TCW Presents...

jackwad · June 26, 2021

TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday, Week 1, January 2020

Kyle Rhodes and Shawn Doakes begin by welcoming everyone to the show, and briefly speculating as to the identity of the new consultant sent by the network to observe tonight's proceedings. Before they can start throwing potential names out, familiar music fills the arena. A wail of a guitar and heavy drum beat get a nostalgia pop from the crowd who recognize it as Painful Procedure's original theme, but the familiarity quickly lessens as a more modern, remixed version starts playing. Suddenly, Jack Bruce himself walks out to a shocked but welcoming crowd. Shawn Doakes notes that it's been over 15 years since Jack Bruce was last seen in TCW. Bruce plays to the crowd takes in the adulation for a bit, including chants of "Welcome Back!" and heads over to sit next to Rhodes and Doakes at the announce table. As he puts on his headset, Doakes and Rhodes both welcome him back to TCW. Bruce thanks them and starts explaining his new role at TCW when he's interrupted by another familiar song.

Joshua Taylor's music hits and he stands on the stage in front of the TCW Jumbotron, mic in hand. Taylor says he was robbed in his match with TCW World Heavyweight champ Aaron Andrews last Sunday at Psycho Circus. He addresses Kyle Rhodes directly and demands a rematch for the title at Malice In Wonderland. "Mr. CEO, everybody knows that I'm better than Andrews, and his win was a fluke!" Kyle Rhodes grabs a mic and stands up behind the announcer's desk. He explains that from what he saw at Psycho Circus, Taylor lost fair and square so he should go to the back of the line and earn another title shot. Taylor, enraged, starts protesting when Jack Bruce grabs a mic and stands up as well. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! I like that fire and I usually hate to interrupt, but I think that it's fair considering you interrupted me first. As I was saying, I'm not here to get back into the ring, those days are behind me. No, I'm here as an official consultant to the Network, and I think a rematch between Andrews and Taylor would be something that would make for great TV!" The crowd signals their agreement by cheering and Taylor just stands and nods with an intense look on his face. Rhodes addresses Bruce, saying that while he agrees it would be great TV, he still thinks that Taylor needs to earn his shot so he won't be facing Andrews for the title any time soon.

Bruce waits a pause before addressing Rhodes. "I guess someone didn't read the memo. You see, given my success in this industry I've been entrusted with certain... responsibilities. And we all know that with great responsibility comes... great power. Specifically, I've been given the authority to intervene in booking committee decisions in the interest of keeping Total Wrestling aligned with the Network's paradigm. So with that mandate in hand, my first official act is to book Aaron Andrews versus Joshua Taylor in a match tonight!"

The crowd roars their approval of getting such a big match, while Taylor grins a huge grin. Kyle Rhodes starts sputtering at this surprising development, taking off his headset and stepping away from the announce table while having an angry conversation into his cell phone.

Bruce continues "Don't get too excited Taylor, there is one little wrinkle. I don't have any authority over the World Title, so it has to be a non-title match. But you seem like the type to make the most of an opportunity, I'm sure the booking committee would look favorably on you for another title shot if you manage to beat the champ tonight!" Taylor takes the news in and seems conflicted for a second as he considers the non-title aspect of the match. He thanks Mr. Bruce for the opportunity and says he knows that the booking committee will make the right decision after he proves that he's better than Andrews tonight!

Jack Bruce sits back down and verbally nudges Shawn Doakes to keep doing his job and talk about the first match. He says that everyone on Total Wrestling is under review, including staff. Doakes gets the hint and starts talking, quickly recovering his composure even though Kyle Rhodes can still be heard yelling at his phone in the background. 75

Greg Gauge vs Flying Jimmy Foxx for the Television title

Foxx plays to the crowd a bit, dancing in the ring as the bell signals the start of the match. Jasmine Saunders comes out to replace Kyle Rhodes at the announce table as Doakes and Bruce play up the pedigree of Gauge. In a perhaps surprisingly even match, Gauge lets his frustration show as Foxx bounces back again and again and refuses to be put down for the three count. Eventually, by softening up the legs, the mat-based offense of Greg Gauge allows him to counter the high flyer and gives him an opening to apply his family's Proton Lock finisher. Jimmy tries to reach the ropes but Gauge drags him back to the center of the ring where Foxx is forced to tap. 66

After the bell rings, Greg Gauge refuses to release the Proton Lock. As Foxx flails, Gauge has a maddened look on his face as he ignores the ref's instructions to let go. Suddenly, Foxx's tag partner Benny Benson runs out and hits the ring, leaping onto Gauge to break up the hold. Gauge immediately lets go and slinks out the ring and grabs his title. "Now hold on a minute!" Bruce stands up with a mic in hand. "That was a great match, boys, and definitely the type of thing we like to see on Total Wrestling. If I can segue a bit, it's also the type of thing we like to see on TCW's new show: TCW Saturday Night Showcase, which I realize I'm just announcing for the first time right now. Anyway, I'm thinking we need to kick off this new show with a bang, so how about a TV title match in the main event between Greg Gauge and Benny Benson?"

Benson looks excited at the prospect of a TV tile match, but Greg Gauge starts to protest. He slings the TV title over his shoulder and grabs a mic, then claims he needs more than a few days to prepare for a title defense. And anyway, Bruce said he didn't have authority over titles in TCW. Bruce pauses, then says while it's true that he doesn't have authority over booking the World titles, the TV title is squarely in his domain. And if Gauge wants a spot in Bruce's domain, he'll get with the program.

Instead of sitting back down at the announce table, Bruce says he needs to head to the back to take care of some business but he'll be watching and "consulting" where appropriate. As he leaves, Doakes and Saunders discuss TCW's newly minted Saturday night show and its scheduled main event, then switch to introducing the next match. 60

WAR Machines vs Marc Speed/Maverick

The announcers say that this is the first time both teams are teaming up, but note that both Human Arsenal and One Man Army have had tag title success in the past, albeit with different partners. With four wrestlers who are comfortable on the mat, the match turns into something of a brawl-fest as mat techniques are countered, and then counter-countered. The cameras backstage catch the Sinner Society watching the match with some interest, causing Doakes and Saunders to speculate that tag teams are being scouted by the current champs, the Behemoths. The no-nonsense personality of Speed conflicted a bit with the unpredictable nature of Maverick, but they managed to work together as well as could be expected until the finish came when OMA hits the Guided Missile on Maverick. 62

The Sinner Society, apparently having seen enough, come out to the ring as the previous competitors clear it and give Eddie Peak's group wide berth. Flanked by the menacing Behemoths and Nick Booth, Floyd Goldworthy carries the tag titles to the ring. Peak has a mic and begins to speak on the path of destruction that led Killer Shark and Titan to the tag titles. Peak claims that under his tutelage, the Behemoths will help usher in more destruction and shake TCW to it's very foundations... Might Meaty's music hits and Mighty Mo starts with mic in hand, mocking Peak's promo. "Destruction this, darkness that, I say your boys are afraid of a super-sized challenge!" Tana agrees and calls the Sinner Society a bunch of chumps. Peak snarls at the interruption, and raises the mic to respond when Jack Bruce comes out: He says that while he likes the idea of Mighty Meaty and the Behemoths going at it, but since tonight's show was fully booked so it would have to be next week in a non-title match. Mighty Meaty looks happy at the development, while Goldworthy looks worried and Eddie Peak smiles his crazy-eyed smile. 70

Edd Stone vs Roderick Remus

The 24 Hour Party Animal hits the stage, dancing with Vita and playing to the crowd. Remus, already in the ring, looks on and visibly gets angrier the longer it takes Edd Stone to make his way to the ring. The bell rings and both men immediately start showing off some technical ability mixed with high flying spots. Remus takes advantage after Stone plays to the crowd for a little too long, and slaps on the Remus Clutch. Stone nearly taps, but Vita climbs up on the apron to distract the ref causing Remus to break the hold and get in Vita's face. Edd Stone recovers enough to hit the Party's Over on Remus once he turns around and gets the pin. 65

Backstage, One Man Army is shown in the locker room putting on his street clothes. Laura Catherine Huggins barges in and seems surprised to see a half-dressed man with facepaint on. "Oh... I'm, uh, looking for my brother." "Haven't seen him." "Ok... do you mind if I just wait? You know, I love a man in uniform. Or out of it, in this case." Both OMA and Laura seem a bit flustered by the situation when Freddy Huggins enters. Laura seems relieved, OMA is still confused, and Freddy seems oblivious to the situation, talking to his sister like no one else is there. He goes on about now it should be his time to shine now that he finally dropped the dead weight that was Edd Stone. Laura agrees and says that a new regime under Jack Bruce might provide new opportunities. Freddy finally notices OMA who has been quietly getting dressed and it starts dawning on him that he walked into an uncomfortable situation. Huggins lowers his sunglasses to give OMA the evil eye, then grabs his sister's hand and leads her out of the locker room. 65

Danny Fonzarelli vs Yuri Yoshihara

The crowd pleaser Dr. Love is out next to face rookie Yuri Yoshihara, already in the ring. A fairly quick match, Yuri looks out of his depth as Fonzarelli picks up the easy win. 52

We go backstage where Aaron Andrews is standing by with Jason Azaria, who starts off by asking about Jack Bruce giving Taylor a rematch. Ace takes the opportunity to welcome Jack Bruce back to TCW before addressing the match with Taylor. Andrews is of the opinion that he already beat Taylor, and he shouldn't have to face him again so soon, but since he was the Ace of TCW he was willing to take on all challenges. The conversation turned to the 2019 King of Kings winner Wolf Hawkins. Already guaranteed a spot in the main event of Total Mayhem, Wolf seemed to be laying low for now. Andrews commented that he agreed The Syndicate was nowhere to be found lately, and they'd stay that way if they knew what was good for them. Ace didn't plan on losing the World Heavyweight Title to anyone, any time soon. 68

Sammy Bach vs. Matt Hocking

Hocking makes his entrance, carrying a hand mirror and pausing to admire himself on the stage in front of the Jumbotron. He carries the mirror to the ring, doing more admiring along the way, ignoring the boos. The opening to Sammy Bach's theme, performed by his band "Dead Pool," brings Hocking's attention away from his own reflection and towards the stage. Sammy Bach enters and spends a few minutes making his way to the ring while the crowd sings along to his band's song. As Sammy enters the ring, Hocking immediately goes on the attack, causing the ref to hastily call for the opening bell. Hocking shows his speed, running some circles around the veteran and hitting some flashy moves. After a good back and forth, Bach takes control after Hocking catches sight of a replay on the Jumbotron and pauses to admire himself. From there Bach quickly dispatches Hocking by hitting the Bach On Your Back. 71

Sammy celebrates in the ring, stepping on the middle ropes and playing to the crowd. He doesn't notice Jay Chord run out to the ring and slide in behind him. Chord waits until Bach climbs down and turns around before nailing the Cradle Piledriver and counting to three as he pins Bach. Chord then jumps up and celebrates his "win" as the crowd boos. 79

Aaron Andrews vs Joshua Taylor

Both men, already familiar with each other due to their recent match at Psycho Circus put on a back and forth clinic with neither wrestler able to get an upper hand. Near the 19 minute mark, Doakes notes that the 20 minute time limit was rapidly approaching and openly wondered what a draw would mean for title implications. Taylor, perhaps sensing the tv time limit approaching, visibly grew more frustrated as he failed to put Andrews away. After one last near-fall, Taylor's frustration seemed to finally boil over and he left the ring to grab the World Heavyweight title and slide back into the ring. He began stalking Andrews who seemed disorientated from the last pinfall attempt. The ref, noticing the foreign object, began warning Taylor but got thrown down to the canvass for his trouble. As Ace turned around, Taylor blasted him in the head with the title. The ref, getting back up, signals the bell and declares Andrews the winner via DQ. 78

Taylor clears the ring to loud boos, taking the title with him. Andrews, still laid out, doesn't respond when the Syndicate's music hits and Wolf Hawkins starts addressing the champ. The Alpha Wolf mocks Ace for his current condition, and for letting someone steal his title. Wolf mentions winning King of Kings, and his guaranteed main event spot at Total Mayhem, and says while it doesn't really matter who he faces for the title, he wouldn't be the Alpha Wolf if he didn't let his pack have some fun. With that, Doc Hammond, Chris Flynn, and the Elite head down to the ring to put the boots to a still groggy Ace Andrews to close the show. 70

Overall: 76

Booker's notes: A better overall rating than I expected given how some of the segments seemed to underperform. I picked Jack Bruce as my user character given his history with TCW and his still insane pop, thinking I can use him to give someone the rub. I'm not sure it's working given how low his segments have been so far but I'll keep trying. These initial shows are intended to feel the roster out, things like time decline and chemistry are important to my booking plans, so there may not be a lot of logic yet behind every choice I make from a booking standpoint. I'm noticing that my midcard needs a lot of work, full of time decline and few prospects, plus I don't think I have enough jobbers or tag teams, so there are several hires in the works. I have a couple of owner goals that limit things a bit: required 60 in Selling and Psychology.

jackwad · June 26, 2021

I've been thinking I need a new hobby so welcome to my first dynasty ever! I'm not sure how much I'll update, partially because I do plan on working on the presentation. I'd love to add graphics and such but I'm still learning how to do things like that. Anyway, constructive criticism is much appreciated.

eayragt · June 27, 2021

Welcome to the TCW party! Don't worry too much about those match ratings, as long as you a quality main event you'll be okay. TCW do start with a lot of midcard chaff, so there is some transitioning to do, but there's a lot of talent there too. Like the start - will be interesting to see how you introduce a signing or two (always the hardest thing to do when starting a diary).

Graphics are easiest done through linking imgur, although you can go much fancier than that. Fancy graphics bring more readers, but more time on writeups and less time playing the game, so it depends what you want out of this hobby. Personally I've ditched graphics in my diary as I want to play the game more, but footfall has definitely fallen

jackwad · June 27, 2021

Welcome to the TCW party! Don't worry too much about those match ratings, as long as you a quality main event you'll be okay. TCW do start with a lot of midcard chaff, so there is some transitioning to do, but there's a lot of talent there too. Like the start - will be interesting to see how you introduce a signing or two (always the hardest thing to do when starting a diary).

Graphics are easiest done through linking imgur, although you can go much fancier than that. Fancy graphics bring more readers, but more time on writeups and less time playing the game, so it depends what you want out of this hobby. Personally I've ditched graphics in my diary as I want to play the game more, but footfall has definitely fallen

Thanks for the welcome and the feedback! I haven't decided on graphics yet, but I'm leaning towards doing it in order to break up the walls of text. Thanks also for the heads up on imgur, I'll check it out.

jackwad · June 27, 2021

TCW Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday, Week 1, January

We open the debut episode of Saturday Night Showcase with Jason Azaria holding a mic and welcoming everyone to the show. He then introduces Edd Stone who proceeds to party his way to the stage with Vita in tow. Azaria asks Stone how it feels to be in the first match of the debut show and Stone admits it feels great, but not as great as the party Denver is going throw him once he wins his match tonight. Jason Azaria turns to another topic, stating that Stone won his last match in controversial fashion when Vita distracted the ref. Edd interrupts "What do you mean controversial? A win is a win is a win! And that was a great win! Speaking of great wins, my match is up next." Stone and Vita walk down to the ring where Quentin Queen is already waiting. 66

Edd Stone vs Quentin Queen

Newcomer Queen is welcomed to TCW with Edd Stone's high flying and trademark Stone technical ability. For his part, Queen is able to hold his own for much of the match but eventually gets overwhelmed and hit with the Party's Over. Instead of going for the pin, Edd starts dancing in the ring, drawing Vita to the apron so she can dance with him. The ref, trying to regain control, orders Vita off the apron. Edd finally pins Queen for the win. 56

The Sinner Society is out next, Peak with a mic in his hand and Goldworthy holding the World Tag Titles. The Behemoths flex menacingly in the background while Nick Booth sneers at the crowd. Peak says that the Path of Destruction will soon run through Saturday Night Showcase, but tonight TCW has a reprieve because it's the debut show and Peak is feeling magnanimous. He drops a hint that he's in a good mood because there's a new member of the Sinner Society. 65

Dazzling Dave Diamond/Joffy Lane vs Rich and Famous

Three more new wrestlers debut tonight, this time alongside TCW mainstay Triple D. Rich and Famous is built up by the announcers as a long-time, well-rounded young duo looking to make their mark. And make their mark they do, mostly all over Joffy Laine as their experience as a tag team allows them to isolate the rookie. After some fluid tag team wrestling shown by Jordan and Idol, Laine eventually hits the hot tag and Triple D cleans house with his smash-mouth brawling style and catches Jordan with the Dazzle Driver for the pin. 50

After the match, Diamond celebrates with the crowd by handing out beers and drinking a couple himself. As he's enjoying himself, Troy Tornado's music hits. He walks out and looks disgusted at what he sees. Tornado asks for a mic and starts berating Triple D for being a drunkard, and for not leaving when his match was over. Triple D responds that he didn't think he was drunk enough for this, and chugged another beer, then left through the crowd. 68

Troy Tornado vs Kip Keenan

Yet another new wrestler debuts as Kip Keenan waits patiently in the ring for Tornado to finish his entrance. Tornado seems to be in a bad mood and takes it out on the rookie, at least initially. Keenan eventually mounts a comeback, causing Tornado to take the easy route and cheat to win the match. 54

A special set is revealed to the left of the Jumbotron, looking like an audio booth at a radio station, complete with old-timey microphones and decorated with hearts. Dr. Love welcomes us to a preview of the "Love Shack," a segment where he will interview guests and discover their deepest secrets. Have mercy! 64

The Elite vs The Rock City Stars

Saunders claims she's lost track of how many new wrestlers have debuted tonight, while Doakes tries to get us back on track by hyping up the various accomplishments of both teams in other organizations. Fluid tag team wrestling is on display as both experienced teams jockey for position. The finish comes after The Elite finally isolate Stan Manna from his partner and hit Elitism for the win. 53

The Elite don't have much time to celebrate as Devine Fortune come out with mics in hand. They say they're frankly tired of the Elite, and want to have one more match to decide things once and for all. This time though, they want Chris Flynn banned from ringside. At the mention of his name, Flynn comes out and stands with the Elite. Eddie Chandler and Nate Johnson confer for a bit before saying no deal and laughing. Devine Fortune look at each other and then leave the stage, leaving the Elite to celebrate their win with Chris Flynn. 59

Greg Gauge vs Benny Benson

As in Gauge's previous title defense, high flying action went up against mat-based excellence. And once again, Gauge let his frustration show as his opponent bounced back over and over again. Finally, he puts Benson in the Proton Lock and once again refuses to release the hold after the bell. 65

The near repeat of the events on Tuesday continues to unfold as Flying Jimmy Foxx hits the ring to make Gauge break the hold. Greg Gauge grabs his title and heads to the back while Foxx checks on his partner. 58

Bookers notes: So some of my new hires are making appearances, and I'm pretty happy with the results. Rich and Famous look like solid hires to beef up the tag division while Joffy Laine and Kip Keenan are hopefully future stars. I say hopefully because I haven't been great at getting "unimportant" workers to the next rung in my previous games. I suspect I need to job out some of my time decline mid-carders and then pay them off to maintain locker room order.

jackwad · June 28, 2021

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TCW Presents: Total Wrestling

Tuesday, Week 2, January 2020</div>

Shawn Doakes and Jasmine Saunders welcome everyone to the show and give a quick rundown of some of the big events of last week's Total Wrestling, including the debut of Jack Bruce, the theft of the World Heavyweight title by Joshua Taylor, and the vicious beatdown given to Aaron Andrews by the Syndicate. Almost as if waiting for a mention, the Syndicate's music hits and all five men walk out to the ring. Holding a mic, Wolf Hawkins begins taking shots at Aaron Andrews, claiming that Ace doesn't deserve to be champ after letting the title get stolen. "Luckily, at Total Mayhem, the title will come home to where it belongs, to where it will be treated with respect!"

"Speaking of respect, it's about time you learned to show some!" Jack Bruce steps out onto the stage and continues to address the Syndicate. "You went out after my main event on my show and attacked the champion of this great organization after he had already been laid out." Bruce looks at the camera, "And don't think I've forgotten about you, Taylor! But, first things first." Bruce chuckles a bit then appears to change his tune. He says that while it was disrespectful, it was also compelling tv, so he's conflicted. But in the name of compelling tv, Bruce has decided to book all the members of the Syndicate in matches next week. Further, if any of them interferes in each other's matches, then the Syndicate will be banned from both Total Wrestling and Saturday Night Showdown forever!. The Syndicate give each other looks and talk a bit amongst themselves. Except for Wolf, whose eyes never leave Bruce until Bruce heads to the back. 73

Freddy Huggins vs T-Bone Bright

T-Bone makes his entrance to a custom hip-hop song by his hypeman Fro Sure who performs it live as they walk down the entrance ramp, while Freddy is accompanied as always by his sister Laura. The story of this opening match, on paper at least, is the classic tale of big powerhouse versus smaller, quicker wrestler. In this case, T-Bone's inexperience comes into play early and often, giving the veteran Huggins opportunities to do some damage. Still, Bright's power is nothing to sneeze at, which he demonstrates when he manages to catch Freddy with a T-Bone Lariat, turning Huggins inside out and potentially turning the tide of the match as well. While T-Bone sets Freddy up for a Powerslam, Laura takes to the apron and begins yelling at T-Bone, goading him into a confrontation. Bright, momentarily distracted, has his Powerslam countered by the quicker Huggins. One Huggins Kiss later and Freddy is getting his arm raised by the ref. 70

Doakes and Saunders begin talking about the last match when they suddenly receive orders from the back to throw it to Jason Azaria. The scene switches to Azaria at a brisk jog backstage with a camera following him at roughly the same pace. They quickly arrive at the parking lot in time to catch a limo pulling up. As Azaria points the camera operator towards the rear door, hoping to catch sight of the passenger, a security guard gets between the camera and the limo and tells Azaria that this is a secure area and cameras aren't allowed. Azaria reluctantly makes the "kill it" gesture to the camera operator and the camera goes off. 58

The scene switches back to the venue, where Benny Benson and Flying Jimmy Foxx are standing in the ring with mics. They talk about their recent troubles with Greg Gauge, and call him out in order to make a proposal. Gauge, arrives with a mic in hand and his title around his waist, and says that Benson and Foxx have his attention. The tag partners proceed to make a challenge: "You pick a partner and face us in a tag match. If we win, one of us gets another title shot. If we lose, neither of us will challenge for the Television title again." Gauge considers the proposal and laughs. He says he has nothing left to prove to either Benson or Foxx, but if Gauge can get them out of his hair for good, he'll consider his time beating them again to be well spent. 61

Troy Tornado vs Elliot Thomas

The "Ultimate Underdog" Elliot Thomas waits patiently in the ring while his opponent goes through his elaborate entrance, complete with the longest pyro display in TCW, including special events. After what seems like an eternity, Tornado arrives at the ring and prepares to start the match. The ref signals the starting bell when suddenly, Dazzling Dave Diamond comes through the crowd carrying a chair and a six pack. He sets up the chair near the ring and plops down on it with his beer to watch the match. Tornado finally notices Triple D and becomes visibly angry at the intrusion. With one eye on Diamond, Tornado angrily rips into Thomas, bouncing him all over the ring. For his part, Thomas just weathers the storm, surviving pinfall attempt after pinfall attempt until finally his luck runs out and Tornado hits the Star Maker for the final pin. After the match, Tornado angrily strides to the back while Triple D enters the ring and offers his hand and a beer to Elliot Thomas. 64

The first Love Shack segment begins with Dr. Love talking about how the world had room for many different kinds of love, including familial love, which gives him a segue to introducing his very first guests, Freddy Huggins and his sister Laura who are sitting together on a small, heart-shaped couch. The Huggins siblings start discussing what it's like to work together when Dr. Love cuts them off. Noting that they didn't have much time for the segment, Fonzarelli says he wants to get right to the heart of the issue, and asks Laura if there's anything going on between her and One Man Army? Laura turns red as Freddy laughs and says that he doubts One Man Army could handle Laura. Dr. Love says "Well, let's find out directly from the horse's mouth. My next guest just happens to be One Man Army himself!" A production assistant leads a confused-looking OMA out to the set, and Fonzarelli escorts him to the Love Seat, asking both Huggins' to move over. They oblige and in the shuffle Freddy winds up standing awkwardly next to the couch while Laura and OMA are now sitting together. Freddy folds his arms and glares daggers at both of them, and Laura seems even more embarrassed. Dr. Love welcomes OMA to the show and directly asks him if he thought he could handle Laura Huggins. One Man Army seems even more confused, saying he won concert tickets on a radio show and was supposed to pick them up in a place called the Love Shack? Dr. Love says OMA came to the right place, and reaches into his silk shirt to hand over two concert tickets. He then makes a pointed reference to there being two concert tickets while slightly gesturing to Laura with his head. Laura sinks even further into her seat, doing her best to hide from the embarrassment. In contrast, Freddy Huggins has an angry outburst, accusing OMA of being after his sister. OMA denies it, claiming he was just here to pick up free concert tickets. Freddy doesn't seem to believe OMA and tells him he better leave Laura alone, and he forbids OMA from taking Laura to the concert. This statement causes an immediate change in Laura's attitude, as she jumps up and gets in Freddy's face telling him that she can hang out with whoever she wants, whenever she wants. As if to prove her point she grabs One Man Army's hand and angrily pulls him after her as she stalks off the stage. Freddy, dumbstruck, watches them leave keeps the look on his face as Fonzarelli closes out the segment. Have mercy! 71

Edd Stone vs Tennessee William

For the 24 Hour Party Animal it's mostly business as usual as he plays to the crowd and dances to the ring with Vita. William clearly doesn't like Stone's rave-appropriate theme and makes his disapproval known to whoever can hear him over the music. The match starts and Stone moves to lock up with his opponent, but Tennessee begs off and yells "You call that dancing? I'll show you dancing! Hit my music!" Everyone pauses, more in confusion than anything, but when nothing happens after a few moments Tennessee yells again, "I said HIT MY MUSIC!" Someone in the back decides to oblige and a blues-infused rock song starts playing. Tennessee starts tapping his toes, then gyrating his hips and swinging his right arm and kicking in a fairly decent imitation of Vegas-era Elvis Presley. But the similarity with Elvis immediately ends as the vocals start and the singer is objectively terrible. The crowd starts booing, being joined by Edd and Vita. At first, Tennessee William looks shocked at the boos, but once he sees Stone laughing he sees red and starts his attack. After some back and forth, the tide turns decisively in favor of Stone and he hits the Party's Over. Instead of pinning William right away, Edd decides again to dance with Vita in a premature celebration. Tennessee starts stirring, and is noticed by Vita. She warns Edd who immediately pins Tennessee William. Kick out after two, so Stone decides to hit another Party's Over, and this time Tennessee stays down for the three. 60

Sammy Bach's music hits and he comes out, mic in hand, to cheers and the traditional crowd singalong. Bach waits in the ring, looking out over the crowd, as his theme song winds down. Once the song finishes, Bach starts talking about how Jay Chord attacked him last week. He warns Chord to watch his back, as what goes around comes around. In any case, Bach can't wait for Malice in Wonderland so he challenges Jay Chord to a match tonight! Chord's music hits and he comes out to boos, standing on the stage with a mic in hand. He says as much as he'd love to kick Sammy's ass right now, he'd rather wait for a PPV payday. Suddenly, Jack Bruce's music hits and he comes out to address both wrestlers. Bruce says that he can't interfere with a PPV booking so he won't book them in a match against each other, but he can allow them to pick each other's opponent for tonight! Sammy Bach nods and looks happy while Chord looks pensive. 85

Mighty Meaty vs The Behemoths

The announcers remind us that this is a non-title match as Mighty Meaty makes their way to the ring, playing to the crowd along the way. The menacing tag champs appear, flanked by Floyd Goldworthy carrying the World Tag titles. Eddie Peak, instead of joining the Sinner Society at ringside, sits down at the announce table and puts on a headset. Doakes takes the opportunity to ask Peak about the new member of Sinner Society he mentioned last week, but Peak doesn't take the bait, instead focusing on hyping up the Behemoths. The story of this match is two teams of gigantic men slugging it out, giving no quarter and expecting none. Even Eddie Peak has to admit that the two teams seem evenly matched. The finish comes as the Sinner Society uses numbers to swing things in the Behemoth's favor: "Nasty" Nick Booth runs down to the ring and attacks Tana while Mo and the ref are both distracted by Titan and Goldworthy, respectively, giving Killer Shark an opportunity to hit the Big Bite and pin Tana for the win. 62

Eddie Peak stands up with mic in hand and taunts Mo for the loss, but then claims that solace can always be found on the Path of Destruction. As if on queue, the Behemoths attack Mighty Mo, and with Tana still out Killer Shark and Titan make short work of Mo. 67

Once again, Doakes and Saunders receive the order to throw to Jason Azaria backstage. This time, Azaria is standing in front of a door with a nameplate: Kyle Rhodes, CEO. Azaria reports that there has been a flurry of activity in and around the CEO's office, and he's prepared to get to the bottom of things. Before he can knock on the door, it opens and Kyle Rhodes steps out. Not seen since Jack Bruce arrived last week, Rhodes has been conspicuous by his absence at the announcer's table, but he's clearly been busy behind the scenes. Jason Azaria starts posing questions to Rhodes, but Rhodes interrupts him, saying answers would come in due time. For now, though, he had a company to run. Rhodes then gestured to security who started escorting Azaria and the camera operator away from the door. However, just before the camera was shut down by security for the second time that night, a glimpse of the interior of Rhodes' office was captured, including a very clear shot of Rhodes' special guest: Ricky Dale Johnson. 64

Sammy Bach vs Maverick

For the second time tonight, Sammy Bach's music plays. And also for the second time, the crowd sang along, as Bach made his way to the ring where the bizarre Maverick waited. Doakes and Saunders speculated as to how Chord approached Maverick, wondering what it took to get Maverick to agree to be Chord's proxy tonight. The match itself is surprisingly even throughout, neither wrestler able to take advantage for long, with Maverick pulling out the mind games and Bach able to rally the crowd behind him at a moments notice. The finish finally comes as Bach reverses the Tiger Claw DDT and hits the Bach On Your Back. 72

In a pre-taped interview, Joshua Taylor sits down with Jason Azaria to discuss recent events. Azaria first asks him about the title, but Taylor changes the subject and starts talking about Aaron Andrews, saying that Taylor was the superior wrestler and claiming that Andrews had it coming for not recognizing Taylor as the true #1 contender. Azaria asks about Wolf Hawkins and the Syndicate's assault after Taylor laid out Andrews. Taylor immediately starts dissing Hawkins, questioning the ability of a man who has others do his dirty work for him. Azaria then asks Taylor what he thinks of Jack Bruce. Taylor says he never thought much about Bruce until he gave Taylor a match against Andrews. Now, he thinks Bruce is a piece of **** for giving him the match and making it non-title. Taylor also blames Bruce for his post-match attack on Andrews. Azaria then tries to ask Taylor about the title again. Taylor immediately ends the interview, taking off the mic and leaving. 76

Jay Chord vs Human Arsenal

The announcers play up the danger of facing Human Arsenal, a man whose every body part is a weapon, a fact Jay Chord seems well aware of judging by the distance he keeps from Arsenal in the initial stages of the match. Eventually, though, Chord runs out of space and has to lock up with Arsenal. He immediately starts fighting dirty, pulling every trick in the book to keep Human Arsenal from gaining momentum. The dirty tricks only serve to slow Arsenal down as Chord seems almost desperate to get this match over with. Jay finally gets his chance when he's in position to put his feet on the ropes where the ref can't see for the pinfall. 66

As Chord celebrates in the ring, Sammy Bach runs down and attacks him. Chord doesn't seem prepared for the ferocity of Bach and takes the Adrenaline Shot full on, laying him out as Bach looks satisfied to close the show. 82

<div style="text-align:center;">Overall: 73</div>

Booker's notes: Ouch at the main event rating. On paper, it seems like Chord should be able to drag a good match out of just about anyone, especially someone with Human Arsenal's stats even if they're in time decline. I'm also a little disappointed by the ratings RDJ is pulling down so far as I was really hoping for something higher given his pop. There doesn't seem to be a problem with rating someone in angles based on overness in TCW? I probably made a mistake in booking his appearance as a cameo. I think I'm having a little trouble booking Joshua Taylor, his gimmick doesn't speak to me beyond being a CM Punk clone and I'm afraid I booked myself into a corner by having him steal the title. One thing about my booking: I rarely plan anything out for longer than a month or two, which has me run up against myself for past decisions a lot in longer games. On a good note - I am starting to think this Huggins guy might be money.

jackwad · June 28, 2021

I definitely think going easy on the bolding has improved readability. In fact, I think it's improved enough to make me want to go back and edit the first two shows. I'm still concerned about walls of text, though, so graphics are definitely in this dynasty's future. As always, TIA for any feedback.

jackwad · June 29, 2021

TCW Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday, Week 2, January 2020

The show opens with Shaun Doakes and Jasmine Saunders nowhere to be found. The two men at the announce table introduce themselves as Lee Bambino and Mac Smith, then throw it to the ring where T-Bone Bright and Fro Sure stand by with mics in hand. Sure uses his rapping skills to hype T-Bone as the next, big thing! 47

Devine Fortune vs The Ring Generals

The announcers put over The Ring Generals as a hefty challenge for Devine Fortune under normal circumstances, but add in the veteran technician Eric Tyler as their manager and the Ring Generals may just be ready for the next level. Not tonight, though, as Devine hits the Devine Dream Drop for the win. 49

Once again, Devine Fortune grab mics and call out the Elite. Eddie Chandler and Nate Johnson oblige, accompanied by Chris Flynn. And once again Darryl and Chance challenge the Elite to one final match, and once again the Elite decline. 56

Bart Biggins vs Xavi Ferrara

The contrast between these two could possibly not be greater; Biggins, a clean-cut, kiss-all-the-babies type and "Superstar" Xavi Ferrara, a cocky-as-hell, kiss-all-the-babes type. In the ring though, they turn out to be fairly evenly matched, both being decent all-rounders. Experience appears to be the difference maker, as the veteran Biggins eventually hits the B-Dropper for the win. 51

Jason Azaria is standing by backstage with Bad Habit, accompanied by Haley Buck. Matt Hocking and Roderick Remus explain that while they may be a new tag team, they intend to make an impact starting tonight. 62

Bad Habit vs The American Cobras

Already in the ring, The American Cobras pose for their manager Dharma, who has her phone out and is taking pictures. While they're busy tweeting, Bad Habit runs down to the ring and starts beating down Marvel Malloy and Storm Spillane before the match starts. The ref signals for the bell and the match is on. Unfortunately for the American Cobras, they never quite recover from the initial assault and Matt Hocking soon hits the Hock Shock on Storm Spillane for the win. 52

Edd Stone comes out for the next match, accompanied by Vita, with a mic in his hand. He addresses the Party People in the audience, hyping himself up with Vita's help. 66

Edd Stone vs Nelson Callum

A surprisingly even match up, the newcomer Callum takes Stone to his limit and comes close to winning. A worried Vita takes an opportunity to interfere by grabbing Nelson's leg as he runs the ropes. That distraction is all it takes for Edd to firmly turn the tables and hit the Party's Over for the win. 59

A pre-taped segment rolls, showing Triple D at a local bar drinking beer. He's telling road stories to the patrons and having a great time when Troy Tornado shows up. Diamond doesn't see Tornado until it's too late, as Tornado attacks Triple D with a pool cue, laying him out. 71

Benny & The Foxx vs Youngman & O'Farraday

Benny Benson and Flying Jimmy Foxx take on the debuting team of " The Assassin" Ernest Youngman and big "Bruiser" Findlay O'Farraday, who are hyped as very dangerous individuals that are somehow even more dangerous as a team. The new team gels well and gives Benny & The Foxx a serious challenge, but ultimately experience wins out again as Benson hits the Shockwave From Next Year from out of nowhere for the pin on Youngman. 55

Overall: 61

Booker's notes: A lot of televised debuts tonight, really happy with Bad Habit and Haley Buck, I love having a strong tag division so it's nice to see that forming up. And Triple D/Tornado is turning into a money feud, in my eyes. I've always really liked O'Farraday and I'm glad he has tag team chemistry with Ernest Youngman, another guy I'd like to push. I'm a little conflicted about their tag team name: it's not very creative but I also think it has a nice old-school feel that makes them stand out a bit.

jackwad · June 29, 2021

Sorry for all the posts but I've been feeling inspired and had the time to knock out a short B-Show. I'm still looking into graphics, specifically cool alts and such. Does anyone know of an alt pack available for download? I checked out the mod section a bit but couldn't find anything like that. Also, is there anyone who accepts alt requests in a private medium like PM? If I didn't have to post requests in a public thread that would be cool to keep spoilers to minimum.

jackwad · July 1, 2021

TCW Presents: Total Wrestling

Tuesday, Week 3, January 2020

The Syndicate open the show from the center of the ring, Wolf Hawkins with the mic. He declares tonight's episode to be a celebration of the Syndicate. Not only did every member have a match, they were going to have a clean sweep by winning all their matches! Jack Bruce comes out to the stage to remind the Syndicate that if they interfere with each other's matches they would be banned from both TCW TV shows, forever! Wolf doesn't say anything, he just narrows his eyes and stares at Bruce. As the Syndicate files out, Kyle Rhodes appears and walks purposefully to the ring. Surprised by his appearance, Jack Bruce waits for Rhodes to say his piece. 78

Kyle Rhodes takes the center of the ring and says that the past couple of weeks have been some of the most difficult of his life. Not only did the Board vote to curtail his power over the booking committee without telling him, the World Heavyweight title was stolen on his watch. And to top it off, there still wasn't a main event for Malice In Wonderland. He also admits he feels guilty for what happened to Aaron Andrews after his non-title match with Joshua Taylor. Jack Bruce may have been the catalyst, but Rhodes says he takes full responsibility as CEO. While resigning might make sense to some, Rhodes declares that his parents didn't raise a quitter so he was going to stick around and try to clean up everybody's mess. He wishes Ace a speedy recovery and promises that things are going to change around TCW. Jack Bruce opens his mouth to speak but Rhodes shuts him down, saying he's not finished. Bruce looks like he's humoring Rhodes, telling him to please continue.

"Since I mentioned changes coming, I'd like to change something right now. Jay Chord and Sammy Bach, get out here!" The tone in Rhodes' voice must have conveyed something serious to the boys in the back because before long both Chord and Bach appear at opposite sides of the stage. "I've been watching you two tear into each other, week after week, and I've had enough! I have a responsibility to the shareholders to provide big matches and you two seem hell-bent on ruining the Malice In Wonderland card! Well, it stops now." Jay Chord puts a mic up to his mouth and starts to speak, but Rhodes shuts him down as well. "I'm not finished. I'm sure you're about to ask what exactly I can do to stop it, well... nothing. I can't do anything to stop it." Jay grins a huge grin. Rhodes continues "... but I know someone who can. I've decided to take whatever power I have left in the booking committee and invest it in a new position. TCW Nation, there's a new sheriff in town!" With that, Ricky Dale Johnson's music hits and he comes out to thunderous cheers. RDJ soaks in the crowd's adulation, pausing only to stare down both Chord and Bach. He pauses for an even longer moment to stare down Jack Bruce, before continuing down to the ring and shaking Rhodes' hand. 87

Joshua Taylor vs Danny Fonzarelli

Dr. Love makes his usual, crowd-pleasing entrance, disco dancing down the entrance ramp as RDJ takes a seat next to Doakes and Saunders at the announce table. The announcers start to welcome RDJ back to TCW, but he blows past the pleasantries in order to get to the meat of the issue. Namely, this match was RDJ's first official act as TCW Commissioner, and it was intended to get Taylor out of the shadows and into the light where RDJ can see him. Doakes asks RDJ about the World Heavyweight title, and RDJ puts him off, saying "All in due time." Speaking of the devil, Taylor makes his entrance. All seems normal at first, but it's soon clear that something has changed in Taylor. As he walks to the ring, his head appears to be on a swivel, checking all angles. He looks a bit tired, but he hides it well as he comes face to face with his opponent for tonight. At the bell, Taylor leaps into action, putting a furious beating onto Dr. Love. A few early pin attempts show us that Taylor has seemly less patience than he had before, he was clearly trying to end the match ASAP. Unfortunately for Taylor, Dr. Love isn't that easy to put down. He weathers the early storm and slowly starts to even the offense out a bit. Fonzarelli's comeback stalls once Taylor realizes he's losing the upper hand and starts pouring it on again, eventually leading to the Butterfly Lock and the win as Dr. Love taps out. 70

Taylor doesn't wait for the ref to raise his hand, instead he starts heading to the back at a brisk pace. RDJ stands behind the announcer's table with a mic in hand and stops Taylor in his tracks, congratulating him on his win. RDJ continues by empathizing with how Taylor must be feeling; hunted. After all, being a former 3-time World Heavyweight champion himself, RDJ is intimately familiar with what it's like to feel hunted. His easy, southern demeanor is contrasting with Taylor's more on-edge, impatient personality and as they speak, RDJ moves closer to Taylor until they're face to face. RDJ continues, "The difference of course, is that I was hunted for being champ while you're being hunted for acting like a massive a**hole." Suddenly, RDJ turns deadly serious, and says that if Taylor doesn't return the title by next week there would be consequences. Taylor appears to consider what RDJ has said, before returning to his vigilant state, and both men take different paths to the backstage. 79

Chris Flynn vs Chris Caulfield

The first of the four Syndicate matches tonight, the enforcer of the group Chris Flynn takes on the debuting "Hardcore American" Chris Caulfield. Wolf Hawkins accompanies Flynn to the stage, but then heads to the announce table instead of the ring. Once the match starts, it's clear that Flynn outclasses Caulfield by almost any physical measure, a fact that Wolf harps on. For his part, Caulfield takes the beating and keeps on ticking, using his experience to create tough situations for Flynn including several near-falls. It's not enough, though, as Flynn softens Caulfield up enough to make him tap to the Flynn-Lock. 54

The Elite vs Devine Fortune

The announcers note that even though the Elite initially refused to face Devine Fortune, Jack Bruce intervened to make the match anyway. Wolf Hawkins stays quiet during this exchange, then calmly admits that Bruce is starting to become a problem for the Syndicate. The two teams have already had several matches, having feuded since August of last year, and

are very familiar with each other. The bell rings and, unlike their other matches, all four men immediately launch themselves at each other, brawling all over the ring. The ref tries to assert some control over the situation, but quickly gives up and allows them to continue fighting. Eventually, all four competitors spill their fight outside the ring, forcing the ref to start the 10-count. The match ends as the ref reaches 10 and declares the match to be a draw due to double count out. Soon, backstage staff arrive to separate the two teams. Wolf, seemly unhappy at the outcome of the match, takes off his headset and heads backstage without a word. 53

Benny & The Foxx come out to the ring, and the announcers remind everyone that they've challenged Greg Gauge to a tag match so they must be here for a response. Sure enough, Benny Benson has a mic and calls out Gauge, asking if he's found a partner yet. Greg Gauge comes out to the stage with a mic in hand. Gauge says why stop at finding one partner when you can find two? With that, Bad Habit slides into the ring behind Benny & The Foxx and blindsides them. As Haley Buck directs traffic, Matt Hocking and Roderick Remus beat down Benson and Foxx while Gauge looks on in amusement. 55

Troy Tornado vs Joffy Laine

The announcers reveal that Laine has requested this match due to Tornado attacking Triple D on the last Saturday Night Showcase. "The Jackhammer" stands in the ring warming up while Tornado makes his elaborate entrance. The bell rings and Laine immediately shows some inner fire, taking the fight to his opponent with some rough brawling. For his part, Tornado's arrogance causes him to discount Laine completely, which turns out to be a mistake as Laine gets an early near-fall. Switching gears, Tornado starts taking his opponent more seriously, using his experience and mat-based offense to wear down the fiery Texan. Joffy's inexperience is evident as he allows Tornado to control the pace of the match, but he also shows some surprising technical skills of his own. After a mostly even match, Tornado finally gets an opening to hit the Star Maker and take the pin. 64

The cameras backstage catch up to Freddy and Laura Huggins having an argument. It's unclear exactly what they're arguing about, as years of sibling fights seem to be blending together into one massive argument. Suddenly, a knock on the door interrupts the Huggins' and they both stop what they're doing. "Come in?" says Freddy, and One Man Army walks into the room dressed in his finest fatigues. OMA says that he's been given a mission to take Laura to a concert tonight. Freddy starts to protest, but Laura cuts in and tells OMA that she's almost ready and to wait outside. The camera operator is kicked out of the room as well, and the camera focuses on the awkward look on OMA's face as the door shuts and the arguing resumes. 71

Doc Hammond vs Bart Biggins

The third Syndicate-featured match begins with Doc Hammond immediately going on the attack, methodically focusing on Bart Biggins' legs in order to soften him up for the Texas Cloverleaf. While primarily known as a groundbreaking high flyer, Biggins has some mat-based offense of his own which he puts on display in an attempt to counter Hammond's attack. Eventually, Doc's technical skill proves too much and Biggins attempts to switch to high flyer mode but it's too late, as the damage to his legs has been done. Doc slaps on the Texas Cloverleaf in the center of the ring and Biggins is forced to tap. 69

Jason Azaria is backstage and introduces his guests, Mighty Meaty. Mo thanks him and immediately goes off on the Sinner Society, swearing revenge for their attack last week. Eddie Peak enters the scene and says he's happy to hear that Mighty Mo wants revenge, since revenge can help one step on the Path to Destruction. "But what do you want?" Peak asks, looking at Tana. "What sin can we uncover through your hidden desire?" Before Tana can respond Jack Bruce arrives and says he's delighted that Peak and Mighty Meaty are there because he wants to make a match between Mighty Meaty and the Sinner Society. He admits that Eddie's contract puts him out of Bruce's booking reach, but he can book the other three members of the Sinner Society in a match next week against Mighty Meaty and a partner of their choosing. Mighty Meaty look at each other and start quietly discussing things while Peak smiles his patented crazy-eyed smile. 75

Wolf Hawkins vs Edd Stone

The final Syndicate match of the night pits the leader of the group against an up-and-comer currently riding a hot streak. Edd and Vita immediately start playing to the crowd during their entrance, dancing and having a good time. Wolf, visibly more reserved, makes his entrance while Stone and Vita try to get the ref to dance with them. The match starts out slow, with both competitors feeling each other out for a time. The Alpha Wolf eventually takes control, and proceeds to wear Stone down. Worried for Edd, Vita tries to distract Hawkins, but the Alpha Wolf doesn't take the bait, instead doubling his efforts to put Stone away. The effort pays off as an opening is created for the Full Moon Rising, giving the Alpha Wolf the win. 79

As he's celebrating, someone comes out of the crowd and slides into the ring, behind Wolf. Hawkins seems to sense something is amiss and quickly turns around just in time to catch a Standing Hotshot. The mysterious stranger pulls their hoodie down to reveal themselves to be none other than Aaron Andrews! Ace retreats through the crowd as the rest of the Syndicate rush to the ring. 85

Overall: 79

Booker's notes: Still having some issues booking Taylor and the stolen title. It might look like I've figured out something for him, and maybe I have, but I'm honestly just throwing things out there to see what sticks for me. Not a great way to build to our first PPV! Speaking of building to the next PPV, I feel like I've dropped the ball on hyping the card. So far, there's only one confirmed match, and it's not even a title match. I guess two matches now that Tornado has accepted Triple D's challenge. In my defence though, I feel like I have a lot going on in-game right now. But maybe that just means I need to drop a few projects and focus more on building my big events.

jackwad · July 1, 2021

Tried inserting an image but it's not showing up for me. Apologies while I figure this stuff out!

eayragt · July 1, 2021

Tried inserting an image but it's not showing up for me. Apologies while I figure this stuff out!

You need to get the share link from the imgur page, which will have a .jpg (assuming it's a jpeg) on the end of it:

jackwad · July 1, 2021

You need to get the share link from the imgur page, which will have a .jpg (assuming it's a jpeg) on the end of it:

That helped, thanks so much!

jackwad · July 2, 2021

TCW Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday, Week 3, January 2020

The show opens with Jason Azaria, mic in hand. He introduces the TCW Television champion Greg Gauge who comes out with a swagger. Azaria asks him about his conflict with Benny & The Foxx. Gauge smirks and says he believes they'll have their hands full with Bad Habit for the foreseeable future, leaving him with another well-deserved night off. Azaria looks conflicted, and says "You haven't heard? Earlier today Jack Bruce booked you in a title defense for tonight!" Gauge looks surprised, then very angry. "Against who?" Gauge manages to growl. Azaria takes an involuntary step back and mumbles for a moment before revealing that Gauge's opponent tonight will be Human Arsenal! Gauge blows his top and instinctively grabs for Azaria but finds him out of reach. Azaria beats a hasty retreat while Gauge fumes. 56

Fro Sure/T-Bone Bright vs Youngman & O'Farraday

Two inexperienced tag teams take each other on in the opening match of the evening. Despite their inexperience together, Ernest Youngman and Findlay O'Farraday show themselves to be a tight tag team, isolating Fro Sure from his partner early on. As Fro Sure takes a beating, T-Bone tries to rally the crowd behind him, eventually earning the tag. T-Bone enters the ring, and O'Farraday steps up to get in his face. Suddenly, they start swinging at each other with big, meaty fists. Big Findlay seems to get the better of the exchange until T-Bone makes enough space to get a running start and hit the T-Bone Lariat, causing O'Farraday to hit the canvas for the first time in the match. Bright lifts the big man in an impressive display of strength and hits the Powerslam for good measure. Youngman is blocked by Sure and the three-count goes on, uninterrupted. 53

Devine Fortune come out and call out the Elite. After waiting for a few beats, Chris Flynn comes out instead, carrying a microphone. He tells Devine Fortune that the Elite are done with them and are moving on to better things. He says that Devine Fortune couldn't get the job done and now, they never will. Darryl Devine and Chance Fortune exchange a look, and without a word attack Chris Flynn, laying him out in front of the Jumbotron. 58

Frederique vs Hugh de Aske

The veteran Frederique makes his on-screen debut for TCW as he faces another debuting wrestler, the "Dread Pirate" Hugh de Aske. A surprisingly even match, Frederique finally catches de Aske with a Romeo Is Bleeding for the win. 55

Backstage, Jason Azaria is once again trying to interview Edd Stone. He asks Edd about his loss against Wolf Hawkins last Tuesday in the main event of Total Wrestling. Edd seems more oblivious than usual, ignoring the question entirely and speaking directly to his Party People in the crowd tonight. Vita picks up the slack, telling Azaria that Edd gave it his all but came up short. Next time, that won't be the case. Stone closes the segment by dancing with Vita and trying to get Azaria to join in. 67

Bad Habit vs Chaos Theory

In perhaps the oddest pairing seen yet in TCW, debuting wrestlers Ant-Man and Mutant take the stage and head to the ring.* Both thickly muscled, they make a striking pair due to their size difference, with their strangeness being accentuated by Mutant's general look. Matt Hocking and Roderick Remus make their entrance, accompanied by Haley Buck, with Hocking carrying his trademark handmirror. The match begins, and Bad Habit immediately start trying to isolate the smaller Ant-Man but have a hard time due to his speed and strength. They switch tactics to isolating Mutant by using tag team tactics and their superior speed, creating an unusual situation where the largest wrestler was in the ring getting beat down by the heels instead of his smaller partner. Eventually, Mutant gets the tag and it's Ant-Man who cleans house, showing an intensity in his work. Unable to derail Chaos Theory's momentum, Bad Habit turns to playing dirty, and as Remus engages the ref Haley Buck tosses the handmirror to Hocking, who proceeds to nail Ant-Man. Mutant tries to intervene and gets nailed as well for his trouble. With Chaos Theory down, Hocking tosses the handmirror back to Buck, and then pins Ant-Man for the win. 52

As soon as the match is over, Benny & The Foxx arrive with mics in hand. Bad Habit is still in the ring, celebrating, when Benson interrupts them. He says he doesn't understand why Bad Habit decided to do Greg Gauge's bidding, but they have Benson's attention now. Foxx gets on the mic to agree and adds that if they wanted a match, all they had to do was ask. Hocking responds that it had nothing to do with wanting a match, and really had nothing to do with Gauge and his title. Remus adds that it was about making an impact in TCW, and it was nothing personal. Benson says it may not have been personal but Benny & The Foxx were taking it personal anyway. Foxx agrees and challenges Bad Habit to a tag match. Hocking looks like he's about to agree when Haley Buck puts her hand on his arm and whispers in his ear. "We'll think about it," Hocking says with a smile. 61

Danny Fonzarelli / Bart Biggins vs The Ring Generals

Fonzarelli and Biggins seem to have some difficulties getting on the same page, while Statler and Waldorf show amazingly fluid tag team wrestling in the face of the makeshift duo. Biggins, an experienced tag wrestler with many titles to his name, takes control for his team, and is able to counter some of the Ring Generals tag tactics. After a roughly even exchange of offense between the two teams, the finish comes suddenly as Dr. Love catches Statler with a Retro Rocket while Waldorf is brawling outside the ring with Biggins. 53

Dazzling Dave Diamond and Joffy Laine take the ring and call out Troy Tornado, who arrives but takes his time doing so. Triple D talks about the conflict between them, saying he owes Tornado a beating. He challenges Tornado to a Bar Room Brawl at Malice In Wonderland. Tornado seems disgusted by the idea of fighting in a bar, or being in a bar, or near a bar... anyway the answer is... Suddenly, Rich and Famous hit the ring and attack Triple D and Laine, laying them out. Tornado takes a moment to take in the scene in the ring, smiles, and says the answer is yes. 53

Greg Gauge vs Human Arsenal for the TCW Television title

Gauge stalks to the ring, clearly angry, but isn't far enough gone to take Arsenal lightly. A back-and-forth affair, both wrestlers rely heavily on mat-based offence and counters. Unable to get an advantage, both wrestlers switch up their offense and start brawling and throwing in aerial moves for good measure. Finally, Gauge seems to gain an upper hand and maneuvers to apply the Proton Lock, making Arsenal tap. 54

Once again, Gauge refuses to release the hold, but this time his victim's tag partner isn't in the building. The ref, unable to get Gauge to obey his commands, calls for backup. Several TCW officials run out to the ring to break it up, sharp-eyed fans noticing Joel Bryant and Robert Oxford among them. Before anyone can lay hands on him, Gauge releases the hold, leaves the ring, and grabs his title. 56

Overall: 59

Booker's notes: I realized that Triple D never actually challenged Tornado to a match at Malice In Wonderland at the last Total Wrestling, so I dropped something else I had planned in order to squeeze in a segment where the official challenge happens. Quite a tag-heavy episode, did I mention I like a strong tag division? I'm really liking Bad Habit and Hocking's gimmick. A handmirror being used as a weapon? And not shattering? Only in the world of wrestling. Anyway, I'm a little concerned about the ratings Greg Gauge has been generating. Seems I need to book him better so I'll think on that.

jackwad · July 3, 2021

TCW Presents: Total Wrestling

Tuesday, Week 4, January 2020

The show begins with Shaun Doakes and Jasmine Saunders running down the events of last week, including the surprising return of Aaron Andrews and the appointment of Ricky Dale Johnson to the position of TCW Commissioner. At the mention of RDJ, his music hits and he and Kyle Rhodes head to the ring. RDJ, mic in hand, calls out Joshua Taylor. After a few moments, Taylor shows up carrying a briefcase which is handcuffed to his left wrist. "That better be what I think it is," says RDJ as Taylor enters the ring. Taylor pauses for a moment, then gives a brief nod in response. RDJ reaches out to grab the briefcase, and Taylor snatches it away and out of RDJ's reach. "First, I want some assurances." RDJ motions for Taylor to go ahead. "Number one: I want protection from Andrews until we have our match for the title." RDJ says he's confused, as no one offered Taylor a title match. Undaunted, Taylor continues: "I also want protection from the Syndicate, I know once I win the title I'll be in their crosshairs, and considering what they did to Andrews that's not where I want to be!" RDJ, apparently deciding to humor Taylor, asks dryly if there's anything else. "Yeah, as champ I'll want to renegotiate my contract, so be ready for that." RDJ says he'll consider Taylor's demands once he gets the World Heavyweight title back. Taylor says no way, and then starts to leave with the briefcase. Before he can, Aaron Andrew's music hits, causing Taylor to freeze in his tracks and to look around apprehensively. Ace appears at the top of the stage with a mic in hand, but as he makes no move towards the ring Taylor visibly relaxes. Andrews, addressing RDJ and Rhodes, says he heard that they need a main event for Malice In Wonderland this Sunday, and since he's not busy he's offering to fill the spot. Ah, but he needs an opponent... what to do, what to do...? His eyes finally settle on Taylor. "What about you? I'll even put MY title on the line" Taylor looks confused, and glances around as if he might be being tricked. "Uh, sure?" Taylor says. RDJ starts to protest, but Kyle Rhodes speaks for the first time. "Are you sure, Ace?" And Andrews looks to the crowd who cheer for their champion, then nods. RDJ shrugs and then looks expectantly at Taylor, who unlocks the handcuff from his wrist and hands him the briefcase. RDJ tries to open it but it's locked. "You'll get the combination after my title match if I lose, and only once I'm safely out of the arena" Taylor says. RDJ says that wasn't part of the deal, then looks at Rhodes who takes a moment and nods. As all four men start heading back to the production area a voice rings out over the PA system:

"Now that that's settled, let's get to some real business!" says Jack Bruce as he appears on stage in front of the Jumbotron, mic in hand. Bruce, while happy for Rhodes and RDJ because they got their main event for this Sunday, says what matters tonight is... tonight. And tonight, we were going to get a preview of Malice In Wonderland as Joshua Taylor teams with Jay Chord against Sammy Bach and Aaron Andrews in the main event! Kyle Rhodes looks concerned and starts to speak but RDJ cuts him off, saying he'll handle it. 76

Edd Stone vs Doc Hammond

Stone apparently requested this match due to his loss last week to Hammond's stable leader, Wolf Hawkins. Early on, it's clear that despite Stone's technician credentials, Hammond just edges him out in ability as he starts wearing down Stone's legs. The announcers note this serves two purposes: one - it slows Edd down, negating his biggest advantage over Hammond and two - it sets Stone up for the Texas Cloverleaf. In control for most of the match, Doc apparently senses the kill and prepares to apply his finisher. Vita, reading the writing on the wall, climbs the apron, distracting Doc long enough for Stone to hit the Party's Over. 65

A fresh segment of the Love Shack begins with Dr. Love talking about love and hate, and how they were two sides of the same coin. He speaks on hate a bit more before segueing to his guest, the TCW Television champion Greg Gauge. For his part, Gauge seems unhappy to be in the Love Shack and brings his own chair instead of sitting on the Love Seat, but Dr. Love takes no notice and presses on. Fonzarelli asks Gauge about his actions in the ring, specifically about how he's leaving the Proton Lock applied well after the match ends. Gauge says Fonzarelli doesn't know anything about him, it's not about hate. Intrigued, Dr. Love asks the obvious follow up "If it's not about hate, what is it about?" Gauge immediately dismisses the question by saying "No comment." Dr. Love says they have time for one more question, asking what it was like working for BHOTWG? Gauge, enraged, attacks Fonzarelli with his title belt, and once he's down Gauge applies the Proton Lock until several backstage officials arrive and pull him off of Dr. Love. 68

Sinner Society vs Mighty Meaty and T-Bone Bright

In a near repeat of their previous match, Mighty Meaty and the Behemoths immediately start slugging it out with each other, brawling and trying to hit power moves. The ref quickly gives up any semblance of maintaining control over the match and just lets them at it. At ringside, Eddie Peak seems to revel in the chaos, directing his minions in their assault. While the biggest competitors brawl on the outside of the ring, Booth and Bright are the legal men by default. Nick Booth, for once the fastest competitor in a match, zeros in on T-Bone using shortcuts wherever possible to weaken the more powerful man. The finish comes as T-Bone manages to power out of Booth's Lake Michigan Plunge and create enough space to hit the T-Bone Lariat and get the pin. 67

Outside the ring, Mighty Meaty and the Behemoths are still brawling with Peak directing traffic for his side. A team of TCW officials surround the four men, trying to get between the two teams, and eventually succeed in stopping the brawl. RDJ appears on the stage and congratulates Mighty Meaty and T-bone for the win, and says that earned them a tag title shot for Malice In Wonderland. But there was a problem, fans had already seen Mighty Meaty and the Behemoths go at it two weeks ago on Total Wrestling. Mo, grabbing a mic, says he's confused. Do they get a title shot or not? RDJ answers "Yes, but so do two other teams." He explains that the booking committee decided they needed to try something new, so at Malice In Wonderland the World Tag titles would be defended in a Fatal Four-Way Elimination tag match. Who are the other two teams? "Well," RDJ says, "we're fixing to find out!" 77

Benny & The Foxx vs The Elite

In the first of the qualifier matches for a World Tag title shot the high flying team of Benny Benson and Jimmy Foxx collide with the technical excellence of Eddie Chandler and Nate Johnson. As a bonus, Eddie Peak decides to sit at the announcers table for both of tonight's tag qualifiers. Once again, Peak is asked about the new member of Sinner Society he mentioned several weeks ago, but he instead starts talking about the Path of Destruction. A fairly even match, both teams of former tag champions look like genuine title contenders, at least until Chris Flynn makes his presence felt. Distracted by Nate Johnson, both Foxx and the ref fail to notice when Flynn slides into the ring and tries to lariat Benson, who manages to duck, causing Flynn to hit Chandler instead. Eddie Peak cackles as Benson hits the Shockwave From Next Year from out of nowhere and gets the pin. 63

RDJ is watching the match from backstage, fingering the briefcase lock, when Eric Tyler walks up, wanting a word with TCW's Commissioner. He says he noticed that the Ring Generals weren't invited to earn a title shot. "The who? Look, I don't know who the Ring Captains are. I barely know who you are. Talk to me again once your boys have won a few matches." Tyler looks thoughtful, then says RDJ has a deal. 67

Devine Fortune vs Bad Habit

In the second Fatal-Four Way qualifier, the veteran team of Devine Fortune take on the young upstarts Bad Habit. The announcers speculate that nerves might play a factor as Bad Habit has never fought for a title shot before whereas Devine Fortune are former champs. If they're nervous, however, they don't let it show. Both teams are fairly evenly matched, with Devine Fortune's experience giving them a slight edge over Bad Habit's relative speed. The difference maker turns out to be Haley Buck when she slides the handmirror to Hocking, then distracts the ref while Hocking blasts Chance Fortune in the head with the it. Eddie Peak laughs, clearly enjoying the violence. Hocking pauses to admire himself for a few seconds before tossing the mirror out of the ring and covering Fortune for the three count. 61

The backstage cameras pick up a group meeting being held by the Syndicate. Wolf is overheard berating Elite for losing their qualifier. Chandler speaks up and blames Flynn, but Wolf snarls back that it doesn't matter why they lost, just that they did. He then turns to Flynn and tells him not to be so smug. After all, the supposed enforcer of the Syndicate got beat up by Devine Fortune last week. Flynn, suitably chastised, looks down at the ground. "And you? What do you have to say for yourself? Tonight you lost to the same dancing idiot I beat last week." Doc Hammond doesn't respond. Wolf scowls and tells the group to get out of his sight. 74

Freddy Huggins vs Human Arsenal

Freddy comes out to the ring, without Laura for once, to face One Man Army's occasional tag partner Human Arsenal. The announcers speculate as to where Laura might be, and note that OMA isn't at the venue tonight either. The match begins and instead of feeling each other out, Huggins rushes Arsenal and starts brawling with him, seemingly taking out some frustration in the process. Human Arsenal weathers the storm and starts trying to control the match with his technical wizardry. No slouch on the mat himself, Huggins is able to keep up for awhile before Arsenal starts clearly winning their technical exchanges. Huggins switches gears and the match tells a tale of flashy high flyer vs technical master trying to keep them grounded. Eventually, Huggins wears Arsenal down enough to kiss his fist and hits the Huggins Kiss fist drop, but instead of making a cover he hits the Huggins Kiss again. Freddy then looks into a nearby camera and yells "One Man Army! I want you at Malice In Wonderland!" He then hits the Huggins Kiss one more time and finally pins his opponent. 67

A table and chairs are quickly set up in the middle of the ring as RDJ's music hits and the man himself comes out carrying a mic and the briefcase. He announces that he's working on booking another match for Malice In Wonderland. Which match? RDJ says it's called a Bar Room Brawl and calls out Troy Tornado and Dazzling Dave Diamond. Tornado answers almost immediately, forgoing his usual long entrance to head to the ring and sit at the table. RDJ looks expectantly at the entrance ramp, but Triple D doesn't appear. After several moments of this, RDJ looks at Tornado who shrugs. Suddenly, a commotion in the crowd draws everyone's attention. It's Triple D coming through the audience with a beer in each hand. As he gingerly makes his way to the ring, trying not to spill, RDJ sighs and starts talking about the match. It would be competed under Last Man Standing rules, in other words your opponent had to be down for a 10-count. Other than that, anything goes and a TCW ref would be there solely to make the ten count and declare a winner. A bar in an anonymous location would be used for the match, and due to liability issues the match could not be sanctioned by TCW. Both wrestlers would have to sign a waiver in order to participate. Diamond finally plops down at the table, receiving a glare from Tornado for his troubles. "Ok I'm here, what were you saying?" RDJ shakes his head and says "Just sign this." Triple D tries to oblige but he has a beer in each hand. After a moment of deep thought, Diamond gets the bright idea to chug one of the beers so he has a free hand. Tornado watches in disgust. Both men sign their waivers and RDJ says their match is "officially" on! 73

Aaron Andrews / Sammy Bach vs Joshua Taylor / Jay Chord

Taylor and Chord make their entrances separately while Bach and Andrews come out together, causing the announcers to speculate that one team is on the same page while the other isn't. As if proving their point, Chord and Taylor can't seem to agree on who starts. Once Andrews steps up on behalf of his team, however, Taylor quickly leaves the ring and tells Chord to have at it. The bell rings and Sammy instantly reaches out his hand for a tag, apparently wanting to get his hands on Chord. Andrews looks to Bach, then to Chord, then at the crowd, then back to Bach. Ace walks over and tags Sammy who leaps over the top rope and launches himself at Chord. There's no feeling out process between these familiar foes, just the determination and skill to hurt each other. As the match goes on, tags are made by both teams but Taylor consistently manages to avoid any prolonged contact with Andrews. Eventually, Chord and Taylor seem to start gelling as a team, and they go on the attack by isolating Sammy Bach. Andrews shows some frustration as Bach is worn down by the tandem offence of Chord and Taylor but is prevented from making the tag time and time again. Sammy shows his resilience through it all, and waits for his moment. That moment comes when Taylor, thinking he has Bach well in hand, turns his back and starts taunting Andrews. Bach takes the opportunity to dropkick Chord off the apron, then roll across the mat to his corner where he tags in Andrews. Taylor, realizing his mistake, tries to return to his corner to tag Chord but Chord isn't there as he's still on the ground recovering. Turning back to Andrews, Taylor puts his hands out and tries to convince him not to attack. Andrews continues moving forward so Taylor gets on his knees and makes a begging gesture. Ace stands in front of Taylor and seems conflicted about hitting someone who was on their knees, begging. Andrews looks to Bach, who shrugs, then looks out to the crowd who seem firmly in the "Hit him!" camp. Just then, the bell rings and it's announced that the 20 minute time-limit has been reached. 81

That distraction is all Taylor needs as he gives Andrews a low blow and escapes his grasp, running backstage. Bach enters the ring to intervene but is intercepted by Chord and both men start brawling. RDJ runs out to get between Chord and Bach while Andrews tries to recover, and suddenly Ace is back up and chasing Taylor backstage. He comes close to catching him, but Taylor makes it to the parking lot and into the backseat of a waiting vehicle which immediately speeds off, leaving Ace looking frustrated. 80

Overall: 78

Booker's notes: Did I mention I like tag wrestling? My highest rated show so far, which is satisfying since I put more effort into building the next PPV. So why doesn't RDJ just break the briefcase lock? Because wrestling logic, that's why. Also some good news for TCW as SWF is forced to change to a later timeslot on Tuesday night by their network. I mean, realistically our viewership should go up without competition? I guess we'll see.

jackwad · July 4, 2021

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TCW Saturday Night Showcase

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The show begins with the announcers hyping up the main event, a showdown between Greg Gauge and Danny Fonzarelli for the Television title. They then throw to Jason Azaria, who is standing backstage with T-Bone Bright and Fro Sure. Azaria starts by mentioning Bright's big win last Tuesday when he teamed up with Mighty Meaty against the Sinner Society. Fro Sure takes the opportunity to dis the Sinner Society with a few lines, and Bright starts to talk about the win when he's interrupted by Frederique, who says he should be the one being interviewed about his big win last week. Azaria rolls with it, while T-Bone rolls his eyes, and congratulates Frederique. Fro Sure steps in with a couple of lines dissing Frederique's "big win" causing Frederique to turn red with anger. He tells Bright that he better control his friend, or else! T-Bone laughs and responds "Or else what? You'll tickle me with your feather boa?" Frederique says that maybe he will, if T-Bone is lucky, but until then he wants a match tonight. Bright agrees to the match, and Frederique, satisfied, leaves with his nose in the air. 66

Texas Outlaws vs Rich and Famous

Tonight's first match is a rematch from a couple of weeks ago, as Dazzling Dave Diamond and Joffy Laine team up for the second time ever to take on Jackpot Jordan and Jake Idol. The announcers reveal that the Texas Outlaws requested the rematch due to Rich and Famous attacking them last week. Initially a near repeat of their first match, the tag fluidity of Rich and Famous allows them to isolate Laine while Triple D looks on. As the match continues, Troy Tornado comes down to the ring carrying a chair, a bottle of wine, and a glass. Tornado picks a spot near the ring to set up the chair, dusts off the seat, opens the wine and pours it, then settles in to watch the match. Triple D, distracted by Tornado, leaves the apron to confront him. As he jaw-jacks with Troy, Laine looks for the tag but finds no one in his corner. Rich and Famous take the opportunity to hit The House Always Wins on Laine for the pin. 53

Realizing his mistake, Triple D slides back in the ring to check on Laine while Tornado grabs a mic. He mocks the Texas Outlaws for losing, and tells Triple D to get used to it because he was going to be beaten at his own game this Sunday at Malice In Wonderland! Triple D ignores Tornado, and continues to check on his partner. 71

Human Arsenal vs Quentin Queen

The announcers mention that despite his talent, Human Arsenal was on a losing streak and looking to break the pattern with tonight's match. Not willing to stand toe-to-toe with Arsenal, Quentin Queen instead tries to use every shortcut in the book to wear him down, and is rewarded with a couple of near-falls for his efforts. Arsenal continues his methodical attack though, soon catching Queen with an Ammo Dump for the pin. 50

Jason Azaria is backstage again, this time with Bad Habit and Haley Buck. He opens by congratulating them on earning a spot in the Fatal Four-Way tag title bout at the upcoming Malice In Wonderland. Roderick Remus responds that it was only natural that they won their title shot, after all they were the best thing going. Matt Hocking takes his eyes off his reflection and agrees, also guaranteeing that Bad Habit are walking out of the PPV with the titles. Benny Benson and Flying Jimmy Foxx take the opportunity to come out and confront Bad Habit, reminding everyone that they were the former champs so they knew what it takes to win at a big show. The segment ends with both teams staring each other down. 64

Devine Fortune vs Nelson Callum / Tennessee William

Apparently unaffected by losing their shot at the tag titles last Tuesday, Darryl Devine and Chance Fortune are all smiles as they head down the ramp for the next match. The thrown together team of Nelson Callum and Tennessee William await them in the ring, warming up. Suddenly, the Elite and Chris Flynn run out and attack Devine Fortune. They hit the Elitism on both men, then roll Devine into the ring and the ref has no choice but to start the match as Callum goes on the attack. Outside the ring, the Syndicate members hold Chance Fortune, forcing him to watch as Callum and William take turns laying into Devine. The finish comes quickly; as Callum tries to lock in the Honey Trap, Devine reverses into a backslide and gets the flash pin. 49

Eddie Chandler directs Johnson and Flynn to head to the ring and finish the job, but Devine escapes the ring and grabs a chair, swinging it at anyone who tries to get close. Chance uses the distraction to escape Chandler's clutches and grab a chair of his own. Realizing the situation has gone bad for them, the Syndicate slinks off backstage. 58

T-Bone Bright vs Frederique

Frederique makes his entrance, wearing a new sequined robe and bright pink feather boa. As he waits in the ring, T-Bone Bright makes his entrance, but this time without Fro Sure. The announcers speculate on Sure's absence, but turn to calling the match as the bell rings. Perhaps realizing he can't stand toe-to-toe with the powerful T-Bone, Frederique instead relies on his technical ability and dirty tricks to get Bright off his base. Unfortunately for Frederique, T-Bone's power is too much to handle and he falls to the Powerslam. 60

As T-Bone is getting his hand raised, Eddie Peak comes out to the stage with a mic in his hand. He's followed by Nick Booth, who leads a tied up and gagged Fro Sure to stand beside Peak. Peak says that he's been impressed by T-Bone's steps on the Path to Destruction, but he has so much more to learn. And lucky for Bright, Peak is just the man to teach him. So in the spirit of the pursuit of knowledge, Peak challenges T-Bone and Fro Sure to a tag match this Sunday at Malice In Wonderland. T-Bone accepts, and Peak nods to Booth who releases Fro Sure. 58

Greg Gauge vs Danny Fonzarelli for the TCW Television title

Dr. Love is all smiles as he makes his way to the ring, apparently recovered from the beating he took at the hands of Greg Gauge last Tuesday. Gauge is scowling as he makes his entrance, never taking his eyes off Fonzarelli. The bell rings and both men start feeling each other out, getting bolder with their offense as the match continues. As usual, Gauge's offense revolves around setting his opponent up for the dreaded Proton Lock. Dr. Love, having felt Gauge's signature submission less than a week ago, seems to have Gauge's offense well scouted. Any time it looks like Gauge is going for the Proton Lock, Dr. Love manages to avoid it, sometimes by leaving the ring. Gauge, getting angrier and more frustrated, starts making mistakes, allowing Fonzarelli to capitalize and turn the tide of the match. While setting Gauge up for the Retro Rocket, Dr. Love starts playing to the crowd, which is all the chance Gauge needs to escape and roll out of the ring. Breathing heavily, Gauge stares at Fonzarelli who is taunting him to re-enter the ring, but instead Gauge walks over to his Television title, slings it over his shoulder, and starts backing away. As the ref counts to 10, it's clear that Gauge has had enough and doesn't intend to finish the match. Dr. Love plays to the crowd as Gauge disappears backstage, and the ref calls the match for Fonzarelli via countout. 63

<div style="text-align:center;">Overall score: 64</div>

Booker's notes: I've been finding it difficult to characterize Frederique in my writing so I've been avoiding it a bit. Obviously, a traditional effeminate/gay/exotico heel gimmick just won't fly, so I'm finding myself walking a line, letting him have his "Fabulous Heel" mannerisms without demonizing him for his supposed sexual preference or gender identity, and instead demonizing him because he also happens to be a jerk. Hopefully I get called out if I write something insensitive or offensive.

jackwad · July 4, 2021

With that, the build-up to Malice In Wonderland 2020 is over and I hope to have the show itself up in a few days.

Aaron Andrews© vs Joshua Taylor for the TCW World Heavyweight title

The Behemoths© vs Mighty Meaty vs Benny & The Foxx vs Bad Habit for the TCW World Tag titles

Sammy Bach vs Jay Chord

Dazzling Dave Diamond vs Troy Tornado in a Bar Room Brawl

Eddie Peak / Nick Booth vs T-Bone Bright / Fro Sure

One Man Army vs Freddy Huggins

The Syndicate have promised to be in attendance!

Herrbear · July 5, 2021

Aaron Andrews© vs Joshua Taylor for the TCW World Heavyweight title

The Behemoths© vs Mighty Meaty vs Benny & The Foxx vs Bad Habit for the TCW World Tag titles

Sammy Bach vs Jay Chord

Dazzling Dave Diamond vs Troy Tornado in a Bar Room Brawl

Eddie Peak / Nick Booth vs T-Bone Bright / Fro Sure

One Man Army vs Freddy Huggins

eayragt · July 5, 2021

Aaron Andrews© vs Joshua Taylor for the TCW World Heavyweight title

The Behemoths© vs Mighty Meaty vs Benny & The Foxx vs Bad Habit for the TCW World Tag titles

Sammy Bach vs Jay Chord

Dazzling Dave Diamond vs Troy Tornado in a Bar Room Brawl

Eddie Peak / Nick Booth vs T-Bone Bright / Fro Sure

One Man Army vs Freddy Huggins

The Syndicate have promised to be in attendance

jackwad · July 6, 2021

TCW Malice In Wonderland

Sunday, Week 4, January 2020

The PPV opens with an establishing shot of the special set, pyro going off as the theme music plays. Jason Azaria, Kyle Rhodes, and Jasmine Saunders are at the announce table and before they start running down tonight's card they throw it to Ricky Dale Johnson, already standing in the ring with the steel briefcase containing the TCW World Heavyweight title. He welcomes everyone to the show, and says there's some unfinished business he needs to take care of before he can let the show really begin. He then calls out Aaron Andrews and Joshua Taylor, both of whom arrive with little fanfare. Andrews is out first, playing to the crowd as he enters the ring. Taylor, out next, only takes his eyes off Andrews long enough to quickly look around periodically as he makes his way down the entrance ramp. Andrews, ever the gentleman, holds the ropes open for Taylor, but Taylor stops a good 10 feet from the ring. Ace just shrugs and settles in to hear what RDJ has to say. RDJ starts by saying that negotiations continued with Taylor after last Tuesday's Total Wrestling, and both sides had agreed on a way to transfer the combination to the briefcase held by RDJ. Taylor had agreed to write the combination down and seal it in an envelope to be opened only after tonight's main event in exchange for protection during the match. Andrews looks amused at this development. RDJ continues to say that he has two more things to announce. One: RDJ himself would be at ringside as special enforcer to prevent the Syndicate or anyone else from interfering. Two: Someone on the booking committee got the bright idea to hang the envelope in the rafters and make tonight's main event a Ladder match! Both Andrews and Taylor seem satisfied, and with that we go into the opening match. 82

Freddy Huggins vs One Man Army

The announcers recap the events leading to this match as One Man Army makes his entrance and salutes the flag, mentioning that neither OMA or Laura Huggins has been seen in TCW since their "date" two weeks ago. Freddy Huggins' music starts and he comes out alone, but quickly stops to look behind himself and gesture. After a moment Laura steps out, but seems reluctant. Freddy goes to grab her hand but she pulls it away and angrily tells him to go on, pointing at the ring. He just stands with his hands on his hips and looks at her until she yells "Fine!" and strides purposefully down the entrance ramp causing Freddy to hurry to catch up. He makes sure to slide past her so he can walk in front and reach the ring first, where OMA waits in the furthest corner. Freddy enters the ring and climbs to the middle turnbuckle and raises his arm. Meanwhile, Laura stands on the apron, with her arms crossed and looking unhappy. OMA walks over to hold the ropes open for her, which melts her sour expression. Before she can enter the ring, however, Freddy notices their interaction and attacks OMA, who falls through the ropes and onto the floor. Freddy, still enraged, springboards over the top rope into a flying body press once OMA gets up. Laura, looking worried, remains on the apron until Freddy hauls OMA up and tosses him back-first into the apron right in front of her. She quickly moves out of the way as Freddy rolls OMA into the ring.

With both wrestlers in the ring the ref calls for the start of the match and Freddy continues his verbal and physical assault as Laura looks on, wide-eyed. Eventually, the double-tough One Man Army starts making a comeback and mounting his own offense, turning it into a competitive match. After some back and forth, One Man Army gains the advantage and starts setting Freddy up for his finisher. OMA doesn't notice Laura is back up on the apron, and as he hauls Freddy up on his shoulders for the Ammo Dump, Freddy's legs are swung around and accidentally hit Laura, who falls down onto the apron. One Man Army notices Laura in distress and drops Freddy to go check on her. She seems okay and hangs on to OMA as she unsteadily gets up. She nearly falls back down but OMA catches her and pulls her close to him. Now face to face, OMA and Laura lock gazes and hold their position for a moment, then Laura looks like she's tentatively going in for a kiss. OMA responds by going in as well, but suddenly Laura puts her hand between their mouths and their lips never touch. Instead, she points behind OMA and then slides out of his embrace. Freddy Huggins leaps to the top rope, kisses his fist, waits for One Man Army to turn around, and jumps, nailing OMA with a top-rope, Superman-punch version of the Huggins Kiss for the pin. 67

"That's the only kiss you'll ever get from a Huggins!" Laura says as Freddy continues the beatdown. He picks OMA up and hauls him up the ramp to the stage in front of the Jumbotron, and then tosses him off the side to the audible shock of the announcers. After several tense moments a camera reaches OMA's position to find him lying motionless on the concrete floor. 67

Sinner Society (Eddie Peak / Nick Booth) vs The Breaks

The announcers speak about what just happened in gravely serious tones as Peak and Booth make their entrance, Floyd Goldworthy trailing them and still carrying the World Tag titles. Peak pauses on the stage to look out over the edge as medics attend to OMA, makes an exaggerated worried face, then the crazy-eyed smile returns and he finishes his entrance. Driving hip-hop beats blast out over the crowd as Fro Sure comes out and launches into the hype of T-Bone Bright, but instead of just the usual spiel he also hypes himself and their new tag team name: The Breaks. T-Bone appears on the stage, and both men stride purposefully towards the ring.

"Eddie Peak, dirty sneak, looking weak

Sick Nick, nasty trick, stomp it quick

Getting hit, getting bit, getting split

*music stops*

Your "Path of Destruction" is a path of bulls***!"

It's "Sick" Nick Booth who starts things off by launching himself at The Breaks, briefly overwhelming them by surprise, forcing T-Bone to the outside and Sure off his feet. Peak looks on, smiling, as Booth continues to lay into Fro Sure, and the ref starts the match. After doing some damage to the smaller Fro Sure, Sick Nick tags in the big man Eddie Peak who also has his way with Sure. The Sinner Society leader and his disciple continue to take turns dominating the smaller Fro Sure until he manages to rally back and tag T-Bone Bright, allowing the powerhouse to clean house and get a near-fall on Peak. Kicking out, Peak decides to roll out of the ring to regroup and Booth intervenes with T-Bone when the latter tries to follow. Bright continues to take it out on Booth, ignoring Peak who stood outside the ring watching the match and smiling. T-Bone hits the Powerslam, but instead of the cover he tags in Fro Sure who has recovered enough to lay into Booth. Meanwhile, Eddie remains outside the ring smiling, his disciple occasionally locking eyes with Peak, but seemingly doing nothing to defend himself from Sure's revenge. T-Bone tags back in and wait for Booth to get up, creating distance and signaling for the T-Bone Lariat, when suddenly, Peak springs into action by entering the ring and giving Booth a lariat of his own. He falls back-first into the corner and puts his arms up to hang off the ropes and laughs. A confused T-Bone recovers his composure and goes for the pin, but the referee doesn't count. He makes some hand signals indicating that Eddie Peak was still the legal man for his team. With his ruse revealed, Peak stops laughing and instead walks up behind T-Bone, who has his back turned to face the ref. Fro Sure shouts a warning, but it's too late as T-bone turns around and walks into a Peak of Perfection and gets pinned. 60

A pre-taped segment airs, running down the events leading to the next match, and interspersing cuts of Troy Tornado and Dazzling Dave Diamond speaking about each other. The video highlights the contrasts between the two, noting Triple D's modest background and Tornado's more lavish lifestyle. The connection between Tornado and Rich and Famous is revealed as Jackpot Jordan and Jake Idol say they're big fans of anyone who lives as large as Troy Tornado. 66

Dazzling Dave Diamond vs Troy Tornado

Texas Death match

As Troy Tornado begins his long, elaborate entrance, Kyle Rhodes explains that BriCo's legal department intervened to make changes as the corporation was not willing to get fully behind the original match due to liability issues. Finally in the ring, Tornado settles in to wait for his opponent. Triple D's music hits, but instead of using the entrance ramp he comes through the crowd with a beer in each hand, flanked by Joffy Laine. As he hands the beers to Laine, he tells him not to drink them because they were his celebration beers. Triple D enters the ring and immediately goes to stand toe-to-toe, nose-to-nose, with Tornado in the center while the ring announcer goes through the rules. No-DQ, 10-count pinfall, falls count anywhere.

As soon as the ref rings the bell to start the match, Triple D unloads with rights and lefts, forcing Tornado to back up until his back hit the ropes. Instead of engaging further, Troy goes to the outside to regroup. Triple D follows and the chase is on! During their run around the ring, Tornado bumps into Laine, causing him to nearly spill Triple D's celebration beers. Diamond, momentarily distracted, doesn't notice Rich and Famous go over the barricades. They're both carrying pool sticks and Jake Idol immediately cracks his stick across Triple D's back. Diamond goes down to one knee but stands back up when he notices Jackpot Jordan swing his pool stick at Joffy Laine, yelling "NOT THE BEER!" and intercepts the stick across the chest. It breaks and Triple D barely flinches. He jabs Jordan a few times, switches to giving Idol a few, and goes back and forth a few times with the old razzle dazzle. "I. Said. Not. The. Beer!" Triple D grabs Jordan and Idol, slamming their heads together for good measure and performs a double Diamond Mine on the outside floor. As he gets up, he turns around to a face-full of wine bottle, courtesy of Troy Tornado, which busts Triple D open. Laine, his attention diverted by trying to find a place to put the beers down, fails to intervene. Once the ref sees Triple D is down, he begins the count, but Tornado interrupts the count by hauling Diamond to his feet. As Triple D is woozily standing on his own, Tornado lets go and measures him for the Star Maker, hitting the super kick square in Triple D's jaw. Diamond goes down and the ref begins the count again, this time Tornado enters the ring to celebrate.

Outside the ring, Rich and Famous have recovered enough to engage with Joffy Laine while the ref continues counting. The Texan manages to hold his own until Tornado gets involved. The three beat Laine down as the ref reaches six. Suddenly, the camera catches Triple D stirring on the floor. He struggles to his feet, using the ring apron for support, and once he's up the ref stops the count at 9. Tornado eventually notices that the count has stopped, so he tells Rich and Famous to hold on to Laine, and looks around to find Triple D standing, unsteadily on the apron. Tornado gets on the apron, and seemly pleased at Triple D's woozy condition, measures him up for another Star Maker. The super kick is blocked, however, as Diamond reveals that he was more recovered than he let on. Tornado and Triple D start brawling on the apron, both coming close to knocking each other off. Triple D gets an advantage, managing to sneak a punch into Tornado's abdomen, doubling the latter over. Triple D grabs Tornado's head and begins to drop him into a Diamond Mine off the apron, but Tornado pushes him off, causing him to fall into the table where Laine had placed the beer. The beer, of course, spills and Triple D is up almost immediately, seeing red. He then catches another face-full of wine bottle, wielded again by Tornado, and this time it shatters. He drops and is immediately up again, fists raised, causing Tornado to look on in disbelief. As the moments tick by with neither wrestler moving, Tornado breaks the spell by waving the his hand in front of Triple D. Seeing no change, he gets closer, and stands right in front of Diamond. He then looks to Rich and Famous, shrugs, and pushes Diamond over. Triple D hits the ground and the ref starts counting, making it to 10 with no further interruptions. 62

The Syndicate are out in order to complain about being left off the PPV. This brings out RDJ who says it was done on purpose, partially as a consequence for the group attack on Aaron Andrews several weeks ago, and partially because few wanted to face the Syndicate due to their reputation for interference. Wolf starts to protest, but RDJ interrupts him. "You know, I still think you've earned a consequence for your actions, but I recently had a change of heart about the method when I had a great idea that could kill two birds with one shot of buckshot. How about I give you a match tonight after all? I want you all in one place where I can see you so I'm making it a five-on-five match! And I just so happen to have five guys here who'd love to kick your butts!" With that, RDJ heads to the back. 62

The Syndicate vs Darryl Devine / Chance Fortune / Human Arsenal / Elliot Thomas / Bart Biggins

The Syndicate waits impatiently, talking amongst themselves, as Devine Fortune's music starts and they head down the entrance ramp and stop just short of the ring to wait for their partners. Elliot Thomas is out first, causing the Syndicate to mock Devine Fortune for their choice in tag partner. The next one out is Bart Biggins, who elicits a similar response from Wolf and co. Finally, Human Arsenal's music hits and the laughter in the ring dries up and is replaced with some quiet conferment. All ten men go to their respective corners, with Flynn offering to start for his team and Arsenal for his. The match begins and Flynn doesn't seem to be very intimidated, but soon learns better as Arsenal uses a variety of strikes, throws, and painful looking holds to wear the powerhouse down. Flynn soon tags in Nate Johnson, who receives a similar treatment and tags in Eddie Chandler. Almost immediately Human Arsenal begins getting the better of their exchanges until he gets a little too close to the Syndicate's corner and Wolf, ever the opportunist, takes a shot at Arsenal. Flynn and Johnson take this as their cue to swarm Arsenal while Chandler engages the ref. From there, the Syndicate takes control of the match, tagging in at will and taunting their opponents as Arsenal attempts to rally back. Wolf, never tagging in, just watches in his corner, barking occasional directions to his pack. Arsenal, mounting a come-back, is able to tag Darryl Devine in and from there the match turns more competitive, mainly featuring Devine Fortune and the Elite trying to one-up each other. Eventually, Chance Fortune goes to tag in Bart Biggins, but Elliot Thomas tags himself in instead and is fired up! He launches into a cross body and is caught by Chandler, who holds Thomas and walks in a circle while jawing off and showing his strength in holding up the much smaller man. Suddenly, Biggins flies across the ring as he drop-kicks Thomas' back, causing him to knock Chandler over and Thomas to somehow roll Chandler up in the small-package for the pinfall. Wolf is not happy! 62

A pre-taped package rolls, where Sammy Bach and Jay Chord talk about how much they hate each other. Chord, full of himself, declares it to be his time! Bach, the veteran, says his time isn't yet over; Chord might have his day, but not today. Sammy debuts a new catch phrase, "It's time to rock out with your Bach out!" which resonates with the live crowd. 85

Sammy Bach vs Jay Chord

As Jay Chord makes his entrance, the announcers speak about his anything-goes, cheat-to-win mentality and how he takes pride in being the smartest man in the ring. Chord, dressed in simple black trunks and boots as a nod to his father, warms up as Sammy Bach begins his entrance. The opening riffs to Dead Pool's "Elation Sensation" start and Sammy makes his entrance to the crowd singing along. Bach makes it to the ring, and with one eye on Chord, climbs the middle rope to look out over the crowd and bask in their love. Once the song is done, Sammy drops down and stands face-to-face with Jay Chord. The match starts and both competitors begin swinging at each other. Bach attempts to push the pace, perhaps betting on being able to tire Jay out. After a few exchanges, Bach is able to press an advantage, but only briefly as Chord rakes Bach's eyes to stall his momentum and take control.

The pace slows down as Chord takes it to the mat, keeping Bach off his feet in an attempt to nullify Bach's aerial offense. No slouch on the mat himself, Bach is able to mostly keep up with the younger Chord but repeatedly falls victim to Jay's shortcuts and dirty tricks just as he appears to gain some momentum. Sammy eventually rallies back and performs a series of aerial maneuvers, putting Chord in the corner. As Sammy runs up to perform a splash on Chord, Jay moves, dragging the ref into Bach's way. Bach and the ref collide, and the ref immediately goes down. Bach stands over the ref, obviously concerned, when suddenly Chord jumps up on Sammy's back and falls backwards, driving his knees into his opponents back as he hits the canvas, performing Sammy's own finisher the Bach On Your Bach. Noticing that the ref was still down, Chord hauls Bach up instead of making the cover, and drags him to the corner. He lifts Bach up to the top rope, then starts climbing up himself, but Sammy begins struggling and both men start hitting each other while jockeying for position. Bach soon gets the advantage, and sets Chord up for his version of Jay's Super DDT, and drops down from the top rope driving Chord's head into the canvas. Sammy goes for the cover, waiting several moments for a count that never came. Sammy looks around to find the ref is still down, and goes to attend to him. As he revives the ref, Bach fails to notice that Chord is also reviving, but he manages to turn around in time to catch a kick to the midsection by Chord, who then picks up Bach and drives him head-first into the canvas using his Cradle Piledriver. He pins Bach, and the ref responds after a few moments with a slower-than-normal count. Bach kicks out at 2 and a half and Chord's frustration is visible, it's clear he wants to put Bach away for good. Chord is slow to get to his feet but he manages to haul a stirring Bach up and starts setting him up for another Cradle Piledriver. Suddenly, Bach counters and rolls Chord up in the small package, Chord is down for a 1 count before he reverses and puts Bach's shoulders on the canvas for another 1 count. This time, Bach reverses, but Chord immediately reverses back and grabs a handful of tights away from the ref's range of view. The extra leverage allows Chord to keep Bach's shoulders on the mat for a three-count. Instead of waiting for the ref to raise his hand, Chord rolls out of the ring, then walks backwards up the entrance ramp with his arms raised and a smirk on his face, his eyes locked with Bach who stares back with hatred. 80

A pre-taped promo airs, detailing the respective conflicts between Mighty Meaty and the Behemoths, and Benny & The Foxx and Bad Habit. The tag champs are highlighted for their menace, and cunning brutality, while Mighty Meaty are portrayed as powerful, never-say-die warriors. Between the rock and the hard place sits the smaller teams of Benny & The Foxx and Bad Habit, the former being past tag champs, and the brash latter duo being there to, in their own words, "make an impact." 73

The Behemoths vs Mighty Meaty vs Bad Habit vs Benny & The Foxx

Fatal Four-Way Elimination for the TCW World Tag Team titles

As the competitors make their respective entrances, the announcers go over the rules; there would be a team at each of the four corners, with one man from each team starting off the match. A team would be eliminated once either member fell to pinfall or submission, with the final team standing receiving the win, and with it the TCW World Tag titles. The Behemoths enter last, flanked by Floyd Goldworthy carrying the titles. Mighty Mo, Benny Benson, Killer Shark, and Matt Hocking start off as the ref calls for the opening bell. Killer Shark seems particularly eager to start, looking agitated in his corner while Titan leans in to say things that the ringside mics can't quite pick up, and when the ref starts the match Shark launches himself at Mighty Mo and both men begin slugging it out around the ring. Benson and Hocking, for their part, try to take a more tentative approach by feeling each other out but get interrupted several times by Mo and Shark battling it out around the ring. Suddenly, Mo seems to gain an advantage over Shark, hitting a spinebuster and leaving Killer Shark on the canvas. Pausing to recover, Mo doesn't stop Shark from rolling to his corner and tagging Titan in. Titan lumbers over and immediately grabs Mo by the neck, looking for the Titanic Choke Slam early. Mo counters by bringing his powerful arms down into Titan's meaty forearm, breaking the chokehold. Mighty Mo then winds up and lets loose with strikes into the head and midsection of Titan, forcing the massive man to cover up and back up for several steps. Titan suddenly roars, catching Mo with some big shots and forcing Mo on his heels. Mo stops backing up, exploding at Titan and performing another impressive spinebuster, picking up the much larger man with seeming ease. Pausing to recover, Mo watches Titan roll over to his corner and tag in Killer Shark, then walks over to tag in Tana. As Mo reaches his corner, Tana drops down off the apron instead of tagging Mo. He backs up a few steps, keeping his gaze locked with Mo's gaze, and starts taunting Mo. Mighty Mo's shocked look is replaced by anger as he takes in what just happened, then he turns around and walks into a Big Bite, giving Killer Shark the pin and making Mighty Meaty the first elimination of the match.

As Mighty Mo got pinned, Flying Jimmy Foxx and Roderick Remus were the legal men for their teams, and as they happened to have some distance between them they paused to watch the pinfall. Killer Shark got up after the three-count, and turned around to find a facefull of double-dropkick action as Foxx and Remus wordlessly decided to put their issues aside in order to take him out. As the two men continued their assault, Killer Shark is able to fight back and push them away using brute strength. He tags in Titan, who goes to stand in the center of the ring and taunt Foxx and Remus. This initially proves to be a mistake as the two speedy wrestlers manage to overwhelm Titan with quick strikes to the legs and midsection, but he soon grabs first Foxx by the throat, then Remus by the throat as well with his other hand. Titan lifts both Foxx and Remus up, and slams them into the canvas with a double Titanic Choke Slam, beginning a double-pinfall attempt. As the ref nears three, Benny Benson and Matt Hocking fly in to break up the count and begin attacking Titan. Hocking gets in a Hock Shock, leading to Benson hitting the Shockwave From Next Year out of nowhere. Hocking drags Remus on top of Titan, getting a three count before Killer Shark is able to break it up. The champions are eliminated, guaranteeing new champs tonight!

Killer Shark, instead of clearing the ring with his partner, begins attacking whoever he can reach, hitting Big Bite after Big Bite after Big Bite until Benson, Foxx, and Remus were all down. He is then coaxed out of the ring by Titan, and heads to the back with his partner. Hocking, the last man standing, drags Remus over to his corner and makes the tag, making himself and Foxx the legal men. Hocking goes for the pin, but Foxx kicks out just before three. A frustrated Hocking hauls Foxx up and sets him up for a Hock Shock, but Foxx is able to counter and start fighting back, turning it into a competitive match. The pace of the match picks up as both teams slide into their grooves, trying to gain advantages over the other team. High risk wrestling comes into play, as both teams take to the ropes and fly, trying to one-up each other. As Benson and Remus are trading maneuvers in the ring, Haley Buck interferes, distracting the ref and Foxx while Hocking sets up a table on the outside of the ring. Matt Hocking drags the table behind where Foxx is standing on the apron, then sneaks up and slides between Foxx's legs, picking him up on his shoulders and powerbombing him through the table. Benson, noticing his partner in distress, looks conflicted before Remus forces him to return to the task at hand. With Foxx out, the match turns into a two-on-one as Bad Habit takes full advantage of their numbers, and also a three-on-one as Haley Buck once again gets involved by distracting the ref, while Hocking stalks Benson with his handmirror. As Hocking takes a swing, Benson is able to dodge and hit the Shockwave From Next Year from out of nowhere, laying Hocking out for a pinfall attempt. Roderick Remus flies into the ring to break up the count, and starts laying into Benson. The ref regains control and forces Remus back to his corner, allowing Benson time to recover. Both Benson and Hocking are struggling a bit to get up, and Benson is up first giving him the advantage for the first time. Benny mounts his aerial offense, keeping Hocking off balance, and finally laying him out. Benson signals that he's going to the top rope, then leaps up and turns around to face the center of the ring where Hocking lay. Benson plays to the crowd a bit, and doesn't notice Haley Buck get up on the apron and grab onto his foot. He shakes his foot free, then drops down to the canvas and confronts Buck, still on the apron. She yells "Leave them alone!" and slaps Benson across the face. Benny looks on with a shocked expression, as the ref gets between him and Buck and starts ordering her off the apron. Neither Benson or the ref notice when Remus enters the ring, and pulls a stirring Matt Hocking to their corner. He then slaps his own hand, and stealthily walks up behind Benson. Remus suddenly strikes, applying a crossface chicken-wing and wrapping his legs around Benson's midsection. Benson falls back to the canvas and is soon forced to tap to the Remus Clutch. TCW officials have to pry the World Tag titles from Goldworthy's grasp in order to hand them to the new champs, Bad Habit. 72

A pre-taped package airs, highlighting tonight's main event between Aaron Andrews and Joshua Taylor. The video leads us through their first match for the title, last month at Psycho Circus, a mostly back-and-forth affair that many would say Andrews barely won. In their second match, also a mostly even affair, Taylor seemed to panic as the time limit approached and attacked Andrews with his own title. The saga of the stolen World Heavyweight title is summarized, with Ace revealing that he had to use all his pull as champ to get a rematch tonight, but it was worth it to get his hands on Taylor and get his title back, his way. 75

Aaron Andrews vs Joshua Taylor

Ladder Match for the TCW World Heavyweight title

Ricky Dale Johnson enters first, flanked by four security guards and carrying the steel briefcase. He posts the four guards behind the barricades at each corner of the ring, and stands near the ring bell table, waiting. Joshua Taylor's music hits, and he makes his entrance, an intense look on his face instead of the hunted expression he had been wearing for the past several weeks. As he approaches the ring, Taylor locks eyes with RDJ for several moments before he climbs the steel steps and enters the ring. Aaron Andrews' music begins and the crowd waits in breathless anticipation for their champion, eventually erupting as Ace makes his appearance at the top of the entrance ramp. He plays to the crowd as he walks down to the ring, exuding an easygoing confidence. Andrews makes a show of leaning his head back and eyeballing the envelope hanging high up in the rafters, before climbing the middle rope and raising his arm. He crosses the ring to climb the middle rope and raise his arm for the fans on the other side of the venue, then settles in and warms up a bit, waiting for the opening bell.

The ref starts the match and Andrews and Taylor rush up to each other and begin brawling, with Taylor employing particularly stiff-looking strikes. As they fight, Andrews begins throwing in a variety of aerial and mat-based maneuvers, apparently trying to get Taylor off his base. Ace's tactics work, causing Taylor to hit the canvas, and immediately roll out of the ring. Andrews, instead of following, keeps his eyes on Taylor and plays to the crowd a bit. Taylor, having an animated conversation with himself, wipes the frustrated look from his face and gets intense instead. He climbs back up the apron and enters the ring, the two opponents beginning to circle. Suddenly, Taylor launches himself at Andrews with his eastern-influenced offense, causing Ace to back up and fall through the ropes to the ground. Taylor takes the center of the ring, triumphantly, as Andrews quickly recovers and regains his feet. Ace looks to the crowd as he climbs up the apron and re-enters the ring, but re-focuses on Taylor as the two men begin circling each other again. They lock up and maneuver for advantage, first Andrews pushing Taylor into the ropes, then vice versa as Taylor seems determined to show he can do whatever Ace does.

The back-and-forth fighting continues for several minutes, both competitors seemingly evenly matched, until Ace suddenly switches up his offense again and gains momentum, putting Taylor back on the canvas. Taylor rolls out of the ring again, and starts talking to himself. This time, Andrews follows and the two wrestlers begin brawling outside the ring. Whether it's Andrews whipping Taylor into the barricades, or Taylor whipping Andrews into the ring steps in response, both men try to use their environment to their full advantage. As Ace recovers from colliding with the steel steps, Taylor grabs a ladder from under the ring, and slides it between the ropes. He follows, and starts setting the ladder up in the center, only stopping what he's doing once he sees Andrews out of the corner of his eye. Andrews is getting back in the ring when Taylor suddenly pulls the ladder back down and swings it into Ace's midsection. Andrews doubles over, and Taylor sets the ladder up in the corner, hauling Ace up after he's satisfied with the placement. Taylor attempts to whip Andrews into the corner, but Andrews counters, and is able to reverse Taylor back-first into the ladder. Taylor, in obvious pain, goes down, and Ace starts setting up the ladder in the center of the ring. He starts climbing the ladder and is about half-way when Taylor recovers and starts climbing the other side of the ladder as fast as he can. As Taylor catches up, both men start swinging fists at each other, trying to knock their opponent off. Both men get knocked off and come crashing down to the canvas.

Taylor and Andrews are both down and in a race to see who can recover first. They're up at roughly the same time, and they immediately begin swinging fists at each other again, even as they're both on unsteady feet. The pace picks up and Taylor gets an advantage after several vicious strikes in a row, putting Andrews on the canvas. Taylor starts applying the Butterfly Lock, apparently solely in an attempt to do damage as a Ladder Match can't be won by submission. Ace reaches out to the ropes by instinct, but no one intervenes to make Taylor break the hold, and Andrews soon starts tapping. After several moments, Taylor releases the hold, and raises his arms in celebration. He grabs the ladder in the corner and starts setting it up in the center of the ring. Taylor, satisfied, starts climbing the ladder, getting so far as to brush the envelope with his fingertips when the ladder suddenly moves. Andrews is up, and pushing at the ladder, eventually pushing it over and causing Taylor to fall chest-first into the top rope. With Taylor down, Andrews sets the ladder back up in the center of the ring and starts slowly climbing, soon reaching the envelope and grabbing it, clutching it to his chest. 85

Taylor starts stirring, slowly coming around as Andrews gingerly climbs down the ladder, clearly battered by the match. He nearly stumbles at the bottom, but catches himself and goes to the middle rope to celebrate with the crowd as RDJ enters the ring with the briefcase. Ace notices RDJ, and slowly gets down from the ropes, still holding his middle. He walks towards RDJ and opens the envelope, handing the contents to Johnson. As RDJ fumbles a bit with the lock, a defeated Taylor rolls out of the ring and is immediately surrounded by his "protection," all four men taking hold of Taylor. RDJ finally gets the briefcase open, and pauses, frowns, and lifts out a cell phone which immediately rings. His confusion broken by the sound, RDJ looks to Taylor and answers the phone. Taylor's face also registers confusion, and he starts violently struggling against his captors. RDJ listens for a moment, then angrily yells "Where's the title?" He listens for a moment longer, then looks at the phone and holds it out to Aaron Andrews. "It's for you." As Ace grabs the phone, Taylor suddenly manages to break free and runs to the back, a camera able to catch him entering a waiting vehicle and escaping. A black sedan immediately pulls into frame and follows Taylor's vehicle. Andrews, remembering the phone, holds it up to his ear for a moment, then shakes his head and hands it back to RDJ. The show ends with Ace celebrating his win with the crowd, and RDJ yelling orders into a walkie-talkie as he strides to the back. 76

Overall: 82

Booker's notes: Happy with the overall rating, I have to admit it probably made me strive to really make this my best show yet from a writing stand-point. I spent way too much time trying to think of a new catch-phrase for Sammy Bach, sorry for the one I settled on.

You may have noticed that the Diamond/Tornado match took place in the event venue instead of a local bar. I was intending on doing a cinematic-style match until I happened to check TCW's product again. "Cinematic-style matches will get severely penalized" so I chickened out and made it a Texas Death match instead. It's in the default database and seems to be the same as a Last Man Standing match except for the name? Anyway it's still somewhat theme appropriate for Triple D. I have to admit that as I was writing the match I really wanted Diamond to win, but unfortunately I have other plans and he had to lose his signature match.

The Behemoths and Mighty Meaty are (were) all Stars, and I would have thought they'd complain about Bad Habit winning, but nope. Could that be a bug? Anyway, Mighty Mo was always destined for bigger things, and while I love a good hoss tag team, this seemed like a good opportunity to try elevating someone new. Not sure it was the best decision from a gameplay perspective as I think the total pop loss of Mighty Meaty and the Behemoths was greater than the pop gain of Bad Habit. I think I can make that up though, for Mo especially. My projects to revitalize the tag division and the midcard are somewhat intertwined for now.

In other pop change news, January has seen TCW's pop go up by one to land at 73 throughout the US. If we keep this up we'll grow to the next size in just a few months, assuming I can keep show ratings up. I'm already hitting viewership limits in Canada which limits growth, I'm not sure how to deal with that yet. Maybe a better timeslot, or bigger network? Maple Leaf Sports won't let me change the Total Wrestling timeslot but things might look better to them if I manage to grow TCW to the next level. Eventually, the plan is to save up enough for my own subscription-based broadcaster; TCW made about $1.2 million this month so I should be on track to do that by the end of the year if those kind of profits continue. I haven't played a long enough TCW game to know how that might all shake out, but I'm interested to find out. I usually play smaller feds in general so it's a nice change to have some financial muscle to start.

Jay Chord is probably the big winner this month, his pop going up by 7-9 points, and interestingly Sammy Bach's pop went up a few points as well instead of going down due to the loss. Not sure what I did right there, but hopefully I can repeat it in other feuds. Other big pop winners this month: Greg Gauge up by 6 points and Edd Stone up by 3, which is cool since I think all I really did with Stone was try to feature him on TV a lot? USPW is putting on good shows, and rapidly growing around the world. SWF on the other hand is losing pop. From other games, I know that the SWF usually drops in size early on in 2020. I think that means I'll have to pump some money into TCW's production values, hopefully that doesn't cut into the profit too much. I think it also means we're eligible for regional battles with SWF once they drop in size? Could be exciting times coming since the SWF is currently putting on shows with better overall scores than TCW is.

jackwad · July 6, 2021

I think I have a lot to improve on but this has been really fun so far and I'm glad I tried it. Definitely more work than I was expecting so respect to all the dynasty writers out there. Hopefully, for the most part, I did some credit to the default storylines and gimmicks. When I started this, making it to the first PPV was my goal, now that I've hit it I'm going to extend my goal to Total Mayhem in May. The fallout to Malice In Wonderland is going to have to wait, however, as I'd like to take some time to recharge and to try to plan things out for the next four months or so. I'd also like to improve the presentation if I can. For those reasons, I'm going on a brief hiatus. Thanks for reading so far!

If I could solicit some feedback, what do TCW fans think of the direction I've taken them? I'm trying to strike a balance between the old-school mentality of the "Product" settings and the kind of toy-friendliness that the owners BriCo might push. Plus the various things broadcast partners might theoretically want. Think WCCW mixed with Hasbro and airing on late-night NBC in the US.

jackwad · July 8, 2021

Some thoughts I've had after re-reading the first month of gametime in my dynasty:

1. I criminally misused Wolf Hawkins.

2. At some point, "Nasty" Nick Booth became "Sick" Nick Booth and I'm just going to roll with it. Thinking about going full kayfabe and denying he was ever called Nasty.

3. Seriously, see number 1. It seems like Wolf is good enough to prop up a stable almost by himself, instead of needing the stable to retain his spot. I need to do some serious thinking about the future of The Syndicate.

4. I mischaracterized the Huggins' according to their default gimmicks, Laura should be the overprotective one. Maybe not a huge deal, but I enjoy trying to stick to characterizations that make sense according to gimmicks, game history, etc. I also heard somewhere that boundaries, restrictions, and the like can actually be good for the creative process.

5. I need to set aside more time for editing, I noticed lots of little mistakes that I could've prevented had I taken more time to edit.

6. The simple presentation is growing on me, which means I'm having second thoughts about adding more graphics. I plan on just some minor tweaks for now to try making it more readable but I'm also considering taking the plunge into Gimp so I can make my own (minor) graphics. Not sure how much time I want to devote to this hobby, yet.

So my hiatus may be shorter than I imagined as I've been fairly productive in planning the next phase of this dynasty. Look for the buildup to The War To Settle The Score to begin in earnest next week!

jackwad · July 13, 2021

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TCW Presents: Total Wrestling

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The show begins with Shawn Doakes and Jasmine Saunders running down some of the big events that went down at last Sunday's Malice In Wonderland, including the TCW World Heavyweight title still being missing and the fact that the TCW World Tag Team titles changed hands. Ricky Dale Johnson's music hits and he comes out with a mic in hand, taking the center of the ring. RDJ gets right into the meat of the issue, namely the whereabouts of the TCW World Heavyweight title. As it was still missing, TCW had decided to launch a full internal investigation, and was considering pursuing legal action. Pending the results of the investigation, Joshua Taylor was hereby suspended from competing in TCW, indefinitely! As this announcement sinks in, Jay Chord's music hits and he walks out with a mic.

Chord says that news is fine and dandy, but what he really wanted to know was who the number one contender for the missing title was? The way Chord sees it, he should get the next shot at the title since he beat Sammy Bach at Malice In Wonderland. RDJ starts to respond, when Troy Tornado's music hits. Tornado, with mic in hand, disagrees with Chord, saying his victory over Triple D should make him the number one contender. Tornado and Chord stare each other down until RDJ starts to respond. This time, he's interrupted by Freddy Huggins' music and both he and Laura come out to the stage. "If we're talking about big PPV wins, let's not forget Freddy put away One Man Army for good last Sunday!" says Laura. RDJ pauses, perhaps expecting another interruption, and then launches into his response to all three wrestlers. Namely, that they were in luck because there would be an 8-man elimination tournament this month to crown a new number one contender for the TCW World Heavyweight title at The War To Settle The Score, starting tonight! As the crowd and the three wrestlers react to the announcement, RDJ holds his hand up to his earpiece for a few moments, then clears his throat into the microphone. "Ahem, I should say that TCW, in conjunction with Jack Bruce Productions, presents the #1 Contender Tournament for the TCW World Heavyweight title, only on Total Wrestling," he says quickly, without enthusiasm. And oh yeah, to prevent pre-match shenanigans their opponents would be mysteries until the matches themselves. 82

Greg Gauge vs Umaga

TCW Television title

Umaga, known as Akima Brave in other organizations, decides to make his TCW on-air debut using his last name only. The announcers say that Gauge requested this match be one of his mandated title defenses for the month, speculating that he saw easy pickings as Umaga was primarily known as a tag team wrestler throughout his career. Unfortunately for Gauge, Umaga is not easy pickings as the match starts and he displays a variety of unorthodox offensive maneuvers. As Gauge is occupied with the surprising challenge, he doesn't notice Danny Fonzarelli come out to the ring, standing a few feet away to watch the match unfold. Despite his early momentum, things soon swing against the energetic Umaga as he misjudges an aerial maneuver and Gauge takes advantage, immediately grounding Umaga with his mat-based techniques. Gauge, thinking he has the match well in hand, starts jawing with the fans, and finally notices Dr. Love standing at ringside. Gauge pauses for a moment, then immediately turns back to pressing his advantage over Umaga, looking like he was performing solely for Fonzarelli. As Dr. Love continues to look on, Gauge is able to apply the Proton Lock, causing Umaga to eventually tap out. Gauge starts leaving the hold on until Fonzarelli makes a motion towards intervening, and he lets go of Umaga and collects his title outside of the ring. 69

Bad Habit w/Haley Buck are out to celebrate their TCW World Tag Team title win at Malice In Wonderland. Remus tells everyone that Bad Habit was there to make an impact, and so they did. Hocking smugly reminds everyone that he guaranteed that Bad Habit would become champions. Haley Buck starts hyping up "her boys" when Benny & The Foxx come out and interrupt. Benson congratulates Bad Habit on their win, but says that the titles would belong to Benny & The Foxx if it wasn't for Bad Habit's cheating. Foxx says there's no use crying over spilled milk, but the way they see it Benny & The Foxx were the number one contenders due to being the last team in the ring with Bad Habit at their Fatal Four-Way match. Before Bad Habit can respond, Jack Bruce's music hits, and the man himself comes out with a mic in hand. Bruce says that the booking committee was currently occupied with booking The War To Settle The Score, traditionally an event with all 1 vs 1 matches, for the end of this month. As the tag title situation was currently on the backburner, Jack Bruce offered to pick up the slack and got special dispensation from the booking committee to book the TCW World Tag Team titles this month only! To that end, Bruce wanted to book the champions in a title defense on the last Total Wrestling of the month. Bruce didn't want to give away a World title defense on free tv without some build up, however, so Benny & The Foxx and Bad Habit would be facing each other in two singles matches. In the first, the winner would determine the special stipulation of the title match. In the second, the winner would determine whether Haley Buck would be allowed at ringside or not! 65

The Behemoths vs Chris Caulfield / Clark Alexander

"Hawaiian Thunder" Clark Alexander makes his first on-air appearance for TCW in around 8 years as he teams up with the storied "Hardcore American" Chris Caulfield. The Behemoths make their entrance, flanked by a distressed-looking Floyd Goldworthy, and the ref starts the match. Immediately, it looks like the Behemoths are on a mission to show everyone that losing the title was a fluke, taking out their frustrations at will on Alexander and Caulfield. Killer Shark especially seems to revel in hurting his opponents. Unable to mount any sort of sustained offense, both Alexander and Caulfield quickly fall to a double Titanic Choke Slam. 52

After the match, Eddie Peak, Nick Booth, and Tana the Mighty come out to stand with the Behemoths in the ring. Peak preaches that another lost sheep has found it's flock, as Tana finally faced the sin within and set foot on the Path of Destruction. Tana grabs the mic, and starts telling a story about a fun-loving giant who liked nothing more than to please the audience. But something changed once he teamed up with Mighty Mo. All of a sudden, Mo was getting all the attention, being talked about as a next big thing while Tana was said to be holding Mo back. Well, Tana says, everyone was wrong because Mo was holding Tana back! And now, with this truth realized and out in the open, Tana was ready to claim his true destiny of becoming the TCW World Heavyweight champion! To that end, he was challenging Mighty Mo to a match at The War To Settle The Score in order to prove that he's the better man. Mo's music hits and he comes out to the stage with a mic in hand. He says that he was angry about Tana's betrayal at first, but now that he's heard what Tana has to say he feels sorry for the big man, believing him to be delusional. So of course, he sees it as his responsibility to put Tana down and maybe, in the process, get his friend back. Peak laughs and smiles his crazy-eyed smile as Mo and Tana stare each other down. 66

The Syndicate's music hits and Wolf Hawkins comes out to the ring, alone, with a mic in hand. He says that he has business with RDJ or Jack Bruce or Kyle Rhodes, or whoever was running the show this week, and that he wasn't leaving the ring until he had his say. Eventually, RDJ comes out to hear what Wolf has to say. Wolf begins by saying he heard about the #1 contender tournament and was wondering where the Syndicate's invitation was? After all, he was the Alpha Wolf, the reigning King of Kings, and deserved consideration when it came to discussing title shots. As RDJ begins to speak, Jack Bruce comes out and says that Wolf has a point, the Syndicate should have been invited to participate. Wolf nods and smirks. RDJ continues to speak, saying that there did happen to be one spot in the tournament left, and he saw no reason it shouldn't go to Wolf if he wanted it. Bruce cuts in again, and says that he disagrees. "I said I think the Syndicate should be invited to participate, that means all of them. Since we have only one spot and five wrestlers able to fill it, I propose that the Syndicate face each other tonight for the final spot in the tournament!" RDJ considers it for a moment, then slowly comes around on the idea and agrees. Wolf, visibly containing his anger, suddenly relaxes and says that Bruce and RDJ have a deal, but Wolf didn't feel like he had anything to prove so he was withdrawing himself from the match, leaving it to the other four members of the Syndicate to settle things in the ring. 81

Doc Hammond vs Chris Flynn vs Eddie Chandler vs Nate Johnson

Four-Way match for the final spot in the #1 Contender tournament for the World Heavyweight title

Wolf Hawkins sits in at the announce table as the other four members of the Syndicate make their entrances. All four seem somewhat conflicted to be confronted with the task at hand, and as the match starts they tentatively start feeling each other out. Doc Hammond is the first to drop any pretense of going easy on his stable mates, perhaps realizing a title shot could be at stake, beginning his usual technical offense against the powerhouse Chris Flynn. Flynn, for his part, responds in kind and the match is definitively on as Johnson and Chandler also pick up the pace. The relative power of Chris Flynn is highlighted several times as he manages to ragdoll his smaller stable mates, causing him to become the target of all three men. As they wear Flynn down, they seem to have an argument about who was going to pin Flynn, leading to an all out fight between Hammond, Johnson, and Chandler. This gives Flynn an opportunity to recover, unnoticed in the corner. As the other three fight, Hammond maneuvers to apply the Texas Cloverleaf on Chandler, locking it in after throwing Johnson to the outside of the ring. Flynn reacts by also applying the Flynn Lock on Chandler. Unable to tap, Chandler instead screams in pain, until Nate Johnson flies in to attack Hammond and Flynn. Surprised by his energetic attack, both men release Chandler and roll out of the ring to escape Johnson. Nate helps his tag partner up, pauses, then suddenly hits Chandler with a Natural Order and goes for the pin. Flynn breaks up the pin and begins brawling with Johnson, and as they're occupied Hammond is able to sneak back in and re-apply the Texas Cloverleaf, causing Chandler to immediately tap. 57

Doc Hammond silently rises and raises his arms in victory while Johnson and Flynn stop brawling, realizing the match is over. As they attend to Chandler, Wolf Hawkins grabs a mic and starts heading to the ring, talking about how proud he was of his pack; forced to fight each other but still keeping their bonds strong despite what those in power wanted. Wolf enters the ring and congratulates Doc Hammond, saying he doesn't expect Hammond to go easy on him at Total Mayhem after Doc wins the #1 Contender tournament, and then the title from Andrews later this month. Wolf knows that nothing can break the Syndicate's bond with each other. "Well, except for one thing. You see, sometimes wolves eat their own!" And with that, Wolf attacks an unsteady Eddie Chandler. Initially surprised into inaction, Flynn and Hammond soon eagerly join in on the assault. Nate Johnson, seemingly conflicted, doesn't join in until Wolf gives him a look, then begins enthusiastically participating as well. 62

Troy Tornado vs Elliot Thomas

#1 Contender Tournament Round 1 match

For the first of the #1 Contender Tournament matches, Aaron "Ace" Andrews comes out to sit at the announcer's table and put on a headset, intending to provide commentary for both round one matches tonight. Elliot Thomas makes his entrance, and Doakes mentions that Thomas was given this opportunity due to securing the pinfall in his team's match last Sunday at Malice In Wonderland. Thomas waits in the ring for Tornado to go through his elaborate entrance as Ace mentions that he believes this is the second time Tornado has faced Thomas this year, and that Tornado seemed to easily win that first match. As if able to hear the commentary, Tornado looks even more arrogant than usual, if that was possible. As the match starts, it seems like an easy win for Tornado is in the cards, and Tornado approaches Thomas with extreme confidence. His confidence is rewarded as he immediately gets the better of their early exchanges, putting Thomas down on the canvas. Tornado takes his time in covering Thomas, and still seems surprised when Thomas kicks out at one. A couple of maneuvers later and Tornado is again covering Thomas in a lazy way, leading to a kick out after one. Seemingly tired of their game, Tornado picks up the pace and seems to be intent on putting Thomas away. But Thomas keeps bouncing back, and refusing to stay down for the three. The finish comes as Tornado hauls Thomas up one last time, and measures him up for the Star Maker. As Tornado launches his super kick, Thomas dodges and is able to bring an off-balance Tornado to the ground. Tornado can do nothing but cover up as Thomas mounts him and begins swinging rights and lefts at Tornado's head in his first sustained offense of the match. Thomas gets off Tornado and is fired up! He creates some distance, waits for Tornado to get up, then launches himself at Tornado with a cross-body. Tornado catches Thomas, and holds him up for a moment, before bringing Thomas up to his shoulder. Thomas struggles, and slides down Tornado's back, somehow flipping Tornado backwards and applying a small-package for the three-count. Tornado is shocked, as is Thomas, who flees the ring and raises his arms. 60

Jason Azaria is on location at Sammy Bach's recording studio with an exclusive conversation with the Dead Pool frontman. As Sammy and Jason converse, shots of Sammy in the recording studio are shown as he works on a collaboration with Rockin' Ryan Turner and Stan Manna, the Rock City Stars. Bach starts talking about his long career, in both wrestling and music, but the topic soon turns to Jay Chord. Sammy thinks that Jay is a disappointment to the Chord name, saying Jay couldn't win a match without cheating despite all his talent. Bach says they still have unfinished business, but for now, Sammy had a song to work on and a rock star life to live. Bach ends by swearing revenge on Chord, saying it would soon be time to "rock out with your Bach out!" 71

Freddy Huggins vs Edd Stone

#1 Contender Tournament Round 1 match

As Edd Stone makes his usual entrance, dancing with Vita for the fans, the announcers run down the history between these two men. Initially in a successful tag team that held the World Tag Team titles 3 times, Huggins eventually turned on Stone claiming that Stone was holding him back. Stone makes it to the ring, seemingly oblivious at the gravity of the match about to happen. The Huggins' make their entrance, Freddy visibly amped to be in the main event and fighting for a World Heavyweight title shot. Once Freddy enters the ring, Edd's partying stops and he gets serious, going to stand toe-to-toe with Huggins in the center of the ring. The match begins and there is no feeling out process, both competitors launching themselves at each other due to their familiarity. An even, back-and-forth match ensues, both competitors reaching deep to try to gain momentum over the other. Vita and Laura both try to distract each other's client, to no avail, as Freddy and Edd are both too engrossed in winning the match. Unable to distract the competitors, Vita and Laura instead turn their attentions to each other, starting to argue outside the ring. Eventually, they almost come to blows, but Edd Stone notices and leaves the ring to get between them. As he re-enters the ring, the finish comes suddenly, at almost the 20 minute mark, when Huggins manages to kiss his fist, and hit the Superman-punch known as the Huggins Kiss II for the pinfall. 66

After the match, Huggins and his sister take the center of the ring to celebrate. Freddy finds Aaron Andrews' eyes, and holds his gaze while making the "I'm coming for the belt" motion over his midsection. Andrews stands and gazes back at Huggins, smiling. 75

<div style="text-align:center;">Overall: 71 (pop loss in the USA)

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Booker's notes: I haven't played TCW much since TEW 2020 came out, so I'm just starting to feel like I have an idea of where most of my top wrestlers sit in terms of expected match/angle scores, but I wondered about Freddy's ability to Main Event hence the booking here. The answer appears to be that Freddy is almost there, but not quite. Edd Stone nearly injured Freddy during the match, btw, causing some real-life backstage tension between them. Greg Gauge with the best performance of the night. Kind of a weak card overall, I maybe should have thrown in a match by one of my major stars to beef things up. Still, the show serves it's main purpose in advancing the big storylines at least, hopefully the lower overall score is a one-off. Really starting to hate Bach's catch-phrase, yes I know I came up with it!

jackwad · July 17, 2021

TCW Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday, Week 1, February 2020

Edd Stone vs Xavi Ferrara

The show opens with "Superstar" Xavi Ferrara already standing in the ring, warming up and posing for an unappreciative audience. As Edd Stone makes his entrance, there is something different about him. He doesn't dance to the ring, and barely parties with the crowd at all. The announcers speculate that Stone's first round loss to Freddy Huggins in the #1 Contender Tournament might be weighing on his mind. The match starts, and Stone makes short work of Ferrara, soon hitting the Party's Over for the pinfall. Vita enters the ring and starts dancing in celebration, but Edd turns around and heads to the back instead of joining her. 53

A pre-taped segment airs with Eddie Peak hyping the rest of the Sinner Society. He says that the prophecy is coming true, that the Path to Destruction is leading everyone to to where they're destined to be! Losing the tag titles was just losing a battle, the Sinner Society intended to win the entire war! As he smiles his crazy-eyed smile, Peak lets it drop that there's yet another new member of the Sinner Society coming. 64

The Behemoths vs The American Cobras

Marvel Malloy and Storm Spillane are already in the ring, posing for their manager Dharma, who is taking pictures with her phone and posting live to social media. The Behemoths make their entrance, led by Floyd Goldworthy, and take their corner. Titan, already one of the biggest men on the roster, somehow looks even bigger than he did last week. Killer Shark and Marvel Malloy start for their respective teams, and as the bell rings Shark immediately rushes Malloy, but Marvel quickly gets out of the way and begins his aerial assault. Shark struggles with catching Malloy as the latter flies around the ring, and is unable to prevent Storm Spillane from tagging in. Spillane, bringing stiff strikes and technical excellence to the match, is able to take Shark's legs out and bring the big man down to the canvas, then tags Malloy back in. As Malloy measures Shark for another aerial assault, Shark is able to get to one knee, then falls back on his back as Malloy continues the attack. Apparently having had enough, Shark rolls to his corner and tags Titan, who lumbers towards Malloy. Unable to get Titan off his feet, Malloy tags Spillane back in and the latter attempts his stiff-strike routine again. It works at first, bringing Titan down to one knee, but Titan responds with a roar and grabs Spillane by the throat, lifting him up and slamming him back down in a Titanic Choke Slam. As he pins Spillane, Malloy looks to break the count but is intercepted by Killer Shark. After the three count, Shark hits a Big Bite on Marvel Malloy, and looks hungrily at the ref next. Goldworthy enters the ring and immediately draws Killer Shark's attention, saying something in soothing tones to the big man that the mics couldn't pick up. Shark ends his rampage and follows Goldworthy out of the ring. 57

Jason Azaria stands backstage with Greg Gauge, asking the TCW Television champ about his beef with Danny Fonzarelli. Gauge starts launching into a diatribe about how Dr. Love should keep his nose in his own business. Of course, that brings Fonzarelli himself into the scene and he seems confused as to why Gauge was so upset. They had a match, that Dr. Love won by the way, and now Gauge was upset that Fonzarelli wanted to scout Gauge before their next match? Dr. Love tried to do things the easy way, by using the Love Shack to get to Gauge's motivations but failed, and now Dr. Love was turning to the ring to discover what lovesickness was keeping Gauge from living up to his full potential. Gauge, confused, just looks at Fonzarelli as he says "Have Mercy!" and leaves. 64

Bart Biggins vs Tennessee William

Tennessee William makes his entrance to the same song that the crowd booed on his debut. As he walks down the entrance ramp, he jaws with the booing fans, saying they clearly didn't know what good music is. As Bart Biggins' music hits, William covers his ears in an exaggerated way and boos. Biggins enters the ring and the ref starts the match. At the bell, William immediately goes on the attack, brawling with Bart around the ring until Biggins is able to counter with his once-groundbreaking aerial offense. Biggins continues to press his advantage, soon hitting the B-Dropper for the pin. 52

The cameras backstage catch Troy Tornado having a conversation with Rich and Famous. Tornado reveals that he's down in the dumps due to losing his #1 Contender Tournament match to Elliot Thomas. Jake Idol tries to cheer Tornado up, reminding him about the beating he put on Dazzling Dave Diamond last Sunday. Tornado looks a little happier as he sips wine and remembers. But that damn Elliot Thomas! Tornado looks angry again, causing Jackpot Jordan to say maybe Tornado would feel better if he got to beat Joffy Laine up again? Tornado considers for a moment, staring at his wine. He begins chuckling, then swallows the rest of his wine, and begins laughing a loud laugh. Idol and Jordan, clearly not realizing what was so funny, eventually join in and all three men laugh loudly as the segment ends. 46

Jeremie Courtney vs Hugh de Aske

de Aske makes his entrance, swaggering and pirating it up as best he can. The announcers note that this is Courtney's first TV appearance so far in 2020 as he makes his way to the ring. The match starts, and it's clear that de Aske completely outclasses Courtney. A fact that he puts punctuation on with a Cut-Throat Driver after just a few minutes. 45

Jason Azaria is backstage with Mighty Mo, and asks him about his upcoming match with Tana. Mo says he can't believe Tana walked away from their team, as they had been gaining momentum and looked like potential champs. Mo says that there's some sort of sickness in Tana, and that the big man shouldn't be judged solely based on his recent actions. Mo says he'd like to think they're still friends, Tana just hasn't realized it yet. And if Mo has to beat some sense into Tana to get his friend back, so be it! 64

Mighty Mo vs Maverick

The bizarre Maverick is already waiting in the ring when Mo's music hits, talking to himself and jumping at things that no one else can see. As Mighty Mo makes his way to the ring, he looks more serious than he has in a long time, perhaps the fun-loving influence of Tana was already fading from Mo's personality. The match starts and both men lock up, with Mo easily overpowering Maverick, causing Maverick to get in the ropes and the ref to break them apart. They lock up again, and the same thing happens; Maverick is backed up until he hits the ropes and the ref intervenes again. Apparently having had enough, Maverick slips behind Mo on their next lock-up attempt and is able to start turning the tide in his favor using a mix of brawling and mat-based offense. For his part, Mo waits for his moment and is able to power out of a Tiger Claw DDT attempt, giving him the opening lift Maverick high and bring him down on the canvas with a Plunging Spinebuster and the three count. 50

As Mo celebrates, the entire Sinner Society comes out and surrounds the ring. After a few moments, Eddie Peak gives the order and the Sinner Society starts entering the ring. Mo is able to take out Booth and Killer Shark with spinebusters, giving the rest of the Sinner Society pause, but it only lasts a moment and Titan and Tana start approaching Mo from different directions. Maverick, appearing out of nowhere, stands back-to-back with Mo in the center of the ring, daring the Sinner Society to do something. Just then, T-Bone Bright and Fro Sure run down to the ring with chairs, causing the Sinner Society to scatter. Mo, T-Bone, Sure... and Maverick! stand tall in the ring to end the show. 57

Overall: 55

Booker's notes: Bad chemistry in the main event, and bad angle ratings overall have really tanked the Sinner Society storyline's heat. Luckily, I have plenty of "hot" storylines so it won't hurt our shows, but it is a little concerning considering it might be the storyline I'm most interested in seeing through on a personal level. Also, you may have noticed that I'm starting to piss off my worthless midcarders like Jeremie Courtney by jobbing them out. I've never been very aggressive with that sort of thing, so we'll see how it plays out now in my project to strengthen the midcard. So far, de Aske only went up by one point of pop so I'm not sure it's sustainable to try paying off wrestlers I've jobbed out. I'll keep tinkering with it though.

jackwad · July 20, 2021

TCW Presents: Total Wrestling

Tuesday, Week 2, February 2020

The show opens and the announcers start hyping up tonight's matches when Jack Bruce's music hits. Bruce comes out to the ring, mic in hand, and says that RDJ wasn't at the venue tonight so the booking committee had entrusted Bruce with temporary Commissioner powers. Meaning what? Meaning that the whole damn show belonged to Jack Bruce for one night only! Bruce then calls out the Syndicate. As everyone waits on Wolf & co to make an appearance, Doakes mentions that it looked like Eddie Chandler got kicked out of the Syndicate at last week's Total Wrestling. The Syndicate's music hits, and sure enough only four men come out, Chandler conspicuous by his absence. Bruce looks at the four men, pretends to count them, and finally mutters to himself that it doesn't matter. "Tonight, one of you has a match in my World Heavyweight title #1 Contender Tournament, and I want to make it clear that if any of you interfere..."

Wolf Hawkins cuts in, "... we'll be banned from Total Wrestling, etcetera, yeah, yeah, yeah we know. Listen, Jack, do you have any new tunes or do you plan to keep coasting by on the old hits?"

Bruce chuckles, "Yeah, I might have a new tune or two left in me, let me know if you've heard this one:" Bruce leans in and says, barely above a whisper, "I'm making it my personal mission to dismantle the Syndicate, and there's nothing you can do about it."

Bruce leans back and says he hopes everyone enjoys tonight's show! As he heads to the back, Hawkins seems speechless and just stares after him. 73

Greg Gauge vs Danny Fonzarelli

TCW Television title

Dr. Love's music hits, and he disco dances his way down to the ring, pausing at ringside to do the "Hustle" with some fans. In contrast, Gauge appears to be all business as he makes his way to the ring, pausing in the middle of the ring to raise his title for the unappreciative audience. The announcers note that this is the second time these men have faced each other for the title this year, Fonzarelli winning the first match when Gauge intentionally got counted out. The match starts, and both men begin circling each other, looking for openings. Gauge, apparently having found one, shoots in to take advantage but Fonzarelli backs off several steps and avoids contact. The men begin circling each other again, and again Dr. Love moves to avoid Gauge when the latter tries to lock up. Showing his frustration, the third try sees Gauge shoot in a little too early and Fonzarelli catches him with some punches. Dr. Love then backs off and allows Gauge a moment to recover. Gauge is confused as the two men begin circling each other again, and instead of trying a fourth time he goes outside the ring. The referee begins the count, and Gauge stands outside with his hands on his hips, apparently deep in thought. He walks to the timekeeper's table and picks up his title, then begins to head to the back. Gauge soon stops and looks at his title, and after a moment seems to have come to a decision. He quickly hands the title back to a ringside official and re-enters the ring in time to stop the count at 9. Dr. Love meets Gauge in the middle of the ring, and engages in a brawl instead of avoiding Gauge. Soon, however, Fonzarelli is on the receiving end of a master technician's offense as Gauge falls into his groove. Once off his base, Dr. Love has no real answer for Gauge and the latter soon applies the Proton Lock for the submission victory. Gauge can't seem to help himself as he leaves the Proton Lock on despite the ref's commands. TCW officials seem to be ready for the situation and arrive quickly to the ring, causing Gauge to release the hold and go grab his title. 70

A backstage camera starts on a shot of a door that has a nameplate: Kyle Rhodes, CEO. The shot widens to see Joshua Taylor about to knock. Rhodes answers the door but doesn't seem surprised. He invites Taylor in, and following Taylor is a man in a stylish suit, along with Ernest Youngman and Findlay O'Farraday. Rhodes narrows his eyes as Youngman & O'Farraday file past him. Taylor and his entourage squeeze into the small room Rhodes is using for an office, and find places to sit. O'Farraday has some difficulty in the small space, but soon settles in as well. Rhodes starts by saying that Taylor asked for the meeting, so Taylor should get to the point because Rhodes was a very busy man. Instead of speaking, Taylor gestures to the man in the suit, who hands Kyle Rhodes a card that introduces him as Carl Batch, Esq. Batch proceeds to explain that he was Mr. Taylor's legal representative, and would be handling negotiations from now on. Rhodes asks, "What negotiations?" Batch replies "The negotiations that get my client back into the ring and keep you and TCW and BriCo and ACE and everyone else you know from being sued for breach of contract. You see, there's no way you can prove that my client didn't, in fact, put the alleged World Heavyweight title into the alleged steel briefcase. Ergo, I put it to you, that this issue be adjudicated in favor of my client!" Playing idly with the business card, Rhodes gestures to Youngman and O'Farraday and says "What about them?" Batch looks at the two men and says "Mr. Youngman and Mr. O'Farraday have been retained to protect my client from any undue machinations." At the mention of his name big Findlay cracks his knuckles and grins. Rhodes says "I see, well I'll take everything you just said under advisement and put you in touch with our legal department," and drops Batch's business card in the trash can next to his desk. "Good day, gentlemen." Apparently feeling they'd accomplished all they could for now, Taylor and his entourage leave Rhodes to his CEO duties. 53

The Behemoths vs Chaos Theory

Chaos Theory is already in the ring as the menacing former champs make their entrance led by Floyd Goldworthy. It's rare that Mutant isn't the largest man in a match, but here he's smaller than both Killer Shark and Titan. Mutant does, however, have the market cornered in looking like an extra from a Mad Max movie. He starts for his team, and Killer Shark starts for his. The match begins and Shark immediately goes in for the kill, swinging big fists and muscling Mutant around the ring. Not used to being outpowered, Mutant fires back with his unorthodox offense, gaining momentum and putting Shark on the canvas. Mutant tags in Ant-Man, and Killer Shark laughs as he gets up. Has anyone ever seen a shark laugh before? No, and there's a good reason. Killer Shark goes to his corner and tags Titan. Titan seems amused as well as he and Ant-Man start circling each other. Suddenly, Titan stops and makes the universal "test of strength" gesture by putting his hand in the air. He then laughs as it's apparent to everyone that Ant-Man could never reach. As he laughs, Ant-Man moves in and begins kicking at Titan's legs and striking his midsection. Titan goes down to one knee, making him roughly as tall as Ant-Man, giving the latter an opportunity to kick Titan's head in and lay him out on the canvas for a near-fall. Roaring, Titan grabs Ant-Man by the throat, then starts getting up, but Ant-Man is able to reverse the choke into an arm drag and put Titan back down. Ant-Man then swarms the downed giant with strikes, and tries to lock in an arm bar on Titan. Titan unsteadily gets up, Ant-Man still hanging off his arm, and slams the smaller man down into the canvas, causing him to let go. From there, Titan easily overwhelms Ant-Man with chops and punches, soon going for the Titanic Choke Slam and the pin. Killer Shark enters the ring and looks for more victims, but Titan pulls him away and out of the ring. 59

The rest of the Sinner Society join the Behemoths at ringside, Eddie Peak holding a mic. As he raises it to speak, he's interrupted by Mighty Mo who comes out to the stage with T-Bone Bright and Fro Sure. Mo is happy he's got his match with Tana, but now he wants to help the Breaks with their unfinished business. With that, Fro Sure takes the mic and spits a few lines challenging the Behemoths to a match next week. Eddie Peak is thrilled that the Path of Destruction speaks to so many, of course the challenge is accepted! 61

Matt Hocking vs Flying Jimmy Foxx

Foxx makes his entrance, goofing off with the audience as usual, despite the seriousness of the task at hand. Hocking's music hits and he's little better, cockily striding down the entrance ramp while periodically pausing to admire his reflection in the handmirror he carried. Haley Buck, accompanying Hocking, seems to encourage his behavior. The two opponents, both high flyers, start feeling each other out as the match begins. The pace picks up, momentum swings back and forth, with neither wrestler obtaining an advantage for long. Still early in the match, the announcers notice some type of disturbance and send a camera to investigate. The camera soon catches sight of the legendary Sam Keith, standing just off to the side and holding a clipboard while watching the match. The announcers openly wonder why Keith is there, and why he wasn't there for his son's (Greg Gauge) match earlier in the night. The focus returns to the match and soon it's apparent that Hocking is just a little bit faster, and maybe a little bit hungrier for the win, as he manages to lay Foxx out with a Hock Shock for the pin. We go back to the camera on Sam Keith, but Sam leaves, apparently having seen enough. 63

Foxx and Hocking's respective partners Benson and Remus come out of the back to join them in the ring as Jack Bruce comes out and congratulates Hocking, reminding everyone that Bad Habit won the right to determine the stipulation of their title defense later this month. Hocking grabs a mic and says it's not even a question. He holds up his handmirror, spins it, and says "Weapon on a Pole!" Bruce nods and says "Good choice, so be it!" 71

Bart Biggins / Edd Stone vs Quentin Queen / Jeremie Courtney

Queen and Courtney are already in the ring when Bart Biggins makes his entrance, giving high fives to the crowd as he makes his way to the ring. Edd makes his entrance, and is once again all-business despite Vita's encouragement to have some fun. The announcers mention this is the first time both teams are teaming up. The match begins with Stone and Queen in the ring, and Edd looks like it's all-business from here on out at he uses his high-flying ability as a bludgeon to set his opponent up for some technical finesse. Out of his league when it comes to high flying, Queen is able to hold his own on the mat and when brawling with Edd. Stone appears to take the advantage, and Queen tags out. Courtney enters the ring to a facefull of dropkick and goes down. Stone, apparently satisfied with his work so far, tags in Bart Biggins. Courtney is methodically dismantled by Biggins, but manages to tag his partner back in. Queen fares not much better, and Biggins soon hits the B-Dropper for the pin. Vita enters the ring and begins celebrating, but Edd doesn't join in, so instead Vita starts dancing with Bart Biggins. At first, Biggins doesn't move, but then he taps his toes and nods his head, and asks Vita for some space. Biggins then launches into a break dance routine, complete with flips and spins, leaving both Vita and the audience in appreciative shock. Edd watches for a moment, then heads to the back. 61

The scene switches to an unknown location, a small room with a table and chair, and a single naked light bulb hanging from the ceiling which cast most of the room in shadow. RDJ enters the scene and sits down, and a voice rings out from behind the camera as he's getting settled. "State your name and occupation for the record." RDJ responds "Richard Dale Johnson, TCW Commissioner." The voice continues, asking RDJ what he was doing when the World Heavyweight title was stolen. RDJ responds that he was watching from home just like everybody else who wasn't there live. The voice continues, asking what happened next. RDJ says that Kyle Rhodes personally called him the next day to set up a meeting. After the meeting, RDJ was hired on the spot as TCW Commissioner. The voice says "Let's jump ahead, to the night Taylor gave you the briefcase... " RDJ starts explaining that he assumed that the title was in the briefcase, and he would've checked but it was locked. He goes on to say that he didn't trust Taylor, it was Rhodes who overruled Johnson. The voice then asks about the time the briefcase was in RDJ's possession, and RDJ responds that he personally saw to the briefcase's welfare including by locking it up in a safe at night. "So you're saying that there's no way anyone could have taken the title and replaced it with a cell phone? That you were the only one who had access for a significant chunk of time?" RDJ backpedals a bit, and admits that the briefcase left his sight a handful of times before it was opened at Malice In Wonderland. The voice then asks about the phone, and the brief conversation RDJ had with whoever was on the other end. RDJ says that a disguised voice said to "The Avatar of Envy has been revealed" RDJ asked where the title was, and the mysterious caller said that they would only tell the champion, so RDJ handed the phone to Aaron Andrews. That's when all hell broke loose and Taylor escaped, necessitating a prompt response from the TCW Commissioner. The voice asks RDJ about the escape itself, how did Taylor get away? RDJ says that someone must have cleared a path somehow since the guards he personally posted at the exit to the parking lot happened to be called away when Taylor made his escape. RDJ continues to say he's launched his own investigation into what happened there. The voice then asks about the black sedan we saw following Taylor's escape vehicle. RDJ responds by saying he wishes he had thought of something like that, but he never expected Taylor to reach the parking lot. Finally, RDJ is asked about the current whereabouts of the phone. He doesn't quite recall, but thinks it may still be in the pocket of the jacket he was wearing that night. The voice thanks RDJ, saying that was all for now. 82

Doc Hammond vs Human Arsenal

#1 Contender Tournament Round 1 match

As Human Arsenal makes his entrance, the announcers build him up as a dangerous competitor despite losing some big matches this year. Apparently his performance at Malice In Wonderland was impressive enough to earn him this shot. His entire body a weapon, Arsenal highlights his skill by running though some quick strikes and kicks in the ring as a warmup while he waits for his opponent. Doc Hammond comes out to the Syndicate's music, all-business as usual, taking the center of the ring and raising his arms. The match starts and both competitors begin the feeling out process. The announcers note that these men have faced each other numerous times in tag team situations over the years, but that this was their first singles match against each other. They also note that Human Arsenal was a former Syndicate member, and speculated that it might give him an advantage to know the Syndicate's mindset and general tactics. As the pace picks up, both men are putting on a mat-based clinic, with Doc Hammond slightly edging Arsenal out in technical ability. Hammond takes control and starts softening up Arsenal's legs for the Texas Cloverleaf. Arsenal, not willing to go down easy, fights back with a mix of strikes and mat-based offense, trying to turn the tide. Eventually he does, and momentum shifts in Arsenal's favor. But only briefly, as Doc takes back control and goes right back to methodically working on Arsenal's legs.* Arsenal's variety of strikes overwhelm Hammond again and momentum swings back in Arsenal's favor. Human Arsenal picks Hammond up on his shoulders for the Ammo Dump, but his legs buckle under the weight, Hammond's strategy finally bearing fruit. His mobility impaired and his finisher apparently nullified, Arsenal tries to pick up the pace but his legs won't cooperate. Hammond, sensing the kill, moves in and is able to apply the Texas Cloverleaf for the win. 67

Jason Azaria is backstage in a sitdown interview with the TCW World Heavyweight champion Aaron "Ace" Andrews. Azaria thanks Ace for his time and launches right into the subject of the missing title. Ace says why be upset? The title was just a prop and everyone already knew that Ace was the champion. Still that big hunk of gold does look mighty nice around Ace's waist... Eventually, Ace would like the title back, but he's content to let the investigation play out. Azaria switches subjects to talking about Joshua Taylor. Ace says that Taylor was a tough opponent, and he's glad that he was able to rise to the challenge and retain his title twice. Azaria brings up the fact that Taylor made Ace tap in their last match, and the only reason he didn't win because of it was they were competing in a Ladder match, where submissions don't count. Ace goes quiet for a moment, then admits that he tapped, not really knowing where he was at the time. He says it could happen to anyone, and anyway he still won the match and was still champ. Ace and Azaria start conversing about the #1 Contender Tournament for Ace's title, Andrews saying he was impressed with Elliot Thomas' win and hoped to see Thomas continue to improve. Azaria changes topics again to Wolf Hawkins and the Syndicate, asking Ace if he had any thoughts about their recent troubles. Andrews says the Syndicate deserve every little bit of what was coming to them, and he was looking forward to defending his title against Wolf Hawkins at Total Mayhem! 74

Jay Chord vs Sammy Bach

#1 Contender Tournament Round 1 match

Jay Chord makes his entrance, smirking at the crowd as he walks down the entrance ramp. He waits in the center of the ring for his mystery opponent, and goes ballistic as the opening to Dead Pool's "Elation Sensation" begins. The crowd starts singing along and Sammy Bach makes his appearance to wild cheers. The announcers say that Sammy was given this opportunity to even the score due to how Chord cheated to win their match at Malice In Wonderland. There's no feeling out process as the match begins, Sammy immediately launching himself at Chord with a mix of brawling and aerial maneuvers. Taken aback by Bach's ferocity, Chord tries to recover but Sammy never lets up, controlling the pace and building up momentum. Eventually, Chord seems to remember who he is, and starts fighting dirty in an attempt to derail Bach's momentum. Chord's tactics work, and he's able to slow the pace down and bring Sammy to the mat, where he continues his assault. Bach, fighting back, is able to take control once more and sets Chord up for the Adrenaline Shot, but Chord counters and rolls to the outside of the ring. Taking a moment to collect himself, Chord soon re-enters the ring and starts brawling with Bach again, still sticking in dirty tricks wherever he can. Re-establishing control over the pace of the match, Chord takes the advantage and starts setting Sammy up for the Cradle Piledriver. Bach counters with an eye poke of his own and winds up behind Chord, immediately taking the opportunity to hit the Bach On Your Back for the pin. 81

Sammy Bach starts celebrating with the crowd, not noticing Jay stir and get up on unsteady feet. Chord, operating on pure instinct at this point, manages to blindside Bach, but Bach doesn't go down. Instead, he stands toe-to-toe with Chord and they both start brawling in the ring. A cadre of TCW officials hit the ring to separate Bach and Chord, when Jack Bruce comes out with a mic. Bruce looks out over the scene, smiles, and says "Let them fight!" The officials in the ring look at each other for a moment, then release Bach and Chord, allowing both men to continue attacking each other as the show ends. 82

Overall: 78

Bookers notes: A much better overall rating than last week and all I had to do was book a PPV quality match in the main event of a free tv show. Thank you Chord and Bach. So Eddie Chandler is officially out of the Syndicate. Breaking up the Elite is a step back from the goal of revitalizing the tag division but I needed to shake the stable up in order to take the story where I want it to go. Chandler, being in time decline and with his contract up soon, seemed like the obvious choice to drop. I think Chandler is still talented though so I have something in the back of my mind for him to do until his contract is up, he's just a lower priority now.

Also, I just realized in writing his segment that that RDJ's name is Dick Johnson. Thought I'd pass that along to y'all in case you didn't know.

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