King Cucaracha

Broken neck at a FIP show. Oh. Wow, that sucks to hear, I've got a soft spot for all of Punk's students.

As far as $5 million guys go, Cena's a bad choice because they very rarely waste him on more than 2 seperate appearances. Triple H has a slow build storyline going that virtually guarantees him being around more than once. Plus he's got a trademark weapon and when he's up against the Spirit Squad, there's the potential for him to get in 5 Pedigrees a night. Rey's got a whole bunch of finishers so he's excusable as a $5 million pick. And Angle's Anklelock is so bastardised you're likely to get 20 points per match for that alone. When the hell is Foley going to go nuts with weapon shots again? Only reason he's in my team and they have him talking. No fair. Still, 17th is respectable with a Smackdown heavy team.

ECW used to be about revolutionising wrestling, rebelling against the main promotions, creating new stars and new styles. How exactly does a ridiculously banged up Sabu (and Funk and Foley and Dreamer etc etc) do that? If they wanted Rey on the show, they should have put him against a future prospect like Super Crazy or Kid Kash (without the dumb Velocity gimmick), because nobody's buying Sabu winning the World Title anyway. As it is, it's just The ECW Nostalgia Trip Part 2.

Possibly a 24/7 Title match.

Landon/Toxxic, Last Man Standing, World Title, One Year (Plus) In The Making. You know the drill. All parties banned from ringside, just for clarity.

Despite his semi-main event match-up being just moments away, Landon Maddix doesn't seem to have worried about any pre-match preparations for tonight's match. Which is probably a mistake, after his defeat last show. Still in his street clothes, Landon is busy reading the latest copy of Sports Illustrated as he lounges back in his plush armchair, unconcerned with his surroundings and therefore unaware that Megan Skye's head has just poked through the locker room door. "C'mon baby, it's time to go." Barely registering the words, Landon doesn't stand up from his seat and instead checks his watch. "It's a bit early, isn't it? Unless of course you've got something special waiting for me at the hotel that maybe can't wait much longer." "No, I mean it's time to go to the ring." Landon again looks at his watch for some reason. Finally Landon budges and sets down his reading material, but still Megan isn't satisfied as she steps into the room, glancing over at Landon's untouched bags across the other side of the room. "Uhm, Landon..." "Megs, is everything okay? It's a little late in the show for promo time...has something happened to the plan you haven't told me about?" "...Landon, you've got a match. Against Manson. Hardcore Rules, remember?" Looking down at his street clothes, Maddix certainly doesn't seem to remember. But, he's a proud guy. "Of course I remember!" he insists, lying through his teeth. "Heh...heh. Give me some credit here Megs, I've taken a few chairshots over the years but I'm not senile yet! I mean look at me, I'm all prepared, ready to go. I've got the street clothes for the street fight...maybe I'm just old school that way. I'm ready to go. You want me to start doing jumping jacks for you, because I can. I'm ready. And besides, it's only Manson. I've beaten that nobody more times than I can remember, it'll be no sweat. He's somehow one half of the Tag Team Champions, right?" "No..." sighs Megan. "...I guess that I can forgive you for forgetting that. But Landon, I'm not stupid." "Very true. Come on, let's go..." "You have a plan, right?" "Oh...yeah, of course. Great plan. Infact, I've got plans, plural. Plan A: Grab a stick and start swinging. That's all these Hardcore Matches are, bar brawls for people who can't wrestle. Plan B: ...uhm, well..." "You forgot, didn't you?" The non-commital silence damns Landon, the World Champion hanging his head. "For Todd's sake Landon, you've got to get your head sorted out, focus!" shouts Megan, pointing forcefully to her temple for visual impact. "You're still the World Heavyweight Champion you know. You already lost to Zyon and now you're not even preparing for matches because you're too busy thinking about this stupid Last Man Standing Match with Mich...with...with Toxxic. You got what you wanted. Great, reason to celebrate, exactly what you needed. But that's no excuse to cast off the rest of the shows until 13th Hour! Don't you watch any sports at all? Form is important, Landon. You can't just turn your form on and off and say that certain matches don't matter because you beat JJ Johnson last month when it mattered. If you go into 13th Hour on the back of losses to Zyon and losses to Manson, you're still going in on a losing streak! Just for a few minutes, a measly few minutes, all you have to do is turn that stubborn part of your brain that concentrates on Toxxic off and concentrate on Manson. Is that too much to ask? You've got plenty of time to worry about 13th Hour later. Plenty of time when it's not going to jeopardise other matches. Matches you're more than capable of winning if you just concentrated on them." "Yeah, I know. Relax, it's all under control." "Promise?" "Promise." smiles Landon, crossing his heart. Finally accepting, Megan shuffles off to make sure Landon hasn't already been counted out of the match, leaving Landon to go through his bags and find his World Title belt. "Manson!? Who books this shit, anyway!?"

So WC gets comments from Janus but not me? Glass ceiling or what?

I was never one of the anti-Crouch brigade, but I've never seen him play as well as he did against Hungary. Not just the goal, but his touch was good and he pulled out a couple of nice tricks for good measure. The robot was class too. And yet, for every positive, there's an Owen Hargreaves.

The sooner this "ECW" crap goes away, the better. Rey needs to change up his moveset, a lot. Orton was nowhere near as bad as people made out. They need to debut CM Punk as CM Punk'd, with his character based off of Ashton Kutcher. Bring in Colt Cabana and Ace Steel as the prank players. Comedy gold and you don't have to worry about important things like pushing good wrestlers on their wrestling ability.

So, Melina, JBL and Nitro get fired because they shout at Teddy Long, but Mark Henry still gets employment and gets booked despite the fact he's injuring half the roster. And Long is the FACE GM, right?

OAOAST mentions = Yay! If not for continuity then simply because I know what's happening and no-one else does (unless they go read the OAOAST shows, which you should already be doing). Oh, and people tagging regularly in the SWF is good yadda yadda yadda.

So, we've got potentially.. JAN- AnglePalooza MAR/APR- AngleMania MAY- School's Out JUN- Great Angle Bash AUG- AngleSlam SEP- Zero Hour NOV- November Reign DEC- Climax AKA New Year's Spectacular/Angle Awards Show Plus, one or two Syndicateds (which with the same organisation as last time would be like 'super HDs' more than secondary PPVs) and possibly BattleBowl, which as suggested could become part of a PPV and we could then stretch the tag matches through HDs (because last year the tag matches were pretty disappointing). I think that'd work pretty smoothly. We have gaps before the big 2 (Mania, Slam) and Climax as the New Year's show would mean a semi break before the 3rd (Palooza). GAB and November Reign would be the next tier of shows, with School's Out and Zero Hour being the slightly 'lesser' PPVs with potential for Papacita to provide great graphics.

Name one. Seriously. I can't name one noteably good match since his injury.

That'd work well. I don't think we should do a drop of 5 immediately because the new schedule will be a bit of an experiment as it is. I'd be in favour of switching Zero Hour into Dirty Deeds' spot (September?) and dropping Dirty Deeds instead, if only because Papacita's probably got more to work with graphic wise with the name Zero Hour than any other PPV.

See, people keep saying "Oh, ECW doesn't get heat on the West Coast"... ...so, why the fuck are they creating a new brand and commiting to a new T.V show for half a country? If "ECW" is going to be even remotely successful they'll need to be popular everywhere, not just Philly and surrounding areas. You can't blame the WWE for doing "ECW" storylines on the West Coast because they need the West Coast to watch "ECW"...the East Coast fans will watch anyway, regardless of quality, because it's got the letters "ECW" involved.

Woah woah... ...what happened to Evan Starsmore?

Correct place. You can borrow Dance Dance Dragon if you want.

Team Name: D*LUX Names: Shayne Brave and Tyler Bryant Aliases: "Showtime" Shayne and "Tremendous" Tyler Age: Shayne- 21; Tyler- 23 Height: Shayne- 5'9; Tyler- 6'0 Weight: Shayne- 183lbs; Tyler- 196lbs Hometown: Shayne- Detroit, MI; Tyler- Auburn Hills, MI Alignment: Faces Stable affiliation (if any): Love Generation (w/Leon Rodez) Wrestling style: Classic Rockers/R&R Express babyface team Theme music: Maroon 5, "Makes Me Wonder" Entrance Style: Entrance attire: Stylish denim jackets which match the colour of their pants. Designer sunglasses. Ring attire: Matching denim jean pants, in a variety of colours. But matching. And one colour at a time. They're not that wacky. Black boots, elbowpads and wristbands. Looks: Tyler on the left, Shayne on the right. Team Finishing Move(s) As Seen On 60 Minutes- Pendulum/Top Rope Legdrop. Almost like a facedown Vegomatic. Tyler does the lifting, Shayne the flying. Singles Finishing Move(s) Shayne Shaynedrop- Snapmare Driver/Fall Forward Diamond Cutter Tyler The Merry Tyler Gore Show- Jacknife Spear, which is a spear which goes straight into a jacknife pin. Team Signature Moves Larger Than Life Line- Rocket Launcher Clothesline by Shayne w/assist by Tyler Rock Your Body- Samoan Drop/Neckbreaker Combo Hit Me Baby One More Time- Double Superkick Cowell Movement- Double Gutbuster (Bushwhackers style) Opposites Attract- Inverted Atomic Drop/Yakuza Kick Combo New Kicks On The Block- Sandwich Double Dropkick to the head of a kneeling opponent Flying Without Wings- Stereo Suicide Dive/Topé Singles Signature Moves Shayne Running Bulldog Tornado DDT Leg Lariat Flying Clothesline Picture Perfect Elbowdrop Tyler Recordbreaker- Vertebreaker Phantom (Running) Neckbreaker Samoan Drop Shining Enziguri Yakuza Kick Basic Moveset A lot of Rockers-esque teamwork and singularly, fast-paced wrestling. Nothing crazy. They're quick and they're agile but they're not going to do anything mind-blowing, aside from a dive or two. Manager/valet/sidekick: Jade Rodez again! Catchphrases/Trademark gestures: Tyler "YEAH-UH!" Shayne "Radical!" "Word" Jade does a lot of the team's talking for them. The above catchphrases should tell you exactly why. History/Background/Career Highlights: Tyler and Shayne first met at University in Michigan and realised they had common interests such as wrestling, the NHL and the dream of becoming multi-platinum superstar pop heroes! Unfortunately, things didn't work out. After failing in their attempt to become overnight mega-stars courtesy of that pillar of fine televisual entertainment American Idol, Tyler and Shayne went for Plan B. Unfortunately, they sucked at Ice Hockey too. Luckily, they could wrestle okay, so they went with that. Like any poor deluded young men though, they still harbour dreams of one day being popstar semi-boyband teen idols. Make sure to look out for their debut single, "Your Love Is Like A Backdrop Driver", in bargain bins nationwide! Since getting into the business, D*LUX have formed a close team bond. While working in OAOVW, they met up with fellow Michiganer Jade Rodez. After months trawling the indy circuit, without so much as a sniff of a recording contract or a big payday of any sort, the duo were convinced into coming to the bright lights of Thursday night HeldDOWN~! by Jade. She took managerial control of the team, not to mention a 60% cut of the profits (on a certain Krista Isadora Duncan's superb if a little irresponsible advice, of course). However, at AngleMania VI D*LUX's career hit a crossroads. After much success under Jade's tutelage including three HI-YAH Tag Team Title reigns, Jade ditched her team to live the high-life with The Enterprise. Over the next four months D*LUX had to learn to cope without her guidance, forming a bond with his brother Leon and a 'bond' with Chicks Over Dicks. Eventually though, at AngleSlam '07, Jade saw the light and returned D*LUX's side. The boys are stronger for the experience though and ready for bigger and better things.

Wouldn't you know it, the satellite blew out during School's Out. Not Quite So Live The Body Shop feat. Christian Wright Plus, Ned Blanchard's Video Diary with a working title of "I'm A Slave For You" until I think of something better.

That was the first legitimate, non-24/7 goofery match Leon's had in months. The last was probably PRL at AngleMania, which is a pretty terrible record. Actual comments later when I read the thing, but yay for Bruce and Rando for writing the 6 man. Now write for HD. Seriously. Do it.

Name: Bohemoth Nicknames: Bo, The Meterosexual Monster, PIMPHEMOTH~!, The Epitome Of Masculinity Age: 29 Height: 6ft. 7 Weight: 284 lbs Hometown: Greenville, South Carolina Alignment: Face Stable Affiliation: None Wrestling style: Your usual high-impact, power based bigman style. Theme music: "Liberate", Disturbed Entrance Style: Walks out, flexes the muscles, walks to the ring. Simple as. What he looks like...: Backstage attire: Suits. Cool suits. Pimp suits. Suits. And some trademark orange tinted sunglasses, which he'll wear to the ring too. Ring attire: Black shorts with a green 'B' on each hip and a tribal sort of pattern on the ass. Black boots, kneepads, elbowpads. Finishing Move(s): The Erotic Awakening Of B- Catatonic/Swinging Rock Bottom Signature Moves Style Injection- Cobra Clutch Backbreaker Bo and Arrow- Falcon Arrow Front (Batista) Spinebuster Running Powerslam MURDERLINE- STIFF~! Lariat Yakuza Kick Facewash Nerve Pinch Basic moveset: Basic bigman stuff I guess. Manager/valet/sidekick: None. Catchphrases/Trademark gestures: None really. History/Background/Career Highlights: Plucked from obscurity, Bohemoth was hired as Christian Wright's bodyguard during his run in the Netlink Wrestling Organization. The two became close friends and while Bo hasn't always approved of Wright's means and methods, he stuck by him loyally through thick and thin. In return, Wright helped to train the basics of professional wrestling to the monster and brought him with him to the OAOAST. However, that all changed in mid 2006. After a long losing run for both Bohemoth and Wright, the pair had a major falling out that lead to Bohemoth stepping out of his mentor's shadow and into a solo career. Bohemoth isn't just your generic, mean big guy...he's quite a nice person. Once he removes his foot from your mouth that is. Cool as a cucumber too, until he gets angry. You get him angry, you're in trouble. But once he's done with you, he's right back to cool as a cucumber. Titles Held HI-YAH Heavyweight Championship - June 23rd, 2005 - October 6th 2005 OAOAST 24/7 Championship - September 21st, 2006 - Current

Name: Christian Wright Nicknames: The Natural, The Financial Analyst, The 2005 OAOAST Rookie Of The Year Age: 25 Height: 6ft. 2 Weight: 8 1/3 bars of gold (225 lbs) Hometown: Now residing in Washington, D.C Alignment: Heel Stable Affiliation: The Enterprise (w/Theodore Moneymaker, Beverly Hills Blonds, Mackenzie DeCenzo, Christopher Patrick Allen) Wrestling style: Technical/High Impact. If that makes sense. He's technically gifted, but likes to hit high impact moves too, to get the job done a little quicker. Still not a fan of hardcore wrestling, but he's a little more open to using weapons nowadays. Theme music: "Sharp Dressed Man", ZZ Top Entrance Style: Pretty basic for now, walks out with Mackenzie (or whoever is escorting), safely handing the briefcase to her to safe keeping once he enters the ring, then removes the shirt and tie. Very business like (get it!? Huh!? I'm here all week folks!) Entrance attire: With his new job as a Financial Analyst, Wright has undergone a makeover. To the ring, he wears a sleveless white dress shirt and a tie, topped off with a nifty red polyester jacket (so, a bit more Claudio Castagnoli than I.R.S). To the ring he will bring a black briefcase, which contains some very important papers and apparantly needs to be guarded by he or Mackenzie at all times. (so, yeah, I.R.S as well). Ring attire: Dark grey suit pants. Black boots and elbowpads. Taped up wrists and hands, with a dollar sign drawn on the tape. The shirt and tie will usually come off before the match or during the course of, should the match start sooner than he or his opponent would expect for whatever reason. Finishing Move(s): Stockmarket Crash- Gordbuster Conversion Rate- The Ego Trip. Hook for a suplex, then hang the feet over the top rope and twist into an elevated swinging neckbreaker. Modification of his former finisher, so not to be sniffed at. Signature Moves Nightmare On Wallstreet- Double Underhook Canadian Backbreaker Drop/Colt 45 C-4- A facebuster (HHH style), an Inverted Atomic Drop, an STO and then a kneedrop. Wright Off- Rydeen Bomb/Sky High Bank Roll- Rolling Fireman's Carry/Finlay Roll Wallstreet Cloverleaf- Texas Cloverleaf Bridging German Suplex Frog Splash Superkick Basic moveset: Snap Powerslam, Inverted DDT, Belly To Belly Suplex, Spear, Stun Gun, STO, European Uppercuts, Knifedge Chops, Middle Rope Elbowdrop, Sleeper Hold Manager/valet/sidekick: Mackenzie DeCenzo. On occassion, maybe Theodore Moneymaker. Catchphrases/Trademark gestures: "SILENCE!" Wright is like a lot of public speakers. When he's addressing the crowd or knows he can be heard, he tries his best to sound highly intelligent. History/Background/Career Highlights: Christian started his career with an internet based wrestling company, the Netlink Wrestling Organisation. In the NWO (not that one), Wright got off to a slow start. But his career thrived when NWO officials placed him in the Brutality Division. Which, was like a more extreme Hardcore Division. Wright found success and started to embrace the Brutality lifestyle, along with former bodyguard and former close friend Bohemoth. Eventually though, Wright grew alienated from the Brutality Division and vowed to become a model champion and person. That didn't always go smoothly, but Wright stuck by it and ended up becoming the NWO's only Singles Grand Slam Winner, winning every belt except the Tag Belts, before the company went under. Wright stayed out of the business for a while and recharged his batteries. Eventually though, Wright came to the conclusion that the wrestling industry needed someone like him to re-establish some morals. Wright was ultimately responsible for bringing Leon Rodez's pornographic past to OAOAST attentions, by throwing an incriminating videotape at Rodez's feet after a houseshow event. He 'debuted' during the "Last Man Dancing Match" between Leon Rodez and The 70's Dude, costing Rodez the match. He then made himself known to the world and revealed he had signed an OAOAST contract, vowing to rid the OAOAST of all evils. He eventually, joined forces with Drek Stone and The GPX in The Upstarts in their battle against The Originals. Despite being named 2005 Rookie Of The Year by the OAOAST fans, after a long losing streak in early 2006, tension began to arise between Wright and Bohemoth. The upshot of this tension was an OAOAST Tag Team Title match at OAOAST Syndicated, which Wright and Bo came up on the losing end of to The Heavenly Rockers. Wright blamed the loss on his partner and Bohemoth finally laid CW out, breaking away from him in the process. Without Bohemoth by his side, Christian faltered. He had to wait until October of 2006 when his salvation came, in the form of Theodore Moneymaker. Wright alligned himself with The Enterprise, transforming himself from a morality man to a 'financial analyst' and hoping to finally make good on the potential he showed in '05.

Okey-doke, time to suggest something and actually do something with this mod title thingy. With the way things have been recently especially, I really don't think having a PPV every month is working out that well. The four HD gap between PPVs is a little tight and a lot of things seem to be rushed through to get things done before the PPV. And, let's face it, some of the card for School's Out was pretty thin. It was quite clearly nothing more than a filler PPV for me and my storylines and I know I'm not the only one. And reading my matches, you can tell I don't have a lot of passion when I'm writing filler. So, my proposal is basically to cut down on the amount of PPVs and hopefully they'll then become more important. Over at the SWF it's roughly 7 a year and it works out fine. I think it'd work better than what we're doing here at the moment, especially if we throw in one or two Syndicateds in between. It'd make the main PPVs like AngleSlam seem a lot more important and hopefully it'd convince people to write more matches for HeldDOWN as well. All we'd need to figure out is which 4 or 5 PPVs to drop and we could make the decision immediately, with GAB the next and a definate keeper. So, WHO'S WITH ME!?

Years more like. It's not 1999 (or at a push, 2001) anymore and RVD's getting stagnant. A heel turn would be the best thing for his career right now. I don't get the love for him, I really don't. His matches are as predictable as Flair's. There's literally dozens and dozens of wrestlers on the indies who can do what RVD's so famed for and do it better. His promos are abysmal, not exagerration. And it's been the same character for 5 years.