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To say we're in a bad spot would be an understatement. Heck, if it weren't for BriCo then we'd have shuttered in 2015. You would think we had though at times, with Rocky gone, our HQ moved to Texas and the fast paced wrestling giving way to more slugfests it almost seemed like we were a completely different place. It's not like BriCo knew how to run a wrestling company, so they let (Kyle) Rhodes and Brent (Hill) run things. As long as BriCo got larger than life characters to turn into action figures they did not care. Big men, electric personalities, that sort of thing. In order to not simply rehash USPW / SWF Rhodes leaned more into the AAFW or TWL style of wrestling. 

Sadly this change of pace served only to keep TCW where they had been for over a decade, far behind the major US players, far ahead of the indies. After five years of adequate booking, Brent Hill stepped down.  He had enough of the role, and honestly the fans had kind of had enough of him. Rehashing the Syndicate, destroying the tag team division and somehow not pulling the trigger on Chord despite him being ready for the entire five years Hill ran the ship would likely be the legacy of Brent Hill. However what most will forget is him making Mighty Mo a star and doing the best he could with the losses TCW endured. He was a good booker at a time when TCW needed a great booker.

Supposedly, Rhodes interviewed ten outsiders and a few people inside the company. Rumors came flying around that last week of 2019 and it became hard to focus. Big, big names were reported with certainty. Ariza, RDJ, Peter Michaels, Liberty and even ol' Tommy Cornell were reported as having accepted the job (although none of those guys actually interviewed). It was a wild time for the fans, for the boys and yeah even for me. Little did I know my definition of 'wild times' was about to be tossed on its head.

- excerpt from "TCW 2020: The Year of Change" written by new TCW head booker

 

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Dazzling Dave Diamond, TCW Booker

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January Part 1 - I Was Livid

My father always jokes that it is a good thing social media didn't exist when he was a wrestler, but I don't think the old man could even have figured out how to use it. The guy barely understood ancient tech like a VCR and he thinks he would have been some 70s influencer? What a joke. 

Still it was that saying that led to me shutting off my phone when the news came down. Internally we were told the Monday before the first show he booked. I was livid. I wanted to log on and basically quit, them giving the keys to someone who had not even really driven before. He hadn't even been with the company as long as I had, mine as well some of the old guard like Ox (Robert Oxford), Joel (Bryan) or (Floyd) Goldworthy. It felt like a slap in the face to those guys and to all of us who broke our backs trying to push TCW up this mountain. If I hadn't turned off that phone I promise those posts would be legendary today, and not in the good way.

I learned later Robert didn't even apply and Joel, well Joel can tell his side if he wants, but Floyd took things the same way I did. Luckily for TCW, Dave (Diamond) and honestly Floyd he stayed chill about it. We all kind of did, what choice did we have. We may not have liked the new boss, but we did not have any time to argue. There was a show on Thursday,  and plans were already being made for Malice.

- excerpt from "TCW 2020: The Year of Change" written by Jay Chord

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image.png.8d56e3d2a66d0e7830bd53e58fa5c123.pngTCW presents Total Wrestling

 
Devine Fortune vs The Elite
Doc Hammond vs Flying Jimmy Foxx
Benny Benson vs Matt Hocking
Mighty Mo vs Nick Booth
Edd Stone vs Roderick Remus
T-Bone Bright vs Wolf Hawkins
Freddy Huggins vs Jay Chord vs Joshua Taylor vs One Man Army

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Very interesting start! :)

 

14 hours ago, Astil said:

Devine Fortune vs The Elite
Doc Hammond vs Flying Jimmy Foxx
Benny Benson vs Matt Hocking
Mighty Mo vs Nick Booth
Edd Stone vs Roderick Remus
T-Bone Bright vs Wolf Hawkins
Freddy Huggins vs Jay Chord vs Joshua Taylor vs One Man Army

 

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These are mostly just wild guesses as I don't know the TCW roster well

Devine Fortune vs The Elite
Doc Hammond vs Flying Jimmy Foxx
Benny Benson vs Matt Hocking
Mighty Mo vs Nick Booth
Edd Stone vs Roderick Remus
T-Bone Bright vs Wolf Hawkins
Freddy Huggins vs Jay Chord vs Joshua Taylor vs One Man Army

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Great start. Total Championship Wrestling is my favourite promotion

Devine Fortune vs The Elite
Doc Hammond vs Flying Jimmy Foxx
Benny Benson vs Matt Hocking
Mighty Mo vs Nick Booth
Edd Stone vs Roderick Remus
T-Bone Bright vs Wolf Hawkins
Freddy Huggins vs Jay Chord vs Joshua Taylor vs One Man Army

 

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Author Note: This will not be the format going forward, just wanted to get the episode up. The style will be the same, but not a series of images. Was hoping the new forum would allow direct copy paste from Word but alas. 

Thank you to all the likes and predictions! I'll have to think of a little prize for the prediction champ(s).

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On 8/25/2022 at 9:46 AM, Sisma said:

Very interesting start! :)

 

 

Thanks! It's a pretty stock standard TCW run so I needed to spice it up somehow.

On 8/25/2022 at 11:36 AM, Irish Wolf said:

These are mostly just wild guesses as I don't know the TCW roster well

Devine Fortune vs The Elite
Doc Hammond vs Flying Jimmy Foxx
Benny Benson vs Matt Hocking
Mighty Mo vs Nick Booth
Edd Stone vs Roderick Remus
T-Bone Bright vs Wolf Hawkins
Freddy Huggins vs Jay Chord vs Joshua Taylor vs One Man Army

Hey that just means you can learn the roster here, right?

On 8/26/2022 at 2:45 AM, Wrestling Machine said:

Devine Fortune vs The Elite
Doc Hammond vs Flying Jimmy Foxx
Benny Benson vs Matt Hocking
Mighty Mo vs Nick Booth
Edd Stone vs Roderick Remus
T-Bone Bright vs Wolf Hawkins
Freddy Huggins vs Jay Chord vs Joshua Taylor vs One Man Army

Thanks for checking in and predicting!

On 8/26/2022 at 8:23 AM, CR2020 said:

Great start. Total Championship Wrestling is my favourite promotion

Devine Fortune vs The Elite
Doc Hammond vs Flying Jimmy Foxx
Benny Benson vs Matt Hocking
Mighty Mo vs Nick Booth
Edd Stone vs Roderick Remus
T-Bone Bright vs Wolf Hawkins
Freddy Huggins vs Jay Chord vs Joshua Taylor vs One Man Army

 

My favorite is USPW because they are just so evil. Still TCW is such an interesting start its hard to pass up.

On 8/26/2022 at 9:16 AM, The Blonde Bomber said:

Devine Fortune vs The Elite
Doc Hammond vs Flying Jimmy Foxx
Benny Benson vs Matt Hocking
Mighty Mo vs Nick Booth
Edd Stone vs Roderick Remus
T-Bone Bright vs Wolf Hawkins
Freddy Huggins vs Jay Chord vs Joshua Taylor vs One Man Army

This seems to be the most common guess, with Elite and Benson winning. I don't think it is off base, especially with Benson being in a program with Gauge, but I have some plans.

On 8/26/2022 at 1:33 PM, 2Sweet said:

Devine Fortune vs The Elite
Doc Hammond vs Flying Jimmy Foxx
Benny Benson vs Matt Hocking
Mighty Mo vs Nick Booth
Edd Stone vs Roderick Remus
T-Bone Bright vs Wolf Hawkins
Freddy Huggins vs Jay Chord vs Joshua Taylor vs One Man Army

Oh, Remus over Edd is bold. I love it, wish I was that brave.

On 8/26/2022 at 6:15 PM, MiykaelP said:

Devine Fortune vs The Elite
Doc Hammond vs Flying Jimmy Foxx
Benny Benson vs Matt Hocking
Mighty Mo vs Nick Booth
Edd Stone vs Roderick Remus
T-Bone Bright vs Wolf Hawkins
Freddy Huggins vs Jay Chord vs Joshua Taylor vs One Man Army

Ohhh, 100%! Nicely done.

On 8/27/2022 at 12:56 AM, Jaysin said:

Devine Fortune vs The Elite
Doc Hammond vs Flying Jimmy Foxx
Benny Benson vs Matt Hocking
Mighty Mo vs Nick Booth
Edd Stone vs Roderick Remus
T-Bone Bright vs Wolf Hawkins
Freddy Huggins vs Jay Chord vs Joshua Taylor vs One Man Army

Welcome! 

On 8/27/2022 at 3:55 AM, John Lions said:

Devine Fortune vs The Elite
Doc Hammond vs Flying Jimmy Foxx
Benny Benson vs Matt Hocking
Mighty Mo vs Nick Booth
Edd Stone vs Roderick Remus
T-Bone Bright vs Wolf Hawkins
Freddy Huggins vs Jay Chord vs Joshua Taylor vs One Man Army

I honestly did not expect this much in terms of predictions I've run out of things to say oh no...

Thanks for predicting!

On 8/27/2022 at 5:22 AM, flaviooooo said:

Devine Fortune vs The Elite
Doc Hammond vs Flying Jimmy Foxx
Benny Benson vs Matt Hocking
Mighty Mo vs Nick Booth
Edd Stone vs Roderick Remus
T-Bone Bright vs Wolf Hawkins
Freddy Huggins vs Jay Chord vs Joshua Taylor vs One Man Army

I will say everyone had Chord winning. No love for Taylor?

12 hours ago, Scottie said:

Devine Fortune vs The Elite
Doc Hammond vs Flying Jimmy Foxx
Benny Benson vs Matt Hocking
Mighty Mo vs Nick Booth
Edd Stone vs Roderick Remus
T-Bone Bright vs Wolf Hawkins
Freddy Huggins vs Jay Chord vs Joshua Taylor vs One Man Army

And Scottie makes 11! THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. In character post likely coming tomorrow. 

 

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Irish Wolf 6 7 86%
Wrestling Machine 6 7 86%
Jaysin 6 7 86%
John Lions 6 7 86%
Sisma 5 7 71%
CR2020 5 7 71%
The Blonde Bomber 5 7 71%
flaviooooo 5 7 71%
Scottie 5 7 71%
2Sweet 4 7 57%
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I still recall my first meeting with Dave. Despite being chosen to replace me his confidence had not yet come into its own in early January. He had ideas, good ones, but wanted to keep pushing with my plans. Keep the Malice main Taylor v Ace, keep attention away from Wolf wanting the belt, etc. I told him in that meeting that he was in charge now, and he needed to push his vision. After he laid out how he wanted things to go I was excited. Not because I thought they were all world changing ideas, I'm not that blinded, but because they were TCW booking ideas that weren't mine. For the first time in a half decade I could watch and enjoy.

 

image.png.8d56e3d2a66d0e7830bd53e58fa5c123.pngTCW presents Total Wrestling

Benny & the Foxx vs. Greg Gauge and Matt Hocking
Dazzling Dave Diamond vs. Killer Shark
Maverick vs. Tana the Mighty
Danny Fonzarelli & Devine Fortune vs. The Syndicate (Wolf Hawkins, Eddie Chandler and Nate Johnson)
Doc Hammond vs. Edd Stone
Aaron Andrews, One Man Army and Sammy Bach vs. Freddy Huggins, Jay Chord and Joshua Taylor

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Benny & the Foxx vs. Greg Gauge and Matt Hocking
Dazzling Dave Diamond vs. Killer Shark
Maverick vs. Tana the Mighty
Danny Fonzarelli & Devine Fortune vs. The Syndicate (Wolf Hawkins, Eddie Chandler and Nate Johnson)
Doc Hammond vs. Edd Stone
Aaron Andrews, One Man Army and Sammy Bach vs. Freddy Huggins, Jay Chord and Joshua Taylor

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Benny & the Foxx vs. Greg Gauge and Matt Hocking
Dazzling Dave Diamond vs. Killer Shark
Maverick vs. Tana the Mighty
Danny Fonzarelli & Devine Fortune vs. The Syndicate (Wolf Hawkins, Eddie Chandler and Nate Johnson)
Doc Hammond vs. Edd Stone
Aaron Andrews, One Man Army and Sammy Bach vs. Freddy Huggins, Jay Chord and Joshua Taylor

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Benny & the Foxx vs. Greg Gauge and Matt Hocking
Dazzling Dave Diamond vs. Killer Shark
Maverick vs. Tana the Mighty
Danny Fonzarelli & Devine Fortune vs. The Syndicate (Wolf Hawkins, Eddie Chandler and Nate Johnson)
Doc Hammond vs. Edd Stone
Aaron Andrews, One Man Army and Sammy Bach vs. Freddy Huggins, Jay Chord and Joshua Taylor

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Benny & the Foxx vs. Greg Gauge and Matt Hocking
Dazzling Dave Diamond vs. Killer Shark
Maverick vs. Tana the Mighty
Danny Fonzarelli & Devine Fortune vs. The Syndicate (Wolf Hawkins, Eddie Chandler and Nate Johnson)
Doc Hammond vs. Edd Stone
Aaron Andrews, One Man Army and Sammy Bach vs. Freddy Huggins, Jay Chord and Joshua Taylor

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Benny & the Foxx vs. Greg Gauge and Matt Hocking
Dazzling Dave Diamond vs. Killer Shark
Maverick vs. Tana the Mighty
Danny Fonzarelli & Devine Fortune vs. The Syndicate (Wolf Hawkins, Eddie Chandler and Nate Johnson)
Doc Hammond vs. Edd Stone
Aaron Andrews, One Man Army and Sammy Bach vs. Freddy Huggins, Jay Chord and Joshua Taylor

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Benny & the Foxx vs. Greg Gauge and Matt Hocking
Dazzling Dave Diamond vs. Killer Shark
Maverick vs. Tana the Mighty
Danny Fonzarelli & Devine Fortune vs. The Syndicate (Wolf Hawkins, Eddie Chandler and Nate Johnson)
Doc Hammond vs. Edd Stone
Aaron Andrews, One Man Army and Sammy Bach vs. Freddy Huggins, Jay Chord and Joshua Taylor

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