ARMCHAIR WARFARE: Season 2 - TV WEEK ONE **SCORES POSTED**

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Well, here we go with Season 2 of Armchair Warfare!

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A big thank you to all of the bookers for meeting deadline - which means I don't have to issue point deductions before any points have even been awarded!

So, as with Season 1, we have 10 Official Judges who will rank each of the shows based on whatever criteria they see fit. The rankings will work as so:

1st = 5 Points
2nd = 4 Points
3rd = 3 Points
4th = 2 Points
5th = 1 Point

Of course, with 10 judges that means a maximum total of 50 Points for any of the TV Rounds and a minimum total of 10 points awarded from the judges.

BUT, there will also be a Public Poll for all those non-official judges to have their say - the winner of which will gain 5 Points. And new to Season 2, there will be a 5 point "XL Bonus" for the show I was most entertained by.

Star Power Rankings are making a return to Season 2 but this time will prove even more imortant as the 5 Wrestlers ranked top of the SPR by the Official Judges will win bonus points for their brand EACH WEEK!

** REMEMBER, PLEASE DO NOT VOTE/RANK UNTIL YOU HAVE READ ALL OF THE SHOWS**

With all said and done, let's get this show on the road. I hope you enjoy.

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NEW AGE PRO WRESTLING

We get an intro video for NAPW, featuring the cult talent roster featured on the show. When we come to, our commentators – Timmy McNulty on play-by-play and Noah Mercy on color, who welcome us to a new age in professional wrestling.

Opening Segment:

Montel Vontavious Porter is standing in the ring, and he says that when the WWE folded, he wanted to start a new age in professional wrestling. In fact, he started New Age Pro Wrestling with his new business partner, Eric Shin. Mr. Shin, retired after being psychologically scarred from in-ring competition after a brutal feud with The Naitch, will be handling the paper-work. MVP is going to be a more “hands-on” boss, though. We’ll be seeing him make his debut in the ring next week. Over the next few weeks, we will see a focus on in-ring competition, and the men with the best win-loss records will end up competing at NAPW’s first-ever PPV, “Gateway to Glory,” where the NAPW’s two championships – the NAPW World Heavyweight Championship and the NAPW World Tag Team Championship – will be decided. So let’s stop fucking around, and get to the business. Our main event tonight is going to be two of the flashiest men in the business competing, with only one getting closer to the NAPW World Heavyweight Title – it will be John Morrison vs. Rey Mysterio! But our first match will decide who is going to be closer to earning the right to call themselves the greatest tag team in the world.

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Match One: The Hart Dynasty (David Hart Smith & Tyson Kidd w/Natalya) vs. The Long Island Inception (Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder)
The Hart Dynasty make their entrance first to a nice respect pop. Next is Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins to a blend between their respective WWE themes. Think “Oh Radio...tell me you everything you know” into the instrumental intro for Ryder & Hawkins’ joint theme. Tyson Kidd & David Hart Smith offer handshakes, and whilst Curt Hawkins accepts, Zack Ryder denies. DH Smith slugs Ryder, and the match begins. The Dynasty dominate at the beginning with their trademark double-team manoeuvres. Smith back body drops Kidd over the top, and Ryder & Hawkins brace themselves, but Kidd flips tightly onto the apron and then hits a flying hurricanrana off the apron onto Ryder as Smith flies out with a suicide dive onto Hawkins.

Eventually, heel shenanigans allow Ryder & Hawkins to gain control of Tyson Kidd. They hit a series of double-team moves. Hawkins eventually gets Kidd up in an electric chair, and Ryder comes off the top rope with a Rough Rider, but Kidd ducks Ryder’s move and turns it into a victory roll for two. He manages to fight off both Ryder & Hawkins and tags in Smith who cleans house. Smith manages to hit a Seito Suplex on both members of The Long Island Inception, and Chono Kicks them both down. Kidd is tagged in and hits a Code Blue (Springboard Blockbuster) on both Ryder & Hawkins at the same time! Kidd pins the legal Ryder...1-2-3!

Result: The Hart Dynasty (1-0) defeat The Long Island Inception (0-1) with Tyson Kidd pinning Zack Ryder with a Code Blue.

Natalya gets in the ring and celebrates with her boys after the match. Natalya is looking extra hot tonight, for those wondering. Noah Mercy leaves the commentary desk and asks The Hart Dynasty how it feels to be victorious in the first NAPW match. Smith says that they are born winners. He has the best pure blood in wrestling, and Tyson Kidd is the one true protégé of Bret “The Hitman” Hart. They have no problem being Tag Team Champions, because that means that together they can beat any two men in the world. That will be their claim to fame.

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Paul London & Brian Kendrick are out on the stage, and they have microphones! London says that they are so good that they don’t need to hide behind a tag team name. Everyone should know who they are – Paul London & Brian Kendrick, the fourth longest reigning Tag Team Champions in the history of this sport, and the greatest tag team of the modern era. Brian Kendrick says that he was trained personally by the greatest in-ring competitor of all-time, Shawn Michaels, and that he takes personal issue with Smith & Kidd – ridiculous names, by the way – talking about their legacies and their lineages like they mean shit. London & Kendrick are going to be the first-ever NAPW World Tag Team Champions, and if they don’t like it, they can leave the company after they lose and cry about it for thirteen years. Or just go into rehab like Teddy. David Hart Smith, especially, is incensed at these comments, and wants to fight London & Kendrick right there and then, but Natalya plays the voice of reason. She gets on the mic and says that she’s looked at the confirmed card for next week’s show, and she says that they’re facing a tag team that are essentially London & Kendrick only younger and more energetic. She says that she thinks The Hart Dynasty will be facing The Young Bucks at Gateway to Glory.

*Commercial break*

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Are you ready to die? The Notorious 187 is making his NAPW debut right now.

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Jay Lethal is his opponent.

Match Two: Homicide vs. Jay Lethal
Lethal goes to shake the hand of his well-travelled adversary, but Homicide just starts by attacking the much younger Lethal. Homicide dominates the match at the start, but he just can’t seem to put Lethal away. Homicide eventually goes for the Cop Killa, but Lethal flips over and turns it into his Lethal Combination. Lethal than nails EnzuFury and begins to make a comeback. The match gets much more competitive from here. Homicide is looking for that one big move to put Lethal away, but Lethal is getting more and more momentum.

The finish sees Lethal counter an Ace Crusher from Homicide into his new Lethal Injection (back suplex into a neckbreaker) , followed by a Dragon Overhead Suplex followed by a Springboard Tornado DDT (“The Lethal Injection II”). Lethal gets the pin with that move.

Result: Jay Lethal (1-0) defeats Homicide (0-1) via pinfall with Lethal Injection II.

The commentators hype how Lethal has done many things in his career before, including pinning Olympic Gold Medallist, Kurt Angle, but how he is now getting closer to the biggest achievement of his career – winning the NAPW World Heavyweight Championship. Homicide is not happy with his loss, and nails the referee with an Ace Crusher after the match.

*Commercial break*

We get a video reminding us that John Morrison and Rey Mysterio will face each other tonight, but we also confirm that Sheamus and Yoshi Tatsu will be opponents tonight. The story here is that Sheamus & Yoshi Tatsu were once a tag team known as “The Movers and The Shakers,” and that their history has promoted MVP to book them in a match against each other.

We then get a hype video for Austin Aries – promoting him as the greatest man who has ever lived, and the best in-ring talent the world has ever known. “The God of War” and “The Grand Multitasker” is making his debut with NAPW next week. The video ends with golden ran symbol (similar to a “V”) being displayed on the screen on a black background.

Match Three: Eddie Colon vs. Joey Mercury
Eddie Colon comes out to new entrance music. Something that isn’t necessarily Puerto Rican. Joey Mercury is then out to the old MNM theme. The commentators inform us that Joey Mercury wanted to compete for the NAPW World Tag Team Championship with former MNM tag team partner, John Morrison, but Morrison wanted to focus on his singles career.

Eddie & Joey shake hands, and we finally get a successfully bit of sportsmanship in NAPW. Eddie manages to start off strongly against Mercury, using his speed and mat skills to, quite frankly, embarrass Mercury out the gate. Mercury goes to slap The Artist Formerly Known as Primo, but Colon dodges and sweeps the leg of Mercury and flows into a leg drop. Dropkick from Eddie, and he is in firm control. Mercury manages to get in a little bit of offence when he somehow manages to roll through a flying hurricanrana attempt from Eddie soaring off the top, and drills Colon with a lariat. Mercury quickly follows up with a butterfly swinging neckbreaker (his most recent WWE finisher), and starts building a case against Colon. A Double-Arm DDT from Mercury is countered into three rolling jawbreakers, and Eddie then hits a springboard missile dropkick from the ring apron back in to Mercury for a close two count. Eddie goes up top, and Mercury catches him there. Joey Merc looks for a Double-Arm DDT off the top, but Eddie knocks him off, with Mercury hanging up on the top rope. Eddie then dives off with a Cannonball Twister (Corkscrew Swanton Bomb) for the victory!

Result: Eddie Colon (1-0) defeats Joey Mercury (0-1) via pinfall with a Cannonball Twister.

Noah Mercy again leaves the commentary desk and asks Eddie what it feels like to get such a big victory. Eddie says that he has always been labelled as “naturally talented,” but now is his chance to prove it. He’s not in the business because he daddy wants him to be. He’s here because he loves performing, he loves wrestling, and he wants nothing more than to be the first-ever NAPW World Heavyweight Champion.

*Commercial break*

MVP confronts Homicide in the back and tells him that due to his actions earlier, Homicide will lose the right to compete next week, and will essentially set himself back greatly in becoming the NAPW World Heavyweight Champion. MVP says that he knows there was a time and a place for those sort of antics on the street, but this is NAPW and he is running a tight ship. Homicide kicks a table as William Regal appears standing there in a suit and just shakes his head at Homicide’s outburst.

Next week, both William Regal & MVP will make their NAPW debuts...against each other!

Yoshi Tatsu is being interviewed in the back by backstage interviewer...Santino Marella! The Milan Miracle asks Tatsu about if he really thinks he has a chance against Sheamus. Tatsu says that he once knocked out Sheamus when he got pushy with him backstage, and that Sheamus simply took more opportunities than Tatsu. The WWE was a different animal. “Like a condor” – Santino. Yoshi doesn’t play games – he wrestles matches. Tonight he will beat Sheamus and get closer to the NAPW World Heavyweight Championship. Santino tells Yoshi to do it for the emperor. Yoshi asks Santino how he is doing. Santino says that he will make his in-ring debut with NAPW very soon, and he has some surprises for us. He has been doing some training with legendary men like Chuck Norris, Dolph Lundgren, Steve Blackman and the man from the Old Spice commercials. He will be dominant in NAPW. This interviewer gig is just so he can impress Beth Phoenix, wherever she is, because she has a thing for interviewers. Yoshi tells Santino he is a very strange man, but best of luck.

A hype video airs for “The Black Angel” Justin Gabriel, putting over that he is a third generation fighter and a second generation wrestler. Gabriel says he looks so good because he does the hurting, and doesn’t get hurt.

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Sheamus is out with traditional Irish homage. He’s ready to make you ride your lies straight to hell.

*Commercial break*

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Are you ready for your J-Pop to Drop? Yoshi Tatsu vs. Sheamus...now!

Match Four: Sheamus vs. Yoshi Tatsu

Yoshi Tatsu goes to shake Sheamus’ hand, and Sheamus thinks about it. He respects Yoshi, but has heard the things Tatsu has been saying about him. Yoshi retracts his hand and bows to Sheamus instead. Sheamus gives a slight head-nod, not lowering it lower than Tatsu’s, a sign that he is of the higher standing. Tatsu goes into boxing stance, and this match is on.

Some quick rights allow Tatsu to stagger Swagger quite easily, as he goes down to the bottom rope, but quickly recovers. “He’s going to need to try something else” informs Noah Mercy. Good insight, Noah. The commentators put over Tatsu’s legitimate boxing background, but then point out that this isn’t boxing, but a sport where Sheamus is a former two-time World Heavyweight Champion. Sheamus leaves the ring to regather himself. Tatsu isn’t falling for it, though, and stands tall in the ring. Sheamus slides in, and Tatsu is ready to pounce on him, and Sheamus realises his gave up the high ground. Sheamus calls out to Tatsu to give him the honour of at least getting into the ring. Tatsu obliges, and Sheamus is in his corner as the commentators hype that this isn’t the sort of match that Sheamus wanted to wrestle, and put over Tatsu’s “impenetrable mind.”

Sheamus calls for a test of strength, and Tatsu accepts, and Sheamus forces Tatsu down into a bridge, but to the surprise of many, Yoshi powers himself back up, and kicks the arm of Sheamus, and then trips the former WWE Champion, and gets a quick two count. Sheamus charges but eats a drop toe hold into the second turnbuckle. Tatsu kicks Sheamus’ head while it’s on the turnbuckle, and then hits his rolling snapmare, but Sheamus knows it too well, and grabs the consequent kick and manages to flip Tatsu over and grapevines the leg. Sheamus then boots Tatsu in the ribs when he gets to the ropes. Sheamus now has the advantage. Sheamus’ psychology and power allows him to dominate the rest of the match. Noah Mercy puts over how Sheamus must fear Tatsu’s kicks, as Sheamus is working over the legs of Tatsu, even though Sheamus’ signature moves all focus on the head/neck area. His offence against Tatsu is his defence here. Sheamus goes for a Figure Four at one point, but Tatsu kicks off Sheamus with his good leg, and then kips up, but it hurts his injured one. Sheamus then hits a Brogue Kick for a very close two count. Figure Four is successfully locked in, but Tatsu manages to reverse the move on Sheamus, who breaks. Tatsu manages to get some quick rights, and is back in things, but his kicks are taking too much out of his tank. Tatsu collapses on a Springboard Spinning Heel Kick attempt, and Sheamus hits an Irish Curse backbreaker for two. At this point, Kiyoshi appears on the stage. Sheamus has no clue what is going on. Kiyoshi rushes to the ring and gets on the apron, and Sheamus shoves him down. Tatsu manages to nail Sheamus with a vicious Roaring Elbow when Sheamus turns around, however. Tatsu manages to the energy to hit the following move:

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SHINING WIZARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111

1-2-3!

Result: Yoshi Tatsu (1-0) defeats Sheamus (0-1) via pinfall after a Shining Wizard.

Yoshi Tatsu & Kiyoshi celebrate together after the match. Noah Mercy goes looking for answers. Kiyoshi speaks in Japanese, and Noah Mercy translates. “This is a new era, and Yoshi & Kiyoshi are going to do whatever they can to get in front. They mean no disrespect to the sport, but if they don’t stand together, it will just be someone else that bends the rules. One of them will be the first-ever NAPW World Heavyweight Champion. “Guys, this is what tag team competition’s for” – Noah Mercy. Timmy McNulty doesn’t believe Noah Mercy’s translation, and says that he only Japanese he knows is “hentai.”

MVP announces via the screen that next week we have Paul London & Brian Kendrick vs. The Young Bucks; Justin Gabriel vs. Santino Marella; himself vs. William Regal; and just added: Sheamus has requested a match with Kiyoshi Raijin, and given what we have just seen, MVP has approved the match, and Yoshi Tatsu will be banned from ringside. Now, onto your main event, ladies and gentlemen:

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Match Five: Rey Mysterio vs. John Morrison
The two men stand in the ring and shake hands, clearly respecting each other’s athleticism. Noah Mercy predicts that Rey Mysterio will win this match, since he is pound-for-pound the best competitor in the industry, given he’s the smallest World Heavyweight Champion of all-time, and Morrison’s style doesn’t really capitalise on the injuries Mysterio has suffered in the past.

Morrison starts off the match strong by grounding Mysterio, showing perhaps better pure mat skills. Mysterio manages to slide right through Morrison’s legs, as a bit of a mockery of Morrison (“Hey! Look at my speed!”) and then slaps Morrison in a headlock. Morrison manages to flip Mysterio over by the leg, however, and has a headlock of his own on the ground. Mysterio fights up and lands some sharp kicks to the legs of Morrison. Another headlock by Rey is countered when Morrison shoves him into the ropes and shoulder blocks him down. Morrison runs the ropes, but Rey catches Morrison off the rebound with a hurricanrana, but Morrison tosses Rey off but Rey flips back onto his feet, and Morrison then nails a hurricanrana of his own. Morrison poses for the crowd, and there is a mixed reaction to JoMo’s arrogance so far. Mysterio responds by using a body scissor takedown straight into a victory roll for the first near fall of the match. Morrison responds by sweeping Mysterio on a subsequent charge and going for a standing shooting star press early, but Mysterio dodges and Morrison manages to land with his hands and springs through the move to his feet. Mysterio offers his hand again, and Morrison accepts.

Rey then goes low with a dropkick and pounds away on Morrison! Rey tosses Morrison out of the ring and then slingshots between the bottom and middle rope with a dropkick, sending Morrison into the barricade. A pescado from Rey connects. Rey tosses Morrison back into the ring and then hits a springboard crossbody back in on Morrison, which is rolled through by JoMo, who throws some rights at Rey. Morrison then tosses Rey so he flips right into the turnbuckles. Morrison continues to attack Rey in the corner. Rey gets the foot up on a corner charge, but Morrison catches it, so Rey kicks him with the other leg, and then gets a Tarantula on Morrison. Dropkick to the back of the head by Mysterio is followed by a quick leg drop off the ropes. It only gets a two count.

Morrison manages to counter another hurricanrana attempt into a powerbomb to get things going his way. Morrison’s trademark moves are now busted out. Morrison hits his standing shooting star press, Moonlight Drive and Flying Chuck all for two counts. Morrison even busts out a Japanese Ocean Suplex for a two count. A notable spot occurs when Rey is looking for a top rope hurricanrana on Morrison, but JoMo actually flips through the move, rolls forward and then nails Rey with a lariat for a very close two count. The finish sees Rey hitting Morrison with the 619 (after deliberately placing Morrison is position for the move – no convenient placing in NAPW), and then looking to springboard in, but he gets nailed with a Nitro Blast (Superkick) on the way in. 1-2-3!

Result: John Morrison (1-0) defeats Rey Mysterio (0-1) via pinfall with a Nitro Blast.

Mysterio seems to be out, and Morrison gets the fans to applaud him, and then walks to the back. Rey gets to his feet slowly as the fans are giving Mysterio the credit he deserves for being the biggest star in NAPW. Rey seems moved by the crowd, as Noah Mercy chastises him from commentary for proving him wrong. A masked figure then slides into the ring, with a mask similar to Rey Mysterio’s, but more sinister in design. The mask has a skull-like appearance, with the cross on the top facing downwards. This masked figure immediately attacks Mysterio, and locks him in a katahajime applied from a camel clutch-like position. Timmy NcNulty says he has no clue who he is, but this is so disrespectful. Noah Mercy is enjoying it, saying that it’s how you make a name for yourself. “We don’t even know his name!” – Timmy NcNulty. “We will!” – Noah Mercy. McNulty wonders where John Morrison is, and Mercy says that he has World Heavyweight Championships to think about. The masked figure chokes out Rey and then walks around the ring with an arm raised straight up as the fans boo (although some anti-Rey smarks cheer).

*End show*

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[The opening montage and pyro go off. We are taken ringside to the announce table.]

Tony Gooch: Welcome, hopefully loyal viewers, to the inaugural edition of Universal Carnage Enterprise’s Monday Night Mindwarp! I’m Tony Gooch, and I like mustard.

Emma Dilemma: And I’m Emma Dilemma.

Tony Gooch: That’s right! A female commentator! Marvel at her manly commentating voice!

Emma Dilemma: Go to hell, Gooch.

Tony Gooch: I’m well on my way! Now, without further ado, let’s take it to the ring!



Travis Preston: Ladies and Gentlemen… as I’m sure you all know… my sister and I are business people, and as such we don’t like to waste any time. So it seems to us that if we are going to have a successful company here… we need a world champion!

[Just then, as if on some sort of cue…]

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Tony Gooch: It’s John Cena!! The wrestling world’s biggest free agent, and franchise player has come to the UCE!

Emma Dilemma: This is definitely a coup for the Prestons! Every federation was after him, but we got him!

[The females and children in the crowd go wild, while the adult men boo. John Cena comes out from behind the curtain. Uncharacteristically, he is dressed in a suit. He salutes and makes his way down the ramp and into the ring. He shakes Travis’ hand and calls for another microphone. Cena brings the mic up to his mouth with a big grin on his face. He lowers it down and holds up his right index finger. He reaches into his suit jacket and pulls out…a brand new T-Shirt! Of a color that can only be described of as… Puce. He makes to throw it into the crowd and gets a big pop from the female/kid crowd. Now he raises the mic.]

John Cena: Come on!! Who wants my shirt?!

[He feigns throwing it into different sections of the crowd.]

John Cena: I CAN’T HEAR YOU!! Who wants my shirt?! MAKE SOME NOISE UP IN HERE!!

[The crowd is in a frenzy now.]

John Cena: Well good news everybody! It is now on sale at all merchandise stands for the low price of $24.99!!

[Cena folds the shirt and stuffs it back into his suit jacket to the confused murmurings of the audience.]

John Cena: I’m not wearing it right now because with my new contract I can finally wear what I want, and frankly that shirt is ugly as heck… but it IS a vast improvement over what most of [i]you are currently wearing. So, while you’re at it, be sure to pick up the matching wristbands, armbands, headband, hat, and hat-band!

[Cena turns back to the Preston Siblings.]

John Cena: Now that that’s over with… As the shining role model to children everywhere that I am… I’d be glad to accept this World Championship.

[Cena grabs the title off of the podium and slings it over his shoulder. The Prestons just look on as Cena hoists the title over his head in celebration. Just then…]

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BEEP! BEEP BEEP BEEEEEP BEEP BEEEP!!

[An expensive fancy looking car drives out to the side of the ramp. What kind of a car is it? Use your imagination. I don’t know enough about cars to deal with specifics. Alberto Del Rio exits the car, makes his way down the ramp, into the ring, and calls for a microphone.]

Alberto Del Rio: My name is Alberto Del Rrrrio!! I am a decent and honorable man…. And am a TRUE man to aspire to… and if anybody should be the world campeón… it should be me! But you… you already know that!

John Cena: Are you referring to me? I didn’t know that… and you got your facts all jumbled! I am twice the role model that you are!

Alberto Del Rio: You? You are nothing but a cheap soulless puppet. Alberto Del Rio is a man… perfected. Honest. Loyal. Educated. I am the role model that these people should look up to!

John Cena: Oh yeah?! How many gangly looking sick kids did you go take a picture with? I TOOK TWO OF THOSE PICTURES THIS MONTH!

[Alberto and Cena go nose to nose and start yelling about their many qualities and why people should want to look up to them. They are interrupted when…]

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[The Phenomenal One, AJ Styles comes out to a pop from the crowd. He makes his way to the ring and calls for a microphone. Alberto and Cena just stare at him in disbelief.]

AJ Styles: Alberto. John. I know I haven’t met either of you before now but… and I may be out of line, and mistaken here… but I thought this was a WRESTLING company! Y’know… with wrestlers! So I want to know what all this talk is about just getting handed the title on a silver platter! You can fight over who is the better role model all you want… but me… I’d rather fight for that title and EARN it the old fashioned way!

[Alberto and Cena burst out laughing.]

Alberto Del Rio: You?! World campeón?! You are nothing!! [Insert Spanish Here]

John Cena: In English, he means you were nothing but a big fish in a small pond! You shouldn’t even be in this same ring until you sell as many seats as I have! As many T-Shirts! Inspired as many children to never give up, never surrender, and all of that good stuff!

[Cena and Alberto both motion and yell for Styles to leave the ring. Just then, the lights turn out!]

Tony Gooch: Alright, this is getting a bit ridiculous now…

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[The lights come back on and the man known as Sting is on the ramp. The crowd goes wild. Sting enters the ring. Del Rio and Cena are backtracking. Sting has a mic.]

Sting: WHOOOOO! That’s right! The Stinger is in the UCE! I’ve been sitting at home these past few months… watching the formation of all these new federations… mulling things over… and it was actually my friend AJ here who called me up… and convinced me to come back one more time!

And let me tell you… Cena, Del Rio… over these past few years I have gone to battle with, and against, AJ Styles many times… and let me tell you… he has every right to be standing in this ring right now, making a claim for that belt! AJ is one of the toughest, most innovative, all around… phenomenal wrestlers that I have ever been in the ring with!

And he’s right! The first UCE World Champ should be decided in the ring… and I’m throwing my name into the contender pool!

John Cena: Well its too late to crown the first champion, because you are already looking at him! We all know that I would have eventually won it anyways, as I always do… so I just saved some time on my way in! As part of my contract… I politely requested that I be made World Champion…. And of course, the hot commodity that I am, the Prestons did everything I asked to sign me! Tell them Travis!

Travis Preston: Well, like I said… my sister and I are business people, and it was just smart business to sign John Cena… by any means necessary.

[Cena grins smugly as the crowd boos.]

Veronica Preston: However! Perhaps Mr. Cena should have read his contract better before signing! Yes, it did state that we would give you the World Title… but it said nothing about actually recognizing you as champion!

[Cena begins to flip out.]

Travis Preston: Indeed. Let us just consider you the guardian of the belt until the PPV… where you will get a chance to truly become the first UCE World Champion! But… you need some challengers! And seeing how such contenders are in the ring right now… I say we find out tonight! Sister?

Veronica Preston: In our main event we will see, John Cena versus… AJ Styles! And if AJ can win, he will be in the main event at the PPV, Wrasslepalooza!

John Cena: That’s poop and you know it! Styles has no business being in the same BUILDING as me!

AJ Styles: We’ll just see later tonight, huh?

John Cena: Well how about this, tough guy? How about I name the stipulations for our match later tonight?

AJ Styles: Fine by me.

John Cena: FINE!

Travis Preston: Yes, well… as for you other two… Alberto Del Rio…. Sting…. You two will fight for a chance to compete at the main event of Wrasslepalooza tonight as well… and that match will be…. RIGHT NOW!

[Del Rio begins to flip out now, pointing to his clothes and yelling.]

Tony Gooch: This is a travesty! First the Prestons screw John Cena, and now they make Alberto Del Rio fight Sting?! The man isn’t even dressed to compete! He’s not ready!

Emma Dilemma: Well Sting is ready, and he’s not waiting! Big clothline to Alberto Del Rio, sends him over the top rope! Don’t go anywhere, Alberto Del Rio versus Sting is coming up next!

[15 Minutes]

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Match #1: Alberto Del Rio vs. Sting

[Sting dominates early on in the match and has Del Rio on the ropes. The momentum shifts after Sting inevitably misses a Stinger Splash after going for too many in a row. Alberto starts to take control. Sting tries to mount a comeback, but Del Rio maintains his momentum. Del Rio, firmly in control begins to exhibit a mean-streak]

Tony Gooch: Alberto Del Rio showing us all why he should be fighting for the world title! He is a world class competitor… a man of class and dignity…

Emma Dilemma: He certainly is putting on an impressive showing here against a veritable Icon… but you can never count Sting out until its over!

Tony Gooch: Sure we can. Del Rio wasn’t even ready to compete! His pants are getting all wrinkled! But look at him! What a champ!

[Del Rio continues to work over Sting, more specifically the arm, in preparation for the ARMBAR of death. Sting begins to “Sting Up” though, and starts to no-sell punches before beating his own chest and yelling at the top of his lungs. Del Rio is backing up. When suddenly… Dolph Ziggler emerges from the crowd and enters the ring, positioning himself in between Sting and Alberto Del Rio. Dolph stares at Sting while the ref and Sting motion for Ziggler to make like a tree and get out of there. Alberto Del Rio seems slightly confused himself. Ziggler smirks at Sting, then wheels about and slaps Alberto Del Rio.]

Emma Dilemma: What is going on here?! Dolph Ziggler has just slapped Alberto Del Rio! The ref is calling for the bell! Sting has been disqualified! Alberto has won, but he looks the most confused out of the bunch!

[Ziggler turns back to Sting and grins. Sting reaches for Ziggler in a rage, but Ziggler quickly rolls out of the ring and backs up the ramp.]

Emma Dilemma: What in the world was that about?

Tony Gooch: I don’t know… but the thing to take away from this all is that Alberto Del Rio, a man of the highest caliber, is going to Wrasslepalooza! And I think he’s finally starting to realize it himself!

[Alberto Del Rio begins to smile his patented grin. He looks at Sting and shrugs. He then gives Sting a wink before starting to leave… but as he turns his back to go, Sting grabs him and plants him with the Scorpion Death Drop!]

Tony Gooch: That was uncalled for! The match is over! What a sore loser!

Emma Dilemma: Sore loser?! Dolph Ziggler intentionally got him disqualified and cost him a shot at being the first ever UCE World Champion! I doubt we have heard the last of this…. But right now let’s take it to the back where Monica Vielle is standing by with The Beautiful People, Angelina Love and Velvet Sky!
[17 Minutes, Winner by DQ: Alberto Del Rio]

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Monica Vielle: Thanks, Emma. Angelina, Velvet, later tonight you will be facing off against Michelle McCool and Layla. Many, including yourselves, have accused LayCool of mimicking themselves after The Beautiful People. Your thoughts?

Velvet Sky: Well you know what they say… Often imitated, never duplicated. LayCool may try to be like us, but the fact is that they will never look this good.

[Velvet motions to her assets.]

Velvet Sky: (Neither will you Monica) The difference here is simply… The Beautiful People drive all the men wild… while LayCool? LayCool drive all the men away with their shrill whiny voices.

Angelina Love: And as far as in the ring, later tonight? You just watch… because we’re going to mop the floor with them.

[The Beautiful People march off laughing.]

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[Elsewhere, backstage… Darren Young walks the hallway with a big goofy grin on his face! He reaches a door marked “John Cena” and knocks.]

John Cena: Finally! That kid is here with my pastrami sandwich!

[The door opens and Cena appears. His smile quickly fades as he sees Darren Young. Darren grabs Cena into a hug.]

Darren Young: Bro! I signed as soon as I heard you did!

John Cena: Ugggh. Why?

Darren Young: Why? Because I’m your long lost nearly identical twin brother who got separated from you at birth!

John Cena: *sigh* Look kid, we’ve been over this before. You are NOT my twin brother. I am several years older then you, and white.

Darren Young: Right, right. That’s why I said “nearly identical”. But Bro! I saw what the Prestons did to you… that isn’t right! You should be World Champion!

John Cena: Hey! I don’t care what they say! I AM World Champion! I need to be! For all those many children out there who look up to me! I can’t disappoint them! I can’t let them down! I WON’T let them down! It would seriously make a dent in my merchandise sales for the quarter… AND I WON’T LET THAT HAPPEN, BY SKIPPY!

Darren Young: Yeah… and now they’re making you fight AJ Styles tonight too? That sucks! Anything I can do for you, you let me know, and I’m there! We have a lot of lost time to make up for.

John Cena: Just leave me alone and don’t ever-

[Cena stops mid-sentence and places his thumb and forefinger on his clean-shaven chin, lightly stroking it… a clear indication of thinking.]

John Cena: On second thought… come on in…

[John steps aside and allows Darren to enter the dressing room. Cena closes the door on the camera.]

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Tony Gooch: This raises so many questions! Will John Cena ever get his pastrami sandwich?! What kind of mustard does John Cena use?

Emma Dilemma: I’m sure that’s the first thing on everybody’s minds. Ladies and gentlemen, don’t go anywhere, because coming up after the break we will begin the title tournament for… what title? Well, that’s just the question! The winner of the tournament will not only get the belt… they’ll get to name it too! More details after this, don’t go away!

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[We come back from break with a video package highlighting the Unnamed Title Tournament. It opens with a statement from Travis and Veronica Preston]

Veronica Preston: My brother and I had struggled with what we should call our second belt for a long time.

Travis Preston: There were so many names. Some with a lot of history behind them. Then we thought, why not make history ourselves?

Veronica Preston: Which is why these eight men will not only be fighting for the chance to win the belt… but to name it as well!

[The video package then quickly highlights each individual in the tournament, with a quick snippet from each.]

Hernandez: When I win… I’m bringing this title to Mexico… [Spanish Words Here, most likely about family] Mexican Heavyweight Title!

Eric Young: No doubt about it, I’d bring back the Canadian Heavyweight Championship. I already have my Canadian flag sticker ready.

The Great Khali: {GIBBERISH}INDIA{GIBBERISH}PUNJAB

Shelton Benjamin: There’s only one choice for The Gold Standard, and that’s to name it after the greatest country in the world, and bring back a classic… The United States Championship.

Christian: Maybe I bring back the Intercontinental Title, maybe I call it the Bea Arthur Memorial Belt… the point is that Captain Charisma is in it to win it!

Darren Young: I’d probably call it the CeNation Championship, in honor of being reunited with my long lost nearly identical twin brother after all this time.

Rhino: Does it look like I care what the name of the title is? I couldn’t give a DAMN about what its called… but the Man-Beast Rhino is going to take it with the GORE! GORE! GORE!

Douglas Williams: There is only one country in the world that deserves to have a belt named after it. Only one that has the dignity and class befitting an honor such as this… and that is of course, The United Kingdom.

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Match #2: Douglas Williams vs. The Great Khali: Unnamed Title Tournament Round 1

[Douglas Williams comes out to a shower of boos. The Great Khali makes his entrance next, and gets a good response as the crowd dances with his oh-so-catchy theme. Williams acts all smug up until the moment the bell rings and Khali seems to shrug off his attacks. Khali begins to dominate Williams for awhile, until Doug manages to escape to the outside. Khali follows to the outside and ends up eating the ringpost courtesy of a reversal from Williams. Doug gets back in the ring as the referee continues to count. The fans inexplicably start to chant “USA USA” to put down Williams, even though the man they are rooting for is also not from the USA. Khali manages to roll back into the ring at eight-and-a-half. Williams immediately to the attack and dominates for awhile quite impressively. Khali mounts a small comeback, until Williams escapes once again. This time, climbing the turnbuckles, he jumps down on Khali, grabbing him in a Guillotine Choke.]

Tony Gooch: DOUGLAS WILLIAMS WITH THE GUILLOTINE CHOKE! This is it!

Emma Dilemma: But Khali is still standing, he can’t get those legs around him… heck he can barely get his arms around him!

Tony Gooch: Douglas Williams, really applying the pressure now… Khali is going down! He’s on one knee…. And yes! NOW HE’S DOWN! Williams fully locks it in! Khali is going nowhere!!

Emma Dilemma: I can’t believe it! The Great Khali taps out! Douglas Williams has won!

Tony Gooch: I didn’t doubt him for a second! That man right there is my pick to win this whole thing! Douglas Williams!

Emma Dilemma: That’s not what you were saying when Khali had the momentum…

Tony Gooch: You must have heard wrong. I misspoke. You’re making that up.

[7 Minutes, Winner by Submission: Douglas Williams]

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[A short video package hyping The Beautiful People and LayCool is shown]

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Match #3: Christian vs. Rhino: Unnamed Title Tournament Round 1

[Christian and Rhino both enter to a good response from the crowd. Christian offers his hand to Rhino and Rhino shakes it.]

Emma Dilemma: There you see the sign of respect between these two longtime friends!

Tony Gooch: Excepting that brief period where they were mortal enemies, of course.

[Christian and Rhino have a good back and forth going. The momentum of the match switches several times, and indeed for awhile they seem pretty evenly matched. There are a few close calls, and the fans are getting pretty into the match. Eventually, Christian manages to nail Rhino with the Inverted Tornado DDT. Rhino is down in the corner. The ref goes to check on Rhino, while Christian backs off to the opposite corner.]

Emma Dilemma: This could be Christian’s openi- Wait! Who’s that on the apron?! I think… THAT’S JAMES STORM! He’s got the beer bottle! NO!! He smashed it over Christian’s head!!

Tony Gooch: NOT LIKE THIS! That bottle could have been returned! DAMMIT!

[James Storm retreats back over the guard rail and into the crowd from whence he came. The ref hasn’t seen a thing, as he is checking on Rhino, who is now getting to his feet. Christian stumbles around and walks right into… THE GORE!! Rhino goes for the cover. One, two, three, and its over!]

Emma Dilemma: Rhino with the Gore! Rhino wins! I don’t think he saw what happened! I think he’s realizing it now, though!

Tony Gooch: Well, I think he knew exactly what he was doing! How can you miss all those shards of glass everywhere? Not to mention Christian’s inexplicable sudden horrendous pain that left him wide open?

Emma Dilemma: Well… in any case, Rhino advances… and Christian will not be a happy camper when he wakes up… We have to take another commercial break now, but don’t go anywhere, we’ll be hearing from AJ Styles! It’s live, and it’s next!

[15 Minutes, Winner by Pinfall: Rhino]

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Monica Vielle: Welcome back, I’m here with AJ Styles, who has a chance to be a part of the main event at Wrasslepalooza, if he can beat John Cena later tonight! AJ, any thoughts?

AJ Styles: John Cena. No doubt about it… he was the franchise player of the WWE. The big star. While AJ Styles… I was with TNA from the very beginning. Rising up the ranks, fighting for everything I got… earning my reputation as phenomenal. Some even called ME the franchise player of TNA. Now, I don’t know anything about that… but what I do know is that Cena is right.

A lot of these people out here may not have seen me in action before. They may not know what AJ Styles is all about... But tonight? I get the chance to show them. I get to face off against John Cena… and not only that, I’m letting him pick whatever stipulations he wants for our match… so I can prove to him… and all of these people… that AJ Styles belongs… and AJ Styles will be in the main event at Wrasslepalooza… and WILL become the first UCE World Heavyweight Champion.

[A chuckle can be heard off-screen. Alberto Del Rio, eating a pastrami sandwich, comes into the frame. Alberto shakes his head.]

Alberto Del Rio: You better hope that you lose to John Cena tonight… because Alberto Del Rio is already in the main event at Wrasslepalooza… and if I see you there… I might just have to break your arm and put you down. [Insulting Sounding Spanish Words Here]

[Del Rio leaves back out of frame laughing to himself. AJ Styles just glares off after him.]

Monica Vielle: Well, with that, let’s take it back to the ring!

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Match #4: Shelton Benjamin and Eric Young vs. Hernandez and Darren Young

Emma Dilemma: Well, next week in the scond part of our Unnamed Title Tournament, it is going to be Shelton Benjamin going up against Eric Young, and Hernandez going against Darren Young… but tonight they are going to be tag team partners with their opponents for next week!

Tony Gooch: Oh, the drama!!

[All four members of the match make their separate entrances. Shelton Benjamin and Hernandez both get good responses, while the crowd boos the Youngs. The Youngs decide to start the matchup. Darren grins and extends his hand to his opponent before the match.]

Emma Dilemma: Eric Young shakes Darren’s hand and…. Now Darren is hugging him? What is this about?

[Indeed, Darren Young is hugging Eric and looking very excited. Eric looks slightly confused. Darren lets go and starts signaling to the ref that he wants to switch partners.]

Tony Gooch: Now he wants to switch partners! I think… well, we saw earlier that Darren Young has some rather… unique identity issues… I think maybe he thinks Eric Young is another long lost relative of his!

[Eric Young shoves Darren Young away from him. Darren looks confused and heartbroken, as Eric then connects with a dropkick that sends Darren to the mat. Darren backtracks into his corner, where Hernandez is screaming at him. Darren tags out. For the rest of the match Darren avoids Eric at all costs, much to Hernandez’s chagrin.

Nevertheless, the match goes back and forth for a bit. The end sees Shelton Benjamin take Darren Young and himself out of the game via high-flying maneuver. However, inside the ring, Hernandez takes control of Eric Young, both the legal men, and deliver the Border Toss. Hernandez pins Eric for the three count.]

Tony Gooch: Devastating move! Hernandez with the impressive victory! You know, he’s my pick to win the whole tournament!

Emma Dilemma: I thought Douglas Williams was your pick.

Tony Gooch: Don’t you put words in my mouth.

Emma Dilemma: Well here comes Darren Young back into the ring… looking incredibly concerned over Eric Young… meanwhile, Shelton Benjamin is up and not looking happy either…

Tony Gooch: Well boo-hoo for him. Let’s go to the back now to hear from a personal favorite of mine… LayCool!

[8 Minutes, Winner by Pinfall: Hernandez and Darren Young]

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[XL]

Michelle McCool: Oh my gosh, Layls, you are looking so FLAWLESS today!

Layla: I was just going to say the same thing about you!

Monica Vielle: Well ladies-

Michelle McCool: Uh, excuse me, who told you to talk? This is LayCool’s time, and we don’t need you in our picture, uglying up this flawless frame.

[Layla shoves Monica Vielle out of the frame]

Both: REAL TALK!

Michelle McCool: Are they seriously called the Beautiful People? Have you seen that Angelina Love?

Layla: Look past all that plastic, and she’s like a hideous troll or something… and those tattoos?

Michelle McCool: Oh my gosh… I think Angelina Love may in fact be…

Both: A BANSHEE!

Layla: And that Velvet Sky… what is she trying to pull with that hair?

Michelle McCool: I know! Looks like someone dumped a bowl of spaghetti on her head! I don’t think that hairstyle has been in since…

Both: NEVER!

Michelle McCool: C’mon, Layls, let’s go silence these “Beautiful People” once and for all…

[The camera follows LayCool as they begin to walk down the hallway.]

Emma Dilemma: Well, don’t go anywhere folks! The Beautiful People versus Laycool is coming up next! And still to come, John Cena versus AJ Styles!

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Match #5: The Beautiful People vs. LayCool

Emma Dilemma: Welcome back! This is it! It is time to settle the score between The Beautiful People and LayCool! One of the things Veronica Preston has promised the UCE is a strong women’s division… and it starts here!

[The Beautiful People make their entrance to the delight and drooling of the crowd. LayCool makes their entrance to jeers. The match is fairly aggressive, and you can tell that these women genuinely do not like each other. The match goes back and forth, with a few near falls for each team. LayCool works over Angelina Love until finally, she gets the hot tag to Velvet Sky. Velvet cleans house. Michelle is knocked to the outside. Angelina is back up now, and they connect with their tandem elbow drop onto the legal woman, Layla. The crowd is going banana. The Beautiful People are looking to finish Layla off when suddenly…]

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Tony Gooch: What the hell is THAT?!

Emma Dilemma: Th-That’s Awesome Kong! But what is she doing here?! She’s making a beeline straight for the ring!

[The referee tries to stop Kong from getting into the ring, but she just grabs the ref by the neck and tosses him over the top rope. Kong is now in the ring. The Beautiful People are ready to fight. They charge at Kong. Kong shrugs off their attacks and shoves them both down. Awesome Kong then begins to dismantle both Angelina Love and Velvet Sky with big power moves.

Layla has backed up into the corner, and Michelle McCool has now joined her. They seem to be in approval of what Awesome Kong is doing.]

Emma Dilemma: Could Awesome Kong possibly be in league with LayCool?!

[Michelle swaggers out of the corner and hesitantly extends her hand to Awesome Kong. Kong looks at it and runs Michelle over with a clothline.]

Tony Gooch: Well, that answers that.

[Layla tries to escape, but Kong has her by the hair and just tosses her halfway across the ring. Kong is now manhandling LayCool. She sets up The Beautiful People in one corner, slumped against the second turnbuckle, and positions LayCool likewise on the opposite turnbuckles.]

Emma Dilemma: I’m not liking the looks of this Tony!
Tony Gooch: Wait! Look! Somebody’s coming down the ramp! Its Gail Kim! She has a chair in hand!

Emma Dilemma: Finally! Gail Kim and Awesome Kong have had many wars in the past! If anyone know how to deal with her, its Gail Kim!

[Gail runs into the ring and stares down Kong, chair in hand. Gail then opens up the chair, has a seat and motions for Kong to continue.]

Emma Dilemma: NO! NO! WHAT IS GOING ON?! STOP THIS!!

[Awesome Kong runs and connects with her giant behind to the faces and skulls of The BPs and then runs across the ring and does the same to LayCool.]

Emma Dilemma: By God, she took their heads off! Why? Why is Gail Kim just watching this happen?!

[Just then, Mickie James and A.J. (not Styles, but rather the female from NXT) bounce down the ramp towards the ring!]

Emma Dilemma: It’s Mickie James and A.J.! They have no love for LayCool, but I bet they just couldn’t let this go on any longer! They go straight after Awesome Kong! They’ve got Kong reeling! But here comes Gail Kim from behind!

[All of a sudden, Beth Phoenix runs down the ramp into the ring as well!]

Emma Dilemma: Beth Phoenix! The Glamazon is here as well!

[Gail Kim bails out of the ring before Beth even makes it in. The trio of Mickie, A.J., and Beth Phoenix all hammer Awesome Kong at once, sending her over the top rope… but Kong lands on her feet on the outside! Kong retreats up the rampway with Gail Kim.]

Gail Kim: The Movement has just begun!

Emma Dilemma: Well… Mickie James, A.J., and Beth Phoenix standing tall… but Gail Kim and Awesome Kong… what is the meaning of this? You hear Gail yelling that this is just the beginning… but the beginning of what? We’ve gotta get some help out here for The Beautiful People and LayCool…

Tony Gooch: Even I know that what just went down was wrong… we never want to see something like this happen, folks, and we have to apologize on behalf of the UCE…

Emma Dilemma: We’re going to have to go to break here… John Cena and AJ Styles still to come…

[16 Minutes, No Contest]

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Emma Dilemma: Welcome back to Monday Mindwarp. During the break, The Beautiful People and LayCool were helped to the back by our trainers… and I am still speechless over the actions of Awesome Kong and Gail Kim.

Tony Gooch: For being speechless, you sure do talk a lot. Let’s just move on. Because next up we have AJ Styles meeting John Cena!

Emma Dilemma: Well, at Wrasslepalooza we know it is going to be Alberto Del Rio taking on John Cena for the World Heavyweight Championship… but if AJ Styles can beat John Cena here tonight, he’ll get added to that match!

Tony Gooch: And we all know that’s not going to happen because…. Spoilers here, folks…. Cena wins.

Emma Dilemma: Well, Styles did agree to let Cena pick the stipulations for this match, and that may well come back to haunt him!

[AJ Styles’ music hits and he enters to a chorus of cheers. John Cena’s music hits next to a mixed reaction. Cena comes out from behind the curtain, World Title around his waist, and Darren Young in tow. Darren is grinning from ear to ear. Cena has a microphone.]

Tony Gooch: What is Darren Young doing out here?

Emma Dilemma: I’m not sure… but just a reminder to our fans… even though John Cena has the World Title around his waist, he is NOT the champion. He’s just holding the belt until Wrasslepalooza.

John Cena: AJ! I, John Cena, have decided! If you really want to face me tonight… you’ll have to prove it first! So… if you can beat Darren Young here… only THEN will you get your shot against me, and your shot at the main event at Wrasslepalooza.

Match #6: AJ Styles vs. Darren Young

[AJ Styles motions for Darren to bring it on. Darren hugs Cena and tells him he’d do anything for his bro. Darren heads down the ramp and into the ring. Cena stays to watch at the top of the ramp.]

Emma Dilemma: Well, apparently we’re getting AJ Styles versus Darren Young first! Darren Young has already been in competition here tonight, he must be tired!

Tony Gooch: Tired or not, you help out family when they ask for your help!

Emma Dilemma: Well, John Cena and Darren Young are NOT related… but I guess Darren Young believes that they are… so in a way that makes… sense?

[The match starts off with AJ dominating his foe. Darren manages to get in some offense for a bit, but AJ mounts a comeback! AJ quickly finishes off Darren Young with the Styles Clash. Cena begins to flip out at the top of the ramp.]

[4 Minutes, Winner by Pinfall: AJ Styles]

Emma Dilemma: Well! That was quick! Thanks for stopping by Darren!

John Cena: Wipe that smile off your face, Styles! You beat Darren Young, a man who already competed once tonight! Whoop-de-doo! You still do not belong in the ring with John Cena! I am a bonafide hero! A role model! These people follow my every word and deed!

I’ll tell you what, Styles… if you can even last five, no, SIX minutes in the ring with me… you’ll get your shot at my title, oh yes it’s MY title, at Wrasslepalooza! Start the clock!

Match #7: AJ Styles vs. John Cena: 6-minute Challenge

[AJ starts the match with a flurry of offence against Cena. Indeed, he gets a few close pinfalls himself. Cena soon takes control of the match and begins to dominate AJ in a rather aggressive manner. However, Cena can’t seem to keep him down for the three, leading to great frustration. AJ mounts a small comeback, but it is cut short by Darren Young, still ringside and back on his feet, who trips him without the ref seeing.

Near the one minute mark, Cena manages to lock in to the STF. AJ is in agony but he WILL NOT QUIT. AJ struggles to get to the ropes… and makes it! 30 seconds left, Cena is outraged. Cena picks AJ up for the Attitude Adjustment… but AJ fights out of it and… PELE KICK OUTTA NOWHERE! The clock runs down… as AJ gets to his feet and the buzzer sounds.]

Emma Dilemma: He’s done it! AJ Styles has outlasted John Cena! AJ Styles is going to Wrasslepalooza!

Tony Gooch: Pure luck, that’s all it is! He’s going to get killed at Wrasslepalooza, if not before then!

[Styles heads back up the ramp in victory, leaving John Cena seething in anger with Darren Young trying to comfort him.]

Emma Dilemma: Good night everybody, we’ll see you next week!

[6 Minutes, AJ Styles Outlasts the Clock]

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We fade in on the scowling face of Dustin Rhodes in street clothes with a large bandage across his forehead. His left eye is very nearly swollen shut. The audience is mostly silent, with some cheers floating around.

Dustin: ORTON! … ORTON! …… Orton. …You just couldn’t face it, could you? You couldn’t face life without the title, and so you had to do THIS to me to keep me out of our match last Sunday at Respect. I can’t believe after everything that you and Hunter have been through in the past that you would let him talk you into betraying us. I thought we were all Family. I thought our bond was stronger than that. I guess HHH really got inside your head and messed you up something bad.

As he pauses, the camera pulls back a bit and we notice that Dustin is not alone in the ring. Patting him on the shoulder is Chavo Guerrero. Also with him are Michael McGillicutty, Husky Harris, and Lacey Von Erich. All are dressed for action. Dustin collects himself and continues.

Dustin: Well, I went to the Commissioner this morning and asked him, no, BEGGED him for a chance at retribution. He agreed that I deserved another chance, and that chance is gonna come in just under 5 weeks at Helloween. But I don’t want to wait that long to get my hands on you. Now GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE SO I CAN KICK IT!

The view switches to the entryway which remains empty.

Dustin: Come on, Orton!

Still nothing.

Dustin: Well, then, I guess I’m gonna have to go to you.

As he gets out of the ring with the rest of the Family in tow…

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Orton appears at the top of the ramp, along with HHH.

Orton: Dustin, Dustin, Dustin. You don’t get it do you? You always preach about Family coming first, but you know as well as I do that when it comes to the World Title, there is no such thing as Family - no such thing as FRIENDS. It all comes down to trust, and by coming after MY World Title, you’ve proven that I can’t trust you.

*crowd boos*

Orton: And it’s not just what you do, it’s what you say about me behind my back.

The video screen cuts in with a scene from 2 weeks ago where Dustin and Chavo were talking in the locker room:

Chavo: I don’t like where this whole thing with you and Randy is going. It’s gonna end badly. I’ve seen it before.

Dustin: <sigh> Yeah, you’re probably right. Keep an eye on him for me.

Chavo: You got it.

Orton: You were jealous of me, Dustin. You couldn’t stand it that I was champion and getting all the support of the Family instead of you, so you made it your mission to turn the Family against me. I just beat you to the… punch, so to speak.

The video screen shows images from last Sunday’s pay per view where Orton and HHH ambushed Rhodes backstage and beat him mercilessly.

As Dustin watches, we see him getting more and more agitated until he can’t take it any more and storms up the ramp after Orton. He jumps and gets Orton into the mount position. He gets a few shots in before the rest of the Family are able to chase him down and pull him off and HHH holds Orton back and pulls him backstage.


We finally get to the announce position, where Taz welcomes us to the show.

Taz: Man, I would NOT want to be Randy Orton right about now. He has lit a fire under Dustin Rhodes that has not burned this bright in a LONG time. Hello, everyone. I’m Taz here at ringside, and alongside me tonight is, well, honestly the guy kinda creeps me out a bit but it’s ok… Paul Bearer.

Paul: Oh, yes, Taz. It’s good to be here with you tonight on commentary, and I think that it’s far beyond time that Randall Keith Orton finally pried himself away from those second-rate, second generation never-weres. THEY were the ones brainwashing him, not HHH.

Taz: Well, not for nothing, Paul, but you could be right. The Family were definitely keeping his aggression in check, trying to get him to accentuate the positive aspects of being part of a wrestling legacy. And we’ll see Orton in action in our main event tonight in a non-title match against Vladimir Koslov. But enough about that for now. Let’s get ready for some in-ring action, as here comes

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Taz: American Dragon Brian Danielson. He’s had a beef in recent weeks with his former tag team partner, Low Ki. After finally getting out from the clutches of the WWE, Ki and AmDrag ran roughshod through all the competition here in the IWC, holding tag team gold for well over a year. Tonight though, he faces quite a different challenge in the form of

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Taz: Wade Barrett, the bareknuckle brawler from England.

Paul: Barrett is quite a specimen, Taz.

Taz: He’s as tough as a $3 steak, Paul.

And as the bell sounds, they lock up.

They trade go-behinds until Danielson is able to hit a jawbreaker. A quick pin attempt only yields a 1 count. Another lockup and Barrett whips Bryan into the ropes for a knee lift. Wade swings but misses as Danielson ducks and gives Wade a belly-to-back suplex. Another pin attempt gets Bryan a 2 count but Barrett powers out. After another lockup Wade throws Bryan into the ropes again and both men go for crossbody blocks.Barrett is first to his feet and begins closed fist strikes on Danielson, who backs into a corner. As the referee steps in to break up the assault, Bryan catches Wade with an insiguri. Wade “gets the crazy eyes” and starts wailing on Danielson, who covers up. Barrett stops punching just long enough to break up the ref’s 5 count before starting again. The ref has to pull Barrett off his opponent, giving Danielson a moment to gather his wits.

And a moment is all he needs, as he gives Wade a series of kicks, starting low and going high. He backs into the ropes and ducks under Barrett who swings wildly, putting himself off-balance. Danielson comes off the far rope and knocks Wade off his feet with a flying elbow block to the back. Danielson quickly seizes the opportunity and gets Wade into the cattle mutilation. Wade succumbs to the pain and taps.

Winner: Bryan Danielson

Taz: Wow! Once again, Danielson pulls a submission from out of nowhere! Once he locks it in, as he likes to say, you either tap or you snap and Wade Barrett chose to survive to fight another day.

Paul: He’s truly a master of making people hurt. I just love watching him work.

Taz: Tonight’s show has been a real barnburner so far, and we’re just getting started.

The camera shows us the backstage area, where Edge is getting loose.

Taz: Coming up next, Edge is in action, when we come back.

***COMMERCIAL***

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Taz: This should be an interesting matchup – the wily veteran Edge versus the young up and comer Husky Harris.

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Paul: Harris is coming to the ring faster than normal. I guess all the Family members feel like they have something to prove tonight.

The ref pats down both men and signals for the bell to get the match under way.

At the initial lockup, Husky shows his power by pushing Edge away. They lock up again and this time Husky goes behind and executes a belly to back suplex on Edge, then hops up and tries to stomp Edge, who rolls out of the ring before the boot connects. He pounds the canvas as the ref backs Harris up. Edge slides under the bottom rope and hops to his feet. As they go to lock up, Edge sidesteps and slaps Husky’s face. Husky charges, only to have Edge take him to the mat with a drop toe hold. Edge then starts paintbrushing the back of Harris’s head before backing off. Harris gets up and locks up once again. This time Harris gets aggressive, planting his knee deep in Edge’s chest several times before a big boot sends Edge onto his back. Husky rushes over for the pin, but the referee only counts 1 before Edge kicks out. Edge quickly hops back to his feet and initiates another collar and elbow tie up with Husky. They circle around for a moment until Husky bulls Edge into a corner. Husky lays a few shoulders into Edge’s midsection, but as he rares back to go for one more, Edge makes him miss and he plants his shoulder into the ringpost instead. Edge buries Husky’s head into the top turnbuckle several times before the ref can pull him off. Husky spins around dizzy and stumbles into the center of the ring, where Edge meets him with a spear. It’s academic as the ref counts the pinfall and awards the match to Edge.

Winner: Edge

Taz: The ultimate opportunist once again uses his opponent’s over aggressiveness against them to pick up the win as Husky Harris let his emotions get the better of him.

Paul: There’s no denying that Harris was trying to make Dustin Rhodes fell better by picking up a big win, but Edge was too much of a competitor tonight.

Backstage, we see Kaitlyn standing with Randy Orton.

Kaitlyn: Randy, the IWC is buzzing over what you did to Dustin Rhodes this past Sunday at Respect. How do you respond to those that say they’ve LOST respect for you over your actions?

Orton: How do I respond? I respond by opening my checkbook and letting them drool at the balance. I respond by showing them MY World Title. I respond… *glares at Kaitlyn* by giving them an R… K… O.

Kaitlyn (sheepishly): What did Triple H say to you to make you turn your back on the Family?

Orton: He reminded me that this is a BUSINESS. That all the platitudes and gibberish that Dustin Rhodes was spouting about “Family” and “friendship” means exactly squat, and at the end of the day, when you look in the mirror, there’s only ONE person looking back at you. So Dustin, I’ll gladly face you at Helloween, I just hope your eye is fully healed so that there are no more excuses when I beat you.

***COMMERCIAL***

Taz: I gotta say, while I don’t agree with everything Orton said, you can’t argue with how much HE believes it.

Paul: He certainly is a man of his convictions, but how long will he hold on to THESE convictions, and what does it mean to the Family members?

Ring Announcer: The following contest is scheduled for one fall. Already in the ring, Jey Uso!

Taz: Now that Orton’s gone, I wonder if the Family is gonna start looking to recruit Jey. He IS another second generation wrestler after all.

Paul: It’s possible, but Jey really hasn’t been able to produce winning results in the ring very often since joining the IWC.

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Ring Announcer: And his opponent, from Brooklyn, New York - Low Ki!

Taz: Here comes one bad mother trucker, Paul.

Paul: Absolutely. When he was half of the tag-team champs, people looked at him as the muscle of the group, while Danielson was the brains.

Taz: Yeah, but don’t sell Ki short cuz when it comes to in-ring smarts, he’s no slouch either. And now that he’s on his own, he intends to show everyone that – and in fact he’s starting this match off quickly.

Low Ki enters the ring and makes a beeline for Jey, starting the match off quickly with a series of strikes with both his hands and feet as the referee calls for the bell to start the match. Jey covers up as best he can to fend off the blows but has to maneuver to the ropes to get Low Ki to slow his assault. As Ki backs off, Uso charges but misses and Low Ki gives him a shove to help his momentum carry him over the top rope and to the outside. Jey turns around just in time to eat a baseball slide from Low Ki. As Uso collects his wits, Low Ki hops onto the retaining wall and gets a running start to catch Jey with a hurricanrana and then slide back in to the ring to break up the referee’s count. Jey once again gets to his feet in time to avoid Low Ki’s suicide dive attempt. Uso picks him up and whips him into the ringpost. As Low Ki steps forward, Jey flattens him with a clothesline and then rolls into the ring to again break up the 10 count. Jey waits in the ring, and Low Ki barely makes it back in before being counted out. Uso starts stomping on Ki until the referee comes over and makes him back off. As Low Ki gets to his feet, Uso comes in for a Samoan splash but finds only a turnbuckle pad. After a couple well-placed kicks and Jey is on his back with Low Ki standing on the ropes above him. Low Ki comes crashing down with the Warrior’s Way and moves in for the cover. Three seconds later the referee calls for the bell.

Winner: Low Ki

Taz: If the Family IS watching Jey, they have to be disappointed in what they see.

Paul: But not as disappointed as Jey himself.

Taz: True dat. When we come back, it’ll be Matt Morgan taking on your boy, Paul.

Paul: That’s right. My son Kane will be in action. Next.

***COMMERCIAL***

Taz: Now Paul, there’s not gonna be any funny business with you out here while your son’s in the ring, is there?

Paul: I gave the Commissioner my word that I wouldn’t interfere, Taz.

Taz: Good. Kane freaks me out almost as much as you do.

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Taz: Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! He’s bringing Abyss with him to the ring!

Paul: Oh YES! I told the Commissioner that I wouldn’t leave the announce table, but I never said anything about not bringing Kane’s best ally down in my place!

Taz: They’re not even down here yet and they’re making my skin crawl! At least you got Kane to put that mask back on.

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Taz: And here comes another freak of nature, The Blueprint, Matt Morgan.

Paul: He may be a freak, but he’s still not going to be any match for my Kane.

Matt Morgan enters the ring and goes right up to the Big Red Machine and stares him down, face to mask. After a few seconds, Kane get a sadistic smile, and as he turns away he chuckles a bit. He takes off his half of the Tag Team titles and hands it out to Abyss, then turns his attention fully back on Morgan. They have another staredown, then Morgan winds up and gives Kane a forehand chop. They trade blows, which become punches, which become clothesline attempts – neither man seeming to gain an upper hand. An Irish whip into a shoulder block by Kane and both men are off their feet, but only momentarily. Morgan returns the favor, and we have yet another staredown.

Taz: Talk about your irresistible force meeting the immovable object! One of these guys is gonna have to do something big to gain an advantage. This match will continue when we come back!

***COMMERCIAL***

As we come back, Kane is stomping Matt Morgan.

Taz: While we were away the stalemate was finally broken when Abyss jumped up on the apron and distracted The Blueprint, letting Kane get in a few cheap shots.

The action continues with Matt Morgan finally able to get to his feet, even while Kane is continuing his assault. He whips Morgan into the ropes and connects with a boot to the midsection. As Morgan is sucking air, he receives a double axe handle chop to the back which crumples him. Morgan rolls to the outside for a breather, but Abyss stalks after him. Morgan circles the ringside area until Kane cuts him off. Kane blocks a roundhouse right and catches Morgan with one of his own, then throws Morgan back into the ring and follows him in. Morgan was quick to his feet though, and catches Kane with a running boot to the head as Kane was standing up. Morgan then lets Kane get up in order to give him an inverted atomic drop. Morgan covers Kane for a 2 count. Both men get to their feet and Morgan puts Kane in an abdominal stretch. Kane reverses it into an over the shoulder throw, but Morgan holds on and rolls through, stacking up Kane for the pin.

Winner: Matt Morgan

Kane stands up, shocked at what just happened. Abyss joins him in the ring and Matt Morgan bails out before a double-team can occur.

Paul: What?! NO! He can’t do that to us!

Taz: Relax, Paul. You’re gonna burst a blood vessel if you don’t calm down.

Paul: CALM DOWN?!?!? CALM DOWN?!?!?!? I’ve got to go take care of things.

Paul Bearer gets up from the announce table and goes over to try and restrain Kane. The trio storm up the entrance ramp and to the back.

Taz: Thank God THAT’S over. I guess I’m on my own for the rest of the show, but at least I don’t have to look at that freaky Paul Bearer any more.

***COMMERCIAL***


Taz: Looks like I get to enjoy myself for a little while, because here come the ladies.

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Lacey Von Erich enters. She is still somewhat distracted after the events of the night.

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Taz: Serena Deeb looks intent on causing damage to Lacey tonight.

Lacey and Serena lock up. Serena twists Lacey around and gets her in a side headlock. She wrenches down several times. Lacey is able to struggle back to a vertical base and turn the hold into a side suplex. She then picks Serena up by her hair and spins her across the ring by those flowing locks. Serena pulls herself up and charges at Lacey. She screams and tackles Lacey. Lacey’s head gets picked up and slammed into the mat several times before the referee has to physically pull Serena off . Lacey grabs Serena’s arm and whips her into the ropes, connecting with a high knee lift. Lacey mounts Serena and returns the favor. The referee pulls Lacey off, but she escapes from him and gets back on top of Serena. The referee calls for the bell and disqualifies Lacey.

Winner by Disqualification: Serena Deeb

Taz: C’mon ref, it was just getting good!

Lacey hasn’t quit attacking Serena. Every time the ref pulls her off, she jumps back on Serena. Finally, Family member Michael McGillicutty runs down and restrains her.

Taz: When we come back, it’s the main event, with Randy Orton taking on Vladimir Kozlov.

*** COMMERCIAL***

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Kozlov comes out in his “traditional Russian Mafia 3-piece suit” that tears away for in-ring action.

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As Orton comes down the ramp, he is jumped from behind by Dustin Rhodes. Dustin beats the hell out of him for a couple minutes until HHH comes out to pull him off and get the odds in his and Orton’s favor. Together they start beating Dustin until the rest of the Family comes down and really take it to HHH/Orton. The beatdown is in full force when Commissioner Jeff Jarrett’s face appears on the Impactron.

Jarrett: Enough! Enough! That’s enough!

The brawling continues. By now everyone is at ringside.

Jarrett: KNOCK IT OFF, SLAP NUTS!

Everyone stops.

Jarrett: Dustin, I know you want to get your revenge on Orton, but this is not how it’s gonna go down. From now until Helloween, if you or any member of the Family lays a finger on Orton other than during in-ring action, you will all be suspended, and Dustin will lose his title shot.

Orton has rolled into the ring. He gets a big smile at that news.

Jarrett: And Orton – wipe that smug look off your face, son! Orton, if you or Hunter attack any Family member, you will be STRIPPED of the title!

Orton is furious! He stomps his feet and shakes the ringropes.

Jarrett: Oh, and Randy – one more thing. Look behind you.

Orton turns and Koslov lifts him up and powerbombs him. The ref quickly rings the bell and counts the one-two-three.

As the camera focuses first on Dustin, then on Koslov standing over Orton, we go off the air.

Thanks for watching/reading!

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We get a video package to BAW Rampage's theme, with the Bad-Asses highlighted in order: Samoa Joe, The Hardy Boys, Desmond Wolfe, Raven, Heath Slater, RVD, and The Undertaker. Then when the package is over, we go live to the arena!

“Ladies and gentlemen...welcome to BAW RAMPAGE!!!! At long last Bad Ass Wrestling has a home on broadcast television! We are live @ the Continental Airlines Arena in Newark, New Jersey, for the next two hours, and for this premiere of BAW Rampage, we are dedicating to make these next two hours the most intense form of television ever! Looks like we're gonna go to the ring for our first...”

All of a sudden, Raven's music hits, and the arena reacts with boos as he makes his way down the entrance ramp and into the ring as he waits for the fans reaction to die down a little before he speaks...

Raven: So, this is it? This is our so called premiere episode? BAW finally gets prime-time television and THIS is the premiere episode we've been hyping? (fans cheer) This is bull! (fans boo) But don't blame me, I could run this place all my own, but instead I have to listen to the so called “brilliant” board of directors. And how do they decide to choose the number one contender for the BAW World Championship? A tag match! Even worse, I have to team up with...what's he calling himself now? Mr. “Wednesday” Night...Rob...Van...Dam....(fans chant the names as Raven says them), Well Rob, you stay out of my way tonight and maybe, just MAYBE, I'll help you out in this match...but you cross me...and your dead....

Raven starts to leave the ring as fans chant “You Suck”, then he takes the mic again

Raven: Oh and here's a little message for our “esteemed” champion, “The Undertaker” (fans pop at the mention of his name) Your on top now, but the bigger you are, the harder you fall, and once you fall....I will see to it you NEVER...get back up....Quoth The Raven...NEVERMORE....(Raven does his classic pose as fans jeer and he leaves the ring)

“Well as Raven said, tonight's main event will be a tag match to determine the number one contender to the BAW Champion, The Undertaker. How does that work? Simple: Whichever team wins faces each other immediately after defeating the other team. It's gonna be Raven and “Mr. Wednesday Night” RVD, against Samoa Joe and Christopher Daniels, so to say these two teams have minor differences with each other is like saying Vince Russo only cost WCW a few dollars...We'll be back with our opening contest in a moment...”

Total time (intro+Raven's promo)=8 Minutes

Mr. Kennedy vs Frankie Kazarian: BAW Intercontinental Championship

We return with KENNEDY! going off in the background as the fans go nuts as their Intercontinental Champion comes down, dressed in purple tights, the IC belt in hands, and gets in the ring and does his famous pose and the mic falls from the ceiling...Kennedy is going to speak...

Mr Kennedy: Ladies and gentlemen, assholes alike, the first ever match-up on BAW Rampage is scheduled for ONE fall! Introducing....the man who puts the “Asshole” in Bad ASS Wrestling! The man who takes on all challengers...the man who is YOUR BAW INTERCONTINENTAL! CHAMPION!!!! From GREEN BAY WISCONSINNNNNNNNNNN MISTERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR....

However, Mr. Kennedy's intro is interrupted by Frankie Kazarian's theme as “The Future” comes down dressed in green colored attire, to heat from the crowd as SoCal Val, the ring announcer, does his introduction

Val: His opponent, and challenger, from Yucca Valley, California, weighing 215 lbs, “The Future” Frankie Kazarian!

Kazarian gets in the ring and we're underway!

Mr. Kennedy locks up with “The Future”, who delivers some knife edge chops to start us off, with the crowd going “Woo!” with each chop. Ken kicks Kaz in the chest and tries to go for the mic check to end the match early but it gets countered easily with Kaz holding the ropes. He delivers a few headbutts followed by a kick in the back of the champ's head but that barely gets a 2. Kaz climbs the turnbuckle and jumps but Kennedy dodges and rolls up the challenger but only gets a 2. Kaz flings Mr Kennedy into the ropes and scores a swinging neckbreaker. This is only good for 2 as well. The frustrated Kaz grabs Kennedy and heads for the turnbuckle, looking to score the “Flux Capacitor” but Kennedy elbows his face twice and shoves the challenger off, then scores a double-axe handle off the turnbuckle. Once Kazarian recovers, he stumbles over to Kennedy and...MIC CHECK! Kennedy covers Kazarian and gets the 3 count.

Winner and still BAW Intercontinental Champion: Mr. Kennedy

Kennedy calls the mic back down

Mr. Kennedy: And your winner and STILL INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION!!!! MRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! KENNEDY!!!! (wait for it....wait for it)...KENNEDY!!!!

Total match time: 13 minutes.

Backstage-Christopher Daniels addresses the audience, who react to his appearance with a mix of cheers and boos.

Daniels: Tonight, is the first step in finally reaching my destiny! Tonight, on the premiere of “Rampage” I will not only defeat the team of Raven and Van Dam, but then I will pin Joe in the middle of the ring, so don't get too buddy buddy with me Joey...because we WILL face each other right afterward...and “The Fallen Angel” WILL win! And then “The Fallen Angel” WILL face the deadman once again, he WILL get revenge for his previous loss, and he WILL become the new BAW Champion!

Promo time: 1 minute

We return from commercial and see a lovely looking bedroom, featuring a bed scattered with rose petals and candles. Maryse is laying in said bed and speaks

Maryse: The hot asses of Bad Ass Wrestling are gonna steam things up tonight, just for you...you are watching BAW Rampage...*she blows a kiss to the camera*

Skip Sheffield and Heath Slater vs The Hardy Boyz

We return to the ring to see the two former members of Nexus already in the ring, with Slater on the mic. Fans don't seem to care for the redhead but the cowboy gets a fairly decent pop

Heath: Well well, can you imagine it Skip? Here we are where we belong! We may not have succeeded what we wanted to in Nexus, but I can assure you all the team of the “Cornfed Meathead” and the “One man rock band” will dominate the tag division!

Sheffield takes the mic for a moment

Skip: Yea and now let me hear you all! “Yep Yep Yep!” (the fans respond with “Yep Yep Yep!) “Yep Yep Yep!” (the fans respond again) “Yep Yep-

Skip is cut off with “Modest” by Jeff's band and he and his brother are out to several cheers from the crowd.

Val: Their opponents, from Cameron North Carolina, at a total combined weight of 461 lbs (allegedly...), Matt and Jeff, the Hardyz!

The brothers Hardy get in the ring and we are underway!

Jeff and Sheffield start us off as Jeff dropkicks the strong southern superstar and follows up with a kick to the face. Jeff throws Sheffield in the corner and tags in Matt, then flings his brother into Skip. Sheffield catches him however and body slams him, then tags Slater into the ring, who starts whipping away at Matt. He catches him in a small package but just gets a 2.

As the match goes on, we briefly take a look backstage and see that Ink Inc. members Jesse Neal and Shannon Moore are watching the match, almost as if they are studying every move that Jeff and Matt make...

Back to the action in the ring, Slater goes for a clothesline, but Matt ducks and trips him, then tags Jeff back in who beats down the redhead. Heath tries to tag in Sheffield but Jeff stops him short of doing so and scores the Side Effect, but Skip breaks the pin up. As Slater recovers, he throws Jeff out of the ring and tags Skip in, who goes to the outside and slams Jeff into the barricade, then into the turnbuckle, and rolls him into the ring. Sheffield measures Jeff up as he stumbles to his feet and...WAM! He delivers a devastating clothesline, covers Jeff, but Matt breaks up the pin. Skip backs up to deliver another clothesline as Jeff recovers, Matt makes the blind tag just in case. Heath makes a blind tag as well, but Skip doesn't notice. He charges at Matt, but he ducks and pulls the ring ropes down, sending Sheffield to the outside. Heath punches Matt and beats him down for a few moments and then tries to go for his jumping neckbreaker, but Skip recovers and goes for another clothesline, but Matt dodges and Skip ends up clocking Slater instead...Matt throws Skip back outside and quickly tags in his brother, who mounts the turnbuckle and scores “Whisper in the Wind” on the downed Slater. 1...2...3 and this one is over.

Winners: The Hardy Boyz.

Afterwards, as the brothers celebrate, Skip Sheffied gets back in the ring and stares down the brothers...slowly but surely he extends his hand to them for a handshake. The brothers are a little cautious at first, but Jeff extends his in return and shakes Skip's hand. Matt does the same to show respect. Slater is still down, but he watches these actions...

As soon as the brothers have left the ring, Slater recovers. Skip tries to help him...and is met with a swift kick to the crotch. The angry Slater starts yelling at him and kicks him. The ref tries to stop this but is pushed away by the angry redhead. Slater goes to the outside and looks under the ring...where he proceeds to pull out a electric guitar...Sheffied slowly gets to his feet and....WHACK! Slater clocks him with the electric instrument, breaking it to pieces and busting the cornfed meathead open. Officals come out to help him as Slater leaves to a chorus of boos.

Total match time+Post match actions=18 minutes

We return from commercial to the backstage area as RVD does his pre match warm ups as Bubba Ray watches on

Bubba: I'm telling you Rob, we can't trust that loner...I know this match is important to you; a chance at the top prize, and main eventing on our first televised episode no less! But Raven? Who's bright idea was this?

RVD (gets up): Bubba, it's cool your concerned...but I know PRECISELY what I'm doing...It would be suicidal for Raven to try and screw me over...and just think, if I win....WHEN I win...I will get that shot at Taker and his belt...because I'm not just “Mr. Wednesday Night...(Van Dam does his whole “point to self” ordeal here) I'm the WHOLE F'N SHOW!

RVD leaves and Jesse Neal enters the room to get some bottled water; he stares down Bubba Ray as he does.

Bubba: Yes? Can I help you?

Neal: No...I'm not looking for anything...yet...

Neal stares at Bubba Ray Dudley for a few more seconds and then leaves.

Backstage promo(s): 2 minutes.

Hamada vs Daffney

Val: The following “Hot-Ass” contest is scheduled for one fall! Introducing first, from Japan, Hamada!

Hamada enters the ring in gold attire and a pop from the crowd. Her opponent, Daffney, dressed in a gothic schoolgirl outfit, black button up shirt and plaid skirt, enters the ring, with little reaction from the crowd except for some catcalls and whistling...

Val: Her opponent...from the psycho ward, Daffney!

As soon as both girls enter the ring, we're under way...but just as Hamada kicks Daffney in the midsection and gets her in a headlock, the sounds of a wolf howl is heard...Desmond Wolfe makes his way to the arena, much to the chagrin of the fans.

Wolfe: Ladies, Ladies, with all due respect...I doubt the nice...'fans', if you want to call them that (fans boo as Desmond gets in the ring) want to watch two tramps beat each other in the ring...after all, this is the first episode of “Rampage”, and it's all about making a impact...I mean, I didn't even get a spot on this first ever episode! How is that any way to treat a future legend like myself? (he circles both girls) Well, I'm going to make my impact one way or another...like so...

As if on cue, he grabs Daffney and throws her to the ground. Her response is to do her loud, ear-shattering scream. Wolfe doesn't flinch and grabs her again, but Hamada stops him. He backs her up to the corner with a look of insanity in his face as Daffney leaves the ring, not caring for Hamada's safety whatsoever. Wolfe grabs Hamada and looks to perform the “Tower of London” on her, but the ring suddenly is drenched in green light as the following can be heard...

“STAND BACK! THERE'S A HURRICANE COMING THROUGH!!!!”

Suddenly, The Hurricane comes out from under the ring and stands before Wolfe, giving Hamada enough time to escape as the masked superhero and the London brawler trade punches. Refs swarm the ring to try and break them up, but Hurricane is able to score “The Eye of the Hurricane” on Wolfe, followed by a “Shining Wizard” on Wolfe and leaves the ring.

Samoa Joe is seen heading to the ring...The main event is next!

Time ('match' and promos)=8 minutes.

Road 2 Ruin Promo:

What road will you choose to take in life? will the path you choose lead to success? Earn what you justly deserve?...or will the path end up as a endless road to ruin, leading to broken bodies, hearts, and dreams?

Mtn Dew-White Out presents: BAW Road 2 Ruin!

Coming soon...

Christopher Daniels and Samoa Joe vs Rob Van Dam and Raven-#1 contender's tag match

Val: Ladies and gentlemen, this is our main event! The following is a number one contender's tag team match! The winning team will then face each other in a 1-fall to a finish match! Introducing first...

RVD's music hits as the fans chant his name along with the lyrics to his song; RVD enters the arena wearing a white singlet with yin/yang symbols all around it and his initials in black on the back.

Val: From Battle Creek Michigan, weighing at 237 lbs, (Van Dam points to himself) Rob...Van....Dam!!!!

As RVD gets in the ring, Raven's music hits, and here comes the fomer NWA Champion to jeering from the fans.

Val: and his tag partner, from The Bowery, weighting in at 245 lbs, Raven!

Next comes the Samoan Submission Machine...The godzilla theme remix hits and he here comes...

Val: and their opponents, first from Orange County, California, weighing 280 lbs, “The Samoan Submission Machine” Samoa Joe!

The music of “The Fallen Angel” hits and the arena reacts with a mix of cheers and boos as Daniels makes his way to the ring to complete the pairs...

Val: and his tag partner, from The city of Angels, weighing “The Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels!

Daniels comes in wearing his black robe and black ring tights underneath as he stares down his opponents, then his partner...the bell rings and we are underway!

Joe and Raven lock up first with the Samoan kicking Raven in the midsection followed by a kick to the legs, taking the hardcore wrestler off of his feet. He picks him up and whips him to the ropes and delivers a German suplex, followed by a second one, releasing Raven on the second one. Joe whips Raven to his corner, where Daniels makes the blind tag and mounts the turnbuckle and delivers a cross-body. He covers but only gets 1. Raven body slams the fallen angel and whips him into HIS corner, where RVD makes a blind tag of his own. He starts performing several kicks to Daniels and takes him off of his feet and bounces off the ropes and delivers Rolling Thunder, but barely gets a 2. RVD picks Daniels up off of the ground, who flings Van Dam into the ropes and delivers a powerful dropkick. Van Dam recovers and Raven tags himself in, much to Van Dam's displeasure.

Raven headbutts Daniels, who responds with a chop to the chest (fans woo when he chops). Daniels performs a sidewalk slam and covers but gets 2. He flings himself into the corner, not noticing Joe making a blind tag, and delivers another cross-body to Raven, but the ref doesn't count since he's not the legal man anymore. Daniels argues with Joe as he enters the ring, but Joe ignores him and heads for Raven. Raven rolls out of the ring and grabs a chair, looking to use it, but RVD stops him. The match goes on for another good 15 minutes, with each man tagging himself in when the opportunity allows him to do so. Eventually, RVD takes Joe down with a powerful Van Daminator. He climbs the turnbuckle for the Five Star Frog Splash, when Raven makes another blind tag. RVD nails the maneuver, but the count is not made since he's not the legal man...Raven goes in to try and make the pin himself, but RVD stops him and argues with him once again. Raven rolls outside and gets a chair out again, but RVD once again tries to stop him. Daniels gets in the ring, as the ref tries to stop him. With the ref's back turned, RVD dodges a chair shot from Raven and delivers a brutal Van Daminator! Joe has recovered at this point and puts Raven in his Coquina Clutch. The ref declares Raven unconscious and thus unable to continue...he and RVD are out of the match.

But Joe doesn't have much time to celebrate; the second he turns around, he's met with a cross-body from the top rope, compliments of Daniels. A cover only gets 2. He delivers several kicks to the Samoan’s head and nails a hurricarana but again only gets 2. Daniels attempts to go for another hurricarana, but Joe catches him and scores a powerbomb, then picks him back up for a Samoan drop, but just misses the 3 count...Joe picks Daniels up, but is caught in a small package but Joe kicks out just before the ref's hand hits a 3rd time.

By this time, Raven and RVD have nearly headed for the back, but Raven, obviously not pleased with his loss, turns around and tackles Van Dam. The refs start to head out and try to pull the two apart including the ref officiating the match itself. Joe doesn't seem to notice and sends Daniels into the turnbuckle and nails the muscle buster. He goes for his submission and Daniels taps, but the ref has left the ring to try and break up RVD and Raven, where he gets knocked down by a wayward kick from Van Dam as he and Raven are escorted back to the back. Meanwhile, someone comes out from the crowd. The long hair and fancy clothes mean only one person: Drew McIntyre. He gets in the ring, kicks Joe in the back of the head, and pounds away at the Samoan. He nails his future shock DDT on the nearby steel chair that Raven threw back into the ring and quickly exits before the officials notice. Daniels recovers by this point and mounts the turnbuckle, where he nails the BME on Joe. Another ref finally rolls back in the ring and counts...1...2...3!

Winner and number one contender: Christopher Daniels.

After the match, The Fallen Angel celebrates in the ring, knowing now he has earned his shot at Road 2 Ruin to face...

GONG!
Daniels looks around as he hears the famous gong of the deadman, the BAW champion...the lights go out in the ring and the fans go wild...

The darkness remains for a few moments until the lights finally come back on. Daniels is gone from the ring...but McIntyre has returned and inches his way to the fallen Samoa Joe, still in the ring. He grabs the chair and opens it up, then grabs Joe by his head as he begins to recover and...

WHAM!

Joe receives another DDT on the folded out steel chair, this one busting him open. McIntyre grabs the chair and whacks away at Joe's arm. WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! He nails several shots on Joe's arm and shoulder as the refs come in to try and stop him, but they are unable to overpower him. McIntyre grins and stands over the unconscious Samoan as the fans boo their displeasure, some even throw garbage in the ring, as the show comes to a end.

Matches+McIntyre beat down=34 minutes.

[VSG]

Lol at BAW's Rampage logo. I love it.

[XL]

HARD KNOCKS WRESTLING PRESENTS:
CRAM SESSION, WEEK ONE
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The sound of a school bell rings throughout the arena as a cue for the theme song of the one and only Matt Striker. He walks through the entrance in a black suit, slapping hands with ringside fans as he makes his way to the ring. A stagehand tosses him a microphone and he addresses the crowd.

STRIKER: Hello everyone, and welcome to the inaugural production of Hard Knocks Wrestling’s flagship program, Cram Session! I am your teacher…as well as your owner…Matt Striker!

We here at Hard Knocks Wrestling intend to bring you the absolute best wrestling action that the industry has to offer. I don’t want to bore you with details, because the action here speaks for itself. From here on, the school of hard knocks is NOW in session!

The ring bell sounds and Matt Striker exits the ring and makes his way to the announce table at ringside. Replacing him in the ring with a microphone is the HKW ring announcer and color analyst, Sean Morley.

MORLEY: HELLLLOOOOOOO, HARD KNOCKS! You know, the Big Seanbowski knows a lot about hard knocks…

Matt Striker clears his throat into a microphone and taps his watch for Morley to see, indicating to him to get the show on the road. Morely smirks and continues…

MORLEY: Have it your way, Teach…this opening contest is scheduled for ONE FALL, and is a TRIPLE THREAT MATCH! The winner will have a chance to compete for the inaugural Hard Knocks Heavyweight Championship at our first pay-per-view, Graduation in just four weeks!

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The arena comes alive as the theme music of Kurt Angle blares through the PA system. Kurt poses at the top of the entrance in front of a small pyrotechnics display, soaking in the cheers of the crowd. He is intense and prepared for combat as he makes his way to the ring.



Sean Morley gives him a quick introduction before introducing the next competitor…

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Batista, wearing street clothes, pays absolutely no attention to the fanfare as he makes a beeline for the ring and snatches the microphone from Sean Morley’s hand…

BATISTA: What the hell is this, Matt Striker? You never said I had to wrestle tonight. You said I could have promo time tonight!

Matt Striker stands up from the announce position and grabs a mic.

STRIKER: I know Dave, and I’m really sorry. I just figured since I had signed one of the biggest names in the wrestling world, it wouldn’t be wise to leave him out of the heavyweight title race.

BATISTA: Do you know how many titles shots I’ve had in my life? What really makes you think I would give a damn about this one? You lied to me, Striker! You can take your precious title shot and shove it up your ass until I get the promo time you promised me!

Batista slams the mic down and storms out of the ring, heading backstage.

Sean Morley shrugs before picking up the microphone and announcing that this match will now be a one-on-one contest.

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”The All-American American” Jack Swagger makes his way to the ring, grinning from ear to ear. He too snatches the mic from Sean Morley. Morley throws his hands up in exasperation before exiting the ring and joining Matt Striker at the announce table. Jack steps up face to face with the Olympic gold medalist.

SWAGGER: What’s the matter, Kurt? Is this too much like looking in a mirror for you right now? You know…a mirror that makes you taller, stronger, more handsome, younger, and more accomplished than you could ever dream possible?

Kurt jumps up and headbutts Jack Swagger dead on the nose. Jack’s nose starts gushing blood as the bell rings.

KURT ANGLE VS. JACK SWAGGER (WINNER GETS A HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE SHOT AT GRADUATION )

Kurt Angle ducks behind the reeling Swagger and dumps him on his head with an Angle Slam. Kurt snatches up Swagger’s leg and locks in his patented Ankle Lock. Swagger taps immediately.



WINNER: Kurt Angle via submission

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Kurt has little time to celebrate as the suit-clad Chris Jericho appears at the top of the entrance with a microphone.

JERICHO: Congratulations, Kurt. You’ve just earned yourself the right to be humiliated in defeat at the inaugural Hard Knocks Wrestling pay-per-view. You see, I’m in a triple threat tonight with the same stipulation as your match here. You may have been the best in the world at what you do back in 1996, but the present is standing here looking you in the face, promising you that the main event of Graduation will be an embarrassment and a complete waste of your time. Do you understand what I’m saying to you right now?

Kurt picks up a mic.

ANGLE: Well Chris, if you really want to show everyone who the best in the world is, why don’t you walk on down here and give me a reason to believe you?

JERICHO: I’d love to come and stuff your medals down your throat right now, but I just told you I’m already booked tonight. I will make you ALL believers at Graduation.



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”The Nature Boy” Ric Flair styles and profiles to the ring in an Armani suit. He is handed a mic.

FLAIR: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

CROWD: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

FLAIR: Man does it feel GREAT to be back in a wrestling ring! Man does it feel GREAT to be here at the very first Cram Session! Man does it feel GREAT…..to be the NATURE BOY! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!



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CM Punk stands at the top of the entrance with a mic.

PUNK: The Nature Boy? You know, that’s one of wrestling’s great mysteries…what exactly is a nature boy? While I’m sure you have your own answer to that mystery in that bleach-stained brain of yours, allow me to tell you what a Nature Boy is NOT….[i]natural.

I’ve heard stories about your extra curricular activities outside of the ring, Ric. I know all about the kinds of things you do when you’re not busy dragging your ninety year old carcass around the ring, selling your soul for another paycheck. Frankly, I think it’s safe to say that you are the most vile and despicable specimen to ever lace a pair of boots, and in an industry like this one, that is QUITE the accomplishment.

Now normally, Ric…that wouldn’t bother me. Bottom feeders aren’t going anywhere. But my problem with you is this.

CM Punk clears his throat before doing his best Ric Flair impression.

PUNK: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

CROWD: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Punk shakes his head in disgust.

PUNK: You hear that? You see the influence you have over these idiots?

FLAIR: A lot more than you’ll ever have, junior! WOOOOOOOOOO!

CROWD: WOOO—

PUNK: SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUUUUUUUUUUT UUUUUUUUP! You’re infecting my whole generation with your poison, Flair! It was bad enough when it was still just YOUR generation, but I refuse to sit idly by and let you do the same all over again! I will put a stop to this! I promise!


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R-TRUTH VS. PAUL BURCHILL

As soon as the bell rings, two men appear at the top of the entrance: one is Elijah Burke, and the other is Shad Gaspard. They both wear t-shirts with the words “LIGHTS OUT” printed across the front and black jeans. They stand with their arms folded across their chests as they watch the match from there.

R-Truth and Paul Burchill engage in a fairly even contest. Burchill gets the upperhand early using his size and strength to his advantage. He works Truth’s left leg for most of the match, looking to keep him grounded. The strategy works well for a while, until Paul argues with the referee about what he thought should have been a sure three count. When Paul finally turns his attention back to Truth, he is hit with the Lie Detector and covered for the three count.

WINNER: R-Truth via pinfall

After the pinfall, R-Truth picks up a microphone. He looks at Elijah Burke and Shad Gaspard at the top of the entrance as he speaks.

TRUTH: Excuse me gentlemen, but does there seem to be a problem?

Elijah and Shad simply casts looks of disgust upon R-Truth before shaking their heads in disdain and heading to the backstage area without responding. R-Truth shrugs and raps his theme song with the crowd.

***COMMERCIAL***

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Sean Morley is backstage, running with a mic to catch up with Batista, who is carrying his luggage and appears to be on his way to the parking lot.

MORLEY: Dave, I have to ask you…why would you turn down the opportunity to become the first ever Hard Knocks Heavyweight champion?

BATISTA: If this isn’t the promo time I asked for, then I have nothing to say to you.

MORLEY: (thinking on his feet)…uhhh, it is? I mean, yes, it is! Here you go.

Batista stops walking while Morley hands him his microphone. Batista smiles and looks directly into the camera.

BATISTA: Hey, how’s everybody out there doing tonight? You know, I took a plane to get here, and boy is that food AWFUL! I mean, seriously. If you listen to hip hop, you’d think that ‘fly’ meant the best things in life, but this food was [i]clearly off the mark…you know what I’m saying?

Morley looks on in utter confusion. Batista notices and turns his attention towards him.

BATISTA: What? You didn’t think that was funny?

MORLEY: Uhhhh….was it supposed to be funny?

BATISTA: Look Sean, I’ve absolutely done it all in the wrestling world. I’ve been the champ. I’ve beaten the best. I’ve been in some of the biggest matches our sport has ever seen…but no matter what happens, people look at me like I’m some sort of one trick pony. Like I’m just all muscle…like I don’t have any real skills….like I’m stupid or something.

Batista’s mood darkens…

BATISTA: But I’m NOT stupid, Sean. I have a brain. A good brain. A brain that now creates…stand up comedy.

Sean Morley is dumbfounded. Batista speaks slowly and calmly.

[b]BATISTA: So now…I will ask you again…and if you know what’s good for you…you will be…completely…honest…with me. Was…it…funny?

Morley takes a long, awkward pause before responding.

MORLEY: It could….maybe….use a little work?

Batista snaps and clotheslines Morley to the ground. He mounts him and hammers down heavy fists, screaming “IS IT FUNNY NOW?” as he pummels the helpless Morley into the ground. This continues for a few moments until security and backstage crew members attempt to pry Batista off of Sean Morley. They are repeatedly tossed aside until seven or so of them finally manage to break him away.

Chris Jericho can be seen watching from the shadows. He smiles wryly.

**
Cut backstage to The Miz, Alex Riley, and Chris Masters. The Miz and Alex Riley are both in wrestling gear. Chris Masters is in a t-shirt and jeans. All three of them are wearing a letterman’s jacket over their attires. Christy Hemme stands with them, wearing a cheerleader outfit with a ridiculously short skirt and a very low cut top.

THE MIZ: Tonight’s the night, boys…tonight’s the night where we put Team Awesome on the map. Tonight, we make Hard Knocks Wrestling stand up and take notice of the most dominant force in professional wrestling today. It all starts with you, A-Ri. You’re going to beat Kofi Kingston so badly that he’ll regret ever signing a contract.

Alex Riley smirks, all-knowingly.

RILEY: I’m going to smack him back to Jamaica…or Africa…or wherever the hell he’s from now.

THE MIZ: Now normally, I’d be out there at ringside to support you, but Matt Striker was smart enough to put me in the triple threat match to determine who’s facing Kurt Angle at Graduation. So instead, you’ve got Big Chris over here to watch your back.

Chris Masters nods and smiles.

MASTERS: Don’t even sweat it, Alex. Your match is as good as a done deal.

THE MIZ: Christy…you gorgeous piece of work…I want you at ringside with me tonight so you can watch a real chick magnet do his thing…(leaning in and speaking softly into Christy’s ear)…up close and personal.

Christy smiles seductively and runs her pointer finger down the middle of The Miz’s chest as she speaks.

CHRISTY: You don’t know how hot hearing you say that just got me. You sure we don’t have some time before the match to…

Christy trails off and her attention shifts upward. The Big Show now stands behind The Miz. He smiles with his arms crossed across his massive chest.

BIG SHOW: What’s up, guys? Sweet jackets. What are we talking about?

THE MIZ: We? We? Don’t even try to group yourself in with us. You will NEVER be in Team Awesome. You’ve ridden my coat tails far enough, and I suggest you get out of here right now while you’re still able to compete in tonight’s triple threat.

The Big Show shakes his head, sadly.

BIG SHOW: Have it your way, Miz. I was all ready to put our history behind us and let bygones be bygones. I was coming over to wish you luck tonight…but now…(leaning down close to The Miz’s face and speaking through gritted teeth)…it’s personal.

The Big Show stands up straight and smiles again.

BIG SHOW: Toodles!

The Big Show waves and walks away. Team Awesome watch him leave with anger in their faces.

***COMMERCIAL***

[A commercial airs promoting that the Motor City Machine Guns will be in action NEXT WEEK on Cram Session!]

**

KOFI KINGSTON VS. ALEX RILEY

Kofi Kingston enters the arena to much fanfare, slapping hands with the fans and just having a good time in general like he always does. Alex Riley enters accompanied by “The Masterpiece” Chris Masters.

Kofi catches Riley off guard early with his unique offense. Every time Riley seems as if he’s about to turn things around in his favor, Kofi offers a unique counter. Kofi, with the match seemingly well in hand, takes some time to appeal to the crowd. As he does, Chris Masters jumps up on the apron and begins screaming at Kofi to fight Alex like a real man. Kofi argues back with him as the referee steps in between to separate them. When he finally does, Alex Riley has recovered enough to pick Kofi up on his shoulders and drop him with a TKO. Riley makes the cover and gets the three count.

WINNER: Alex Riley via pinall

***COMMERCIAL***

[The commercial promoting next week’s appearance from The Motor City Machine Guns airs during this break as well.]

Cody Rhodes and Ted Dibiase (Jr., mind you) are backstage viewing a monitor showing the MCMG commercial.

RHODES: Do you really think they expect anybody to tune in next week just to watch two flashes in the pan like Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin? We didn’t get any commercials about us! On top of that, we didn’t even get booked tonight!

DiBIASE: I’d like to think Matt Striker is smarter than that, but I’d imagine all that time behind an announcer’s desk may have fried his brain…but don’t worry. I’ve got something in the works that will put the Motor City Water Pistols exactly in their place AND make Hard Knocks respect us like they should.

RHODES: Oh yeah? Care to elaborate?

DiBIASE: How about I just fill you in with the rest of the world when Motor City shows up next week?

**

CM Punk v. Evan Bourne

Evan Bourne slaps hands with the fans on his way to the ring and generally just looks very excited to be a part of Hard Knocks Wrestling. CM Punk enters in a foul mood, presumably from his confrontation with Ric Flair earlier in the program.

Punk starts the match off very aggressively, catching Bourne with some hard strikes, but his aggression backfires when he attempts an early Go To Sleep. Bourne counters out of it with some well placed knees to the temple and twists out of danger with a beautiful tornado DDT.

Bourne continues to catch Punk off guard with high impact offense, scoring several near falls along the way. Bourne even gets Punk in position for the Airbourne shooting star press, but a desperate Punk rolls out of ring before Bourne leaps, biding his time on the outside of the ring and calling for a ‘time out’ that will never come. Bourne shifts his direction and makes a leap of faith to the outside, driving both of his knees into Punk’s chest and sending Punk to the ground hard. An unscathed Bourne gets up and gives the crowd a peace sign while Punk clutches his chest and rolls on the ground in agony.

Bourne jumps back into the ring as the referee begins to count Punk out. Punk gets to his feet around the 8 count. At 9, he rolls into the ring, and then immediately back out to restart the count. The crowd does not approve of his tactics. Punk turns his back on the ring around the 5 count to admonish a fan about the dangers of the beer he’s holding. Bourne looks to seize an opportunity as he hits the ropes and goes flying towards Punk with a suicide dive.

It actually DOES turn out to be suicide as the cunning Punk easily side steps Bourne and catches his head just enough to help drive him headfirst into the fan barricade. Bourne looks to be completely unconscious in a crumpled heap on the outside as Punk smiles and casually rolls back into the ring. The referee begins counting Bourne out, and Punk counts along with him in a mocking fashion.

Bourne begins to stir around the 6 count. At 9 and a half, Bourne somehow musters the strength to roll back into the ring and stop the count. Punk is obviously agitated, but he doesn’t miss a beat in putting the boots to Bourne. He sends hard kicks to his ribs and chest.

Punk continues some vicious strike work before using his rare size advantage and powerbombing Bourne hard to the mat. He makes a loose cover….and Bourne kicks out at 2 and a half.

Punk rolls his eyes before picking Bourne up and Irish whipping him into the turnbuckle. He follows up with a climbing knee to the face, smoothly transitioned into a bulldog back in the other direction. Punk covers Bourne, this time hooking one leg deeply.

Again, Bourne kicks out at 2 and a half.

Punk runs some frustrated hands through his hair before picking Bourne up and battering him into a corner with some absolutely vicious kicks and elbow strikes. Punk measures up and connects to Bourne’s temple with a sickening head kick. Punk covers, this time hooking BOTH legs. Bourne doesn’t kick out this time.

However, he does manage to shoot his hand out far enough to grab the bottom rope and stop the count at 2.9.

Punk is irate. He begins choking Bourne with a deranged look in his eyes. The referee administers a five count, but Punk keeps his hands clinched around Bourne’s throat. The referee signals for the bell.

WINNER: Evan Bourne via disqualification


The sound of the bell makes Punk even angrier. He picks up the lifeless Bourne and drills him with a Go To Sleep. Immediately, he picks him back up and hits ANOTHER Go To Sleep. The referee pleads with him to stop, but Punk shoves him away and hits a THIRD Go To Sleep on Evan Bourne. Punk rolls out of the ring and grabs a folding chair from the outside. He climbs back into the ring with it and places it around Evan Bourne’s neck. Punk climbs to the second rope, looking to do some rather serious damage to Bourne.

Cue Ric Flair. He bolts to the ring as fast as his old body will allow him to. Flair dives into the ring and tackles Punk off the ropes and to the mat. Flair is like a rabid dog as he unleashes a flurry of punches and headbutts to Punk. EMTs rush the ring and attend to Bourne as the Punk and Flair brawl continues to the outside. Flair shoves Punk up against the fan barricade and nails him with repeated chops. Each one is responded to by a loud “WOOOOOOOOO!” from the fans. After the fifth chop, Punk decides to cut his losses and hops the barricade, scurrying off through the crowd. Flair gives a “WOOOOOOOOO!”, before going to check on Evan Bourne with the EMTs.

Fortunately, Bourne is able to walk out under his own power, using the shoulders of The Nature Boy and an EMT as support.

The Miz’s theme song hits as he and Christy Hemme make their way to the ring. The Miz makes a ‘loser’ sign on his forehead as he passes Bourne on his way down the aisle. He doesn’t notice Christy Hemme stopping and checking on Bourne to make sure he’s OK. The Miz gets halfway to the ring before realizing that Christy is still attending to Bourne. He goes back, snatches Christy by the arm, and scolds her all the way down to the ring.

***COMMERCIAL***

The Big Show is the next to enter. He slaps hands with some ringside fans before stepping over the top rope and appealing to the crowd some more.

Chris Jericho is the last to enter, and it is clear that he means business. He pays no mind to the crowd and their negative reaction as he makes his way to the ring.

THE MIZ v. THE BIG SHOW v. CHRIS JERICHO

[i]The three men size each other up as the bell sounds. Noticing that the two of them combined don’t quite equal The Big Show, Chris Jericho and The Miz combine their efforts and charge at The Big Show simultaneously. Big Show catches The Miz’s punch with one hand while he drives a big boot into Chris Jericho’s face. Show pulls The Miz up by his arm and tosses him over the top rope to the outside. Christy rushes to The Miz’s aid as Big Show turns his attention to Jericho.

The Big Show connects with some vicious body blows to Chris Jericho while The Miz recuperates on the outside. The Big Show continues to easily dominate Jericho until Jericho catches him with a basement dropkick to the knee. The Big Show falls to one knee while Jericho springs up and catches him with a nicely placed enziguiri. The Big Show reels on his one knee but doesn’t fall. Jericho quickly climbs up to the second rope and hits a missile dropkick right into Big Show’s face, which finally causes him to fall all the way to the canvass.

The opportunistic Miz takes this as his cue as he slides back into the ring and starts putting the boots to the fallen Big Show. He stops for a second to give Jericho a high five. Jericho is clearly reluctant, but he high fives the Miz while he falls into a corner to catch his breath. The Miz continues his assault, mounting the Big Show and lighting him up with vicious left hands.

After a bit, Jericho decides to join back in on the party. Jericho and Miz help each other pull The Big Show to his feet. They set him up for a double team suplex, but Big Show blocks and reverses, flipping both men to their backs with a double suplex of his own. Jericho and The Miz both roll to the outside of the ring for safety.

Chirsty Hemme has a different idea. She hops up on the apron and smiles seductively at the Big Show. She does a sexy dance and motions for him to come towards her with her finger. The Big Show shrugs and makes his way towards her. While this happens, Chris Jericho finds his way back into the ring. He rushes the Big Show from behind, but Show sidesteps and Jericho connects with an accidental elbow to Christy, sending her flying into the fan barricade.

The Miz finds his way back into the ring. He surveys the Christy damage and begins yelling at Jericho. Jericho doesn’t listen for very long before he slaps The Miz across the face. The Miz is irate as he tackles Jericho to the ground. The two wrestle around, trading punches and position. The Big Show leans back in a corner and watches, seemingly amused with the implosion of the short-lived team effort.

Alex Riley and Chris Masters make their way to ringside in their lettermen’s jackets. Riley immediately goes to check on the fallen Christy Hemme while Chris Masters pulls The Miz out from under Jericho’s boots and to the safety of the outside of the ring. Team Awesome huddle up and attempt to regroup on the outside.

Inside, Jericho and The Big Show are alone again. Jericho signals that he wants a test of strength with The Big Show. The Big Show laughs out loud. Jericho screams at the Big Show to be a man and test his strength. The Big Show shakes his head and finally agrees. As he moves in to lock hands with Jericho, Jericho quickly jumps up and thumbs the Big Show in the eye. Jericho ducks a wild haymaker from the giant before jumping up again and thumbing the Big Show’s other eye.

[XL]

The blinded Big Show swings around wildly, connecting with nothing but air. Jericho laughs at him before closing his eyes and throwing a few mock haymakers of his own. Jericho hits another basement dropkick to Big Show’s leg, sending him to one knee. Jericho runs towards the ropes to build some momentum, but Chris Masters is in place to pull down the second rope, sending Jericho toppling to the outside of the ring. Masters and Riley begin to relentlessly put the boots to Jericho as The Miz slides back into the ring. The referee yells for them to stop, but they know that he can’t disqualify anyone in a triple threat match.

Seeing the Big Show on one knee, the Miz runs at him and connects with a running knee lift/neckbreaker combo. The Miz covers, but the Big Show kicks out strong at two, lifting The Miz into the air as he pushes him off. The frustration shows on The Miz’s face as the still partially blinded Big Show slowly makes his way back to his feet. Alex Riley jumps up on the apron, and the referee steps up in his face to tell him to get back down. Riley does just that…but not before managing to reach around the referee enough to tap the giant on the shoulder. The Big Show turns around wildly and connects with a devastating closed fist…directly to the referee’s face.

Team Awesome wastes absolutely no time in pouncing. Riley and Masters join the Miz in a deadly swarm, pummeling The Big Show with punches and kicks until he’s back on the ground again. Chris Jericho has recovered on the outside. He makes a move to join in on the beatdown, but he immediately thinks better of it, grabbing a ringside folding chair and actually sitting on it, opting to be a spectator instead.

In the ring, Team Awesome is doing a vicious number on the largest athlete in the world. Riley and Masters hold up the dazed Big Show by his arms while The Miz screams things like “I’LL SHOW YOU PERSONAL” in his face while peppering him with left hands. Another referee makes his way to the ring, but he is cut off at ringside by Christy Hemme. She smiles at him and whispers something in his ear. Apparently, the referee likes it as he smiles and offers his arm to the fiery redhead. She takes it, and the two disappear back up the aisle and into the backstage area.

Apparently, Matt Strike has seen enough. He gets up from the announce position and grabs a house mic.[/i]

STRIKER: Whoa, whoa, WHOA! This is NOT the way we were supposed to end the first ever broadcast of Cram Session! Outside interference…a referee getting knocked out…ANOTHER referee getting lured away by a woman….that referee is fired as of right now, by the way. As far as I’m concerned, this match is over RIGHT NOW!

The Miz and Chris Jericho begin complaining immediately. The Big Show has begun to crawl back to his feet, and he does not look pleased either.

STRIKER: Settle down, guys. I wouldn’t leave these fans without a decision like that. The match will be RE-STARTED!

Now, all three competitors look confused.

STRIKER: But first, some changes are going to be made. Firstly, Alex Riley and Chris Masters…you two are officially BANNED from ringside! If you show your faces again, The Miz will be BANNED from Hard Knocks Wrestling’s Heavyweight title contention INDEFINITELY!

Team Awesome are beside themselves, but Riley and Masters reluctantly leave. The Big Show seems pretty pleased with this decision. Chris Jericho rolls his eyes.

STRIKER: Oh, and there’s one more thing. You guys will just have to forgive me. In the excitement of this being our first broadcast, I forgot to mention just ONE little stipulation for this match. Silly me. The guy who won the FIRST match tonight…

Kurt Angle’s theme hits and he emerges at the top of the entrance in a referee shirt. Kurt grins deviously as he makes his way to the ring.

STRIKER: …was supposed to be the referee for THIS match. Whoops. Anyway, good luck guys!

Another bell sounds as Kurt slides into the ring. Chris Jericho immediately gets up in Kurt’s face, shouting “YOU’D BETTER NOT BLOW THIS FOR ME!”.

Others in the match are a little more opportunistic.

The Miz slides up behind the arguing Jericho and plants him into the canvass with a Skull Crushing Finale. Instead of going for an immediate cover, The Miz ALSO gets up and shouts at Kurt Angle about how he’d better not count slow for him. While this is going on, The Big Show puts himself at a good angle before absolutely walloping The Miz with a haymaker. The Big Show and Kurt Angle look at each other for a brief moment before they simultaneously shrug. The Big Show steps on The Miz’s chest with one foot. Kurt Angle drops to the canvass and slaps the mat three times before signaling for the bell again.

WINNER: The Big Show via pinall

The Big Show’s theme hits the PA system. Chris Jericho rolls out of the ring and sits on the ground, sulking. He holds his head in pain and wonders where it all went wrong. The Miz is knocked out cold. The Big Show and Kurt Angle stare each other down for a moment before shaking hands and posing for the crowd.

***CREDITS***

[XL]

** I THOUGHT YOU COULD ADD A POLL VIA EDIT BUT YOU CAN'T. PLEASE STATE WHO YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOTE FOR IN A POST (UNLESS ANYBODY THRILLA CAN ADD IT WITH HIS MOD POWERS **

** JUDGES PLEASE REMEMBER - DO NOT VOTE/RANK HERE - DO IT IN THE SOCIAL GROUP **

[XL]

Lol at BAW's Rampage logo. I love it.

Yippee! Skimmed through, these look pretty good as far as layout goes.

VSG, I oughta drop you as a judge for this. :p

What if you dropped those posts in the middle of a show? Please refrain from any comments until ALL the shows have been posted in future.

:y:

[Anybody Thrilla]

I don't think I can add a poll for you. Sorry.

[XL]

You can sticky the thread though right?

[Juan]

I got it. Do you still need the other thread stickied?

[VSG]

VSG, I oughta drop you as a judge for this. :p

What if you dropped those posts in the middle of a show? Please refrain from any comments until ALL the shows have been posted in future.

:y:

Blah. I actually counted the minutes and realized that particular show was over before posting. Give me credit where it is due now.

[The Show Off]

New Age Pro Wrestling: Week One Review
by The Show Off

• Are these fake commentators or real people I never heard of? Either way an interesting opportunity when you get to establish that yourself.

• Not a fan of MVP being “The Boss” and doesn’t really do much in the open of the show to establish himself as “The Boss.”

• I like the fact that Hawkins and Ryder are given a tag team name “The Long Island Inception” is also a pretty cool name, but that might be because I’m from Long Island.

• I like the fact that you’re going to keep track of wins and losses.

• I like how DH Smith puts over the Tag Team Championship as a legit title worth fighting over.

• I appreciate that you explain that “The Lethal Injection” and “The Lethal Injection II” are as I didn’t know what those two were. And if you made them up for him even more props.

• Good job of hyping Lethal as a threat to the title and still making Homicide seem dangerous.

• I like how you add some hype around what is essentially a throw away match between Sheamus and Tatsu by stating they were once in a tag team.

• I do like the hype of Austin Aries, but how is he available in Armchair Warfare since he hasn’t been a part of WWE of TNA within the year?

• Primo Colon to Eddie Colon is a lateral move at best as far as names. The names are both generic sounding and the promo of Eddie Colon is equally generic.

• Homicide is kinda made to look like a bitch taking his suspension and not doing anything about it.

• Santino’s antics as an interviewer are just silly, hopefully it builds to something worth while though. Also, can Yoshi Tatsu actually cut a promo?

• I like calling Justin Gabriel “The Black Angel” seems fitting.

• Sheamus with a sword and cape seems lame and too gimmicky for a guy that should be an upper card guy.

• Sheamus respecting Tatsu at the open of the match is good, I like the little things of getting Tatsu some respect.

• You some how made Tatsu defeating Sheamus legitimate and believable by his promo and the show of respect from Sheamus. Bravo. However, I’ve never been a fan of the Shining Wizard as a finisher.

• Tatsu and Kyoshi watching one another’s back and trying to be honorable after “breaking the rules” is lame but hopefully this “do disrespect to the sport” or improper translation goes somewhere that make that idea work.

• How can you have Paul London on the roster if he hasn’t been in the WWE or TNA this year?

• None of next week’s matches knock my socks off except Londrick vs. Young Bucks, but is London even legal for the competition?

• I don’t like that we don’t get to hear from either competitors in the main event, before the main event. Since they’re main eventing the first show that means they’re a big deal for NAPW why not let either man speak before the match and hype the main event?

• Is it even physically possible to spring up with your hands while landing a standing Shooting Star Press?

• Nitro Blast is a silly name for a finisher… is that what is Superkick was actually called? If not that’s a lame choice for a finisher name.

• Good match to main event the show. Makes both men look credible. A good way to close a show.

• I liked the mysterious masked figure attacking Mysterio at the end of the show. You clearly want Mysterio to be a focal point of your show yet you don’t want him holding the strap which is probably for the best.

• You’re ballsy starting a show off from scratch I think last season showed that being able to make up your own history for your company is advantageous. Dead Wrong Wrestling was able to dispense with all the getting to know you garbage and get you right into the action. However, starting from scratch or staring in medias res will not effect how I judge.

• I prefer knowing match times but once again not having that in there will not effect how I judge your show.

[XL]

I got it. Do you still need the other thread stickied?
Nah. :y:

[XL]

Aires and London were available to draft. Doesn't really matter why, they were.

[The Show Off]

Universal Carnage Enterprises: Week One Review
by The Show Off

• Terrible name for a promotion and even worse name for a weekly television show.

• Only five lines of dialogue into the show and I already like the banter between commentators.

• People I don’t know owning the company is a risky way to start off.

• John Cena as the sell out smug (dare I saw Corporate Rock) heel seems very fitting. I like the “buy my ugly shit cause it’s an improvement to what you’re wearing” gimmick. Instant heel heat.

• Heels arguing over who’s a better role model is odd to say the least but I’m loving it.

• I like that you address AJ not being on the level of John Cena then having Sting vouche for him.

• Guardian of the belt? Lame. You should have just made him the champion it would have gotten him more heel heat.

• Wrasslepalooza is at least a decent name for a PPV.

• Glad you put times for your segments.

• Not too keen on Ziggler costing Sting the match in such a way, but I’ll bite and see where it goes.

• Standard promo from The Beautiful People but I do like the match with Laycool. Seems like a PPV match though, but we’ll see how the match turns out.

• Darren Young as a John Cena lacky just adds onto the heel heat, I like.

• Tournament to name a championship? That’s new, but is it a good thing? I guess that’ll depend on what the championship gets called, and none of the names proposed seem to indicate it’ll be anything but stupid.

• Standard match between Williams and Khali, technique prevails over size, nothing special but little things like this add up in the positive.

• I don’t like that there are two run-ins in three matches.

• You love pastrami sandwiches.

• AJ is made to not look legit in this whole thing. You have him look less than Alberto Del Rio who didn’t really win his match and isn’t the same level as AJ (kayfabe wise) . AJ better win his match against Cena to regain some heat.

• Throw away tag team match, dumb filler than doesn’t do anything for anyone. You should have just rounded out the first round for the “No-Name Title Tourny.”

• I don’t know how this is possible but the written LayCool promo is just as irritating as their regular promos, which is obviously the point. Good job.

• I’m not a fan of all these run-ins but I have to say what happened with the LayCool/Beautiful People match was great. You were able to establish all the women right from the get and really hype up a women’s division that seems to be pretty stacked. I like the Gail Kim/Awesome Kong alliance, and look forward to seeing what’s next. Great job in making the women’s division interesting.

• Darren Young is being made to look incredibly weak, which is fine it just adds to his being a silly lackey which in turn adds to Cena being a heel. I don’t like that Cena is in essence hiding behind him with this match. If Cena were really interested in being a role model he wouldn’t hide behind anyone, but that’s of minor consequence considering you make up for it immediately by having him be confident enough to beat AJ Styles in 6 minutes.

• You once again made AJ look weak which isn’t good since he is apparently your number 1 face. He appeared to get dominated by Cena for the whole match and only survived rather than won. AJ being a great face is very important when trying to get over a heel like Cena. Cena’s heel character is a very interesting one and you should be credited for that but in order for such a unique heel character to work (a heel that acts like a face) you need a very strong face. AJ doesn’t seem viable enough of a threat to make Cena really pop.

[The Show Off]

Aires and London were available to draft. Doesn't really matter why, they were.

Alright fair enough.

[The Show Off]

Impact Wrestling Corporation: Week One Review
by The Show Off

• I like the start of the show in medias res as far as the promotion is concerned. Dustin has been betrayed and I’m immediately interested. For your promotion being in medias res you get across what is happening quickly, good job.

• Helloween is such a stupid PPV name.

• Paul Barer on commentary interesting choice.

• You seemed to have forgotten Wade Barrett’s entrance.

• Not sure what the Danielson/Barrett match was supposed to show, we got no back story on either man so we don’t know if this was a filler match or this is part of a bigger feud. I like, however, that Danielson wins via cattle mutilation.

• Edge/Harris seems to be another good match but we’ve gone through two matches now and neither of them progressed a story. Harris was trying to win to make Dustin feel better, well that’s not good enough I want storyline progression.

• Randy Orton turned on the Family for the money okay at least we’re moving storylines.

• Okay now I’m starting to learn. Ki and Danielson were part of a tag team but are now split up. Jey Uso might be recruited to the Family. These little things make this match more entertaining, because now I know the wrestlers motivations rather than two guys just wrestling.

• Jey/Ki seems to be an interesting match that is designed to make Ki look good, but maybe a promo after the match to let us know where is head is at would have helped there. I don’t know what he’s about just that he can beat one half of a mediocre tag team.

• Kane allied with Abyss, I’m intrigued. Apprently they are both allied with Paul Barer which is good for a creepy little crew. And you put Kane’s mask back on? Why is that, I hope we find out.

• Good match between Kane and Morgan, I like that Morgan used superior wrestling skill to win. His win doesn’t make Kane look any worse and makes him look better. I guess Kane and Abyss are tag champs, not sure though I just know Kane is one half of the champions.

• You forgot Serena’s entrance.

• I have absolutely no idea why Lacey was so pissed at Serena. If I know some back story there the ending would have made sense otherwise it didn’t. And you missed a good opportunity to at least mention that members of the Family are losing and perhaps they’re falling apart with the loss of Orton.

• The brawl was a good pay off to the beginning of the show and I like the fact that you didn’t forget that Orton was supposed to be in a match with Koslov. You make Koslov look somewhat good. I like the Family, it’s an interesting group but I would have liked to hear from more than just Dustin. As for the duo of Orton and Triple H I would really like to hear from him to really flesh out this feud. But you deserve props because I actually buy a Dustin/Orton match which is a tough sell all things considered.

• Were you trying to be comedic by making everyone stop once Jarrett uttered “Slap Nutz”? If you weren’t than that’s just silly.

• Not a big fan of the whole “no touching” policy, but sometime it can be used well to further tensions, I hope this is where you’re going.

[Lock Jaw]

Make a poll thread... and then merge it with this one!

Perhaps the poll will merge as well.

[Armchair Booker]

IWC booker here.


• Helloween is such a stupid PPV name.

Yeah, but I had a mindblock about something that WOULD sound good that wouldn't be a bad ripoff of a current ppv. Now I'm stuck with it.

• Paul Barer on commentary interesting choice.

Paul was a temporary fill-in. Taz's regular partner should be returning soon and things will get 'splained when he/she does.

• You seemed to have forgotten Wade Barrett’s entrance.

When I look at the show, I see Barrett's (and later Serena's) Impactrons under a nested spoiler tag. Taz and Paul just didn't have much to say about them.

• Not sure what the Danielson/Barrett match was supposed to show, we got no back story on either man so we don’t know if this was a filler match or this is part of a bigger feud. I like, however, that Danielson wins via cattle mutilation.

• Edge/Harris seems to be another good match but we’ve gone through two matches now and neither of them progressed a story. Harris was trying to win to make Dustin feel better, well that’s not good enough I want storyline progression.
It's coming, fear not.

...
• Jey/Ki seems to be an interesting match that is designed to make Ki look good, but maybe a promo after the match to let us know where is head is at would have helped there. I don’t know what he’s about just that he can beat one half of a mediocre tag team.

• Kane allied with Abyss, I’m intrigued. Apprently they are both allied with Paul Barer which is good for a creepy little crew. And you put Kane’s mask back on? Why is that, I hope we find out.
Things will be revealed in time. Can't let ALL the cats out of the bag in week 1.

...
• I have absolutely no idea why Lacey was so pissed at Serena. If I know some back story there the ending would have made sense otherwise it didn’t. And you missed a good opportunity to at least mention that members of the Family are losing and perhaps they’re falling apart with the loss of Orton.
I guess I DID miss that chance. Oh well, next time. There are plans for the women's division (not as many as UCE has) that will develop.

...
• Were you trying to be comedic by making everyone stop once Jarrett uttered “Slap Nutz”? If you weren’t than that’s just silly. I wasn't trying to be comedic. It was meant as a big sound that gets everyone's attention and then they realize who's talking.

• Not a big fan of the whole “no touching” policy, but sometime it can be used well to further tensions, I hope this is where you’re going. I think the payoff will be worth it. Hopefully you will too.

Thanks for your feedback.

[Doc Brown]

UCE, even with the semi ridiculous name was immemsely entertaining.

They all are at this point, excellent job guys.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Just read through all of the shows. Great work by everybody. This Season is shaping up to be good.

Will post proper thorough reviews later.</font>

[Supreme Olajuwon]

XL, you can add a poll by going to Thread Tools > Add a Poll to This Thread

[The Show Off]

IWC booker here.



Yeah, but I had a mindblock about something that WOULD sound good that wouldn't be a bad ripoff of a current ppv. Now I'm stuck with it.



Paul was a temporary fill-in. Taz's regular partner should be returning soon and things will get 'splained when he/she does.



When I look at the show, I see Barrett's (and later Serena's) Impactrons under a nested spoiler tag. Taz and Paul just didn't have much to say about them.


It's coming, fear not.


Things will be revealed in time. Can't let ALL the cats out of the bag in week 1.


I guess I DID miss that chance. Oh well, next time. There are plans for the women's division (not as many as UCE has) that will develop.

I wasn't trying to be comedic. It was meant as a big sound that gets everyone's attention and then they realize who's talking.

I think the payoff will be worth it. Hopefully you will too.

Thanks for your feedback.

Thanks for your feedback on my feedback. I encourage all other bookers to defend their ideas. I write my little bullet points as I read the show so some early complaints might be explained later on. I just want the bookers to get a stream of consicisness view of what I'm thinking while I'm reading for the first time.

[XL]

XL, you can add a poll by going to Thread Tools > Add a Poll to This Thread
I knew I could add afterwards cos I missed the poll for the Season 1 PPV Round. Cheers, Supreme.

[XL]

** REMEMBER, BOOKERS AND JUDGES ARE NOT TO VOTE ON THE PUBLIC POLL **

[The Show Off]

Bad Ass Wrestling: Week One Review
by The Show Off

• Like immediately letting the audience know what kind of roster you have, makes me want to read further knowing the talent I’m about to see/read.

• Rampage is a good name for a show. Best name for a show yet.

• I like that the company is already established yet the show is a premiere. It allows you to have your cake and eat it too. You get to explain everything like it’s all brand new yet you get to have already running storylines to work off of.

• I appreciate giving the time of the promos.

• The tag match seems like a pretty good main event, winner gets a shot at The Undertaker’s belt, good start.

• Good job in giving Kazarian back the moniker “The Future” though I myself prefer “The Coolest” but at least it makes him less generic to give him a moniker.

• Good intercontinental title match to kick off the in-ring portion of the show, gives the impression that things happen on Rampage.

• Daniels cuts a promo (that doesn’t really sound like a Daniels promo) but we learn that he faced Taker before and he wants another shot. Good job in showing what’s at stake.

• I guess Maryse is doing the same little promos putting over the show as Sunny used to do in ’96? Interesting gimmick to bring back, There doesn’t need to be payoff with this it’s good to see that you really want to flesh out a feel to your show and believe it or not little things like this help.

• The comedic interaction between Slater and Sheffield gives you an immediate feel for them in this promotion, good job.

• Good job of quickly showing that Ink Inc. are the protoges of The Hardys which is a pretty good position for them, and could lead to some interesting things.

• I would have rather played with the gimmick of the Slater/Sheffield tag team a little longer but I’ll see where it goes from here. An electric guitar as a weapon isn’t safe like the fake aucostic ones used by Jarrett but it goes with Slater’s “On Man Rock Band” gimmick so it’s okay.

• Multi-tasking with your promos is good. In one promo we established that RVD can’t trust Raven, Bubba and RVD are friends, and that there is tension between Bubba and Jesse Neal.

• Not a fan of the term “hot-ass” for women’s wrestlers but I guess since the promotion is “Bad-Ass Wrestling” it works in context.

• Desmond Wolfe is certainly a jerk, and Hurricane comes in for the save of the ladies. I would have liked for Hamada and Daffeny to actually try and fight Wolfe (to no avail obviously) since they are two actual wrestlers and not just divas made to wrestle. Them being handled easily takes away their credibility (despite the fact they’re up against a great wrestler in Wolfe).

• Road 2 Ruin is a good PPV name. Road to Ruin would be better. I like that you give it a corporate sponsor makes it feel more realistic.

• Was the main event match “No Disqualification” because their sure was a hell of a lot of chair play in that match. I think you need to state why all those chair shots didn’t lead to a disqualification. Otherwise it’s a good way to get RVD and Raven out of the match while still allowing them to look good.

• Not too keen on the finish of the main event. Drew McIntyre running in does nothing for me and Daniels looks very weak in becoming the number one contender. He taps to Joe then needs Drew’s help to win then gets abducted. Are we really supposed to believe that he can beat The Undertaker?

• I noticed you have a very similar roster to This Is Wrestling (which I booked last season shows 3,4 and PPV) Just an observation…

[Armchair Booker]

BAW Booker here

I would have rather played with the gimmick of the Slater/Sheffield tag team a little longer but I’ll see where it goes from here. An electric guitar as a weapon isn’t safe like the fake aucostic ones used by Jarrett but it goes with Slater’s “On Man Rock Band” gimmick so it’s okay.

It was a fake electric guitar. I forgot to put that in. Also, Slater will explain his actions later...

Was the main event match “No Disqualification” because their sure was a hell of a lot of chair play in that match. I think you need to state why all those chair shots didn’t lead to a disqualification. Otherwise it’s a good way to get RVD and Raven out of the match while still allowing them to look good.The ref either never saw them or the shots never officially made contact.

Not too keen on the finish of the main event. Drew McIntyre running in does nothing for me and Daniels looks very weak in becoming the number one contender. He taps to Joe then needs Drew’s help to win then gets abducted. Are we really supposed to believe that he can beat The Undertaker?Perhaps, but I'm sure he'll build back up some credibility over the next few weeks...Also, who's to say he was 'abducted' and that the lights going out were Taker's doing?

I noticed you have a very similar roster to This Is Wrestling (which I booked last season shows 3,4 and PPV) Just an observation…

Just a coincidence lol.

Thank u for the response though.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Not gonna bother sugarcoating anything. Let's be up front, open, candid, honest. If you think I'm an asshole, it's because your show sucked.

Let's get started shall we?

[Supreme Olajuwon]

NEW AGE PRO WRESTLING

Intro


Like the idea of flashing the talent to open the show, but you didn't tell us who they are so while reading this I'm not hyped and don't really give a shit.

Opening Segment


Absolutely love the idea of win loss records determining contenders. It's so simple, yet nobody does it.
MVP as boss is eh. I like him but I'm not drawn to him as an authority figure. We'll see how that pans out.
Main event sounds good. I hate any form of the word flashy. I can't take anyone seriously who is described as flashy.
Gateway to Glory is a pretty cool PPV name.

Match One: The Hart Dynasty (David Hart Smith & Tyson Kidd w/Natalya) vs. The Long Island Inception (Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder)


Too much summary to really care. "The Dynasty dominate at the beginning with their trademark double-team manoeuvres." "Eventually, heel shenanigans allow Ryder & Hawkins to gain control of Tyson Kidd." Tell me what the fuck is going on.
A Doomsday Rough Rider sounds like the most badass thing I've ever heard. Hope this is their finisher.
Dunno how devastating a double blockbuster would look since you're supposed to grab the opponent with two hands. Also not crazy about throwing out a double blockbuster before we even see a single blockbuster.
Like the post match interview with one exception. The Hart Dynasty "have no problem being Tag Team Champions"? What the fuck does that mean? So some people do have problems with being champions?

Match Two: Homicide vs. Jay Lethal


Again with the summarizing. What is this, Sportscenter? Let's have some substance.
Finish is pretty exciting.




I dunno who would buy Sheamus and Yoshi Tatsu as a tag team. I don't.
Austin Aries hype. There we fucking go.

Match Three: Eddie Colon vs. Joey Mercury


Best match so far. And guess what? It had detail!
Good promo after the match




MVP and Homicide backstage was a good exchange. Gives MVP cred as boss and sets the expectations for NAPW.
The Regal appearance sounds awkward.
Yoshi and Santino was entertaining. Santino's doing interviews and wrestling? Interested to see how that works.
"Gabriel says he looks so good because he does the hurting, and doesn’t get hurt." What the fuck does that mean? Is Gabriel selling himself as a threat because he avoids injury? That's lame.

Match Four: Sheamus vs. Yoshi Tatsu


The handshake thing is kind of pointless when nobody does it.
Why are you ripping your commenator? Aren't we supposed to like your fed?
You have a bunch of stuff about Sheamus and Tatsu's history and how they know each other so well. That's all well and good, but if all their history happened away from this fed, then nobody knows what they're doing or why it's important.
Yoshi & Kiyoshi working together is interesting.




Why is MVP telling us about all the matches that have already been announced?
How did Sheamus ask for a match with Kiyoshi? Wasn't Sheamus just in the ring?

Match Five: Rey Mysterio vs. John Morrison


Good match.
Having your top star job on the first show doesn't really make him your top star.
Why do you have fans who boo your top star? Again aren't we supposed to like your fed?



Next review will be in a little while.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Big Vito 22’s Week 1 Reviews (typing up notes as I re-read, they'll trickle in gradually):

NAPW

-I like the idea of made up announcers simply because I don’t automatically hear their voices as I read the show.

-MVP as the boss is an interesting decision, having a standard active wrestler as the boss is something fresh since most people use non-wrestlers. I wonder if MVP is going to be a traditional good guy boss who mixes it up, or if he’ll wind up turning into a heel. Either way could work.

-W/L records is awesome, glad it’s being implemented.

-This fed has a fucking awesome tag team division. Londrick, Young Bucks, Edgeheads, Hart Dynasty. Some great matches should come out of that.

-Seems like Jay Lethal is getting pushed right from the start with a good match against Homicide. Glad to see Homicide still has his unstable gimmick by attacking the ref after the match.

-Looking forward to seeing what’s in store for Austin Aries.

-Really glad that <s>Primo</s> Eddie Colon is getting a chance to shine and is even getting plugged as a NAPW Title contender. Great work.
-Santino as a backstage interviewer is a great idea unless you want a serious promo to be cut.

-Another intriguing hype video with Justin Gabriel.

-Yoshi going over Sheamus is a shocker in my book, his union with Kiyoshi is really interesting.

-Really strong main event to kick off the game is always a good idea, great description on this one.

-Extremely curious to see who this masked man is. Not knowing the rosters makes this SO much more interesting. My official guess is that this could be Michael Tarver since I could see him being a scary masked dude choking people the fuck out and I didn’t see Tarver in any other shows, but we’ll see.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>UCE

-More made up announcers, cool. These two seem to be comedic.

-Cena channeling Hollywood Rock with his promo. I like it. Most people who play Armchair probably want to turn Cena heel and this is an awesome route to take with it.

-The first segment in the history of the company seemed to be a bit of a clusterfuck, but it introduced the key players in the company right off the bat so I’d say it was effective.

-Glad to see Del Rio put into a big spot right away. Heels aren’t supposed to win cleanly so in that respect I’m fine with the Ziggler interference. Sets up a Sting/Ziggler feud while Del Rio can shift his focus on the PPV.

-LayCool vs. The Beautiful People is a no-brainer match. Glad to see the women’s division getting some relevance.

-Darren Young as an idiot lackey is a great role for him. I have a feeling he might wind up being one of my favorite characters in the company.

-Interesting concept with the winner of the tournament getting to name the belt. I’d love for it to wind up being some ridiculous name.

-Williams with a clean submission victory over Khali is a great start for him. I see Williams going far in this tourney.

-James Storm costing Christian a match against Rhino was certainly unpredictable. Good writing.

-More Darren Young awesomeness, although admittedly the tag match seemed to be a bit of a throwaway.

-Much like NAPW having a great tag roster, this one has an amazing women’s roster.

-Cena continues to look like a total dick, which is great. Not too sure I buy AJ as the top face of the company though, seemed like he was slightly buried on this show.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>IWC

-Right off the bat I’m really digging Dustin Rhodes. Normally I’d say it’s a terrible idea to get rid of the Goldust character but the writing of Rhodes is awesome.

-I like the concept of The Family.

-Bearer on commentary is an unexpected choice.

-Good to see Danielson getting a strong win right away, establishing the Cattle Mutilation as a brutal submission hold.

-Harris going toe-to-toe with Edge is cool, well-written match.

-Orton’s interview was good, gives a good sense of why he decided to ditch the Family.

-Another well-written match with Ki and Jey. Gotta give you props for having Jey (presumably) on his own on your roster and attempting to do something with him.

-Masked Kane and Abyss on the same team makes for an awesome “dream team”. Having booked them in a feud when I did Armchair, I’d love to see the dynamics of them as allies.

-Even Lacey having a mean streak is cool. Seems like all of the Family are letting their frustrations out tonight which works well with the main story.

-Kozlov vs. Orton seemed like a really random main event, but the show ending on a brawl instead made way more sense.

-Jarrett as the figurehead of the company works, seems like a good guy to throw in a no-nonsense commish role.

-Kozlov hitting a powerbomb on Orton to win the match. Not sure if Kozlov is getting pushed at all or if he was just fortunate enough to capitalize.

Will post reviews the other two shows tomorrow.</font>

[The Show Off]

Hard Knocks Wrestling: Week One Review
by The Show Off

• Matt Striker as the owner seems pretty right, I’d imagine he’d make a good authority figure.

• Sean Morley, just taking a wild guess that perhaps this is Noid’s promotion. If not one of the other promoters are trying to pull a fast one. Either way a like Morley so having Striker and Morley as your announce team is great.

• Graduation is a fitting name for your promotion’s PPV.

• Swagger was made to look like a complete bitch, not too sure why that was done. Surely having Swagger lose after a ten minute match could have accomplished the same thing as Angle destroying him. Hopefully Swagger gets retribution, otherwise that was a band move.

• Jericho calling out Angle is fairly standard stuff, good but standard.

• CM Punk comes with a scathing promo against Ric Flair. It’s obvious suff but it works well with both characters. Invoking “The Nature Boy” moniker and expressing how it’s a falsehood is something I could definitely see Punk doing.

• I don’t like that the CM Punk has a abrupt end and transitions right into a match. It would have worked better if you had a commercial break there or at least a promo in between the two segments.

• The R-Truth/Burchill match didn’t have much substance but I’m intrigued by “Lights Out” and what they might have to offer.

• The Batista segment with stand up comedy was absolutely awful. Batista as an aspiring stand up comedian is quite possibly the dumbest direction it could have been taken. I hope that Jericho watching in the wings is some sort of foreshadowing that he’s gotten into Batista’s ear and this silly business is part of a bigger plan. If not… good lord is that bad.

• I like the idea of Team Awesome. Being dressed as letterman jocks is a little out of character for Miz but I’ll bite. I like Christy Hemme as a cheerleader it works with her bouncy personality. Miz being the leader of men is a good idea but I’m not convinced at how formidable Masters and Reily are.

• Show/Miz/Jericho in the main event is a good main event for the first ever show. Hopefully it’s better than Angle/Swagger.

• Motor City Machine Guns next week sounds great, I’d like to have seen them tonight but there is only so much time I suppose.

• Kofi/Reily match doesn’t really accomplish anything but showing that Team Awesome is a unit. You should have just had Team Awesome face MCMG this week and gotten a good match in which Miz helps Team Awesome beat Motor City. That would have accomplished the same thing and you would have gotten a better match. Instead Kofi is made to look like filler.

• The tease for Motor City/Priceless for next week is done well give good reasoning behind MCMG not being on the first show. Though I would have preferred them being on the first show if they’re supposed to be hyped so much.

• The Punk/Bourne match up does a great job in making Punk look like a determined athlete bent on victory and it does well to make Bourne look like a tough kid. I don’t like the DQ finish I think you could have accomplished the same thing with CM Punk winning and beating Bourne after the match.

• Flair coming to fight CM Punk is good but coming to aide of Bourn is strange unless of course Flair is going to take Bourne under his wing which I think would be a poor choice.

• The main event was a huge clusterfuck. The Team Awesome heel shannigans were pretty entertaining but still the match was run ins and ref bumps and distractions. The stoping of the match and the restarting of the match and Kurt Angle as referee more than halfway through was all just too much clutter. And the end result is Angle/Big Show at graduation? That’s one main event I’m not looking forward to.

[Ultra Mantis]

The Best and Worst of Armchair Warfare 2: Week One

Since some of my fellow judges have the in-depth reviews covered I'm going to present my three highlights of the night and my three biggest ICW complaints for each show. That doesn't mean I only liked or disliked three things per show, maybe I even had less than three and started clutching at straws. :shifty:

Here we go.

New Age Pro Wrestling
+ Use of win / loss records is a good way to stand out and put the emphasis on the actual importance of winning matches
+ Good job pushing talented guys who haven’t been taken seriously elsewhere such as Primo and Yoshi Tatsu
+ Tag division looks to be an important part of the company

- MVP as owner and Santino as backstage announcer could turn out to be a double edged sword, the latter could use a counterpart to handle the more serious interviews
- Sheamus using the sword gimmick doesn’t seem to fit the style of the promotion
- Lack of huge stars could hurt the way the promotion is perceived, it seems very indy which may put some people off

Universal Carnage Enterprises

+ Heel Cena is fresh. UCE seemingly has a lot of money (and Cena merch) to burn.
+ Secondary title tournament is a good way to showcase the midcard. Seems to be only half made up of serious contenders however, due to the “name the belt” stipulation.
+ Strong women’s division.

- Cena losing his spot in the title match without actually losing / AJ winning a spot in the title match without actually winning. This does nothing for Styles and makes Cena looks like an idiot for throwing away his spot.
- Darren Young was overused, pulling double duty. His place in the tournament would have been better going to James Storm.
- Three matches on the opening show end after run ins, including the opener and the heavily hyped women’s tag match. Somewhat disappointing that we got nobody legit qualifying for the PPV world title match and the two biggest stars losing their spots.

Impact Wrestling Corporation
+ This show is not starting off as a new promotion, giving Dustin Rhodes an unseen main event push
+ The focus on the stable gives the show continuity, I’m interested to see if The Family is all going to fall apart come PPV time
+ Strong showings for Danielson, Husky, Low Ki and Matt Morgan that could be capitalised on in coming weeks

- World Champion Randy Orton losing to Kozlov in a single move
- Danielson / Low Ki feud is mentioned but not elaborated on
- I found heel / face alignments to be unclear. Are the family heel? Is Danielson or Low Ki the heel? If the family are face does that make Jey Uso a face?

Bad Ass Wrestling
+ I like that the company is established before making it to TV, giving it somewhat of an ECW vibe
+ Mr Kennedy gets a strong debut and it really puts over the IC title
+ Samoa Joe looks like a beast in the main event and could be the hottest act on the show

- Feels like this show was trying to speed through things. A slower build would have helped some of the angles, such as Daniels vs. Joe being scheduled for the following week (maybe with Daniels assaulting Joe with the chair in McIntyre’s place) and the tension between Slater and Skip having some time to brew before Heath snapped.
- World Champion is not physically on the first show. I would have liked to see him destroy Jesse Neal or somebody else low on the food chain just to drive home the point that he is the man.
- Daniels looks too weak to be a threat to The Undertaker on PPV

Hard Knocks Wrestling
(Neutral observation: “Hard Knocks Wrestling: Cram Sessions” sounds like a Japanese women’s wrestling porn show. The presence of Matt Striker and Val Venis supports this image)

+ Punk getting into a feud with Ric Flair should provide a guaranteed hot promo segment for the rest of the shows run
+ MCMG hype has me interested to see next week’s show, it was a smart move holding them off until next week
+ Batista heels it up like a champ in the opening segment and I would have liked to see him go further about his reasons for not wanting to wrestle tonight.

- Big Show vs. Angle is not a PPV main event I’d want to see, especially with Show stealing the win during a clusterfuck and a teased Angle vs. Jericho feud.
- Swagger getting squashed was a huge disappointment, especially when he and Kurt could have easily put on the best match of the week to start this show very strong.
- It’s unfortunate that Batista switches to a failed stand up comedian gimmick after his tease at the start, I feel he should have just used the promo time to talk about how great he is. Maybe then had a face dare to interrupt him, call him out on not wanting to wrestle and not wanting the title thus setting up a feud.

Until next week, stay classy TPWW.

[Lock Jaw]

Really liking all the reviews we are getting this season. :y:

[Ultra Mantis]

my three biggest ICW complaints for each show.

Just to clear this up, I meant I will make internet style complaints, not that I will exclusively complain about Impact Wrestling Corporation. :shifty:

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>BAW

-Referring to the males as Bad Asses and the females as Hot Asses just seems really awkward.

-Raven vs. Undertaker is a feud I’d definitely like to see.

-Kennedy being the secondary champion is a good choice.

-Hope that Kazarian and Kennedy can have a proper feud, although with a clean victory over a heel I’m not sure that’s the route you’re taking.

-Daniels seems to be a main eventer in your company, which is quite awesome.

-I really dug the Slater/Sheffield promo. It would have made for a fun odd couple team.

-Upset that they broke up after just one match. I know we’re only booking a month’s worth of television but that seems rushed. Slater as a solo act could be interesting though.

-Wolfe beating the shit out of divas is very Attitude Era-esque.

-Hurricane making the save was a nice surprise. Wolfe and Hurricane should yield a fun feud.

-Good promos overall throughout the show.

-Having the number 1 contendership for the title be on the line in a tag match is just really odd booking. A fatal 4 way would have sufficed.

-A nice close to the show, although McIntyre’s beat down of Joe coming after the conclusion of the main event seemed to take some heat off of Daniels.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>HKW

-Cram Session is an atrocious name for a wrestling show. I know the title of the promotion and such is supposed to be due to Matt Striker running the show, but still. Ditto for Graduation.

-Love Batista’s douchebag gimmick. Ordinarily I’d say it’s dumb to have a wrestler devalue the title, but him being obsessed with promos is great.

-Swagger jobbing in one move is disappointing since he and Angle are perfect candidates for an alliance or feud.

-Nice promo by Jericho, definitely sounded like him.

-Vintage SCW here with a Flair/Punk feud. Those two make perfect sense for a feud so I’d love to see your take on it.

-Burke and Gaspard looking on at R-Truth in disgust is intriguing. Perhaps Burke and Gaspard think Truth is a stereotype or something. Interested in seeing where that leads.

-Really love the Batista promo. Jericho watching on adds to it.

-Team Awesome is a cool concept. Miz does seem slightly out of place, but I like the pairings overall.

-Big Show’s involvement in a feud with the stable sounds fun.

-Glad to see Team Awesome look like a well-oiled machine right away with a victory against Kofi.

-I like Punk being a lunatic in his match against Bourne. Sends a strong message to Flair.

-The entire main event was very well written. The main event scene seems well-developed and you’ve certainly gotten me interested in what will happen next week.</font>

[The Show Off]

Really liking all the reviews we are getting this season. :y:

We're just taking your lead from last season. You were the only judge that gave in depth reviews last season.

[Armchair Booker]

Hard Knocks booker here.

Without going into too much detail, I'll just say that week one was more of a set up/establishment week than anything. There are definitely some twists coming.

[Armchair Booker]

UCE booker says...

Sorry if this was not clear, but John Cena is still in the PPV main event. The stip was that if AJ Styles beat him he would get added into the match, not take his spot.

[Armchair Booker]

NAPW booker here. I'm not going to address feedback directly, not to be rude, but because I respect your opinions and think it is more honest for you to develop them on your own without too much going on from me.

Thanks for taking your time to be judges and for your in-depth feedback which has been noted.

[Swiss Ultimate]

The Good:
NAPW The show emphasizes the in-ring product above all else and the story-lines being paced out very carefully (which I prefer). I like how the win-loss record is being portrayed as something meaningful here.
UCE UCE has created a main-event scene that looks like it would sell as well as the WWE's current scene. Cena's heel-turn was almost as good as I'd want it to be (no Chain Gang?) and AJ Style's elevation was a nice touch.
IWC A serious, well-written show. You have found a great balance between in-ring action and story. Loved the opening. Enjoy the fact that you have an established history already. Some might not like how Kozlov went over Orton but I think it was a great move. Yes, Kozlov is a limited wrestler but, you worked around that fact and gave the fans a memorable ending.
BAW Your show has a lot of potential to make new stars. Your roster is full of near-retirement wrestlers and yet most of them can still go the distance. I feel like you're going to be doing a lot of passing of the torch type material and I like that. I also enjoy the Undertaker swerve at the end of the show.
HKW CM Punk VS. Evan Bourne was a great match-up. Your show too has a lot of potential to really be a break-out hit. Nice move putting The Miz into the main-event. Wonder if you're going to talk about the history between Miz and Show and Jericho and Show.
The Bad:
NAPW Morrison VS. Mysterio as the main-event, I don't know if that would really mean much to the ROH style crowd your show appeals to. I thought Homicide VS. Lethal would have been better as far as a fast-paced and intense match-up. I'm hoping this is a matter of pacing and you not trying to blow your load all on one show. Also, sad that you didn't continue the Bogus Journey Tag Team gimmick with Kendrick and London.
UCE Cliched heel/face commentary team.
IWC Divas wrestling, at least it doesn't seem to be a major part of the show.
BAW Format is a little confusing. Personally, I am not that excited about your roster. You're going to have to sell me on the younger guys because I'm done with the Hardy Bros and ECW Alumni these days. I said before you have potential to do great things but you also have the potential to really produce a shit product as well.
HKW Could not get into this show at all. The ellipsis between entrance video and text were annoying. You seem to have destroyed any legitimacy that Swagger had going into this (hopefully I'm wrong and this is just a building block to a great feud).
The Ugly:
NAPW The in-ring attack at the end of the show didn't fit the reality you had created. It's like watching an episode of Law and Order and then finding out at the end that it was the little kid's dead father who was molesting him the whole time.
UCE This one is conditional. If John Cena's jokes were meant to be funny then, this...if he's meant to look like an unfunny asshole than not this.
IWC Nothing this week.
BAW Lose that ugly fucking logo. Bubba Ray/Neal was pretty lame.
HKW Jokey Big Show going over Jericho and Miz was horrible. Use of the word "toodles" by a grown man. Not interested in the majority of angles outside of Swagger/Kurt.

Thoughts: One thing I thought about was how everyone is doing their shows based upon the 5 week model. The fifth show being the PPV. I think it would have been cool to start the series off with a PPV (for those shows that have established histories) or maybe have the second show be the PPV. It'd give you the chance to follow things up after the PPV (aftermath) and really show a more complete side of what your company is like.

Sorry I couldn't be a real judge guys, I was out at sea for a few days with no internet a day after coming home from New Orleans. Hope you have fun.

[XL]

Excelent review DttS. There's still chance that a judge will "no-show" and a slot will come up. I have asked for all rankings to be in over the weekend so you wil lknow the standings heading into Week 2, so if someone let's us down...

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Universal Carnage Enterprises


Awful fed name.
Awful show name.
"I’m Tony Gooch, and I like mustard." Hate your show already.
Corporate Cena is an obvious choice, but the heel turn is very good. Holding the shirt and telling the people to go buy it was great.
Opening segment has that Attitude Era clutter to it but you handled it well and set a good tone for the rest of the show.
Nothing special about Sting/Del Rio. Ziggler DQ was clever but I didn't care at all.
Good promo by Beautiful People.
Darren Young segment is interesting. Like the back and forth with Cena.
Tony Gooch is the worst thing ever.
Naming a title is clever, but it makes the title pretty meaningless.
Douglas Williams goes over big time. Definitely looking like a credible threat.
I don't know if the Christian/Rhyno match was any good, because that Tony Gooch line ruined it.
AJ promo is ok. Don't get the pastrami sandwich jokes. Not funny.
Tag match is fine. Darren Young interests me.
Good promo by LayCool
The Awesome Kong run in was good, the Gail Kim run in was retarded. Then everyone else running in was just irritating. What the fuck is going on? Way too much clutter for any sort of excitement.
Styles let Cena pick the stipulations for the match? When did that happen? Why are we just learning it now? And why the fuck would AJ allow that? Cena has no leverage over him that this makes any sense. Stupid.
Too much Darren Young on this show. Way too much.
Why would Cena want to make another stipulation (which again why the fuck does he have the authority to make stipulations?) that actually helps AJ?

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Impact Wrestling Corporation


Helloween is an awful name.
Why would the Family (good name btw) pull Rhodes off Orton? They're down there with Rhodes while he's telling Orton to get out there so he can fight. And then they stop Rhodes from fighting Orton? That's dumb.
Rest of the segment was very good. Got me pretty hyped for the feud. Good background.
Danielson goes over big. Barrett looks like a bit of a chump.
Edge/Harris was good.
Orton cuts a good promo.
Low Ki looks good going over. Jey Uso gets the jobber treatment but still gets put over by the commentators.
By the way, the commenting for this show is really good.
Kane and Abyss as tag champions is interesting.
I really hate when matches go to commercial at a stalemate and then we come back and some big turning point moment happened during the break.
Finish to Morgan/Kane was too out of nowhere. Was really into the match and then all of a sudden it's just over on a weak reversal. Pretty disappointing.
Lacey/Serena DQ was stupid. Lacey does the same thing Serena does and gets DQ'ed for it? No. Not a fan.
The feud between Orton/HHH and the Family is pretty exciting. Jarrett making the no-touch stipulation is a smart move. Build the heat.
Orton jobbing to Koslov in 3 seconds is terrible. Come on man, he's the World Champion. Who is Koslov? He got no build at all.
This show seemed really short.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

BAW Rampage

Calling your guys Bad-Asses is lame. Don't like it.
Very nice opening promo by Raven. Good hype and sets the stage well for the main event.
Kennedy/Kaz is real good. Hot match to start the show.
Daniels promo is nothing special, but sets a good tone.
Calling your girls Hot Asses is even lamer. Really don't like it.
Decent tag match. I'm always hesitant about tag team splits because a lot of the time they suck, but Slater attacking Sheffield sounds pretty good. Made sense in this situation.
Wolfe/Hurricane segment is interesting. A feud between these two could be very good.
Love having the extra visuals and data. Wrestler tights, light colors, pre-match introductions.
Raven/RVD is the smart choice for the team that combusts.
Joe/Drew is a fun sounding feud too.
Taker/Daniels also sounds good but this is completely overshadowed by the other two feuds. Dunno how I feel about your world title feud being the 3rd biggest for your fed. Maybe that will change.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Hard Knocks Wrestling


I like the school theme with Stryker in charge.
Batista doesn't want a title shot? That's stupid. Don't like that at all. Even if he is a heel who turns down a chance at a title shot?
Swagger looking like a huge jobber immediately. Guess he's not going to do much in this fed.
Awesome promo with Punk and Flair. Great rant. Love it.
Why did you even bother with the R-Truth/Burchill match if you're not going to put any effort into it? That was extremely lazy.
In fact, you've had two matches and they've both been pointless.
Batista stand up thing is ok I guess. Still think it's retarded that he would turn down a chance at the title.
Love Team Awesome. Instant favorites.
It's funny that Stryker said in the opening promo that this fed was gonna be about business instead of talking, because so far you've had a ton of space for talking and your matches have been short and awful. You gotta give me more than 6 lines for a fucking match. Come on.
Like Rhodes/Dibiase's foreshadowing for next week. Good stuff.
Finally a good match. Punk looks legit.
Why does Riley need to get the referee knocked out when you just told us there's no DQ in a triple threat match?
Triple Threat was good but I hated the finish. Way too much going on.

[Armchair Booker]

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[The Show Off]

Reading the reviews makes me not feel as bad about how poorly my show was reviewed last season. Because this season shows me that everyone is so vastly different in their opinions it seems as though every show has at least 1 person ranking it number 1 and at least one person ranking it number 5. It's craziness. And it isn't as if these are arbitrary everyone has good reasons for their rankings.

To all the bookers, don't concern yourself with how the ranking shakes out, you all wrote good shows and their is nothing unanimous here.

[Armchair Booker]

http://www.wwe.com/content/media/images/Superstars/29278/6254692 vs http://www.wwe.com/content/media/images/Superstars/29278/11811338

Samoa Joe will not be in attendance this week due to the actions of Drew McIntyre, but it's obvious his actions will not be left unpunished...this week he faces the BAW World Champion, the Undertaker! Will McIntyre learn to regret his actions? And will the number one contender Christopher Daniels, who will also be in action this week, be watching the match in hopes of getting some strategies for his rematch against the Phenom?

Also this week: RVD, Percy Watson, Desmond Wolfe, and more in action this week this week on BAW Rampage!

[Armchair Booker]

Last week, the Family attempted to get revenge on Randy Orton for betraying them at Respect. Now IWC Commissioner Jeff Jarrett has ordered a cease-fire until Helloween. This week, Dustin Rhodes makes his return to the ring against Vladimir Kozlov. Will Kozlov continue the beating that Orton started, or will Rhodes be able to bounce back? This week on Tuesday Night Titans.<O:p</O:p

[XL]

So, as some of you know, I spend a lot of time on this site in the C-Fed Forum participating in the "game" there. As such I can see where c-fedding and "fantasy booking" cross over - mostly in creating a character and writing promos. I'm sure BizarroKing (S2 Booker) and Next Big Thing (S2 Judge) can vouch for that as they have recently joined.

So, this is an idea I came up to "introduce" some people that are not familiar to the c-fed concept and to fill some ofthe "downtime" between shows. I will take one segment a week and give it the C-Fed treatment. I have to decide which segment I'm gonna choose from Week 1 but for now, here's the opening of VCW Show 1 done in C-Fed_style...

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WEDNESDAY NIGHT WARFARE
EPISODE 1


*The house lights come up and there is a lone figure in the ring...that man is Michael Cole*

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Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the next evolution in professional wrestling...VINTAGE Championship Wrestling. I, Michael Cole, am the owner and creator of VCW and I intend to put this company at the very top of the industry.

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As owner I will have complete control of the roster and the matches that you will see here in VCW. I - unlike many that have come before me - will be fair and nothing will go unseen.

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"How is that Michael?" you might ask. Well just like my former employer did back in the day, I will be sat at ringside at the announcer's table. I am Michael Cole and I will be omnipresent here in VCW.

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But I can't call all of the action by myself. Oh no. I need someone there next to me. Perhaps Oklahoma's favourite son? (*The crowd cheer*) No. He won't do. Perhaps "Wrestling Royalty"? (*The crowd cheer a little bit less than for the JR tease*)

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No, not him either. There is only one man that can fill that seat next to me. And he is the legend in this industry. He has been on top of every wrestling company worth a damn and he is a multi-time World Champion. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you VCW's Colour Commentator....





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*The crowd pop as Hogan makes his way to the ring*

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*Hogan goes through the classic poses on the stage*

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*He eventually moves into his position at the table*

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VINTAGE Hogan! (*The smarks pop*) Now. With that out of the way it's time to get down to the real business of the evening. Firstly we will see the crowning of VCW's first ever Tag Team Champions as a legendary team take on a pair of young up and comers. And that match will take place...TONIGHT!


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In 4 weeks time we will hold VCW's very first PPV and at that PPV we will crown a World Heavyweight Champion! So at this time I would like to offer every wrestler in the back the opportunity to put across their case to be in the World Title match. Over the coming weeks I will be assessing the cases put forth by all individuals. With that said, ladies and gentlemen, this is VCW, let the games begin!

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*The crowd pop as HHH makes his way out onto the stage and then into the ring*

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Hey Cole. Did you just mention "The Game"? I think you did! And as if by magic here I am, right here in VCW. I'm also pretty sure that I heard you mention something about crowning a World Champion.

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Well Cole, look no further because standing infront of you is a 13 time World Champion and the man that will be crowned the first ever VCW World Heavyweight Champion.

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*HHH rips off his shirt and performs the "belt" taunt as the crowd chants his name before he steps off the ropes*








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*Randy Orton comes out of nowhere with an RKO!*

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*Orton poses over the fallen HHH*

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*He stares down Cole before leaving the ring to make his way up the ramp when he is cut off by...

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*Anderson arrives on the stage and calls for his mic to be dropped*

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Hellooooooooooooooooo VCW...............V...C...W! And if it isn't Randal Keith Orton. Y'know last tiime I saw you, well.....err you kinda cost me my job. But I'm a nice guy, I can take it on the chin, I can see it was just......business. I'm a nice guy so I can let bygones be bygones.

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Oh. Wait. Wait. That's right. I'm not a nice guy. I am an asshole. The kind of asshole that doesn't take kindly to having his livelihood taken away from him. The kind of asshole that does hold a grudge.

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The kind of asshole that is gonna punch you in the mouth the first time I get the chance. But also the kind of asshole that want's to be the first ever VCW Wooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrld Heavyweight Chaaaaaaaaaaaampion!

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*Anderson heads down the ramp towards Orton*

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*Randy backs up into the ring...








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*Only to be met by a Pedigree from HHH. Anderson and HHH stare each other down to end the segment*

[XL]

UPDATE

WEEK 1We are waiting on rankings from Doc Brown before I can tally and reveal the scores for Week 1.

WEEK 2I have already received one show for Week 2, two days ahead of deadline.

[Lock Jaw]

Hate the C-Fed style so much.

[VSG]

The PPV thing with the sins will be cool in C-Fed though.

[XL]

Hate the C-Fed style so much.
I won't bother doing your show then : p.

Care to elaborate on why you hate it so much? It beats reading pages and pages of text IMO (even if that is exactly what Armchair Warfare is!).

[Next Big Thing]

Hate the C-Fed style so much.

After that comment... you may be the GM of Raw, but you're no longer the GM of my heart. Don't even bother sending in your bribe either. Your money is no longer valid currency to me.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Hate the C-Fed style so much.

Yeah I agree. The pictures are nice but it's annoying to read one line then scroll past a picture and read another line then scroll past another picture that's basically the same thing.

One picture per segment would be just fine.

[The Show Off]

I like C-Fed style, and I wish I could still do it but it's such a pain in the ass attaching all those pictures to my promos.

It makes a promo that took me 10 minutes to write take the most boring hour of my life to produce. In the end its not worth the effort to me.

[VSG]

Just noticed "Vintage" Michael Cole has a moustache on.

[Lock Jaw]

I won't bother doing your show then : p.

Care to elaborate on why you hate it so much? It beats reading pages and pages of text IMO (even if that is exactly what Armchair Warfare is!).

I'd rather read the text then have to load and scroll through billions of pictures.

[XL]

Soooooooo Doc Brown seems to have flaked on us one week into proceedings (lucky he wasn't a booker after all). Deadline for shows its tonight at midnight, I am not gonna delay posting for the sake of one judge (even if I have already delayed from when I originally wanted to post Week 1 results).

I've offered the spot to DttS but he had not responded. So anyone that wants it, do the following:

- Make sure you read the shows FULLY.
- PM your 1-5 show rankings AND your top 5 guys for the Star Power Rankings.
- First come, first served.

[Swiss Ultimate]

Soooooooo Doc Brown seems to have flaked on us one week into proceedings (lucky he wasn't a booker after all). Deadline for shows its tonight at midnight, I am not gonna delay posting for the sake of one judge (even if I have already delayed from when I originally wanted to post Week 1 results).

I've offered the spot to DttS but he had not responded. So anyone that wants it, do the following:

- Make sure you read the shows FULLY.
- PM your 1-5 show rankings AND your top 5 guys for the Star Power Rankings.
- First come, first served.

Sure, I'll take it. November 2-5 I will need a substitute though as I'm going to another Firefighting School. I'll PM you with what you need. (I didn't get a PM or anything..)

[Armchair Booker]

UCE officials have just learned that two challenges have been made for this Monday...

Rhino has put out the challenge to James Storm...

While Beth Phoenix... has challenged Awesome Kong!

[Armchair Booker]

Hunter Hearst Helmsley was able to turn Randy Orton against the Family. Now, one Family member has the chance to exact some revenge. What exactly will Chavo Guerrero do when he gets his hands on the Cerebral Assassin? Also, Gateway Champion Carlito takes on Michael McGillicutty. This week on IWC Tuesday Night Titans.

[VSG]

This advertising thing is going strong and well.

[XL]

Sure, I'll take it. November 2-5 I will need a substitute though as I'm going to another Firefighting School. I'll PM you with what you need. (I didn't get a PM or anything..)

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[XL]

Ah well, doesn't matter now.

[XL]

WEEK 1 SCORES

SHOW RANKINGS

The numbers in brackets represent where the show was ranked for each of the 10 Judges. Remember, a 1st place finish gets you 5 Points, 2nd place = 4 and so on.

NAPW: (5-2-2-1-1-4-4-2-2-3) for a points total of 34
IWC: (1-4-4-2-3-4-4-5-4-1) for a points total of 32
UCE: (3-5-5-3-2-1-4-1-3-2) for a points total of 30
BAW: (4-1-3-5-5-5-1-3-1-4) for a points total of 28
HKW: (2-3-1-4-4-3-3-4-5-5) for a points total of 26


STAR POWER RANKINGS

Every guy that received a vote is listed here. Once again, a 1st place finish = 5 Points for that guy, the scores are totalled and the Top 5 earn their show Bonus Points based on the 1st = 5 Points, 5th = 1 Point system.

1) John Cena (34 Points) (UCE) = 5 POINTS
2) Dustin Rhodes (22 Points) (IWC) = 4 POINTS
3) CM Punk (20 Points) (HKW) = 3 POINTS
4) Batista (14 Points) (HKW) = 2 POINTS
5) Alberto Del Rio (11 Points) (UCE) = 1 POINT
6) Yoshi Tatsu (10 Points)
7) AJ Styles (9 Points)
=8) Kurt Angle (5 Points)
=8) Samoa Joe (5 Points)
=8) The Miz (5 Points)
9) Randy Orton (4 Points)
10) John Morrison (3 Points)
=11) Daniel Bryan (2 Points)
=11) Raven (2 Points)
=11) Eddie Colon (2 Points)
12) Drew McIntyre (1 Point)


"FINAL" RANKINGS

1) IMPACT WRESTLING CORPORATION = 41 POINTS (Public Poll Winner [+5 Points])

2) UNIVERSAL CARNAGE ENTERPRISES = 36 POINTS

3) NEW AGE PRO WRESTLING = 34 POINTS

4) HARD KNOCKS WRESTLING = 31 POINTS

5) BAD ASS WRESTLING = 28 POINTS

[XL]

NOTE: There are still 5 Points available from my BUYRATE BONUS (I need to go back and read the shows again, but I have to be up for work in 5 and a half hours).