Bad Collin Posted August 7 Author Share Posted August 7 (edited) Godiva Tag Classic - Semi Final Dwayne Dark and Bret Heartbreak defeated Cain Carlile and Jasper Squires Rating: 47 Jasper and Cain were so up for this and they came at Dark and Heartbreak with wild abandon. It was not to be however, Dark was too strong and he punched too hard and the match was stopped when Cain Carlile could not continue after taking the Darkness Falls. Holly Leves interviewed the monstrous Travis Donovan who is back in the UK this month and training hard, he expects to make an impact in 3LW before long so everyone better watch out Rating: 31 Godiva Tag Classic - Semi Final Zofia Jankovic and Stefan Raynor defeated The Funke Bunch Rating: 45 The Funke Bunch tried their usual bizarre dance sequences to distract their opponents but Zofia and Stefan are ice cold. Zofia weakened the pair of dancing idiots with precise kicks and Stefan finished Finn off with the Single Arm DDT. The New Assassins moved on to the final! Dark and Dearheart try to pay off Raynor! Rating: 38 Rachel Dearheart and Dwayne Dark came to the ring following the match with an offer for Stefan Raynor; step aside in the Godiva Tag Classic and he would get a healthy pay day. Stefan seemed to umm and ahh for a while as the crowd shouted at him to refuse and in the end he replied with a firm - No! Stefan said that sometimes glory is more important than money and the Godiva Tag Classic Final is one of those times. Jon Michael Sharp and Marting Heath defeated The Youth Bandits (Cannonball Logan and Ian Vincible) Rating: 50 Sharp and Heath may have been banned from the Tag Classic but there was nothing to stop them appearing on the show and they went all out to make an impression here. The Youth Bandits played their part in an excellent match which Sharp and Heath won after 13 minutes. Godiva Tag Classic - Final Zofia Jankovic and Stefan Raynor defeated Bret Heartbreak and Dwayne Dark Rating: 54 The New Assassins made their entrance first; bathed in blue light, with a cool new entrance theme and wearing T-shirts featuring their new logo: Dark and Heartbreak came to the ring next, quietly confident of picking up their first Godiva Tag Classic win. When the bell rang Dark and Raynor dominated the match, reigniting their rivalry with savage punches and slams. Zofia and Heartbreak tried to make an impact but the match kept reverting to a Dark v Raynor slugfest. The match turned with the interference of Konrad Makinen. Heartbreak distracted the referee to allow Rachel Dearheart to interfere but in the confusion Makinen arrived and nailed Dwayne Dark with a chairshot! Dark fell off the apron and Heartbreak turned around into Raynor’s signature Single Arm DDT! Raynor made the cover and The New Assassins had struck! Edited August 7 by Bad Collin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bad Collin Posted August 7 Author Share Posted August 7 (edited) New Assassins Promo Rating: 30 The New Assassins came to the ring with their Godiva Tag Classic trophies. They celebrated their victory and thanked Makinen for his timely assistance. Stefan said that the main thing he loves about 3LW is that the next tournament is always just around the corner and he is ready to defend his King of the Jungle crown. Zofia said that she is also looking forward to success; she vowed to regain the Lightweight title! Zofia Jankovic defeated Thea Davis Rating: 42 Thea and Zofia came into 3LW with similar expectations. Both were now Grand Slam winners but Zofia had clearly outshined Thea in recent months. Thea went into this match hoping to claw back ground on her rival but in the end she just saw Zofia pull further ahead. Zofia won an excellent match when she countered Thea’s attempted Flying Lariat into a KO Headkick. Heath announced a ladder match for King of the Jungle! Rating: 38 Martin Heath was interviewed by Holly Leves. Heath said that he had suggested to Leo Price that there should be a three person ladder match at King of the Jungle for the Lightweight Title! Heath said Price loved the idea and in fact Zofia has just qualified for the match with her win over Thea. Heath finished by saying that it is Cain Carlile v Strife next week for the final spot. Mark Moore debuts and interrupts Squires, he says that Price is wasting his time with him Rating: 39 Jasper Squires was about to talk about his upcoming match when he was interrupted by a debuting Mark Moore! Squires didn’t know who he was and Moore ripped into the young wrestler telling him that he was a talentless waste of space and the young wrestlers these days were substandard copies of the wrestlers that were around in the 90’s. Squires got annoyed and cut Moore off telling him to watch the next match before he opens his mouth again. King of the Jungle - Quarter Final Cannonball Logan defeated Jasper Squires Rating: 34 Mark Moore hung around ringside as Logan made his entrance and watched a very good back and forth match between the veteran and the youngster. Squires started well but seemed to be put off by Moore hanging around and made a mistake, getting caught in the corner and being hammered by Logan’s Run (a high knee in the corner). Logan covered for the win and Moore mocked Squires. King of the Jungle - Quarter Final Jon Michael Sharp defeated Bret Heartbreak Rating: 42 The main event was the second King of the Jungle Quarter Final and was a battle of styles. Sharp wanted to wrestle, Heartbreak wanted to brawl and in the end Sharp got what he wanted. Heartbreak could just not put a series of strikes together and was slowly worn down enough for Sharp to hit his High Crossbody finish for the win. Edited August 7 by Bad Collin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobheadJake Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 Been really enjoying this so far. RTG isn't something I'd see myself trying but I like your attempt at it and I like the theme of your promotion and the yearly competitions. Looking forward to seeing how it progresses. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Collin Posted August 8 Author Share Posted August 8 2 hours ago, CobheadJake said: Been really enjoying this so far. RTG isn't something I'd see myself trying but I like your attempt at it and I like the theme of your promotion and the yearly competitions. Looking forward to seeing how it progresses. Thanks, I play RTG's pretty much exclusively and it has long been a goal of mine to write a dynasty for a completed RTG. I'm really enjoying this one so far, I just hope I get the debt back under control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Collin Posted August 8 Author Share Posted August 8 (edited) King of the Jungle - Quarter Final Stefan Raynor defeated Red Dragon Rating: 35 Holly interviewed Stefan post match and Sharp interrupted Rating: 38 Stefan was in the ring celebrating his relatively easy win over Red Dragon when Holly Leves arrived with a microphone. Raynor repeated what he said last month; he is the King of the Jungle and there is nobody in this tournament who can prevent him winning again. To his visible annoyance Raynor was cut off again, this time by Jon Michael Sharp. Sharp said that he is not an idiot, he knows that The New Assassins will be lurking next month but The Pride will be ready for anything. Cain Carlile defeated Strife Rating: 33 Darkhearts promo interrupted by Makinen who takes out Thea and Bret! Rating: 40 The Darkhearts had a disappointing show last month with Bret Heartbreak and Thea Davis both losing important matches. Rachel Dearheart was reading Bret and Thea the riot act, telling them to show their worth to Dwayne Dark when Konrad Makinen attacked! He knocked Thea down with lariat to the back of the head then threw Bret into the ringpost before nailing him with a reverse DDT onto the concrete floor. Makinen then rolled into the ring and invited Dark to join him for the main event. King of the Jungle - Quarter Final Dwayne Dark defeated Konrad Makinen Rating: 52 There was no art to this Quarter Final, both of these men like to brawl and brawl they did. Makinen wound his punches up a bit more and played up to the crowd but ultimately this was a 20 minute slugfest. With his teammates taken out of the equation Dark had to dig deep and show his toughness and he did just that, powering out of the Swedish Grapevine twice and finishing a tiring Makinen with his Darkness Falls KO Punch. It had been an utter war but Dark had survived and he went through to the Semi Final to face Cannonball Logan. Edited August 8 by Bad Collin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Collin Posted August 8 Author Share Posted August 8 (edited) The show starts with chaotic scenes! Rating: 38 Both Stefan Raynor and Jon Michael Sharp came out for their match accompanied by their stablemates. With so many hot-headed wrestlers at ringside it did not take long for a brawl to break out. Makinen and Squires brawled all around ringside and were both escorted from the building. King of the Jungle - Semi Final Stefan Raynor defeated Jon Michael Sharp Rating: 46 Stefan Raynor is in the best form of his life and once he has your arm pressed against your chest ready for the Single Arm DDT there is no way back for you. Sharp knew this was to be avoided and he managed to wrestle his way out of the majority of tricky situations. However, one misstep is costly against a ruthless competitor like The Angel Faced Assassin and a Sharp crossbody countered by a Raynor spinning elbow led to the end of this match. The elbow stunned Sharp enough for Raynor to gain control of Sharp’s arm and drop him with the DDT, Humphrey Woolsey counted three to end this excellent opening match. King of the Jungle - Semi Final Dwayne Dark defeated Cannonball Logan Rating: 54 Leo Price lays down the law! Rating: 48 Leo Price came to the ring to say that he has banned everyone from ringside for the double main events. He excitedly talked about 3LW’s first ever ladder match and then the third match between Raynor and Dark, both men had won one bout each and both had won two Grand Slams, who would be the first to three Slams? 3LW Lightweight Title - Ladder Match Martin Heath defeated Zofia Jankovic and Cain Carlile Rating: 51 As expected, 3LW's first ladder match was a wild spot fest. Dives outside the ring, ladders being used as weapons and everything else expected from one of these festivals of chaos. The beginning of the end came when Captain Crash lived up to his name; dropping off a large ladder through two tables on the outside! Zofia and Heath were stunned for a minute then proceeded to use whatever was at hand to try and incapacitate the other. The finish came when Heath delivered his Flying Fist Drop from the top turnbuckle to Zofia as she was sat on a chair outside the ring! That was enough to give Heath the time to climb the ladder, grab the belt and retain his title. King of the Jungle - Final Dwayne Dark defeated Stefan Raynor to win the 3LW King of the Jungle Rating: 59 With all teammates banned from ringside, Dwayne Dark had to go back to what he knows best - kicking ass. Raynor is a wily competitor and managed to get on top from time to time but in the end Dark was just too strong and too accurate with his strikes. Raynor tired at the 20 minute mark and Dark countered an attempted Single Arm DDT into an unexpected Darkness Falls KO punch. Raynor slumped to the canvas and Dark covered for the three count. Dwayne Dark was the first person to win three Grand Slams and his delight at this was unmistakable. Edited August 8 by Bad Collin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bad Collin Posted August 8 Author Share Posted August 8 (edited) Holly interviews Cain Carlile who talked about ‘Cain’s Course”. Rating: 36 Holly Leves opened the show and introduced Cain Carlile. Holly asked if Cain was ok after his hard landing last month. Cain said he was fine and in fact he’s feeling even better than normal because Leo Price has named him number one contender for the lightweight title, and he gets to choose the match at Midwinter Massacre! The only catch is that if he loses in the meantime whoever beats him gets the title shot instead. Carlile called this ‘Cain’s Course’ and it began immediately. Cain Carlile defeated lan Vincible Rating: 34 Ian Vincible was Cain’s first opponent but didn’t fare too well. Vincible is broken down and Captain Crash took him apart in the later stages of the match. His Mark of Cain double stomp finisher was an exclamation mark on a very dominant win. Jasper Squires defeated Rave Rating: 25 This was a bad match between two wrestlers at opposite extremes of their careers. Squires was still sloppy and inexperienced and Rave, well Rave was never any good in his prime let alone ten years after it. The match ended after ten minutes when Squires hit the Price Drop and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Mark Moore is tasked with putting a Three Lions Tournament team together Rating: 46 Mark Moore came to the ring and complained about the ladder match from King of the Jungle. Moore was irate and called it garbage wrestling. Moore was about to continue his rant when he was interrupted by Leo Price himself. Moore practically prostrated himself at the feet of Price claiming he was ‘not worthy’ of sharing the ring with such a great 90’s wrestler. Price pointed out that he only made his debut in 1999 and none of the wrestlers Moore represents wrestled in the 1990’s. Moore shot back that they may not have wrestled in the 90’s but they were raised to manhood (Moore has no female clients) in the greatest decade in history. Price challenged Moore to raise a team from this ‘golden generation’ to challenge The Pride next month in the Three Lions Tournament Semi Final. Moore agreed and said they would win, because the 90’s Rule! The New Assassins (Stefan Raynor, Zofia Jankovic and Konrad Makinen) defeated The Darkhearts (Dwayne Dark, Bret Heartbreak and Thea Davis) Rating: 52 If the rollicking from Rachel Dearheart was designed to motivate Bret and Thea it backfired spectacularly. Both seemed more interested in personal glory than teamwork and gazed at Dark and Dearheart with undisguised contempt. The Darkheart team cohesion was so bad that they were easy to pick apart. A suicide dive from Makinen to Dark and a headkick from Zofia to Thea left Heartbreak at the mercy of Stefan Raynor who delivered the Single Arm DDT and covered to send The New Assassins to the final. Edited August 8 by Bad Collin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Collin Posted August 8 Author Share Posted August 8 (edited) Moore introduces his team, the 90's rules! Rating: 32 Mark Moore brought out his team for the second Three Lions Trophy Semi Final. Glen Ward strutted around in his judo uniform, Cannonball Logan tried to make friends with everyone in the front row and Grant Taypen stood in the ring, oiled up, trying to look like a beefcake. Leo Price came out to mock Mark’s choices. Logan didn’t debut until 2004 and Taypen was 10 when the 90’s ended! Moore was undeterred, these men have the spirit of the 90’s, he said and they would defeat The Pride tonight! Stefan Raynor defeated Jermaine Granger Rating: 36 “Black Thunder” Jermaine Granger is a very entertaining, highly athletic competitor who had made a name for himself with some excellent wins on the 3LW pre shows. Against a ruthless, barbaric, sadist like Raynor however Granger just couldn’t compete. Raynor roughed him up for ten minutes and then pinned him after the Single Arm DDT. Dearheart announces Dark v Heartbreak at the next show! Rating: 30 Rachel Dearheart cut a promo in the ring. She insulted Bret Heartbreak (an ineffective, preening imbecile) and Thea Davis (a dishonest, stuck up piece of trash). Dearheart went on to say that Dwayne Dark has been let down time and time again by Bret. She announces that both men have agreed to settle this in the ring at the next show! Cain Carlile defeated Colin Picalo Rating: 45 Cain Carlile’s next opponent in ‘Cain’s Course’ was renowned Hooligan Colin Picalo. Picalo played up to the crowd, insulting the fans and scrapping like the thug he is with Carlile. Cain wrestled like a pro, mixing good technical wrestling with some spectacular high flying moves. The match was excellent and the crowd were very happy when Carlile pinned Picalo following a Mark of Cain. Three Lions Tournament - Semi Final The Pride (Martin Heath, Jasper Squires, Jon Michael Sharp) defeated 90's Rule (Cannonball Logan, Grant Taypen and Glen Ward) Rating: 42 Mark Moore came to ringside and made sure that Jasper Squires saw him, he seemed to think that Squires was the weak link that his team could exploit. Squires rose to the challenge and wrestled an excellent match, he took particular delight in out-wrestling Cannonball Logan after his loss to the veteran back in June. The 90’s Rule team mounted something of a fightback after 10 minutes but The Pride re established their dominance and a Disarmer (Hammerlock Powerbomb / Flying Splash Combo) from Sharp and Heath was enough to keep Glen Ward down for a three count. The Pride were through to the final where they would face The New Assassins. Edited August 8 by Bad Collin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Collin Posted August 9 Author Share Posted August 9 (edited) Heartbreak says he'll leave 3LW if he loses! Rating: 24 Bret Heartbreak came to the ring to open the show. Bret was in full diva mode; walking across the ring in an agitated manner spewing bile about Dearheart and Dwayne Dark. Bret said that Dwayne has never appreciated what he has done for him and he'll beat Dark tonight or leave 3LW! Cain Carlile defeated Thea Davis Rating: 39 Thea was the final hurdle on ‘Cain’s course’ and represented a tough challenge. Thea can throw a punch, her technical wrestling is great and if she lands her Flying Elbow Drop the match is over. Cain took everything Thea could dish out and in the end made his extra 30lbs count, using his strength advantage to bust out some power moves before hitting the Mark of Cain to gain a hard fought victory. New Assassins promo; they have swept aside The Darkhearts and The Pride are next in the crosshairs Rating: 35 Dark over Heartbreak Rating: 49 Dark came out first and stood in the ring, silently, waiting for Bret to finish his melodramatic entrance. Once the bell rang Dark wanted to brawl but Bret kept rolling out of the ring to avoid a fight. All the time Rachel Dearheart was screaming at Bret to fight and eventually she got under his skin and he stood toe to toe with the three time Grand Slam winner. Bret is an excellent brawler and once he committed to the fight he had a gripping back and forth battle with his former teammate. Eventually however, Bret got over confident and attempted a leaping clothesline. Dark was ready and punched Bret out of the air with the Darkness Falls! Bret slumped to the canvas and Dark covered, the three count was a formality and Bret regained consciousness to the sound of “na na na goodbye”. Three Lions Tournament - Final The Pride (Martin Heath, Jasper Squires, Jon Michael Sharp) defeated New Assassins (Stefan Raynor, Zofia Jankovic, Konrad Makinen) Rating: 52 Either Sharp or Raynor would end this match joining Dwayne Dark on three Grand Slams and both men seemed to lead their teams through this match. Zofia and Heath traded kicks and aerial moves (Zofia clearly still wants the Lightweight Title back), Squires and Makinen traded chops and slams but the match always seemed to come back to the personal battle between Sharp and Raynor. Sharp lost to Raynor in the King of the Jungle Tournament after an aerial move was countered and he was very careful here, making sure Raynor was not in a position to counter before taking to the air. Squires and Heath won their individual battles and with Zofia incapacitated on the outside and Squires brawling with Raynor around ringside, Heath and Sharp hit the Disarmer on Makinen and covered for the three count. The Pride had won the Three Lions Tournament for the first time! Edited August 9 by Bad Collin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Collin Posted August 9 Author Share Posted August 9 (edited) Cain and Table Rating: 43 Holly Leves came out to start the show and introduced Cain Carlile. Cain was excited, tonight was his big night. He had earned a Lightweight Title match of his choosing and he chose…..a tables match. The crowd were delighted with this, Cain was happy, this was going to be great. Squires over Red Dragon Rating: 33 There was some good chemistry between these two wrestlers but Red Dragon was extremely broken down after 25 years in the ring and as a result was fairly limited. Squires took advantage of this, his energy levels overcoming his inexperience and when he won a brawl with Dragon he followed up with a Price Drop and covered for the three count. Squires was riding high, he had just won his first Grand Slam and this was an excellent win over a wily veteran. Pride choose Price Rating: 45 The Pride came to the ring with their Three Lions Tournament trophies. Heath said that this win was the result of hard work and honesty but the journey is just beginning. Sharp continued to say that the three of them need more help to continue to win Grand Slams. Squires then announced that The Pride were using their perk to ask Leo to appoint a tournament director so he can manage them full time! Leo seemed taken aback at first but quickly agreed and The Pride proudly posed with their trophies. Sharp over Grant Taypen Rating: 43 Sharp and Taypen are both renowned as excellent technical wrestlers and they seemed to view this match as a showdown to determine whose holds were better. The crowd were behind Sharp as the more established star and he didn't let them down, he outmanoeuvred Taypen after 12 minutes and pinned him with a bridge. Tables Match for the 3LW Lightweight Title Martin Heath defeated Cain Carlile Rated: 48 Cain Carlile crashing through the tables at King of the Jungle had become a famous 3LW moment and tonight Cain hoped to create another famous moment by sending someone else hurtling through the hardware. Carlile had turned into a very good all round wrestler and at the start of this match he went hold for hold with the experienced Heath. The tables were set up as the match progressed and the crowd got more and more excited. Cain lay Heath on a table a few times but Heath was quick enough to get out of the way on every occasion. The end came when a tired Carlile hesitated on the top turnbuckle and got hammered by a Flying Fist from the champion. Cain fell out of the ring through a table on the outside; Heath remained 3LW Lightweight Champion! Edited August 9 by Bad Collin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Collin Posted August 9 Author Share Posted August 9 RTG Year 2 Update No in ring achievements this year so just the one roll. Grounded in Reality gives 'Tag Team Specialist' which is a very nice attribute to have. Still making steady improvements. Since I minmaxed my character, experience is the key thing to improve anyway. I started running monthly shows with my cheapest talent to try and get out of debt quicker so that will give him more in ring time. I still have a long way to go to get back in the black. I have stopped using a few of my international talents. I'm hoping that the monthly show helps me get my sponsorship up enough to be debt free by Jul/Aug 2024. Edging towards Tiny. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Collin Posted August 11 Author Share Posted August 11 (edited) Price promo; he is proud of Heath, Sharp and Squires and he appoints Lewis Duckworth as Tournament Director! Rating: 44 Leo Price came to the ring to open the show. Price said that he was so proud of Heath, Sharp and Squires. Many teams would have used their Three Lion’s Tournament perk for revenge but they used theirs to make improvements to the company. Leo said he is delighted to accept the role as full time manager of The Pride and introduces the new Tournament Director….Lewis Duckworth! Price said that this may seem like a strange choice but, Lewis is more intelligent than he looks and, let's be honest, who is going to mess with this 300lb beast of a man?! Duckworth took over the mic and spoke brilliantly, introducing the Lion’s Share competitors and listing their accomplishments. Lion's Share - Round One - Dwayne Dark defeated Jon Michael Sharp, Stefan Raynor, Jasper Squires, Red Dragon and Glen Ward Rating: 43 The annual chaos of the Lion’s Share first round commenced with a roar from the crowd. As always the brawling spread across the arena and winning a fall took a moment of opportunism to get in the ring with your opponent in trouble. Jasper Squires was the man who managed that on this occasion, hitting Red Dragon with the Price Drop and pinning him to advance past Round One for the first time. Red Dragon was eliminated and the wrestlers took a short break before Round Two began. Cannonball Logan challenges Heath Rating: 32 Cannonball Logan was interviewed by Holly Leves. Logan said he was proud of his long career and wrestling all over the world but he regrets having never won a title. He made a challenge to Martin Heath for the Lightweight Title and Heath came out to accept. Logan and Heath shook hands, it was all very amicable. Lion's Share - Round Two - Jon Michael Sharp defeated Dwayne Dark, Stefan Raynor, Jasper Squires and Glen Ward Rating: 51 Five men remained in the Lion’s Share tournament and in round two Sharp and Squires worked well together. The Pride teammates protected each other and as Dark was brawling with Raynor through the crowd Sharp landed the Flying Cross Body on Glen Ward before pinning him and sending him out of the tournament. Four men remained and there was another short break before Round Three in the main event. Darkhearts promo; With barely disguised glee Rachel Dearheart announced that Bret Heartbreak and Thea Davis are gone. Dearheart says that she and Dwayne will rebuild the Darkhearts Rating: 33 Lion's Share - Round Three - Dwayne Dark defeated Jon Michael Sharp, Jasper Squires and Stefan Raynor Rating: 55 Stefan Raynor once again stood with Dwayne Dark against Sharp and Squires but this time for mutual self preservation rather than for financial gain. Dark and Raynor worked well together and got the advantage over the Pride teammates. However, Stefan is not the smartest man in 3LW and, as the match reached the twenty minute mark, he turned his back to Dark to taunt Squires and Sharp as they were sprawled on the concrete outside the ring. Stefan turned around straight into a Darkness Falls KO punch! Dark covered and the original King of the Jungle was out of the Lion’s Share! Edited August 11 by Bad Collin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Collin Posted August 11 Author Share Posted August 11 (edited) Lion’s Share - Round Four Jon Michael Sharp defeated Dwayne Dark and Jasper Squires Rating: 53 The show opened with Round Four of the Lion’s Share tournament. All of the talk before the show was about whether Squires and Sharp could eliminate Dark and make it an all Pride final. Sharp and Squires did indeed work together but Dark was resilient and the teammates could not put him away. With more than 10 minutes gone and fatigue setting in, Sharp had a decision to make. Dark countered a Squires lariat with the Darkness Falls but took enough of the lariat to be sent out of the ring. Squires was staggered in the ring and instinct took over; Sharp hammered Squires with the Flying Cross Body and pinned him for the win. Squires was out and Sharp and Dark would contest the final. Sharp and Dark both had three Grand Slam wins each, who would be the first to four? Squires tells Holly that Sharp beating him was fair competition. Rating: 36 Jon Michael Sharp helped Squires to his feet and Holly Leves came to the ring, mic in hand. Holly asked if Squires was angry at Sharp taking advantage of him in the last match. Jasper said no, it was fair competition and he hopes that Sharp wins in the final. Cannonball Logan Promo; Logan said that he is proud of his extensive tag team career. He has always relied on others for success in the past but he is confident of securing singles gold tonight Rating: 31 3LW Lightweight Title Martin Heath defeated Cannonball Logan to retain the 3LW Lightweight title Rating: 44 The cordiality continued between Heath and Logan as they shook hands before the match and wrestled an energetic and fair contest. Logan was looking for the high knee in the corner he calls the Logan’s Run but Heath was too quick for the challenger. Heath eventually countered one Logan’s Run attempt with a slick tornado DDT and as Logan got to his feet Heath hammered him with the Flying Fist Drop. Heath covered and got the pinfall victory to make his third successful defence of the title. Logan’s wait for gold continued. Lion’s Share - Final Dwayne Dark defeated Jon Michael Sharp to win the 3LW Lion's Share Rating: 56 This was the third one on one meeting between these 3LW titans. Dark won the first during King of the Jungle 2022 by using brass knucks and Sharp made a point of making the referee check Dark and Dearheart for weapons before this match started. The second match was the last Lion’s Share final where Sharp made Dark tap out to the Flying Octopus hold after working on his arms and shoulders all match. The reigning champion tried the same approach this time but did not achieve the same level of success. Dark saw the holds coming this time and stamped on Sharp’s fingers, used an extensive array of shoulder breakers and generally did whatever he could to damage Sharp’s arms and weaken his grip. The bout turned into a slugfest and there was only going to be one winner. The match went 22 minutes before Sharp, exhausted and bloodied, stumbled into a flush Darkness Falls KO Punch and was pinned. Dwayne Dark had done it! He was now the first person to win the same 3LW Grand Slam event twice. On top of this he was the first to two event wins, three wins and now four wins. Even without Bret Heartbreak and Thea Davis, Dwayne Dark was the dominant force in 3LW. Edited August 11 by Bad Collin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bad Collin Posted August 11 Author Share Posted August 11 (edited) Darkhearts promo; Rachel Dearheart and Dwayne Dark came to the ring to start the show. Rachel said that Dark is once again 3LW's dominant force. They have a surprise for everyone next week. Rating: 40 Zofia Jankovic defeated Strife Rating: 45 Zofia continued her good form with a routine win over Strife. Strife had no answer to Zofia’s kicks and fell to a KO Headkick after a painful looking ten minutes. New Assassins Promo Rating: 30 Zofia's teammates in the New Assassins, Stefan Raynor and Konrad Makinen, came to the ring for a promo. Stefan congratulated Zofia on her win and predicted that she would dethrone Martin Heath and become Lightweight Champion very soon. While he was making predictions, Raynor continued to say that he and Makinen would retain the Godiva Tag Classic for the New Assassins. Godiva Tag Classic Quarter Final The New Assassins (Konrad Makinen & Stefan Raynor) defeated Vali Dragons (Red Dragon and Rhys Vali) Rating: 35 Raynor enjoyed a good start to fulfilling his second prediction as he and Makinen secured a comfortable victory over the Vali Dragons after Makinen made Rhys Vali tap out to the Swedish Grapevine. Godiva Tag Classic Quarter Final Sharp & Heath defeated Cain Carlile and Glen Ward Rating: 47 Carlile and Ward were a strange sort of team, clearly they came together in hope of shocking the preeminent tag team in 3LW but they lacked the teamwork to put together sustained offence against the Pride members. After 18 minutes Heath and Sharp landed The Disarmer and that was enough for them to advance to the Semi Finals. Edited August 11 by Bad Collin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Collin Posted August 11 Author Share Posted August 11 (edited) Dark reveals his Godiva Tag Classic Partner! Rating: 41 Dearheart and Dark came to the ring for the big reveal of Dwayne’s tag team partner. Dearheart built this up as a big deal; they had a smoke machine and everything! Out of the smoke appeared…. Jasper Squires! This really was a shock. Has Squires forgiven Dark for leaving him bloody in late 2022? What will The Pride make of this? Squires and Dark posed together as Dearheart beamed. Zofia Jankovic defeated Cain Carlile Rating: 48 Carlile’s recent success has come from being able to absorb any punishment and then hit the Mark of Cain from nowhere. In this bout however he could not absorb the sustained barrage of kicks that Zofia unleashed. Jankovic can also grapple better than Cain so everytime Captain Crash tried that method he had to scramble to the ropes to break the Belarussian’s hold. The finish came when Zofia rolled out of the way of the Mark of Cain and countered with a kick to the back of the head. With Carlile stunned she followed up with a KO Headkick and covered for the pinfall victory. Holly Leves interviewed Cannonball Logan who got the crowd hyped up and firmly behind his Grand Slam bid Rating: 28 Godiva Tag Classic Quarter Final Youth Bandits (Cannonball Logan and Ian Vincible) over Grant Taypan and Colin Picalo Rating: 32 The participants of this match had over 60 years of experience between them but the age of the wrestlers was evident from how slow the action was. Logan was the star of the bout and pinned Colin Picalo after landing the Logan’s Run knee in the corner. Godiva Tag Classic Quarter Final Dwayne Dark and Jasper Squires defeated The Funke Bunch (Finn and Flash Funke) Rating: 48 The crowd were on the edge of their seats to see Dark and Squires tag together. Would they turn on each other? Could they co-exist? The answer surprisingly was that they had excellent chemistry as a team and worked very well together. Finn and Flash tried their best to disrupt the action with their dancing antics and the match was badly affected by Finn dislocating his shoulder but Dark and Squires worked patiently towards the win which came after 18 minutes via a Darkness Falls/Price Drop combination. Edited August 11 by Bad Collin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Collin Posted August 11 Author Share Posted August 11 (edited) The Pride call out Squires. Rating: 45 The show opened with Leo Price, Jon Michael Sharp and Martin Heath calling out Jasper Squires. Leo asked Jasper what he was thinking by teaming with Dwayne Dark. Heath asked Jasper whether he is really going to team with Dark against himself and Sharp if both teams reach the final. Squires thought for a few moments then replied, with a slight flash of anger, that he would fight Heath and Sharp if it came to it. Squires said that he says he just wants to win Grand Slams and felt left out in the cold by the rest of the team. He reminded Leo and Martin that Sharp was quick to pin him in the Lion’s Share when the opportunity arose rather than trying to make it an all Pride final, a final he then went on to lose. His point made, Squires marched off to the back to prepare for the Semi Final. Godiva Tag Classic Semi Final Heath and Sharp defeated The New Assassins (Stefan Raynor and Konrad Makinen) Rating: 54 Many people thought that Raynor was making a big mistake by bringing a different partner to the Tag Classic after winning it with Zofia last year and so it seemed as The New Assassins crashed out of the tournament here. Makinen is skilled and entertaining but does not have the same level of dangerous offence as Zofia. As experienced tag team specialists, Heath and Sharp were able to avoid Makinen’s big shots and tire out Raynor. They finished the match with a burst of activity; Sharp landed a cross body on Raynor to send him flying to the concrete floor before getting up and hitting the Flying Splash part of the Disarmer to pin Makinen. Godiva Tag Classic Semi Final Dwayne Dark and Jasper Squires defeated Youth Bandits (Cannonball Logan and Ian Vincible) Rating: 51 This match was a foregone conclusion as soon as both Dark and Squires won slugfests with Logan and Vincible respectively. The Bandits used all of their experience to cling on as best as they could and there were a few comebacks in this 12 minute match but eventually Dark landed the Darkness Falls and the crowd went wild…the GTC final they all wanted was about to happen! Dark and Squires promo Rating: 43 Dark and Squires stayed in the ring to cut a promo before the final. They both talked about their desperation to win Grand Slams, starting right now by defeating Sharp and Heath. They were very intense, it was like they were competing over who wanted to win more. Rachel Dearheart looked a little uncomfortable standing between them. Godiva Tag Classic Final Sharp and Heath defeated Dwayne Dark and Jasper Squires Rating: 60 This was without a doubt the best 3LW match to date. Both teams showed excellent teamwork and intensity as they tried to fight their fight. Dark and Squires wanted a slugfest, they wanted to go to war with the lighter team. Heath and Sharp used their agility and speed to avoid the majority of the punches and slams being dished out by their bulkier opponents. Dark thought he had won it for his team when he landed the Darkness Falls on Sharp but Heath broke up the pin and gave Sharp enough recovery time to make the tag. After 22 minutes it was clear that Squires and Dark were getting frustrated. Dearheart had to intervene a few times to keep them on the same page and they were arguing in their corner when a double drop kick from Heath and Sharp sent Dwayne Dark into the ringside barriers. With Squires on his own temporarily, Heath and Sharp hit him with a double superkick then the Disarmer and pinned him for the three count. Heath and Sharp had won the Godiva Tag Classic for the second time and that was Sharp’s fourth Grand Slam title! Squires assaults Dark and busts him open with a chair Rating: 57 After the match instead of going straight to the back, Dwayne Dark came to check on Squires. It seemed to take Jasper a while to get his bearings but once he did he started to pummel Dark with fists and elbows! Dark was stunned and Dearheart was like a rabbit in headlights as Squires got a chair and smashed it over the head of his tag team partner. Dark fell to the canvas, he was busted open and Dearheart finally ran over and managed to stop Squires before he swung the chair again. Officials restrained Squires and took him to the back as Dark got medical attention. Edited August 11 by Bad Collin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Collin Posted August 11 Author Share Posted August 11 (edited) Regional Update: The British Isles is about to get very interesting! 21CW are dying, they are $2.5m in debt and losing half a million a month. They are still Big so nobody will be able to buy them out. They might survive for a few years because of how long they have been around but at some point they will implode and all of their stars will be free agents. Luckily for those soon to be unemployed stars there are plenty of places to work in the UK at the moment: Scottish Nation Promotions - Still small but moving steadily towards Medium. They signed Beast Bantom and Adam Matravers and are putting on very good shows. Championship Wrestling from Wigan - Curtis Jenkins is doing a fine job as champion and workrate wise they are the best promotion in the UK. Still at Tiny but growing slowly National Wrestling Federation - Started in August 2022 with $1m in the bank. Growth is very slow despite hosting stars like Ivan and Igor Ivanoff and Kelvin Badberry High Impact Wrestling - Opened in March 2024, still insignificant but putting on decent shows and of course... Three Lions Wrestling - Getting very close to hitting Tiny and the debt is coming down fast. The future is bright for Britwres! Edited August 11 by Bad Collin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Collin Posted August 12 Author Share Posted August 12 (edited) Rachel Dearheart promo; Dark is out of King of the Jungle! Rating: 30 Rachel Dearheart comes to the ring and bursts into tears. Through sobs she explains that Jasper Squire’s brutal attack on Dwayne Dark last month has left him concussed and he has not been cleared to wrestle in the King of the Jungle Tournament. Dearheart is too upset to continue her promo and she leaves the ring as the crowd digest this huge news. Aurelian Bradley defeated AJ Barry Rating: 31 AJ Barry is a phenomenon, there is no other way to describe someone with such incredible aerial skills and such a good grasp of professional wrestling psychology after only a few matches. Barry may be a future Grand Slam winner but for now he is still a naive rookie and on this night Bradley rolled him up after countering a moonsault to win a very entertaining match. Price suspends Squires from The Pride! Rating: 50 Leo Price came to the ring and called out Jasper Squires. Price looked very serious as Squires made his way to the ring and immediately Price started berating his protegee. Price said was very disappointed at Squire’s attack on Dark. Squires said that it was revenge for the attack in 2022 but Price cut him off and said that this is not how The Pride operate. Price said he was suspending Squires from the Pride for three months when the suspension will be re-considered based on Squire’s conduct. Squires looked furious at this but said nothing and walked off. King of the Jungle - Quarter Final Jon Michael Sharp defeated Jermaine Granger Rating: 46 The third Grand Slam of the year kicked off with this fast paced, high flying match. Granger is an excellent, agile prospect but quite limited and he couldn't match Sharp on the mat. Sharp worked Granger’s legs and ankles and since high flying is Granger's only weapon he was a sitting duck for the High Cross Body and the three count. King of the Jungle - Quarter Final Jasper Squires defeated Konrad Makinen Rating: 55 This was a straight up ruckus and the crowd loved it. Makinen's antics have been a bit subdued since joining The New Assassins but the bite of his strikes has not lessened. Squires felt that bite in this match and gave Makinen the same treatment back. In the end though Squires was more confident and a bit more resilient and he landed the Price Drop to win and go through to the Semi Finals. Edited August 12 by Bad Collin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Collin Posted August 12 Author Share Posted August 12 (edited) Zofia promo. Rating: 38 Zofia opened the show with a promo. She said that she doesn't want to win the Lightweight Title by pinfall, by submission or even by Knockout…she wants to make Martin Heath bleed. Zofia said that she wants to see the pride gushing out of Heath and then take his title. Tonight's main event was going to be a first blood match! King of the Jungle - Quarter Final Cannonball Logan defeated Grant Taypen Rating: 34 Logan’s quest for a Grand Slam win continued with a routine win over Taypen following a Logan’s Run. King of the Jungle - Quarter Final Stefan Raynor defeated Glen Ward Rating: 36 Is the Angel Faced Killer slowing down? Or, maybe the quality of opposition is improving. Either way, Raynor made tough work of getting past Judo expert Glen Ward. Ward had Raynor trapped in his Judo Sleeper Choke on quite a few occasions and Raynor had to scramble to the ropes or find the inner resolve to power out. Eventually Raynor got some momentum and hit the Single Arm DDT for the win. Dearheart has a warning for Jasper Squires Rating: 44 Squires and Dearheart confronted each other in the ring. Squires said that following his revenge on Dwayne Dark they are now even. Dearheart replied that she can’t talk for Dark on this matter she doubts that he sees it that way, Squires will find out soon enough. 3LW Lightweight Title - First Blood Match Zofia Jankovic defeated Martin Heath Rating: 54 Heath seemed a bit lost in this match at first. The champion ran through his usual sequences of hip tosses and aerial moves but stopped before going for a pin and seemed at a loss about how to fight this match. After five minutes Zofia landed a heavy chairshot and the tone of the match changed. Now Heath got it and he used a chair himself, he put Zofia through a table and bashed her head off the ring post. Zofia hit Heath with a series of brutal kicks to the head and she probably could have pinned him if this was a normal match. This was not a normal match but Zofia was ready to go further, as Heath remained spread out on the mat she peeled layers of tape off her boot revealing a blade! Zofia gave the signal for her KO Head Kick finisher and as Heath stood she hammered the champion with it sending him to the canvas and busting him wide open! The referee noticed the blood and signalled for the bell, Zofa Jankovic was 3LW Lightweight Champion once again! Edited August 12 by Bad Collin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Collin Posted August 12 Author Share Posted August 12 (edited) Holly interviewed Jon Michael Sharp Rating: 40 Holly Leves came to the ring to start the show. She interviewed Jon Michael Sharp before his Semi Final match. She wanted to know what Sharp thought about the situation with Jasper Squires and The Pride. Sharp said that he didn’t know what was happening with Squires or why he went so over the top with Dwayne Dark but he isn’t focused on that. He is two wins away from his record breaking fifth Grand Slam title and that is all that matters to him right now. King of the Jungle - Semi Final Jon Michael Sharp defeated Cannonball Logan Rating: 45 Jon Michael Sharp’s tactic of out wrestling high fliers is proving very successful and it worked again here. Sharp grounded Logan with leg locks and knee bars and Logan could never build any momentum. The one time that Logan got some offence going he whipped Sharp into the corner ready for the Logan’s Run but Sharp caught his leg and countered with a dragon screw. With Logan writhing in agony Sharp Grapevined the leg and turned Logan over into a Boston Crab position, a move he calls The Sharpshooter. Logan tapped very quickly and Sharp was through to the final of the only Grand Slam he had never won. King of the Jungle - Semi Final Jasper Squires defeated Stefan Raynor Rating: 47 Stefan Raynor had been saying on social media that this was the true test of young Jasper Squires. Raynor was the first ever King of the Jungle and had also won the Godiva Tag Classic alongside Zofia Jankovic. Raynor was as tough as nails and if he hit his Single Arm DDT the match was always over. Jasper Squires didn’t seem to care about any of that, he stood six inches taller than Raynor and outweighed him by 50lbs. Squires blew through Raynor’s defence, landing heavy punches and chops to leave his opponent gasping. After 12 minutes he powered out of an attempted Single Arm DDT and countered with an uppercut, setting up the Price Drop and a pinfall victory. A stunning win for Squires who had really come of age in 2024. Price warning for Squires Rating: 46 Leo Price came to the ring to talk to Jasper Squires, he reminded his protegee that his conduct was under review and he needed to fight fair against Sharp if he wanted to be readmitted to The Pride. Leo remained at ringside to watch the big fight. King of the Jungle - Final Jasper Squires defeated Jon Michael Sharp Rating: 48 The tension built as the former teammates stood toe to toe in the ring. Squires was once again the bigger man but he found Sharp to be quicker than Raynor and a lot harder to hit with his heavy handed punches and chops. Sharp also struggled with his usual tactics; Squires was not a mat wrestler but he was strong enough and big enough to prevent Sharp locking on any serious holds. In the end it came down to a mistake from Sharp. Sharp countered a lariat with a bicycle kick and grabbed Squires getting him in position for the Price Drop! Squires was furious at this disrespect and powered out before laying into Sharp with punches and kicks. Squires went up to try and hit Sharp’s Flying Cross Body, he nailed it! A huge move from the 285 pounder! Squires then hit the Price Drop and covered Sharp for the three count. Squires had won his first solo Grand Slam and he had done it fighting fairly. Edited August 12 by Bad Collin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobheadJake Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Continuing to enjoy this, and enjoyed watch Squires step up more and more, but also enjoying the other stories you're telling along the way. At the end of this year, do you think we could have a summary of the Grand Slam totals everyone has again, please? Similar to what you did at the end of the first year. I'm looking forward to seeing what other wrestlers come into the fold and start contending for Grand Slams too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Collin Posted August 12 Author Share Posted August 12 Don't worry this is going to be a stat heavy diary. As for new workers coming in to compete for the Grand Slams...i'm trying to save up for when 21CW implodes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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