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Post by MadStepDad on May 17, 2013 10:59:25 GMT -5
Mash-Up Wrestling & BCCW presents...** WORLD championship ** Lou Thesz (1955) © vs John Cena (2013) (I Quit Match)
** BCCW MW championship ** Alberto Del Rio © vs Dean Ambrose vs Kevin Von Erich (Triple Threat STEEL CAGE Match)
Rob Van Dam vs John Morrison vs Kofi Kingston (Best of 7 Series Match #3)
** BCCW HW championship ** Sheamus © versus Scott Hall (w/ Insiders) (Taser on a Pole match)
** BCCW 6-Man Tag Team titles ** Headhunterz © vs The Uso's (Ladder Match)
Mark Henry (2013) vs Crusher Casey (Stretcher Match)
** BCCW Television championship ** (Title for Title) GOLDBERG © versus GORGEOUS GEORGE © ("Through the Looking Glass Match")
** BCCW Flyweight championship ** Gus Sonnenberg © versus Low-Ki (No Holds Barred)
RYBACK vs RHINO (Finisher Only)
** Woman's Championship Unification Bout ** Mildred Burke © versus MsChif © (2 out of 3 Falls)
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Post by MadStepDad on May 30, 2013 11:42:08 GMT -5
** BCCW has 6 recognized championships: ** Heavyweight (225 lbs +) Middleweight (205 lbs +) Flyweight (under 200 lbs) Television title (catch weight) 6-Man Tag Team titles World Woman’s championship ** BCCW produces a 70-minute block of programming on the Comcast Sports channel (home of the Boston Celtics) with ads for other Mash-Up Wrestling network features. BCCW Fight Night is inspired by UFC events of the same name, but also shares similarities with WWE Main Event (in that usually one particular main event match is hyped throughout the show). Tonight it is the amazing TWO-HOUR SPECIAL: countdown to "Return to the Scene of the Crime"! The PPV is coming up live at 9pm EST, and these are the prelims LIVE and FREE on TV!! Make your PPV purchase now!! ** ** Post match protocol calls for the bout winner to be granted a 90-second interview piece with in-ring correspondent MSD (like Joe Rogan in the UFC, or Larry Nelson on AWA ESPN classic reruns). ** ** William Muldoon is on-screen commissioner. All matches sanctioned by Mash-Up Wrestling. ** Now... Broadcasting to you from the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena: ** THIS IS BCCW!!**** RINGSIDE COMMENTARY TEAM ** Gordon Solie & Matt StrikerWelcome viewers - briefly recap California wrestling history with a culmination of events (historical, political & athletic) occurring tonight. PPV coming up later tonight - run down the card - and hype up tonight's LIVE PRELIMS! And we're the starting the show out with a BANG - Woman's Unification bout! Best 2 out of 3 Falls! Stay tuned!** CUT TO RING ** __________________________________________________________________________** Woman's Championship (undisputed) **MILDRED BURKE vs MSCHIF (2 out of 3 Falls Match) versus August 25th 1954. After being beaten, tortured, molested, desecrated, blackballed and stripped (but never defeated) over the course of her championship career - Mildred Burke squared off in an undisputed title match against the younger, "prettier", hand-picked stand-in champion June Byers. It was a 2 out of 3 Falls match and Burke was screwed by the system after one fall. Fast forward to 2000NOW and BCCW Woman's Div Prez EVE TORRES GRACIE = Billy Wolfe. MsChif is her June Byers. Only problem: Mildred Burke won't make that same mistake again. Instead, Burke cooperates with MsChif just enough to squeeze an armbar submission out of her in less than 90 seconds (and keeping the hold on for a few extra tortuous moments, just to send a message). MsChif is a great performer, but Mildred Burke takes great pleasure in stiffing and stretching the makeshift champion like a true shooter would. She even bloodies MsChif nose at one point, before mercifully putting her out of her misery with a deep triangle choke at about the 4.5 minute mark. To hell with sore ribs or wounded pride, Mildred Burke had a message to send tonight. And that shot will reverberate through the fantasy wrestling eons. Mildred Burke IS Woman's wrestling - and her championship is the only one that means anything in the fantasy game today. End chapter, close book. RIP ROH. Winner (and STILL Woman's champion): MILDRED BURKE ** CUT TO COMMERCIAL ** __________________________________________________________________________** Best of 7 Series (Match #3) **JOHN MORRISON vs ROB VAN DAM vs KOFI KINGSTON versus versus Middleweight fireworks display. The crowd is hyped, the energy level is high and the performers go all out. You couldn't ask for a better high-wire act to promote the show and pinch those last-minute buys. RVD is the dangerous counter-culture Icon... JMo the flashy Hollywood hometown hero... and Kofi Kingston the egotistical, snarling African samurai. Kingston is one win away tonight from sweeping his rivals in their Best of 7 series (with 3 men and strange math involved). On many occasions each competitor seems to secure victory, only to be intercepted within a hairs breadth. Tonight - one man rises to the occasion - and steals the spotlight with a breathtaking balcony dive that leaves the exuberant crowd chanting "HOLY S***!!"... John Morrison. The rest is academic, and a final in-ring Starship Pain on Kofi Kingston seals the deal for Hollywood's Shaman of Sexy. Winner: JOHN MORRISON Kofi Kingston: 2 / JMo: 1 / RVD: 0** CUT TO COMMERCIAL ** __________________________________________________________________________Killer ArmyKiller Kowalski (reigning Money-in-the-Bank winner: see Night of Champions 3) gets time to cut an in-ring promo. He’s surrounded by his new entourage: Kenny Dykstra & Slyck Wagner Brown (w/ April Hunter): the two young up-and-coming Aces. Giant Bernard: The enforcer serving a bizarre penance. The Executioner: Mysterious masked giant who seconds Kowalski as his permanent bodyguard. Doom and gloom for everybody who falls under the shadow of Killer Kowalski, and he proved that by weeding out the weak himself (see Karl Anderson, Tommaso Ciampa). Now the entire Mash-Up Wrestling universe is on their toes as Kowalski wields his MitB briefcase like a dagger - ready to carve out his piece of history. Beware Camp Killer Kowalski, there are none greater! ** CUT TO COMMERCIAL ** __________________________________________________________________________TRISH STRATUS vs ELIA MARKOPOULOS (w/ Crown Jewels)
(Make Up or Break Up Match) versus w/ If Burke/MsChif was the "sportz" part, and the Best of 7 Triple Threat was a fireworks display - this bout definitely fulfills the "entertainment" portion of our show. The humorous and self-effacing interplay between Elia (desperate to impress Trish) and Stratus (ugh, leave me alone!) is recapped in slick 90210/Dawsons Creek/Melrose Place-video fashion. Elia, Adrian Adonis & Mr Fabulous: The Crown Jewels of BCCW!In the end, after monkey business and comedy spots - Trish Stratus turns on the heat and gets serious with a blistering chick kick to the head of Elia Markopolous. KO finish! Trish Stratus has forced the trios dissolution, and Adonis/Ulysses are furious & heartbroken! Crown Jewels break up! Trish Stratus blows Elia a kiss to end the segment. Girl power! Winner: TRISH STRATUS ** CUT TO COMMERCIAL ** __________________________________________________________________________RYBACK vs RHINO (Finisher Only)
** Heavyweight Bout ** versus The meat-and-potatoes heavyweight finale. Slugfest that spills ringside and elicits a bevy of crowd chants (including that same brief "GOOOOLDBERG!" chant Ryback has been receiving). After a bruising, smash-mouth collision - Ryback is able to avoid a GORE (letting Rhino impale himself on the metal ring post) - before hoisting the manbeast up for an impressive Shellshock! BOOM! As soon as Ryback drops him with the move, the bell tolls signifying victory! Crowd cheers Ryback and chants "FEED ME MORE!" Winner: RYBACK** CUT ** __________________________________________________________________________OUTRO Matt Striker is with BCCW President Paul Bowser, and the two of them run down the upcoming PPV card. So many huge matches, championship defenses and Xtreme action! This is one PPV you don't want to miss! BCCW is the King of Fantasy Wrestling and this will be our crowning achievement! Who can survive the brutal California killing fields?? Stay tuned and find out! Oh yeah, and BUY THE MUTHAPHUCKKIN PPV!! peace. [end transmission]
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Post by MadStepDad on May 30, 2013 22:23:04 GMT -5
BCCW & Mash-Up Wrestling present...RETURN TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME!! GORDON SOLIE & MATT STRIKERPyro! Loud music! Cheering fans! Mash-Up Wrestling is LIVE from timeless LA Sports Arena! BCCW RETURNS TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME! Hardcore West Coast infamy permeates every match, with each stipulation more Xtreme than the last! This is life or death - riots & drive-bys - money, power, respect. They tried to J.Edgar Hoover us but the spirit of XTREME never dies! Only multiplies... Colors. Colors. We ain't dead yet!!** CUT TO RING ** __________________________________________________________________________** BCCW Flyweight Championship **GUS SONNENBERG vs LOW-KI (w/ Rotten Wildaz) (No Holds Barred) versus Gus Sonnenberg is the uber-over, insanely-popular throwback champion with a never-say-die spirit. Low-Ki is the twisted & bitter thug who desecrated his own so called "code of honor" to attempt a Flyweight usurpation. GSon has gone into this battle all heart - as he's still injured from Low-Ki's streetside attack. In an amazing battle of wills, GSon keeps it fresh and fired up - but in the end Low-Ki is just too much. Too brutal, too dominating, too thorough. His high-velocity kicks chop 5'7" GSon into dirt. And just to make sure GSon's last Hail Mary comeback gets snuffed out completely, Low-Ki always has his ROTTEN WILDAZ crew in the cut to wreak havoc. In a No-Holds-Barred match, that's practically a death sentence. One particular spot has the muscular Hotstuff Hernandez (LAX) using a vicious Border Toss to nearly break GSon in half. Low-Ki finally ends the slaughter with a well-timed head kick right to the temple (as a bloody, yet defiant GSon knelt before him and gave Low-Ki the *middle finger* with his last breath) Winner (and NEW BCCW Flyweight champion): LOW-KI Low-Ki surrounds himself with his gang and puts over his "Rotten Wildaz" affiliation, while trash rains down on them from the fans. Huge boos for their anti-West Coast rhetoric and right from the jump the PPV almost ends due to riot interference...** CUT TO VIDEO ** __________________________________________________________________________** BCCW Television Title **GOLDBERG vs GORGEOUS GEORGE WAGNER (Through the Looking Glass Match) versus Match is 90% extracurricular. All of the electricity & anticipation of Goldberg's entrance, mixed with the flamboyant balderdash of OG Gorgeous George Wagner (with none of that boring "wrestling match" tomfoolery). Add glass and it's a classic Mash-Up masterpiece. The Human Orchid has absolutely no intention of competing tonight or defending his (Interim) TV title - a championship Goldberg never lost while being on the shelf with an injury. Gorgeous George spends an inordinate amount of time trying to stall. First he had the match booked on the fly into a Gauntlet match - but Nature Boy Buddy Rogers (his agent) no-showed and Gentleman Tornado (his valet) got jackhammered in 30 seconds. That just left the final sequence of Gorgeous George daintily trying to handle the large mirror, only to get triumphantly SPEARED through it in a sparkling collision! Goldberg has put his opponent (and fake pretender to the TV title throne) through the looking glass! His undefeated streak continues to grow! Winner (and STILL BCCW TV champion): GOLDBERG ** CUT ** __________________________________________________________________________MARK HENRY vs CRUSHER CASEY (Stretcher Match)** Heavyweight Bout ** versus "Ever Since they passed them civil rights Those fires have been lighting up the nights And they say they ain't gon' stop til we all have equal rights Looks to me like dem n****z ain't playing" ** Richard Dedeaux (The Watts Prophets 1965) [/b] Fast forward through the Watts uprising past Ice Cube's "Death Certificate" into the LA Riots, and Steve "Crusher" Casey is Reginald Denny getting yanked out of his vehicle and bludgeoned. The wrath of the World's Strongest Man cannot be denied. He took out Bruno Sammartino, targeted Sheamus and hurt Crusher Casey all in his bid to retain BCCW gold. Mark Henry rages against a system that has denied him, and a holds a hugely perceived grudge. Crusher Casey took up the fight while already suffering from injuries bestowed upon him by Mark Henry's Hall of Pain. His stretcher match challenge tonight was simultaneously brave and catastrophic. Crusher Casey is the martyr who goes down honorably (bloody & fighting) at the hands of an overpowering bully. The violence is stiff and the brawl carries ringside - and finishes with a WSS through the announce table. Henry carts Casey's lifeless body to the stretcher and rolls it with disdain over the finish line. But of course Mark Henry ain't finished. After getting the victory, he grabs the stretcher (with Crusher still on it) and rolls it right OFF the entrance ramp!! "THAT'S WHAT I DO!!" Winner: MARK HENRY ** CUT BACKSTAGE ** Backstage interview with John Cena who puts over the deadly seriousness of his I Quit title match against Thesz tonight. ** CUT TO LIVE CONCERT APPEARANCE ** __________________________________________________________________________** BCCW 6-Man Tag Team titles **HEADHUNTERZ vs USO's (Ladder Match) vs Celebrity appearance from West Coast legends Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. who step directly out of 1993 to serenade the Uso's with their entrance theme for the night: "Another Body Murdered". Picture the siva tau to this shit. This match is stiff, unrestrained anarchy. Both Headhunterz come up bleeding - the Uso's get creative with the ladders - and Mike Awesome breaks one in half with Jimmy Uso's body. Rikishi nails the spot of the match with a huge Superfly splash from a reinforced ladder OVER the top rope and THROUGH both Headhunterz stretched out on ringside tables! (After giving the stinkface to Headhunterz valet Tamina of course) "HOLY S***!" chant for that. But in the end, Awesome kicks a desperate Jey Uso off the top of the ladder with a dueling punches spot and unclamps the 6 man straps for the victory! Another T.O.X.I.C. march! Headhunterz retain, but only Mike Awesome is left standing (barely)! Winners (and STILL 6-Man Tag Team champions): HEADHUNTERZ** CUT ** The Homecoming: BCCW returns to Boston MA for the PPV Supercard of the Year... This is the Oscars, Grammys, KotDM, Wrestlemania & Woodstock all rolled into one. Everybody that's anybody in fantasy wrestling will be in Boston on this historic night.COMING IN JUNE!! ** CUT ** __________________________________________________________________________** BCCW Middleweight Championship **DEAN AMBROSE vs ALBERTO DEL RIO vs KEVIN VON ERICH (Steel Cage Triple Threat) versus versus Another violent interspersion of styles, genres & eras that can only be coined "Mash-Up Wrestling". Despite the obvious contrasts there is a strong similarity between the 3 - they are the future of this great sport. Ambrose tries to escape as soon as the bell rings but his two babyface opponents drag him back and put him down. ADR & KVE exchange a nice series of scientific moves you don't usually see in a Steel Cage match. But once again Dean Ambrose tries to escape and the other two stop him. ADR scores with a huge bulldog off the top rope. But he can't pin Ambrose, because he has to lunge at KVE on the cage to stop him from climbing over. The 3 men go back and forth until Dean Ambrose takes a crushing superplex off the top of the cage wall from both KVE & ADR! Gutsy, dramatic performance from everybody involved. In the end, the fucking ACES & EIGHTS make a surprise run-in. D-Von Dudley winds up taking out Ricardo Rodriguez at ringside and SLAMMING the steel cage door right into ADR's head! Meawhile, KVE & Dean Ambrose are straddling the top of the cage throwing blows, when SABU (member of T.O.X.I.C. alongside the Aces & Eights crew) tosses up a hand-held chain to Dean! Ambrose uses the foreign object to BLAST Kevin Von Erich in the head, and knocking him back in the ring! Dean Ambrose then has free reign to climb down the outer cage walls and drop to the floor! Amid a huge public embrace from T.O.X.I.C.! D-Von Dudley grabs the BCCW MW belt and presents it to Dean Ambrose! What a disgusting display of disrespect! Dean Ambrose has joined T.O.X.I.C!! Winner (and NEW BCCW Middleweight champion): DEAN AMBROSE (2015)Dean Ambrose sells his soul to T.O.X.I.C. for championship glory... ** CUT ** Sheamus & Insiders promos.** CUT TO VIDEO RECAP ** __________________________________________________________________________** BCCW Heavyweight championship **SHEAMUS vs SCOTT HALL (Taser on a Pole match) versus A more contemporary mash-up, but a fantasy wrestling dream match nonetheless. 2012-era Irish superhero Sheamus (who's insane Boston-area popularity translates nationally on the BCCW stage) versus late 90s Attitude Era Scott Hall. His Insider clique with Miz & Matt Morgan became a trending topic in fantasy wrestling circles. Regular followers of the "Mash-Up Minute" (NEW breaking info line) would know that the Insiders have been cryptically referring to some key management "insider" who helped grease their way up the title contention ladder. There has been some speculation that BCCW Commissioner William Muldoon is the man behind the Insiders... Their gang attacks on Sheamus have infuriated the HW champion - resulting in this dangerous challenge tonight (each man had to sign medical waivers absolving BCCW of any responsibility). Good fight between two historic brawlers, punctuated by brief chases to bring down the Taser (suspended on a corner turnbuckle). In the end, MIZ has managed to sneak a SECOND live Taser into the match - but Sheamus is no Slammiversary 2013 Sting. He anticipates the run-in coming, and secured a contingency plan. In this case it is the BCCW Commissioner William Muldoon himself, who shows those rumors and stories about him were just that - fiction. He winds up SLUGGING Miz right in the face, knocking the Taser ajar! Meanwhile in the ring, Matt Morgan misses a Carbon Footprint and takes out his partner Scott Hall by mistake! Sheamus retrieves the Taser and ZAPS Matt Morgan right out of the ring! ZZZZZAAAAPPPP! Another long Taser shot for Scott Hall! Sheamus sets up and delivers the Brogue kick! 1!.. 2!.. 3!! Winner (and STILL BCCW HW champion): SHEAMUS 2012 During Sheamus celebration (while Muldoon is distracted by an argumentative Miz) - an angry Matt Morgan & Scott Hall begin the double-team beatdown. MIZ is able to stick Sheamus with the Taser a few times before security forces the Insiders away. But the damage is done, and Sheamus lay twitching on the mat. Cue ominous entrance theme...Enter Money-in-the-Bank champion KILLER KOWALSKI!! To growing cheers (and a foreboding feeling of dread), Kowalski is going to cash in his title shot! Sheamus barely gets a chance to fight back, but when he does he comes face to face with Kowalski's big masked bodyguard the Executioner... In the ensuing struggle, Sheamus manages to *unmask* the giant revealing BIG JOHN STUDD! It was him all along under the mask! The moment of shock causes Sheamus to fall victim to a well-timed low blow from behind from Kowalski! Chokeslam from Studd! Stomach claw-pinfall from Killer! 1... 2!... 3!!! OMG WE HAVE A NEW BCCW HW CHAMPION!! Winner (and NEW BCCW Heavyweight champion): KILLER KOWALSKI** CUT BACKSTAGE ** Strangler Lewis has some words for John Cena and guarantees a Lou Thesz victory tonight in the main event.** CUT TO VIDEO ** __________________________________________________________________________T.O.X.I.C. versus TEAM 4:20(Elimination Gang Fight) w/ versus w/ By this time, Aces & Eights have helped raise their T.O.X.I.C. stock to new heights. They come to us tonight at the peak of their notorious real-world existence. Stepping off the proverbial prime material plane after stomping Sting into wine at TNA Slammiversary 2013 they are buzzing off an intoxicating cocktail of adrenaline, power & violence. In this alternate reality, Brooke Hogan is part vixen/manager/valet to this evil stable - and Team 4:20 is their admirable foils. The pot-friendly, marijuana-flavored posse of London/Kendrick/Ruckus/Weedman are popular counter-culture figures - and they reintroduce their valet Wendi Richter back from injury tonight to a huge pop. But even her ringside pep rally isn't enough to stem the T.O.X.I.C. tide. One-by-one, Team 4:20 get taken out until all that remains is Paul London versus Bully Ray & DVon Dudley (former XPW Remixed Tag Team champions). London fights valiantly, but is woefully overmatched. Brooke Hogan wants her men to take out Wendi Richter again, but we get a clothes-tearing catfight between the two women instead! The damn Dudleyz are going to kill Richter again, but Paul London intercedes at the last moment and sacrifices himself instead - taking a super-bomb through a table - and eating the pinfall. DO U KNOW WHO WE R??? The Tribe of Xtreme is created!! Winners: T.O.X.I.C. ** CUT BACKSTAGE ** Words from NEW BCCW HW champion Killer Kowalski - who promises a reign of terror.** CUT TO VIDEO ** __________________________________________________________________________** WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP **LOU THESZ (1955) versus JOHN CENA (2013) (I Quit Match) versus Huge epic-level video recap package and live promos from both men. West coast crowd is (not-so) surprisingly supportive of WORLD CHAMPION Lou Thesz, who's run as credited World champion started out here in Hell (aka XPW Remixed). Cena gets his share of "U CAN'T WRESTLE!" chants, but seems to take great delight in grappling with the so-called "shooter" and showing off his inhuman strength (powering out of Thesz' most adamant submission attempts). In the end it all comes down to the STF, a deadly maneuver practiced by both men. Thesz wears Cena down with scientific holds while Cena answers with some of his own. Of course, a match of this nature will not end without controversy. The whole referee fiasco @ "Night of Champions III" has allowed for Strangler Lewis to argue the sports commissions assign their own official - which turned out to be the criminally-corrupt DANNY DAVIS (circa 1986). He was right on top of Cena with the "DO YA QUIT??" while giving Thesz a lot more leeway. In the end Cena winds up FUAAing Danny Davis to HUGE cheers while Strangler Lewis goes ballistic at ringside (demanding a DQ). Instead, BCCW President Paul Bowser ushers in a replacement official who rushes to the scene! World champion Lou Thesz is climatically TRAPPED in Cena's STFU and about to give up! Instead, Strangler Lewis drags the referee out of the ring and begins cursing at him. Complete match break down results in Thesz tying up the replacement referee just long enough for Strangler Lewis to *BLAST* Cena in the head from behind with his brass knuckles! A dazed Cena is then locked in Strangler Lewis' Dragon Sleeper hold until his body goes cold and limp! Crowd that had been partial towards Thesz in the beginning have now completely turned on him (partially because of his ultra-defensive match strategy tonight). Strangler Lewis rolls Cena's corpse into the ring like a barrel, where Lou Thesz finally snaps on his own STF! But it looks like Cena is completely limp and unconscious... only to have the bell suddenly toll - ending the match! Referee Danny Davis has staggered back to his feet and called for the bell - he's motioning to the timekeeper that he *heard Cena say "I Quit"! The second replacement referee is quizzical, and goes to quell the controversy - only to have Strangler Lewis SUCKER PUNCH him and knock him cold! Strangler Lewis grabs the World championship belt - demands ring announcer MSD announce Thesz as the victor - and hustles the WORLD champion out of the building! Winner (and STILL WORLD CHAMPION): LOU THESZ (1955)Huge boos and chants of "BULLS***! Even management has convened on the scene to deal with the aftermath. Trash rains down in the ring. Cena slowly regains his senses and shrugs off referee assistance. He winds up getting his hands on Danny Davis once again in a belated attempt to send the crowd home happy. They chant "ONE MORE TIME!" (like, 3x) everytime Cena delivers an FUAA. He even locks in the STFU to make Davis scream and cry. Finally, to acknowledge the fans other prevalent crowd chant ("WE WANT TABLES!") - Cena puts Danny Davis through one with another hellacious FUAA. Cena is rightfully outraged and takes that aggression out on his enemy. The whole world will learn. And the city will burn tonight.** FADE OUT ** __________________________________________________________________________OUTROREQUIRED READING: "Can't Stop Won't Stop (A History of the Hip Hop Generation)" by Jeff Chang REQUIRED VIEWING: WWE Extreme Rules 2013 REQUIRED LISTENING: DJ Muggs & Warrior: Mash-Up Radio Volume 1 [/center]
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Slade
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Post by Slade on Feb 18, 2014 16:26:11 GMT -5
MSD, your shows are always an enjoyable read. I like the way this was written and your booking decisions were very smart and well done. The only negative critique I would give it - and that's only if I'm looking to find a reason to be hyper-critical of you - is that the heels took 7 of 8 matches on the PPV portion of the night. The heels dominated and only Goldberg came out of it looking good for the other side On the other hand, I think it was smart to heavily favour the heels since your next ppv event is your marquee event of the year (which is an assumption I am making based on the fact that it will be in Boston and you are marketing it as the Oscars, Wrestlemania & Woodstock all rolled into one). The biggest show of the year is when the faces should finally come out on top, assuming you stick to the rules of fantasy booking 101. But we all know that you like to take great liberties with that rule book, so we'll all just have to wait and see what you have in store for Bedlam in Beantown III.
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Post by somethingsavage on Feb 18, 2014 16:28:10 GMT -5
Wow. Went into reading this one with an open mind, and that mindset totally paid off. Huge dividends for my entertainment's sake, for sure. Where to begin? I mean, THIS stuff packs a punch. In general? It's just genuinely good reading material, man. Like I said, it's hard to criticize it on account of that. The premise is simple in essence - basically just taking these guys at their primes & peaks, pitting them against each other at finest form, and letting them wage war. It takes the term "fantasy" booking to maximum potential & reaps all the benefits for doing so. Well done, sir.
So yeah. Admittedly, this is the first full card offering I've sat & read from ya. But, I've gotta say, you'll pulled me in right away. The pre-show premise is a neat freaking concept. Obviously borrowed from the UFC's own approach (and kudos for making no bones about that), but I dig it. In terms of pro wrestling, it's one of those things that could probably be done more often, actually. I love TNA's Before The Bell format, but WWE's pre-shows always leave a lot to be desired. In my view, you've captured the appeal & feel of a Saturday Night's Main Event well enough, while still lending a lot of hype and attention to the main PPV card itself. Nice effort, and a finely structured card that allowed moments for each match to shine a bit.
I'm not really big on super-cards that feature ALL "extreme" bouts and whatnot, but this one delivered in a major way. One small note of criticism I'd bring up is that you ran the same story a little similarly with the Low-Ki bout and the Stretcher Match. I understand that two separate stories needed to be told there, and ya executed each one appropriately. But the opener was HOT, man. It was freaking on point. Just the visual of Gus fighting back, kneeling but still fighting for his life until Ki DROPPED him dead on his face, was epic stuff. That was a "made" moment. So, by the time ya ran something REALLY similar in the Stretcher Match, it just kind of detracted from & diluted BOTH spots a little bit. Not a huge issue, mind you - but one worth noting, nonetheless.
Moving on, ya deserve some props for keeping the finishes distinct & unique to each bout. That's key in these types of cards where, as I stated, each match has to be designated as extreme or with some attached stipulations. Kudos for knowing & applying that here. Beyond that, what's left to say? I mean, you've got a fan in me right out of the gate. This is my first full-length show, and you've absolutely drawn me into the fold. I want to delve deeper into the angles, back-stories, and rivalries going on. I'm incredibly intrigued into some of these pairings, combinations, and factions that you've created & established here. It's all very imaginative, creative, and interesting.
The Sheamus match read a lot like the Bigelow/Hall Taser Ladder Match (in real life) to me. Miz did his best Disco Inferno impersonation out there, I take it? And Sheamus comprised the role of a Goldberg or Bigelow out there. Either way, Hall actually turned out some darn good performances with both those fellas in the late nineties, so the guy could still go at that point. Anyhow, I enjoyed the finish for what it was & how ya set it up. Nothing exactly genius, but that wasn't necessary. It set up the Kowalski spot masterfully, with Killer and his camp slithering in to collect the scraps. The icing for me was in the earlier segment, with Kowalski simply showing up and building some anticipation & lingering doubt with a basic promo. It was effective in its subtlety, because it was JUST ENOUGH talk to remind fans who he was & where he stood in the grand scheme of things - but it also didn't go overboard in blatantly advertising or spoiling the happenings that were going to occur later in the night. Nice job there.
To me, this whole experiment just reads like a lesson in Dream Match Booking 101. And the execution is right on the money, for the most part. Slating the Usos against the Headhunters, for example, is just plain cool. I'm glad you're willing to run with this concept, because it takes the types of general discussions & debates we'd normally just have in some back & forth banter on a message board - and it puts it into play for us. Reminds me very much of some of those CAW video game e-feds I've seen bits & pieces of on YouTube. It's got all the allure and appeal of pitting Freddy Krueger against Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers, Mr. Clean against the Incredible Hulk, Superman against Batman, Super Mario versus Luigi, and so on. If viewers are just willing enough to dive in & immerse themselves in the action for the sake of a good time & pure entertainment, then this stuff is the bee's balls.
So yeah. Absolutely awesome starting point for me here. Glad ya referred this one for me, man. Guess I'm gonna scan back as far as possible & try to get caught up on a few things. If there's any key moments or must-reads for me, call 'em out. Also, if it seems like I missed a super-card or something in the near future, it's just because I've gotten crazy busy at work & whatnot again. Don't even hesitate to hit me up again via PM over at the other board & key me in when a new show is posted. I'll definitely try & scope it out then, 'cause this is stellar stuff.
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Post by somethingsavage on Feb 18, 2014 16:28:52 GMT -5
Just saw the other feedback & thought I'd touch on something - I don't mind the issue of the babyfaces to heels ratio so much here. As I said, it's hard to apply some of that kind of criticism to an exercise like this one. Sure, ya can. And of course it matters in the grand scheme of things. Ya gotta keep the sides balanced a bit, but I didn't find a major issue with any of that in regards to this card.
More specifically, ya just gotta satisfy your fan base & audience. You're effectively building towards things & logically putting the puzzle pieces together. I'm just now jumping on board, but I see that. The building blocks of Mark Henry, Ryback, Goldberg, and others are firmly set in place. A lot of the foundation is getting stacked & packed for a proper buildup that'll likely payoff down the road. So I'm cool with an occasional card where the majority of heels have to go over, so long as they go over clean and or strong enough to do the angle justice.
You accomplished that here. Ya gave us a screwjob in the Cage Match, but it held significance in terms of the story. It was meaningful, and it led to something. Ambrose joining up the ranks of Aces & Eights was the bigger tale to be told, and the Steel Cage stipulation was the tool utilized to get us there. Makes sense. And then there was the big angle ya ran at the end, with Cena getting screwed over by Thesz. Didn't care much for that, but it's mostly because the whole thing has been done to death IN REAL LIFE.
In all fairness, it's a little harsh for me to condemn you for those failures. It's like when people try to forcefully "recapture" the double-turn magic of Austin and Bret in fantasy booking. It doesn't always come across as it should. Here though? I particularly enjoyed the way you noted the crowd reaction to Thesz & how it warped and transformed slowly (and dramatically) throughout the bout. So yeah. Comparing this Montreal Screwjob rendition you did here to an actual real life flop version of it (like the AJ/Angle/Hogan debacle in TNA 2010) would be like comparing the Austin/Rock double-turn flop in Houston to the original Bret/Austin double-turn in Chicago. Bottom line? You did enough here to make it distinct, I think.
Otherwise? We got a lot of "closing chapters" here, whether they were all feel-good endings or not is irrelevant. It's all about putting the winners over strongly & cleanly enough to make the finishes matter. And I'd say ya did that more often than not.
Akin to the Hall/Sheamus match drawing parallels to real life matches, I liked the way you drew on the real life Goldberg/Raven match to play out the Gorgeous George encounter. Short & sweet, but fun stuff. The "looking glass" mirror spot sounds especially awesome. Not sure how far ya care to run with Goldberg in this universe, but a match with Ryback surely has to be on the books, right?
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Post by somethingsavage on Feb 18, 2014 16:29:19 GMT -5
Annnnddd I just caught my own mistake. Just realized that I referenced the Austin/Rock match as a double-turn, when it was really just a botched turn for Stone Cold instead. My bad. I should know. I was there live in Row 5. =D
But yeah. You get my point on the subject. Anyhow, guess this is a good indication that I should go ahead & register on this board - that way I can avoid having to make triple posts & cluttering up your threads in the future.
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