the clock got close to nine minutes, and he started to get involved. That brought Sammy Bach out, but that proved the distraction that Jay Chord needed to deliver a Cradle Piledriver for the victory.

Jay Chord took a mic to put himself over as the winner, which Mainstream Hernandez and Wolf Hawkins virtually tripped over one another to claim that the night wasn't won yet - they were ready to win the World Heavyweight Title shot (89)

Wolf Hawkins defeated Mainstream Hernandez in the Title Shot Challenger in 9:51 (77)

-Mainstream Hernandez in with the push of a Main Eventer, I'm just not sure if people buy into him as one yet (he has the popularity of a popular midcarder). This could have almost been a lumberjack match, with Andrews, DDD and Sammy Bach marking out The Syndicate, but it did leave the two men in the ring to throw everything at one another. At the nine minute mark Mainstream Hernandez hit a Moonsault on Hawkins, but the heel just kicked out before three. The clock on the screen counted down to zero, and Hernandez sat up, frustrated. Hawkins looked mad as the face tried to leave the ring, and Hernandez didn't notice Doc Hammond tell Hawkins to finish it. Hawkins looked at the ref who raised his arms - the match was still continuing. An oblivious Hernandez was scooped up for the Full Moon Rising, taking the pin before he had any idea what was going on.

As Wolf Hawkins looked furious, Shawn Doakes was shown backstage running to catch up with Jay Chord. The heel sneered at the camera, telling Andrews to enjoy the title - it would soon be with the future, the Chosen One, Jay Chord (86)

Overall Rating 83

eayragt · October 17, 2020

Well, I had this show all booked, then I saved and came back the next day. And had a complete rewrite at the last minute. One Man Army went from the Main Event to the pre-show, Mainstream Hernandez and Hawkins got the push to the Main Event, and everything else needed altering or moving to make the show work. Although chaotic, and what led to Chris Flynn accidentally being double booked, it did work, and I think the show ended up better for it. I didn't expect Freddy Huggins and Edd Stone to put on the best match of the night - that was a very pleasant surprise.

Backstage, it was Nate Johnson's turn to be taken to wrestlers court but it seems to have had no ill effect. If I needed to replace him in The Syndicate, it would be easily done. Brent Hill approached me after the show to inform me that he liked what he saw from Joffy Laine - I did too, but his gimmick hasn't really worked and the lack of lower level faces has meant he's filling a talented jobber role. I've made a signing that could pull Laine away from that role... but he might just jump the queue. Dean Daniels has penned a new deal, primarily as a road agent, but as a face, he's going to be jobbing as well.

Our biggest issue is probably Seth Whitehead. He's done well on his call ups to the main roster to do the job, but this has left him thinking that he's bigger than HGC. He didn't hold back on a radio interview, telling the radio host that he deserved to be the HGC Global champion, and he deserved to be winning, not putting over less talented workers than himself. I shall have to keep an eye on him...

Chris Flynn signs a new 2 year deal, while Fast Navarro finally joins our refereeing ranks. During the week, Bart Biggins picked up a bruised kidney working a house show - he can still wrestle, but I may keep him off screen during this time.

TCW Presents Total Wrestling:

Jay Chord vs Seth Whitehead

One Man Army and Joffy Laine vs Pretty Okakura and Davis Wayne Newton

Cougar Stone vs Wolf Hawkins and Freddy Huggins

Mighty Meaty © vs The Behemoths for the TCW Tag Team Titles

T-Bone Bright vs Doc Hammond

Aaron Andrews and Mainstream Hernandez vs The Elite

eayragt · October 21, 2020

TCW Presents Total Wrestling:

Greg Gauge defeated Philippe LaGrenier in a non-title match in 5:55 (59)

-The HGC Global champion has a decent showing in this dark opener.

Human Arsenal defeated Yuri Yoshihara in 7:24 (52)

-Human Arsenal is still alive after this match, that is all the matters.

Marc Speed defeated Elliot Thomas in 6:42 (55)

-With Thomas' unofficial partner injured, he gets to take on the role of face jobber... as opposed to face tag team jobber.

Flying Jimmy Foxx defeated Roderick Remus in 9:13 (57)

-So the dark matches were distinctly average, which is just fine by me. First time we've seen the Flying Foxx in a couple of weeks.

Joshua Taylor and Benny Benson defeated Devine Fortune in 10:03 (66)

-Forgot I had another dark match. Taylor keeps up his stellar dark match record going.

MAIN SHOW:

Jay Chord came out to start the show, and was oozing quality as he put himself forward as the Chosen One to take the title off Aaron Andrews, and he said he would show his ability right now (98)

Jay Chord defeated Seth Whitehead in 5:16 (59)

-Whitehead got rewarded with his rant by a main show appearance with one of the hottest stars in TCW - but he was utterly destroyed. However, you could see great chemistry there, which may help in the future.

Aaron Andrews and Mainstream Hernandez cut a promo backstage - Hernandez joking with Andrews that he was lucky not to have to face him for the title. Andrews said that he was was ready for anyone, but would enjoy teaming with Hernandez against The Elite later tonight (78)

Sammy Bach and Dazzling Dave Diamond defeated in Matt Hocking and Maverick in 8:14 (70)

-Unusually the show was coming in a little short, so it gave us an opportunity to give two of our face stars a chance to wrestle, against a couple of heels on didn't work well together. DDD pinned Maverick after a Dazzle Driver.

Backstage and Wolf Hawkins had The Syndicate lined up, and was tearing them apart. He told Chris Flynn he was a disgrace was helping out The Sinner Society last week, when he should have helped him in the Main Event. Meanwhile Doc Hammond had botched Wolf's opportunity to win, he should be ashamed of himself. For that reason he was teaming with Freddy Huggins tonight, and wanted his team-mates to stay away from him (68)

One Man Army and Joffy Laine defeated Pretty Okakura and Davis Wayne Newton in 8:25 (60)

-Three recent newcomers to TCW here, and they managed to show plenty of talent. The veteran OMA took the victory after a Guided Missile on Okakura.

OMA took a microphone to tell Greg Gauge that he needed to defend his TV Title on television and prove he was a fighting champion - and expected to be the one to face the young upstart (68)

Backstage and we saw Floyd Goldworthy approach Chris Flynn, telling him that he wasn't appreciated by Wolf Hawkins. Goldworthy told the youngster that there was always a space for him in The Sinner Society (67)

Wolf Hawkins and Freddy Huggins defeated Cougar Stone in 13:41 (80)

-We told the four participants to put on a great high flying show - and they did just that, flying off the ropes and putting on one of the fastest paced matches you'll see on TCW TV. Cougar Stone ran the heels close, and Hawkins got more frustrated that every time he hit a big move he wasn't given any time to capitalise. Huggins was more used to the fast paced action, and was able to steal quick pin on Masked Cougar with the assistance of the ropes.

Mighty Meaty cut a quick promo to hype their tag title defence, to announce that they would do what they do best - defeat The Behemoths (68)

Mighty Meaty © defeated The Behemoths to retain the TCW Tag Team Titles in 8:38 (77)

-A third match, a final match? We shall see. A quick brawl, with Mighty Mo eliminating Nick Booth as he tried to interfere. Chris Flynn did slowly come down the the ring, but just watched as Tana the Mighty pinned Titan.

Mighty Meaty celebrated before noticing Chris Flynn. Mighty Mo took a mic and challenged Chris Flynn to join them, but he shook his head and slowly backed away (74)

T-Bone Bright defeated Doc Hammond in 12:20 (71)

-I think Doc Hammond would have been happy with a defeat here even if he hadn't offered to put Bright over almost three months ago. I didn't think this match would be worthy of the place on the card that it did take up, but it needed to be. Bright hit the... T-Bone Lariat? Huh, I didn't know he had that move. A guess his Powerslam is now the T-Bone Slam.

Wolf Hawkins came out after the match, demanding to know what Hammond was doing. Hammond pushed Hawkins away and went to leave... but was hit by a Full Moon Rising by Hawkins! I don't think he is in The Syndicate any more (88)

Aaron Andrews and Mainstream Hernandez defeated The Elite in 13:58 (79)

-The Elite put everything into this match, obviously shocked by their leaders action beforehand. However, there was no way that Andrews and Hernandez was going to lose this, with Andrews pinning Nate Johnson. Johnson is beginning to look like he belongs nowhere near the Main Event.

Jay Chord came out after the match, and cut a slow promo, telling Andrews that everyone has their time, and his was coming to an end, so make the best use of every... last... second (87)

Overall Rating 84

eayragt · October 21, 2020

Huge show, taking TCW to a Big Size. In Aaron Andrews, Wolf Hawkins, Jay Chord and also Freddy Huggins, I have four men to book shows around, and the wrestlers pushing below them like Sammy Bach, Dazzling Dave Diamond and Mainstream Hernandez are showing their talent too.

Hernandez is not main event popular (yet!), but he is getting a push (he needs to justify his money). Meanwhile, I crowbar-ed in Chris Flynn's interest in The Sinner Society after last week's mis-booking, while Doc Hammond is definitely out of The Syndicate, putting over T-Bone Bright on his way out.

I did flutter a contract under Joss Thompson's eyes, but USPW knew they had a star and offered far more than I was willing to. Another contract I went into more serious discussions with, but when Creative Control was mentioned I was forced to back away.

TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Mainstream Hernandez vs Matt Hocking

Elliot Thomas vs Titan

Cougar Stone vs Maverick and Roderick Remus

Flying Jimmy Foxx vs Jay Chord

One Man Army vs Joffy Laine vs Benny Benson vs Marc Speed for a TCW TV Title shot next week

Aaron Andrews and Dazzling Dave Diamond vs Troy Tornado and Greg Gauge

Jaysin · October 21, 2020

Just read this whole thing and loved it. Not sure why there's not more comments and predictions.

Mainstream Hernandez

Titan

Cougar Stone

Jay Chord

One Man Army

Aaron Andrews and Dazzling Dave Diamond

eayragt · October 22, 2020

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Jaysin" data-cite="Jaysin" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="51391" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Just read this whole thing and loved it. Not sure why there's not more comments and predictions. Mainstream Hernandez Titan Cougar Stone Jay Chord One Man Army Aaron Andrews and Dazzling Dave Diamond</div></blockquote> Thank you for the kind words. I don't think my writing gets people as invested as some other writers - I write about what's happening, other writers are much better at going into match / promo details. Add to that the presentation - there are some beautiful looking diaries out there, but I do not have the time to get it looking graphically as good. However, my primary reason for writing this diary is for me - to keep me honest. I want a reason for my Main Eventers to be in a blockbuster opening promotion, so have to be able to justify the angle instead of just booking an angle and not caring what is being said. I want a logic and flow to everything that happens - for example accidentally double booking Chris Flynn is not glossed over, it has a consequence in the next show. By actually writing what happens in multi-man tag matches it leads to future matches, and the characters develop themselves to me. If I can take anyone along for the ride with me, I consider that a bonus! TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Killer Shark defeated Danny Fonzarelli in 7:10 (58) -The wrestling was pretty terrible, but we overbooked it and the crowd got into it, so that's a success for us. The Syndicate (Wolf Hawkins and The Elite) defeated Dean Daniels, Seth Whitehead and Gringo Starr in 8:27 (64) -Strangely enough, Wolf Hawkins carried this one, making the pin on Seth Whitehead (who we are deliberately making sure he gets pinned as often as possible). Joshua Taylor defeated Darryl Devine in 7:41 (72) -Yes, Joshua Taylor is wasted wrestling dark matches. However, he's off screen deliberately and I know exactly when he will be back, so stick with me. Mighty Meaty defeated Ground and Pound (Raphael and Quentin Queen) in a non-title match in 9:28 (59) -Ground and Pound are the HGC Tag Team Champions, so they got a main roster tryout here. The plan was not for Raphael to crack his sternum though... MAIN SHOW: We got the start that the crowd were looking for - Aaron Andrews and Jay Chord verbally sparring in the ring. Jay Chord begun once again to call himself the Chosen One, but was cut off by Andrews. The Champion said "The Chosen One" was a label that Jay Chord has put on himself. The "wrestling gods" don't choose anyone - the fans do. As Andrews ate up the cheers, Andrews said that only they could anoint the person that they want to see - and they need to prove it in the ring, against the best of the best, against the TCW World Heavyweight Title holder - and he looked forward to it (100) Mainstream Hernandez defeated Matt Hocking in 8:38 (66) -This could have actually been a proper feud, if I ever got round to booking Hocking properly. As it was, he did a good job putting over the newcomer here. Backstage and Wolf Hawkins was shown storming in on Floyd Goldworthy and Eddie Peak. Hawkins told them to keep his nose out of The Syndicate business and away from Chris Flynn - he would deal with any issues in the ring tonight. As he stormed out Goldworthy arched his eyebrows, before telling Peak that all was not well, and that's the way he likes it (78) Human Arsenal defeated Nick Booth in 6:31 (56) -Bonus match I found room for. We pretended that Booth had a chance of winning... but he didn't, he's not at the level to go over Human Arsenal right now. Aaron Andrews asked Dazzling Dave Diamond if he had ever been the "Chosen One", to which DDD joked that he had been chosen first in sports when he was a kid, if that counted. That brought their opponents for the night, Troy Tornado and Greg Gauge over, with Tornado telling the faces that this was no laughing matter. He told them that Jay Chord really was part of the future, and he turned around to Greg Gauge and said that the rest of the future stood next to him here, so Andrews had better watch out as his time was fading away (81) One Man Army defeated Joffy Laine, Benny Benson and Marc Speed in 13:10 to earn a TV Title shot (65) -The game seems to have rudely called this a "terrible match" - no respect. Realistically it did go on too long, and Benny Benson's recent form got him close to the victory a few times. However, OMA was the favourite from the go, and he did take the victory here, pinning Marc Speed. Wolf Hawkins led The Syndicate out to the ring (minus Doc Hammond, of course), and lined them up to berate them. He told them that The Syndicate's goal was to win at all costs, yet they have recently failed. He said a lot of the blame fell on Doc Hammond's feet, and he was gone. However, that's not it all. He got in Chris Flynn's face, and demanded to know if he was loyal to The Syndicate. Flynn stammered, before saying he was - he just wanted to win for The Syndicate. Hawkins turned his attention to The Elite, asking them what they had won. Chandler just said "enough", which brought out a death stare from Hawkins. He turned around to Nate Johnson, paused, and hit a Full Moon Rising. Chandler and Flynn stood there not knowing what to do, when Hawkins turned to them. "You two - win something for The Syndicate - get us the Tag Title belts." Flynn and Chandler nodded as Hawkins left the ring... (68) But he was blindsided by a raging Doc Hammond, attacking his former leader as he headed out back. Flynn and Chandler rushed from the ring to help, but Hammond escaped before they had the chance to get to him (69) Cougar Stone defeated Maverick and Roderick Remus in 9:14 (64) -A little spotfest, which unsurprisingly Maverick was little uncomfortable participating in. The face team took the victory after a Hear Me Party Roar. Backstage and Sammy Bach was interviewed after watching the match on the monitor. He declared that high flying action was back in TCW, with him, Masked Cougar and Edd Stone leading the way. That brought Freddy Huggins over spluttering in disbelief. Huggins declared himself the true king of high flying, and Bach should never think that he could take that crown (85) Titan defeated Elliot Smith in 5:49 (60) -Easy victory for the big man. After the match Titan continued with the Chokeslams, until T-Bone Bright was out to make the save and help Smith out (58) Jay Chord defeated Flying Jimmy Foxx in 6:37 (75) -No question who was winning this, Foxx helping make the youngster look awesome before falling to a Cradle Piledriver. Jay Chord took the mic and declared that he was The Chosen One, before joining the commentary team for the Main Event (89) Aaron Andrews and Dazzling Dave Diamond defeated Troy Tornado and Greg Gauge in 12:16 (80) -This was an especially good match when you realise that there was zero chemistry between Troy Tornado and Greg Gauge. Realistically I over-rate Tornado, and he needs to help green youngsters out, not well rounded talent like Chord or Greg Gauge. Chord did not get involved here, and watched on as DDD pinned Troy Tornado. Aaron Andrews approached the announce desk after the microphone, and asked Jay Chord what he thought about that. Jay Chord sneered, calling Troy Tornado a broken man - nothing to compare to The Chosen One of TCW (90) Overall Rating 75

eayragt · October 22, 2020

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That rating hurt - because I forgot to further any storylines. That may seem remarkable considering that Andrews and Chord exchanged barbs all show, but I had actually forgotten to rearrange my stories (they're still Chord / Bach, Andrews / Hawkins). I'll rectify that as a few more of these and I'll be straight back down to medium.

Ignoring that, a decent show even if most of the results were a given. Nate Johnson saw himself kicked out of The Elite, meaning that since I've taken over I've overseen removing two established Tag Teams (Benny & The Foxx and The Elite) from a weak Tag Division. Perhaps not great planning. But actually, there's a story behind this...

Last week I noted that Nate Johnson wasn't really performing like someone who should be in the Main Event. No real criticism - he's a midcarder. With over a year left on his contract, he had his place, but could struggle for a renewal. However, then Ricky DeColt's contract came up. A DeColt in TCW is one of those things fans dream of, but Nate Johnson told me in no uncertain terms that his past issues with the DeColt family made it a problem. I then had plans for a Ricky DeColt / Nate Johnson feud, or Ricky DeColt replacing Nate Johnson in The Syndicate, and if it became an issue I would cut Johnson.

Then CWA offered Ricky DeColt Creative Control, and that was that - I wasn't going to offer someone with limited popularity in the US Creative Control, as it could cause issues down the line. However, the seeds of Johnson being kicked out of The Syndicate had been formed in my mind, so I went with it. DeColt signed his new contract at CWA, and immediately broke his wrist.

And yes, Rich Money is ironically declared bankrupt. Quite how he's managed that on $150k a month I'm not sure - I think he needs a financial advisor.

TCW Presents Total Wrestling:

Mighty Mo vs Nate Johnson

T-Bone Bright vs Benny Benson

Sammy Bach vs Pretty Okakua

Human Arsenal and Elliot Thomas vs Eddie Chandler and Chris Flynn

Greg Gauge © vs One Man Army for the TCW Television Title

Aaron Andrews and Doc Hammond vs Jay Chord and Wolf Hawkins

Jaysin · October 22, 2020

TCW Presents Total Wrestling:

Mighty Mo

T-Bone Bright

Sammy Bach

Eddie Chandler and Chris Flynn

Greg Gauge ©

Jay Chord and Wolf Hawkins

eayragt · October 25, 2020

TCW Presents Total Wresting:

Matt Hocking defeated Dean Daniels in 7:27 (53)

-Abysmal? Now I'm Big, it's seems the game is quite harsh when describing these matches. Good chemistry, one sided affair.

Cougar Stone and Devine Fortune defeated Maverick, Yuri Yoshihara, Quentin Queen and El Hijo Del Neutron in 9:07 (54)

-Quentin Queen was off his game, while Del Neutron looked like he should be on the main roster right now.

Dazzling Dave Diamond defeated Davis Wayne Newton in 7:49 (66)

-Perhaps deserving of being on the main show, if I'm ever going to be able to get DWN over.

Joshua Taylor defeated Flying Jimmy Foxx in 6:53 (73)

-I know, I know, wasted...

MAIN SHOW:

Aaron Andrews, Jay Chord, Wolf Hawkins and Doc Hammond were out for the verbal sparring (or silent death stares in Hammond's case) to start the show. And it's a 100 rated angle with Hammond rated in a major role, what do you know? Two different storylines being hyped, with Andrews telling Hawkins that he was disloyal and had caused Hammond to move away, while Jay Chord treating everything that didn't involve his title shot on Sunday as an irrelevance (100)

Mighty Mo defeated Nate Johnson in 6:22 (74)

-Johnson being kicked out of The Syndicate didn't gave him a turn, but it did get him into his best singles match of there year with an opponent he clicked well with. Still lost though.

Mainstream Hernandez defeated Marc Speed in 7:41 (71)

-Due to a slight change round of the PPV, Hernandez has no booking, and this match would have been perfectly reasonable. Probably better than the match he will end up being in.

Aaron Andrews was caught backstage for an interview on his own, and was able to focus on Jay Chord. He said that "The Next Big Thing" and "Chosen One" are titles that are easily thrown around - but they're easy to lose too. Where other have come before, it is harder to back up the self made proclamations with actions in the ring (81)

T-Bone Bright defeated Benny Benson in 9:10 (71)

-Perfectly good little battle, but Benson's minor momentum that he built up after his heel turn seems to have quickly expired.

After the match The Behemoths were out and went after Bright after they clashed last week. Bright did take out Killer Shark, he took a Titanic Chokeslam from Titan ((70)

One Man Army defeated Greg Gauge © in a TV Title match by DQ in 10:33 (76)

-We did ask the two to hold back a little bit here, almost as if they're going to be back at in on PPV on Sunday. Greg Gauge used the Brass Knuckles again, but this time he was caught for the DQ.

Backstage, Troy Tornado was cutting an interview about how he was helping the new talent in TCW, when Dazzling Dave Diamond came up to him. DDD said that Tornado wasn't helping anyone - he was trying to hang on their coat tails. He had hung around Jay Chord for the last couple of months, but where is he now? Chord doesn't need Tornado - no-one does, and he should stop trying to live out his dreams of fighting for the TCW World Heavyweight Title. This flipped Tornado, and they got into a scuffle, and it seems these two men have something to do now on Sunday (71)

Chris Flynn and Eddie Chandler defeated Human Arsenal and Elliot Thomas in 7:41 (49)

-That is poor planning - I am currently testing the heels chemistry in house shows, and I can tell you now - they have none. They did get the victory here, and I think I'm going to regret the next segment.

Might Meaty were out to welcome The Syndicate members to a title shot on Sunday - by this time next week this defeat will have them kicked out of the group, leaving Wolf Hawkins all on his own (61)

Sammy Bach defeated Pretty Okakura in 8:40 (75)

-A decent high flying contest, Bach winning with a Bach on Your Back.

After the match Freddy Huggins again proclaimed himself the King of Fliers, but said that Okakura was certainly a talent. Huggins told Bach to find two wrestlers to face him, Okakura and Davis Wayne Newton on Sunday, when the true King could be crowned (67)

Jay Chord got his interview time alone, and addressed Andrews points - he had been anointed from a young age as The Chosen One by no other than Rip Chord, and earned everything to put himself into a position to climb to the pinnacle and become TCW World Heavyweight Champion (89)

Jay Chord and Wolf Hawkins defeated Aaron Andrews and Doc Hammond in 21:35 (75)

-More poor chemistry, this time Andrews and Hammond not working well together at all... at least this was not meant to be a long term arrangement. All four mean were given the chance to look like genuine threats, with Hammond enjoying his time in the ring to extract some revenge on Hawkins. Eventually Andrews and Chord brawled outside the ring, allowing Joshua Taylor to jump into the ring and attack Doc Hammond, allowing Wolf Hawkins to make the pin.

As we've hyped Sunday's main event enough, unusually we ended the show beforehand elsewhere, with Wolf Hawkins introducing Joshua Taylor as the newest member of The Syndicate (71)

Overall Rating 81

eayragt · October 25, 2020

Joshua Taylor gets brought in from the wilderness of dark matches to join The Syndicate. That would make him Hawkins sidekick, and Eddie Chandler and Chris Flynn the tag team... with no chemistry. It doesn't all work out to plan, does it? That segment ended up Main Eventing the show, which was odd as Wolf Hawkins is not Main Eventing Where Angels Fear to Tread, but it just about worked.

Mainstream Hernandez was the latest to get taken to the wrestler's court, but he seemed happy enough at the result. Meanwhile down at HGC, Duke Freeman (he of a broken neck) left at the end of his contract. We wish him all the best.

That completes the line-up for Where Angels Fear to Tread - quite frankly the fact that most of this card was announced the week before the show is a bit of a disgrace, and something I'll be looking on improving. Jaysin has an impressive 11/12, correctly guessing that the TV Title was not changing hands this week, but not correctly guessing the outcome. Will the PPV end us being a easy to predict?

TCW Where Angels Fear to Tread:

T-Bone Bright vs Titan

Mainstream Hernandez vs Nate Johnson

Sammy Bach and Cougar Stone vs Freddy Huggins, Pretty Okakura and Davis Wayne Newton

Dazzling Dave Diamond vs Troy Tornado

Doc Hammond vs Wolf Hawkins

Jaysin · October 25, 2020

T-Bone Bright

Mainstream Hernandez

Sammy Bach and Cougar Stone

Mighty Meaty ©

Dazzling Dave Diamond

Wolf Hawkins

Greg Gauge ©

Jay Chord

eayragt · November 1, 2020

TCW Where Angels Fear to Tread

Benny Benson and Maverick defeated Bart Biggins and Elliot Thomas in 7:15 (51)

-Bart Biggins is still carrying his kidney injury, but we genuinely didn't know what limiting his involvement in the match would do to a match, so we thought we'd try it out. To be fair, he probably needed more than just Elliot Thomas to take up the slack, although it was interesting to see good chemistry between Benny Benson and Maverick.

Flying Jimmy Foxx defeated Roderick Remus in 9:08 (55)

-We booked this one pretty evenly - didn't help Remus get the victory he is desperately after.

Killer Shark defeated Darryl Devine in 5:53 (59)

-It wasn't a squash... but it was one sided.

Marc Speed defeated Danny Fonzarelli in 7:51 (56)

-Marc Speed is beginning to get a little bit of momentum - Danny Fonzarelli certainly isn't.

Joshua Taylor defeated Chance Fortune in 7:51 (62)

-The newest member of The Syndicate got a victory against one of the men who they've been having a running feud with for the last few months.

MAIN SHOW:

Dazzling Dave Diamond defeated Troy Tornado in 9:53 (67)

-A decent start to the show, Troy Tornado starting quickly, but ultimately destined to fall to DDD.

Mighty Meaty cut a backstage promo with their Tag Team Titles, declaring that The Syndicate was dysfunctional, and they would not match their skill... or size later (69)

T-Bone Bright defeated Titan in 6:46 (67)

-Killer Shark was ringside for this one, but when he clambered up to the ring apron Bright launched Titan into the ropes, knocking his Behemoth partner to the floor. This left Bright one on one, and able to put away Titan with a T-Bone Lariat.

The Behemoths regrouped, but with a hyped T-Bone Bright demanding that they bring it, they thought better off it and backed off (71)

The Syndicate came down to the ring, Wolf Hawkins taking the microphone and greeting the newest member, Joshua Taylor. Hawkins told the crowd that Taylor was what he was looking for - focussed on one thing - winning. Hawkins turned around to Eddie Chandler and Chris Flynn, noting that next was their tag title match. He asked Chris Flynn if he would win, and when the youngster said yes, Hawkins sneered. Hawkins told Flynn that is that was the case, he could do it himself, and left the ring with Taylor. Chris Flynn nodded his head and slapped Eddie Chandler on the shoulder, but was stunned when the veteran also left the ring, to join Wolf Hawkins. The Syndicate leader told Chris Flynn that if he thought he was so good, prove it and when the titles... on his own (70)

-Chris Flynn did not win the titles on his own. He did get on some good offence, but realistically never had a chance against the two bigger men, and he was a beaten man when Tana the Mighty hit him with a Big Fat Samoan Squash.

As Chris Flynn dragged himself backstage, he was met by Floyd Goldworthy and Eddie Peak. Peak told Flynn that he like his fighting spirit, and Goldworthy told him there was always a spot in The Sinner Society for him (64)

-This is hopefully where the PPV really gets going (looks at rest of card... realises that's not true). Greg Gauge had to fight off all comers, and when he eventually pulled the Brass Knuckles out One Man Army ripped them out of his hand and threw them from the ring. An angry Gauge almost took the pin after losing his focus, but fortunately for him Matt Hocking was there to break it up, before we got a chain of finishing moves. All four men ended up outside the ring, where an eagle eyed Greg Gauge spotted his Brass Knuckles. He was able to retrieve them and use them effectively on Human Arsenal, before rolling him into the ring and making the pin.

Aaron Andrews cut his backstage promotion, telling Jay Chord that he may well one day be the future of TCW - but not while he is the champion (82)

Mainstream Hernandez defeated Nate Johnson in 7:53 (66)

-This is poor booking, not having a feud for Hernandez five weeks after his debut. He got his victory with the Apparition #14.

As Hernandez left the ring Sammy Bach came out with Edd Stone and Masked Cougar, which Mainstream Hernandez approved of - but reminded Bach that if he ever needed a high flying star not to look any further than him (68)

Freddy Huggins, Pretty Okakura and Davis Wayne Newton defeated Sammy Bach and Cougar Stone in 8:41 (73)

-This one took a little persuasion - I originally booked it to keep Sammy Bach strong, but Edd Stone insisted on looking good coming out of the match as well. Not too surprising as Cougar Stone are more well known that Okakura and DWN - but that was kind of the point of giving them the victory. As such it as Masked Cougar who was left to take the fall, taking a Huggins Kiss. Huggins still looking a million dollars.

Freddy Huggins took the mic to declare himself the greatest high flyer in wrestling - when someone jumped the barrier, scaled the ring post and delivered a Pacific Crush on Freddy Huggins. High Flyin Hawaiian is in TCW, and it looks like he wants a claim to the high flying title (77)

Wolf Hawkins defeated Doc Hammond in 16:53 (86)

-Oh wow, this one was a great match - best in TCW since I took over the booking. You could feel the hate between the two men, with Hammond refusing to rise to the insults that Wolf Hawkins was spitting at him, and making sure his actions did the talking. Hammond did manage to wrap Hawkins up in the Texas Cloverlead, but he released it when he saw Joshua Taylor sprinting to the ring ring. Hawkins met him as he leapt to the apron, knocking him straight back off, but the distraction gave Hawkins the opportunity to hit the Full Moon Rising to seal the victory.

Jay Chord cut his pre-match interview, telling everyone that they would remember where they were for decades tonight, as the Chosen One starts his reign (85)

-Another fantastic match - we got the two men to put on what we hoped would be our match of the year so far. Admittedly Hawkins and Hammond put a stop to that, but that didn't stop them putting on a fantastic match. The pace was perfect as the match grew, went round the ring, and slowly got more violent. However, a clean match it was not, and after both contenders flew into one another Wolf Hawkins charged out from the back, and dragged the ref from the ring. Inside Jay Chord recovered first to drape his arm over Andrews, but there was no-one to make the count. Outside Hawkins went round the ring to grab the title belt. Jay Chord shouted at Hawkins, but he jumped over the barrier and headed out. A confused Andrews demanded to know what was going on, and Chord pointed at the departing Hawkins, and they both left the ring to follow.

The cameras cut backstage and Hawkins was shown rushing out, demanding to know where the parking lot was. He ran as Aaron Andrews and Jay Chord rounded the corner, hollering at Hawkins. The cameras desperately tried to keep up as they came to the car park, where Joshua Taylor was shown bundling Wolf Hawkins into a car, and they screeched off leaving Chord and Andrews looking flabbergasted (97)

Overall Rating 69

eayragt · November 1, 2020

So, my story on the poor rating is the draw in the Main Event. The actual reason is more simple - there were too many angles on the show - not helped by the long post-main event angle. I am very angry at myself - this should have been my best event. It certainly would have made a brilliant television show, but was not what the fans wanted. The reason was I regretted bringing Wolf Hawkins title shot forward - I feel that as King of Kings he should be headlining Total Mayhem. Of course, he'd already had it, so I came up with a storyline that throws him back into the title mix. Of course, to do that we had to have a lame PPV Main Event draw, which won't be happening too often.

Another debut, this time for High Flyin Hawaiian. Human Arsenal obviously like what he saw of him, and immediately offered to put over the youngster. At least he gave me six months to work at that - it's not happening right now.

That makes it seven signings - I promised to not rip the heart out of smaller organisations, and not waste money on big signings unless they added something to TCW, so how has that panned out?

Joffy Laine and Davis Wayne Newton - two stars of the smaller organisations, brought in to bring up slowly. Both are still unimportant by fans but DWN is getting more airtime. If this was a dozen it would be a problem, but having two workers here is fine.

Masked Cougar - a personal favourite of mine, has found a home as Edd Stone's tag team partner. Again, considered unimportant, but anything that helps my tag division is a good thing.

Mainstream Hernandez - well known, with enough talent to justify his place. Had a throwaway match at the last PPV, but is being relied on to have some good matches this year. Earns between Freddy Huggins and One Man Army, which sounds fair.

High Flyin Hawaiian - Only won one match this year at SWF, but was consistently pulling in a rating well above his recognisable popularity. More high flying talent, earning between Titan and Bart Biggins money, so should justify that.

Petty Okakura - on a handshake deal, as he's still loyal to EX2010, where's he pulling off sensational matches. Has a new move... and a new catchphrase which is in Japanese, so less relevant. Of most note - his salary. I pay him $80 a show, and he's relocated to the US to keep travel costs down. That's efficient.

Fast Navarro - he's a ref, and his Mexican contract was up, so he doesn't count!

TCW Presents Total Wrestling:

Doc Hammond vs Davis Wayne Newton

Flying Jimmy Foxx vs Freddy Huggins

Sammy Bach vs Matt Hocking

Mainstream Hernandez and High Flyin Hawaiian vs Marc Speed and Maverick

Aaron Andrews vs Titan in a non-title match

Tana the Mighty vs Jay Chord

Jaysin · November 1, 2020

Doc Hammond

Freddy Huggins

Sammy Bach

Mainstream Hernandez and High Flyin Hawaiian

Aaron Andrews

Jay Chord

I might be Tana's biggest fan, but Jay Chord is my all time favorite male Cverse wrestler.

eayragt · November 5, 2020

TCW Presents Total Wrestling:

Cougar Stone defeated Quentin Queen and Astro in 6:32 (56)

-Astro's first appearance, and to be fair he looked slightly overwhelmed here.

Greg Gauge defeated Alistair Shufflebottom in a non-title match in 7:11 (70)

-So what do we get if we put our TV Champion against the HGC Global champion? A pretty fine match, which both of the men can be proud of. Gauge even had to use the brass knuckles to win.

Benny Benson, Roderick Remus and Petty Okakura defeated Dean Daniels, Seth Whitehead and Arthur Dexter Bradley in 7:50 (53)

-It turns out that Okajura uses the STF as a finishing move. First time I've let him use it, making sure Whitehead takes the pin again.

Human Arsenal defeated Nick Booth in 7:20 (58)

-Just occasionally, we remember we have Nick Booth on the roster.

The Syndicate (Joshua Taylor and Eddie Chandler) defeated Joffy Laine and Elliot Thomas in 7:56 (64)

-The king of pre-show is still wrestling there. Taylor gets on TV next week, I promise, but I needed to keep The Syndicate away from wresting on TV tonight.

MAIN SHOW:

Jay Chord came out to star the show, calling Wolf Hawkins out as then man who had stolen his title away from him. Instead he got Aaron Andrews, to point out that he was the aggrieved party, as the title was still his, and he demanded that Hawkins come out and return his belt right away. The big screen buzzed into life, and Hawkins was shown holding the TCW World Heavyweight Title. Hawkins told the two men in the ring that no-one owned this belt - it had to be earned. Hawkins said that he has earned it many times over, and the next time the title is fought over he will be crowned the true champion. Andrews again demanded the belt back, and Hawkins declared that he would be out at the end of the show (99)

Doc Hammond defeated Davis Wayne Newton in 9:53 (58)

-Huh, you compare this to Greg Gauge's match earlier, and this has to be a disappointment. Whether or not this was good booking after DWN's PPV (six-man tag) win is also debatable. He took a clean loss here.

Aaron Andrews was interviewed backstage, far more angry than he normally was. He declared that Hawkins would not get a World Title match by stealing his title - he needs to return the belt and keep his nose out of Andrews' business, or he's going to regret his actions (87)

Dazzling Dave Diamond defeated Nate Johnson in 6:16 (64)

-Bonus match as show went short! One sided though...

Backstage, and Troy Tornado was shown catching up with Jay Chord. Tornado told the youngster to not lose his chance, but Chord cut him off. Chord told Tornado that he would not lose his chance - he earned his shot and had it taken from him, and he would not stop until he gets that opportunity back (68)

Freddy Huggins defeated Flying Jimmy Foxx in 8:23 (77)

-And now for a period of high flying action - I was surprised when I found out that I had never run this match - so run it I did and, despite Foxx's offence, he wasn't getting the win here.

Backstage once more and Greg Gauge was putting himself over as a dominant champion who could actually keep hold of his belt, when One Man Army interrupted. He got some proper mic time and... did pretty well with it. OMA told Gauge that being a dominant TV champion involved wrestling on TV - which he seemed to be avoiding. It involved winning cleanly - without the use of brass knuckles. OMA accused Greg Gauge of being a fraud, so Gauge announced that he would defending his title next week (70)

Sammy Bach defeated Matt Hocking in 8:35 (64)

-Another high flying bout I hadn't run and... oh, they don't click. Not what it should have been, Bach winning with the Adrenaline Shot.

Backstage again? We're going backwards and forward to make sure we progress towards Total Mayhem even for the wrestlers not participating in the ring tonight. T-Bone Bright was talking about his victory against Titan on Sunday when he got absolutely blasted by Killer Shark, and I guess this story is continuing (69)

High Flyin Hawaiian and Mainstream Hernandez were shown heading to the ring, being clapped by Sammy Bach who called them the future of the high flying in TCW. They paused as they passed Freddy Huggins, who just shook his head and called then pathetic (76)

Mainstream Hernandez and High Flyin Hawaiian defeated Marc Speed and Maverick in 10:52 (60)

-We didn't have time to try the face team out in house shows. It showed. We told them to show off but they were all over the place, and it wasn't pretty... especially when Marc Speed broke his nose, and it was a gusher. Hawaiian got the pin on Maverick with a Pacific Crush as Speed headed backstage.

Eddie Peak and Floyd Goldworthy were shown backstage talking to Chris Flynn. Goldworthy told Flynn that he could see Flynn was hard working and loyal, but he had been let down by The Syndicate. Goldworthy said that if he comes to the Sinner Society, he would get top booking - as evidenced by Titan facing Aaron Andrews next (68)

Aaron Andrews defeated Titan in a non-title match in 6:49 (77)

-Titan desperately needs some momentum, but a couple of moves against the champ wasn't going to give him any here.

Jay Chord cut our last backstage promo, furious at Wolf Hawkins and ruining the Chosen One's big day. Might Meaty were over to try and get Chord to lighten up and chill - which he was not impressed with (85)

Jay Chord defeated Tana the Mighty in 8:33 (81)

-Probably our shortest main event match yet, with Chord looking focussed and a complete contrast to Tana's jovial style. Tana did go for the Big Butt Rub, but Chord was having none of that, and got the victory with a Cradle Piledriver.

After the match Aaron Andrews was out, before finally Wolf Hawkins appeared, flanked by Joshua Taylor and Eddie Chandler. Hawkins brought with him the World Heavyweight Title - and a briefcase. With the title still over his should he opened the briefcase, and removed what he declared was a contract for a match with Aaron Andrews at Total Mayhem. As Jay Chord protested Andrews took a look, and told Hawkins that this was the match he had forfeited to bring his title shot forward. Hawkins scoffed, and said he may have got a match earlier - but he did not forfeit this opportunity. He reminded Andrews that he only lost the match because of the incompetence of Doc Hammond. Andrews told him that he wasn't having that - Hawkins had a contract once, but that's gone now - he has no rights to a title shot. Hawkins declared that he had every right, especially as he had possession of the title belt. That made Jay Chord lunge for the belt, but he was intercepted by Joshua Taylor, and as it looked like a brawl was about to break out Aaron Andrews calmed things down. He told Hawkins that he didn't care - this was for the TCW lawyers - but he wanted his title back. Hawkins chucked it back at the champion, and told him that he knew he was entitled to that title shot, so he could have his title back...for now. He turned around to Jay Chord, and told him that he had to back up, because Wolf Hawkins was the champion elect, and everyone else had to wait in line (92)

Overall Rating 86

eayragt · November 5, 2020

That was an interesting show, that started hot, went pretty mediocre, and finished strongly, even without a final ruling on the World Heavyweight Title match (the joys of not havnig a Commissioner).

For some backstage, it was their first chance to meet High Flyin Hawaiian, as we kept his debut under wraps. Turns out he does a mean Aaron Andrews impersonation, which instantly made him popular backstage. Sammy Bach was taken the the wrestler's court, but he's currently happy and there's going to be no fallout from there.

A contract has been offered to Edward Cornell, but he knows the value of his name, and is negotiating everyone up...

TCW Presents Total Wrestling:

Cougar Stone vs Freddy Huggins and Pretty Okakura

Doc Hammond vs Nate Johnson

High Flyin Hawaiian vs Marc Speed

Bart Biggins, Elliot Thomas and Danny Fonzarelli vs The Behemoths and Chris Flynn

Devine Fortune vs Joshua Taylor and Eddie Chandler

T-Bone Bright and Dazzling Dave Diamond vs Wolf Hawkins and Jay Chord

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