jackwad Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 TCW Saturday Night Showcase Saturday, Week 2, February 2020 The show begins with Lee Bambino and Mac Smith hyping up tonight's card, and they soon throw it backstage to Jason Azaria who is standing by with Troy Tornado, flanked by Rich and Famous. Azaria first asks Tornado about his loss to Elliot Thomas recently, which knocked Tornado out of the #1 Contender Tournament. Tornado, surprisingly humble, starts off by saying Thomas was a great competitor and it was a hard fought match where the better man came out on top. Azaria pauses for a moment, somewhat taken aback, and begins to ask his next question when Tornado starts laughing, saying the loss was a total fluke and that it was funny that he had Azaria going for a minute. Troy gets serious, grabs Azaria's hand and pulls the mic close to his mouth while looking directly into the camera and addresses Elliot Thomas, saying Thomas was going to get what was coming to him. Tornado releases Azaria, still staring into the camera. Azaria switches topics to Tornado's match tonight against Joffy Laine, in fact a re-match that Tornado himself requested. Tornado confidently says that Laine was just a warm up, a small step on Tornado's climb to the top. Asking what was next for Tornado, Azaria points out that the World Heavyweight title was at least temporarily out of Tornado's grasp. Tornado agrees with a glare, but says that there were other titles in TCW, titles he felt more than comfortable winning on any given day. 66 Troy Tornado vs Joffy Laine Joffy Laine finally gets his own entrance music, a rousing country tune that you can stomp your boot to, as the Texas flag waves in the air filling the screen of the Jumbotron. The man himself comes out, wearing his usual jeans, boots, a brown leather vest, and a brown stetson, and makes his way to the ring. The venue lights go out, and Tornado's booming classical music speaks out from the darkness as he makes his usual elaborate entrance, rising through the floor of the stage with his arms stretched out as the longest pyro display in TCW shoots off around him. He waits for Jackpot Jordan and Jake Idol to join him before leading them down the ramp to the ring. As the match begins, Tornado and Laine immediately start brawling, with the latter soon gaining the advantage. As Laine starts to really unload with rights and lefts, Tornado begs off and rolls out of the ring. Laine follows, and Tornado leads him on a short chase before re-entering the ring and distracting the ref while Rich and Famous make their presence felt on the outside by quickly attacking Joffy Laine. Satisfied with their dirty work, Idol and Jordan roll Laine back into the ring, putting Tornado firmly in control. Suddenly, Dazzling Dave Diamond comes running down the entrance ramp with a bull rope wrapped around his arm and blindsides Rich and Famous with stiff forearm strikes. He then uncoils the bull rope and begins whipping the backs of Idol and Jordan, causing them to writhe in pain on the ground. Tornado doesn't notice as he has his hands full with Laine, trying to keep the latter down on the mat and having a tough time of it. Triple D finishes his assault and coils the rope around his arm again, then watches the match unfold. The finish comes suddenly, as Laine misses a lariat and turns around to get hit by the Star Maker for the pin. 58 Tornado raises his arm in victory and doesn't notice when Triple D enters the ring behind him. Diamond raises his rope-covered arm, waits for Tornado to turn around, and blasts him in the head with a forearm, sending Tornado to the canvas. Triple D uncoils the rope, and looks to the crowd as he stands over Tornado, giving Tornado enough time to roll out of the ring before Diamond can whip him. Tornado and Rich and Famous head to the back as Laine and Diamond celebrate with the fans. 70 Clark Alexander / Dean Daniels vs Youngman & O'Farraday The makeshift duo of Alexander and Daniels are put over as a veteran threat, with both wrestlers having over 50 years of combined experience. "The Assassin" Ernest Youngman and "Big Bruiser" Findlay O'Farraday, apparently off the clock of protecting Joshua Taylor, make their entrance and look all-business as they head to the ring. From the start of the match it's clear that Youngman & O'Farraday are the tighter duo, gaining the advantage with some smooth tag team tactics. Neither Alexander or Daniels have much of an answer, and are on the defensive for most of the match, until it's perhaps mercifully ended when Youngman manages to lock in the Hit on Daniels for the submission. 46 Edd Stone and Vita are shown backstage, having a conversation, when Tennessee William walks up carrying a boom box. He says he challenges Stone to a dance off at The War to Settle the Score. He offers a little preview by starting up the beat box and two stepping to some country music. Vita lukewarmly encourages Edd to accept, but Stone seems uninterested. William shrugs at Vita and apologizes to her, saying he tried. Just then, Greg Gauge comes into frame. He is dressed in street clothes with his Television title slung over his shoulder, and appears to be looking for something. Or someone. William tells Gauge to go away because they're busy. Gauge, taking notice of William for the first time, goes to confront him but stops in his tracks when Edd speaks for the first time. "Nice title," Edd says. Gauge stops short of Tennessee William and turns towards Stone, taking him in for a moment before looking at his title as saying "Yeah, I know." They hold gazes for a few moments until Gauge leaves the way he came, with Stone never taking his eyes off of the title. 59 Chris Flynn / Nate Johnson vs The Wild Cats El Jaguar and Tigre Salvaje Jr. make their debut, already in the ring and warming up with some acrobatic moves, both luchadors wearing feline-inspired masks. The Syndicate's music hits and Nate Johnson comes out with Chris Flynn. The announcers speculate that this was sort of a tryout to see if the Syndicate could field another successful tag team. From the beginning of the match, it's clear that The Wild Cats are aerial masters as they pull out flashy move after flashy move and work well as a team. They manage to keep the Syndicate off balance and on the defensive until Chris Flynn explodes and starts throwing Jaguar and Tigre around the ring with throws and power moves. Satisfied with the damage, Flynn is able to slap on the Flynn Lock for the submission. 56 As Flynn and Johnson celebrate, Daryl Devine and Chance Fortune come out to the stage with mics. Devine starts taunting Johnson for what happened to his partner Eddie Chandler, and Fortune taunts Flynn for getting beat up several weeks ago. The Syndicate members respond angrily, demanding a match! Devine Fortune agree, but get blindsided by Doc Hammond. Johnson and Flynn join him in the attack until TCW officials break things up. 59 Maverick vs Kip Keenan Keenan makes his entrance, carrying himself with a laid-back swagger and high-fiving fans at ringside. The announcers put him over as a good all-rounder who's held titles in other organizations. Maverick makes his entrance, apparently having a conversation with himself and jumping at unseen things as he walks down the entrance ramp. The match begins and both wrestlers take it to the mat, trying to gain an advantage. Keenan and Maverick both start mixing in some brawling, trading punches until Maverick walks around in a circle while punching himself in the face. He stops suddenly, standing toe-to-toe with Keenan and yells "Hit Me!" Keenan, momentarily shocked into inaction, eventually obliges with a big right, causing Maverick to yell out "Yeah! Again!" Kip keeps hitting Maverick every time the latter yells "Again!" until eventually he's not waiting for Maverick's command, he's just swinging over and over causing Maverick to back up into the corner. Kip follows and receives a knee to the gut, then gets whipped into the opposite corner. Maverick follows up with running knee to Kip Keenan, but finds no-one there and eats turnbuckle. Apparently liking the taste, Maverick starts hitting his head into the turnbuckle and biting it. He turns around to Keenan attempting a Belly-to-Belly Suplex, but Maverick counters with a headbutt that the ref lets slide, and is able to hit the Tiger Claw DDT for the pin. 51 Jason Azaria is backstage with Mighty Mo, and asks him about Tana's betrayal. Mo says he never saw it coming, and as disappointed and hurt as he is, he still hopes they can reconcile someday. But until then, he was happy to kick Tana's butt all over the venue at The War to Settle the Score. The topic turns to the rest of the Sinner Society, and Mo says he's going to go through each of them, alone if he has to, to get to Tana and Peak. Luckily, he isn't alone as he has T-Bone and Fro Sure to watch his back... suddenly, Maverick comes up to them and says "What about me, MO? We had your back LAST week and now we still do, as WELL." Mo seems uncomfortable, and finally agrees that Maverick had Mo's back. Maverick, satisfied, says "Thank you FRIEND!" and leaves. Mo and Azaria watch him leave, then Azaria throws it back to the announce table for the next match. 57 Mighty Mo vs Marc Speed Speed makes his entrance, totally focused on the task at hand, and the announcers talk about his submission credentials. Said to be able to apply his Cross Armbreaker from any position, Speed would provide an unusual challenge for Mo, who has mostly faced large brawlers so far this year. Sure enough, the match begins and Speed immediately tries to take Mo down to the mat. He fails, mostly due to Mo's raw power, and backs off for a moment before shooting in again, this time getting ahold of a single leg. Sam Keith is spotted at ringside, holding a clipboard and watching the match. The announcers again speculate as to what Keith was doing at Total Wrestling. Mo is hopping around on one leg as Speed works on the leverage he needs to take Mo down. Mo again uses his power and surprising agility to get Speed off of his leg. Speed circles Mo, then shoots in again and gets a double leg takedown, this time Mo goes down and Speed is immediately swarming over Mo with fluid technique. Mo is able to turtle up, so Speed slaps Mo's head in disrespect and backs off, allowing Mo to get up. The men begin circling each other again and suddenly Speed shoots in again, this time catching a boot to the face as Mo gets his leg up in time. From there the momentum is firmly with Mo as he unleashes a beating on Speed with brawling and power moves. Sensing the end, Mo starts lifting Speed up into the Plunging Spinebuster, but Speed manages to counter and try cinching in the Cross Armbreaker as he was up in the air. Mo immediately counters slamming Speed into the mat, then lifting him off the mat, and slamming him down again. Speed holds on to Mo's arm, trying to lock in his submission hold. Mo lifts Speed up again, raises him even higher than last time, and brings him down again. This time Speed lets go and grabs the back of his head in obvious pain. Mo, fired up, goes on the attack again, and this time Speed has no answer when he goes up for the Plunging Spinebuster for the pin. Sam Keith is seen leaving once the match is over. 62 Mo clutches his arm as he celebrates in the ring, as Eddie Peak comes out with a mic, followed by Tana. Peak and Tana start heading to the ring with Mo noticing them and warily eyeing them as they approached. Peak starts by congratulating Mo on winning the match in impressive fashion, and asks if he learned anything from the pain that Speed had inflicted. Mo, not in the mood to play around, gestures for Peak and Tana to get in the ring. They oblige and Mo gets ready for a fight. Peak makes the "calm down" gesture and approaches Mo, but Mo doesn't calm down, and as soon as Peak is close enough he grabs Peak and lifts him up into a Plunging Spinebuster. Grabbing his arm, he's intercepted by Tana as he tries to get up, and instinctively starts brawling with Tana. As the announcers wonder where the rest of the Sinner Society might be, Mo gets an advantage and starts lifting Tana up into the Plunging Spinebuster, but suddenly drops Tana and clutches his arm. Tana attacks the injured arm and whips Mo into the corner, then follows up immediately with a Big Fat Samoan Squash. Mo drops, but Peak picks him up and holds him in the corner as Tana goes to the opposite corner, gets a running start, and hits the Big Fat Samoan Squash again. 68 Overall: 63 Bookers notes: Troy Tornado comes up before the show with an offer to put Elliot Thomas over. Now you tell me? Thanks, game. Halfway through to the next big event, this was a different show to book since I didn't have much planned for it. I've learned to provide myself a regular buffer of unplanned show so I have space to adjust storylines and stuff on the fly and I had a lot left over I had to fill for this show. From a creative standpoint, it's great that B-shows give me some space to try things and develop characters without having to worry too much about the show rating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackwad Posted October 26, 2021 Author Share Posted October 26, 2021 TCW Presents: Total Wrestling Tuesday, Week 3, February 2020 Shawn Doakes and Jasmine Saunders welcome us to the show and run down some of the matches, then throw it to RDJ, already standing in the ring with a mic. He says there's some business he needs to get to before the show can go on, and calls out Jay Chord and Wolf Hawkins. After a few moments Chord's music hits and he comes out to stand on the stage. Wolf takes a few moments longer than Chord, but he comes out flanked by Doc Hammond to stand a fair distance from Jay. RDJ tells Chord that he and Bach may have gotten away with a lot last week at Total Wrestling, and they were probably lucky that Kyle Rhodes intervened to order TCW officials to break up their brawl after the show ended, otherwise they might've killed each other. Chord just smirks in response. RDJ says that, in order to keep the #1 Contender Tournament semi-final matches as fair as possible, Chord and Hawkins could both have the night off. In fact, Jack Bruce had moved the Devine Fortune / Syndicate tag match to the next Saturday Night Showcase so Nate Johnson and Chris Flynn could have the night off, too. After a few moments, it's Hammond who raises a mic to his lips. As he draws in breath to speak, Wolf puts his hand on Hammond's shoulder. Doc looks at Wolf, and Wolf looks too angry to speak, just turning around to stride to the backstage area trailed by Hammond. Chord in contrast looks smug. He says he's happy to have the night off and thanks RDJ. Johnson looks a bit worried at Chord's cavalier response. 88 Benny Benson vs Roderick Remus 2nd match to determine World Tag Team title match stipulations Benson makes his entrance to his upbeat music, high-fiving the crowd and looking very happy to be there, entering the ring and bouncing around as a warm up. Remus comes out with Haley Buck, carrying his half of the World Tag Team titles and looking arrogant. The match begins, and both wrestlers start to feel each other out, judging range and reaction times while looking for openings. Suddenly, they lock up and the match is on as they exchange a variety of aerial and technical maneuvers. Remus seems a bit faster than the veteran Benson, which is perhaps the difference-maker as Remus takes control of the match and looks for opportunities to apply the Remus Clutch. Building momentum, Remus is able to take some risks with flashier moves, but it backfires when he overshoots a standing moonsault and Benson is able to rally, hitting the Shockwave From Next Year from out of nowhere for the pin. 64 Benson and Remus' respective partners come out to stand in the ring along with Jack Bruce. Bruce congratulates Benson on his win and says the match is set! The World Tag Team title will be defended in a Weapon on a Pole match at next week's Total Wrestling, with Haley Buck banned from ringside! Buck screams and starts crying, Hocking and Remus converse quietly amongst themselves. Benson has a mic and says "I hate to correct the Boss, but you said that the winning team could decide if Haley Buck would be banned from the match. As I'm the winner, I think that right goes to us." Bruce smiles and nods, then asks Benson what his decision is. Benson looks to Foxx, who nods, then says "Benny & The Foxx have decided that we're walking out of that match with the titles and it doesn't matter what Bad Habit throws at us. In fact, they'll probably need every advantage they can get, so we're deciding to allow Haley Buck at ringside!" Bad Habit looks shocked while Buck squeals in delight. Bruce smirks, and says "Interesting choice, so be it." 67 WAR Machines vs The Ring Generals The Ring Generals make their entrance led by DaVE legend Eric Tyler, a man the announcers say shouldn't be counted out in any situation. Also notable is the fact that One Man Army makes his first appearance in several weeks, having finally been cleared by a doctor; Freddy Huggins had thrown OMA off the stage and onto the concrete floor after their match at Malice In Wonderland. The announcers put over how tough OMA is for making it back to the ring so quickly. The match begins and is surprisingly back and forth, with both teams employing excellent tag team wrestling tactics. Eventually, The Ring Generals are worn down and Arsenal hits the Ammo Dump for the pin on Statler while OMA engages Waldorf. Eric Tyler gets in the ring and berates the Ring Generals for their loss. 53 The Love Shack opens with Danny Fonzarelli declaring it to be Valentine's Month, since love deserved more than just one day. In that spirit, Dr. Love was in the mood to help mend some fences. With that in mind, he introduces his first guest, Troy Tornado. A production assistant escorts Tornado to the set, and Troy looks somewhat confused at first, but soon recovers his haughty demeanor and sits on the small couch known as the Love Seat. Dr. Love welcomes Troy to the show, and Tornado responds by saying he didn't know anything about a show? He was invited to a very exclusive wine tasting at a winery known as the Love Shack? Fonzarelli says Tornado has the right place, and a waiter comes out carrying a tray with a selection of wines on it and places it on the small table in front of Troy. As Tornado looks over the wine glasses, picking up and smelling a few, Dr. Love asks him about his beef with Triple D. Tornado immediately tenses up and breaks the stem of the glass he is holding, spilling wine on himself. Fonzarelli gestures off-screen and then starts introducing his next guest while the production assistant comes out again with several towels to help Tornado clean himself up. The next guest, of course, is Dazzling Dave Diamond, who arrives and says he heard there was free beer? Dr. Love says no, but there was free wine. Triple D thinks for a moment and shrugs, saying it might look brown if he squints, because free is free! Fonzarelli gestures to the wine on the table and tells Triple D to help himself. Diamond, focused on the wine, and Tornado facing away and focused on trying to clean his clothes, pay each other no mind as they both sit in the heart-shaped Love Seat at the same time. Suddenly uncomfortably close with another human being out of nowhere can be a surprising ordeal, let alone if those two people shared as much animosity as Diamond and Tornado shared between themselves. Both men try to jump up, but can't easily get off the couch so it takes a few moments, and in the struggle to get up Triple D spills his wine on Tornado and himself. The production assistant comes back out with more towels as the two mortal enemies, their conflict momentarily forgotten, try to clean themselves up. Just then Joffy Laine arrives, saying he heard there was free beer? Dr. Love says no, but there was free wine and he should help himself. Laine goes over to the table and looks over the wine, and as Dr. Love tries to close the show out Rich and Famous show up looking for a kegger. Dr. Love thumbs to the table and all five men around the table start brawling as they notice who each other are. Fonzarelli closes out the show by wishing everyone a happy Valentine's month! Have mercy! 55 Bart Biggins / Devine Fortune vs Quentin Queen / Tennessee William / Xavi Ferrara Queen, William, and Ferrara are already in the ring when Devine Fortune and Bart Biggins make their entrance. The announcers say that Devine Fortune has put out an open call for anyone willing to stand up to the Syndicate, and speculate whether Biggins might be their first recruit. The match itself starts off as a mostly even affair, with each man given time to do some work for his team. The announcers suddenly throw it to a camera near the ring, again catching a shot of Sam Keith watching the match. This time, Jasmine Saunders says she's getting to the bottom of this, and leaves the announce table with a mic in hand. Back in the ring, the tide soon turns in favor of Biggins and Devine Fortune as Darryl Devine hits the Devine Dream Drop on Ferrara for the pin. Just as the match ends, Saunders reaches Sam Keith and, holding the mic out, asks what Keith is doing there. Keith finishes what he's writing and responds with "Watching a wrestling match" then just closes his clipboard and heads to the back. 54 A camera backstage captures a shot of a door with nameplate: Jack Bruce Productions. Greg Gauge comes into frame and knocks, then opens the door as a voice tells him to come in. Jack Bruce is sitting in a large room, with opulent furniture and decor, on a large couch in the shape of a "J." He invites Gauge to sit down, but Gauge prefers to stand, and crosses his arms, waiting to hear what Bruce had to say. "The reason I invited you here is to talk about the future of that Television title on your shoulder. So far, you've built up quite a streak defending the title, but the booking committee is concerned that you're going to seriously injure your opponent by leaving the Proton Lock on after the bell." Gauge starts protesting, but Bruce interrupts, saying that instead of a fine or suspension the booking committee has decided to have Gauge defend his title next week in a Cage match under escape-only rules. "That means you can't win by submission," Bruce clarifies. Gauge blows his top and starts cussing at Bruce. Jack responds "Now before you say something you regret, don't you want to know who your opponent is going to be?" But Gauge is too far gone, and he angrily strides out of the room. Bruce says to someone "Well, that went well. Good luck in your match next week" The camera pans to catch Edd Stone sitting on the part of the "J" couch that Gauge couldn't see. "Thank you for the opportunity, Mr. Bruce." Stone says. 72 The Behemoths vs The Breaks T-Bone Bright and Fro Sure make their entrance, flanked by Mighty Mo wearing a sling on the arm that Marc Speed attacked in their match last week. Sure launches into his hype, spitting verse that was surely too good to be accurately portrayed in this medium. But trust me, it was really good. They hit the ring and play to the crowd as the Sinner Society's music begins. The Behemoths make their entrance led by Floyd Goldworthy, and flanked by Eddie Peak and Tana the Mighty, with "Sick" Nick Booth licking his lips and bringing up the rear. Killer Shark and Titan enter the ring and pose menacingly in the center, bringing Bright, Sure, and Mo forward to start taunting them. The ref, perhaps unwisely, puts himself between the two groups, ordering Mo out of the ring and the two teams to go to their respective corners. T-Bone and Killer Shark start the match off, circling a bit then slamming together when Bright goes for the shoulder block on his larger opponent. Shark barely moves, and hits his shoulder with the opposite hand in a challenge to T-Bone. Picking up the challenge, T-Bone backs up a bit and runs at Shark again, hitting another massive shoulder block, but Shark barely moves any more than before. He hits his shoulder again and steadies himself, waiting while T-Bone backs up to the ropes, and launches towards Shark. Instead of colliding again, however, T-Bone sidesteps Shark and bounces off the ropes behind him, launching himself at Shark again at a different angle and landing the T-Bone Lariat as Killer Shark turns around in surprise. Shark goes down, and T-Bone goes for the cover. At 2 and a half, Tana interferes by dragging the ref out of the ring by his foot. The ref starts warning Tana not to interfere, then turns his attention back to the match where the distraction is long enough for Shark to recover a bit and tag Titan. The big man Titan lumbers over and starts trading strikes with T-Bone, hitting one massive punch or chop for every three T-Bone lands. As they brawl, Titan goes for a knee to Bright's midsection, then whips him to the ropes and lands the big boot as Bright rebounds. With Bright down, Titan goes for the cover and T-Bone kicks out after 2. Frustrated, Titan gets up and grabs T-Bone by the throat, hauling him up and setting up for a choke slam. T-Bone manages to fight back and counter with elbows to Titan's head, giving him an opportunity to pick Titan up and hit the Powerslam, shaking the ring with the impact. A lot taken out of him, T-Bone pauses for a moment, and decides to tag in Fro Sure instead of going for the cover. Titan slowly gets to his knees and Fro Sure launches his attack by peppering Titan with jabs and strikes, hitting a dance move or two in the mix. Real heads know that when Fro Sure starts dancing the Sure Thing isn't far behind, and sure enough he winds up and hits his finisher, leaving Titan on the canvas. Fro Sure covers Titan, and T-Bone is able to intercept Shark with another impressive Powerslam, leading to a near-fall as Titan powers Fro Sure off of his chest. Having no one to tag, Titan tries to fight to his feet by slugging it out with the smaller Fro Sure, who is able to dodge and block most of what Titan throws. Fro Sure decides to tag T-Bone again, and Bright approaches a weary, wary Titan. They go to lock up, but T-Bone feints and lifts Titan up into another Powerslam. This time, Bright makes the pin, with Shark out of position for the save. Eddie Peak laughs maniacally. 64 The camera backstage is on a shot of a door that shows a nameplate: Ricky Dale Johnson, Commissioner. Joshua Taylor knocks and a voice says to come in, so he opens the door and enters a simple room with a desk, some chairs, and a tv monitor. Filing in after Taylor are Carl Batch and the team of Youngman & O'Farraday, and all four men soon get settled in. RDJ asks how he can help them, and Batch speaks first while handing RDJ his card "Carl Batch, esquire. Legal representative to Mr. Taylor. We are here in order to resolve the current impasse between TCW and my client, vis a vis Mr. Taylor, and ask that an adjudication be made in our favor, immediately and without prejudice! " With that, Batch pulls some paperwork out of his jacket pocket. "Further, we demand a new contract for Mr. Taylor in recompense. To make it as convenient as possible my assistant has already drawn up the contract. You just need to sign it!" He hands RDJ the documents, then begins looking for a pen. He can't find one, and asks Findlay O'Farraday if he has one. Findlay happens to be carrying a pen so he nods and stands up, walks over to RDJ and stands menacingly close. He puts one meaty fist on RDJ's shoulder and extends the other in front of Johnson in order to hand off the pen. RDJ pauses for a moment, a certain look appearing on his face. He ignores the pen and pushes his chair back, then stands toe-to-toe with big Findlay, ready for a fight. Youngman moves towards the other side of RDJ, but stops when Jack Bruce enters the room without knocking. Addressing RDJ he says "Sorry to interrupt, but a little bird told me that you might be having a booking meeting without informing me, so I thought I'd come and make sure I heard wrong. I did hear wrong, didn't I Ricky?" The tension in the room somewhat deflated, Batch makes a gesture with his head which Youngman & O'Farraday interpret as a sign to back off of RDJ. Relaxing a bit, RDJ tells Bruce that this wasn't a booking meeting, and that his guests were just leaving. Bruce says it might not be a booking meeting, but it could be now that they were both there. In fact, seeing Taylor gave Bruce an idea on how he could solve his problem and maybe RDJ's problem at the same time. He says "You were brought in to maintain order while I was brought in to oversee the spectacle, and I see no reason why those goals have to be at odds. We've had discussions about the Syndicate, they're a thorn in both our sides, so I propose this: book a match between Joshua Taylor and Wolf Hawkins at The War To Settle The Score and I'll personally pay for a brand new TCW World Heavyweight title." RDJ, obviously intrigued, suddenly appears lost in thought. Carl Batch steps forward and introduces himself to Bruce, handing him a card. Batch suggests that Hawkins put up his King of Kings title, allowing Taylor to receive a guaranteed main event spot at Total Mayhem if he wins. Bruce says it's not up to him and looks to RDJ. Johnson says no to putting the King of Kings title on the line but says he'll think about the match at The War To Settle The Score. In the meantime, Taylor had better fully cooperate with the internal investigation, because if he doesn't his contract will be terminated and the investigation handed over to legal authorities. Batch agrees on his client's behalf, and Taylor's entourage leaves the room. RDJ rips and tosses Batch's card in the trash and asks Bruce if he thought Taylor still had the World Heavyweight title or not. Bruce walks over, crumpling up Batch's card and shooting it into the trash, and says it really didn't matter to him because it was compelling television, and anyway Bruce could buy hundreds of titles if that's what RDJ wanted. 49 Freddy Huggins vs Elliot Thomas #1 Contender Tournament Round 2 match Elliot Thomas makes his entrance and is already fired up! He high fives fans at ringside and does a flip over the top ropes to enter the ring. Freddy's music starts and he makes his entrance, accompanied by his sister Laura. Freddy is obviously amped up, enters the ring and takes the center, nodding and making the "I'm coming for the belt" gesture at his midsection. The match starts, and both men begin circling each other, trying to find openings. They soon lock up, and Freddy takes control early as he has the obvious strength advantage, soon earning himself a near-fall. The announcers point out that Freddy seems to be taking Thomas more seriously than Tornado did, and their observations bear out as Freddy continues to build momentum by beating on Thomas and going for pinfalls. Thomas, for his part, keeps bouncing back and refuses to stay down. Perhaps out of desperation, Thomas tries a drop kick out of nowhere that takes Freddy off his feet. He briefly swarms Freddy with punches and kicks, then gets up and gets fired up! Huggins, recovering from the surprise assault, starts getting up and turning around while Thomas looks like he's setting up for the cross body. Laura grabs Thomas' leg, however, distracting him long enough for Freddy to get up and set up for the Huggins Kiss II. Laura lets go of Thomas' leg, and Thomas looks up in time to get nailed by Freddy's Superman-punch. Still apparently taking Thomas seriously, Freddy goes immediately for the cover for the three count. After the ref raises his arm, Freddy kicks Thomas a few times. 73 We return to the same simple, dark room from last week, a single naked bulb hanging from the ceiling and casting most of the room in shadow. Aaron Andrews enters the frame and sits at the table. A voice from off-screen asks him to state his name and occupation for the record. "Aaron Andrews, professional wrestler" The voice thanks Ace for coming and says it shouldn't take long. Andrews says he's happy to cooperate, no matter how long it takes. The voice asks "Do you recognize this?" and a hand appears sliding an object in a plastic bag across the table. Andrews picks up the bag and says it looks like a cell phone. The voice says that it's the same cell phone that was in the steel briefcase, and asks about his interaction with the phone at the end of Malice In Wonderland. Andrews says that as soon as RDJ handed him the phone, he was distracted by Taylor escaping and forgot about the phone. When he remembered the phone, he put it up to his ear but no one said anything. He then remembers handing the phone back to RDJ. "So let's talk about the phone," the voice says, "it probably won't surprise you to learn that there were only two sets of fingerprints on the phone, yours and Mr. Johnson's. It may however be surprising to you that, while it's a burner, we were able to trace the incoming call. It was coming from this address, at this house." The hand slides over a piece of paper with some writing on it and a picture of a house. Andrews takes a brief look and recognizes his own house and address, a look of shock slowly spreading across his face. He soon recovers and asks if there was a question in there, somewhere. Without missing a beat, the voice says "We have a possible who, so what we need next is an answer to the why? Why would you steal your own title?" Andrews, with a serious look on his face, denies having anything to do with any of it. Why would he need to steal his own title? The voice says that maybe Andrews was afraid of losing it. After all, his matches with Taylor were very close, and Taylor seemed determined to keep coming after Andrews. "Then why would I keep it hidden?" Ace asks, "I earned that title, it's mine by right!" The voice pauses, and then admits that Andrews has a point. A full motive was missing, as well as "how" the title was re-stolen and "where" the title was now. But, the voice continues, they actually may soon have some insight into both how and why, as investigators retrieved Andrews' TCW-issued laptop, one of the perks of being the champ, and found an encrypted portion of the hard drive which they were working on cracking. Andrews starts to protest, but the voice says that as the laptop was TCW property, the company had every right to audit its contents. Andrews says that he has nothing to hide, and the voice says they're done for now and Andrews can go. 88 Sammy Bach vs Doc Hammond #1 Contender Tournament Round 2 match Doc Hammond makes his entrance alone to the Syndicate's music, stoically striding to the ring and raising his arms in the air once he reaches the center. The announcers put Doc over as a veteran threat, able to take anyone down to the mat and have his way. Doc then stands by as the opening beat to Sammy Bach's song starts, and as the vocals kick in the fans join in and Sammy Bach makes his appearance on the stage, raising his fist and posing for the crowd. He walks down the entrance ramp, soaking in the fans' love, while the announcers talk about how both the Syndicate and Jay Chord were given the night off earlier in the show. Bach enters the ring, waiting for the song to wind down and looking out over the crowd. As the song finishes, he climbs the middle turnbuckle and raises his fist one more time. Bach drops down and starts taking off his sunglasses and coat when Doc Hammond attacks, and the match is on! Hammond immediately starts working on Bach's legs, trying to nullify the latter's speed advantage and set him up for the Texas Cloverleaf. For his part, Bach is initially on the defensive as Doc tries to press the advantage, but the match soon turns into a more even affair as Bach recovers and responds to Doc's offense with his own technical knowledge and aerial flair. Circling each other, engrossed in their conflict, neither Hammond or Bach notice when Killer Shark comes out, led by Floyd Goldworthy. They walk down to the ring and stand there, watching, with Shark particularly interested in the match and pacing back and forth. Back in the ring, it's Sammy who gets an advantage, but stops pressing it briefly as he notices Shark and Goldworthy outside the ring. This gives Hammond an opportunity to fight back and gain the advantage, and he begins working on Bach's legs again. Killer Shark begins walking around the ring at a slow pace, then speeds up, never taking his eyes off the action in the ring. Hammond has Bach down and is trying to set up the Texas Cloverleaf when he finally notices Killer Shark, still circling the ring, and is distracted long enough for Bach to counter. Bach kips up and goes for the Bach on Your Bach, but Hammond counters and hits an Exploder Suplex. He doesn't notice Sammy flip fully around and land on his feet, and as he raises his arms in celebration Sammy shoots back in and hits the Bach On Your Back for the pin. 69 As the ref raises Sammy's arm, Jay Chord appears on the Jumbotron, grabbing Sammy's attention. Chord says he was enjoying his night off and wanted to check in on the show. He also hopes everyone saw that he didn't interfere in the match, as ordered, but no one ordered him not to interfere in things after the match. At this, Floyd Goldworthy nods and Killer Shark hits the ring with a surprising glee. Sammy turns to face Shark and squares off, but is soon overwhelmed by Shark's power and ferocity, and Shark hits the Big Bite, putting Bach down. Shark then turns to a stirring Doc Hammond, and hauls him up for another Big Bite. Goldworthy is up on the apron, yelling to Shark "No! That's enough!" Killer Shark pauses and looks to Goldworthy, then looks at Bach, and makes a decision to pick Bach up and hit another Big Bite. He then stands in the middle of the ring, triumphant! 85 Overall: 75 Booker's notes. Huggins and Thomas have great chemistry, and considering several wrestlers have promised to put him over apparently the game really wants me to use Elliot Thomas. Initially, I thought he'd make a great jobber to the stars with some build up, but my version of Thomas is growing on me so he may become one of my (too) many projects. On the flipside, Bach and Hammond have terrible chemistry, lucky it didn't tank the rating too much and the show got a decent overall score. Some of those angle ratings are becoming pretty great and I think they propped up the lackluster match scores on this show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackwad Posted October 26, 2021 Author Share Posted October 26, 2021 return of the jack Hey, back from my unannounced long hiatus. I had a couple of readers I think, so I feel like I owe some kind of an explanation. Essentially, I messed up in transferring my dynasty notes and a couple of completed shows to my new computer. I was so upset at losing that stuff I pretty much ragequit writing for a few months. Anyway, now I have two things: a desire to write again and cloud saves. It's been interesting trying to piece together writeups for shows I ran in TEW but I have no notes for, please bear with me while I get back into the groove and thanks for checking out the thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackwad Posted October 30, 2021 Author Share Posted October 30, 2021 TCW Saturday Night Showcase Saturday, Week 3, February 2020 Shoot Club vs The Rock City Stars Rockin' Ryan Turner and Stan Manna are already in the ring as the show opens, and the newly reunited team of Marc Speed and Al Coleman make their entrance. The announcers mention that Speed, having seen TCW's renewed commitment to tag team wrestling, put in a call to his old partner Coleman and got the band back together. Shoot Club are put over as a team dedicated to submission wrestling, and that dedication is put on display as Speed and Coleman immediately take it to the mat, never quite letting the Rock City Stars up until Speed makes Manna submit to the dreaded Cross Armbreaker. 50 We go backstage to a sitdown interview with Bad Habit. Jason Azaria begins by congratulating Matt Hocking and Roderick Remus on their World Tag Team title win at Malice In Wonderland. Haley Buck interrupts to say congratulations weren't necessary because the outcome was never in doubt. Azaria gets the interview back on track and asks the duo about their title defense against Benny & The Foxx at the next Total Wrestling; Benny Benson was confident enough in winning the title match that he allowed Haley Buck to be at ringside when he could have banned her. Once again, Buck interrupts and starts getting in Azaria's face, but Remus quietly speaks to her while Hocking says that Benson made the second biggest mistake in his life in not banning Buck. The first biggest was in thinking he and his partner could win the titles from Bad Habit. 67 Edd Stone vs Mr. Lucha III Mr. Lucha is waiting in the ring as Edd Stone makes his entrance, looking all-business as he leads Vita to the ring. The pedigrees of both men are put over by the announcers, with Mr. Lucha in particular being hyped as one to watch for the future. Sam Keith is caught by the cameras as he settles in to his usual spot and opens up his clipboard. The bell rings and the newcomer is able to match Stone on the mat or in the air in an even match, and eventually he cheats to take control. With momentum swinging in his favor, Mr. Lucha takes some time to mess with the crowd, acting like he's going to the top rope but faking the crowd out and going for a submission on Stone instead. Stone, near the center of the ring, is able to reach near enough to the ropes for Vita to grab his arm and pull him the rest of the way to break the hold. From there, Stone takes control of the match and soon hits the Party's Over for the pin. 60 Sam Keith is still finishing whatever he's writing while Stone and Vita start heading to the back, but Edd notices him and goes over to talk. We can hear Stone greet Keith and say something about facing Greg Gauge at the next Total Wrestling. Keith says he heard, and would like to talk further to Stone if Edd was available. Stone seems thrilled, and agrees to get in touch. 71 Umaga vs Tavon Blake Jr Not much is known about newcomer Blake, but in the ring he shows off a crisp, old-school grappling style as he tries to contend with Umaga's unorthodox offense. At first the match is fairly even with both wrestlers able to showcase, but unfortunately for Blake, he has no answer for many of Umaga's attacks and he soon falls to the Samoan Suplex. 48 The Sinner Society is backstage, with Eddie Peak speaking about Mighty Mo and The Breaks. He says he's pleased with all three men's progression on the Path, and warns them that their recent wins over members of the Sinner Society only mean that their fall will be that much further. And then, the rebuilding can begin at last! Peak smiles his disturbing smile right at the camera to close the segment. 66 Clark Alexander vs Nelson Callum The story of this match is one of a veteran trying to prove he's still got it competing with a younger wrestler, hungry for his first win in TCW. However, it's no use denying that Alexander has lost a step compared to his performances in his first TCW run, and he quickly falls to Callum's Honey Trap. 45 Devine Fortune are out for the next match, but they have mics and address The Syndicate as they take the ring. They say that they're proud to be standing up to The Syndicate and their gang tactics, and proud of their allies who answered the call to defend TCW. The Syndicate's music interrupts them and Nate Johnson and Chris Flynn come out to boos. Nate says that he and Flynn just had to come out and interrupt this love fest because they were bored to tears. He says that the only reason anyone cares who Devine Fortune are is because they've been sharing screen time recently with the most dominating group in professional wrestling history, The Syndicate! "But," Johnson continues, "this is the last time boys. This is the last time you get to leech off of The Syndicate's aura and majesty. This is the last time we'll make you famous!" With that, Johnson and Flynn rush to the ring and begin brawling with Devine Fortune. The ref, having little control of the competitors actions before a match, decides to ring the opening bell and start the match in order to exert his authority. 54 Devine Fortune vs The Syndicate (Nate Johnson / Chris Flynn) All four men continue brawling inside the ring while the ref tries to gain control of the situation, eventually the problem solving itself when Flynn and Devine fall through the middle ropes to the outside making Johnson and Fortune the legal men by default. As the fight continues, Doc Hammond rushes out and starts sneaking up behind Devine who is still on the outside of the ring, occupied with Flynn. Just as Hammond is about to strike, a figure in a hoodie jumps up on the barricade and delivers a surprise cross-body to Hammond. As the mysterious interloper gets up, he reveals himself to be Bart Biggins! He grabs a chair and swings it at Hammond, but Doc dodges and Biggins starts chasing him to the back. Back in the ring, things have settled a bit as The Syndicate has taken control and slowed the pace down by isolating Darryl Devine. Just when it seems Johnson and Flynn have this match in the bag, Doc Hammond and Bart Biggins appear at the top of the stage, brawling. The distraction keeps Flynn from tagging in, causing Johnson to drop Devine and grab Flynn by the shoulder to turn him around. The reprieve is long enough for Devine to rally and tag in Fortune while Johnson is yelling at Flynn to get his head in the game. Mustering all his strength, Darryl Devine joins Chance Fortune in attempting a double-drop kick to Johnson, but Nate gets out of the way, causing Flynn to get hit by Devine Fortune. With the odds finally in their favor, Devine Fortune use that advantage to quickly put Johnson away for the three. 58 While Biggins and Hammond are still fighting at the top of the stage, Devine Fortune look at each other and wordlessly decide to continue making a statement. Fortune starts attacking a groggy Johnson while Devine launches himself over the top rope onto a recovering Flynn. TCW officials come rushing out from backstage to establish order as the show ends. 55 Overall: 61 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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