ChrisMWaters

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Well, I PMed your partner about it... But I guess I can PM you too.

Expect a surprise in the #1 Contenders Tag Match.

Um, thanks. *Has the Molly signature pictures giggle.

For the record...the reason that the 6 man tag match was so short is because both me and Satanic Angel had personal problems, and we couldn't get anything from Muzz. However, I'm glad it went through. Because...well, look for the SWF.com Exclusive I just posted. >=D

The camera opens up to backstage, just after SWF Lockdown goes off the air. The viewers see Max King dressed in a nice, formal looking business suit holding his cell phone to his ear. "Damnit, are you sure?" he asks over the phone. "All right, I'll get there as soon as I can..." he says, before hanging up on the call, handing the phone to a closely following Kelly, as the two egomaniacs make their way out of the building. Sean Davis jogs around a corner, nearly slamming into King. He is still dressed in his tights, a towel draped over his shoulder. He growls down at King and points a finger at him. "I've been looking for you all night, boy. You'd better have a damn good explanation for what happened out there!" Marcus Washington hurries onto the scene, quickly stepping between Max King and Sean Davis. "Keep it civil, Sean." The lawyer looks at King, "But you do have to answer that." Kelly steps between Davis and King as quickly as she can. "Ex-cuse me? Who do you think you are talking to Max like that? You have no appointment to see him, do you?" she says with a glare, showing that despite being completely out-matched in this situation, she's not about to back down here. Marcus looks over at Kelly, who's elbowed her way between his client and hers, which happens to put her very close to him. He smiles suggestively at her, "Kelly, how about you make an appointment to see me?" Sean cuts him off with an elbow to the back as he prepares to throttle King. Marc grumbles and keeps his ground, holding Davis back. "Look, Miss Connelly, I'd suggest you let my client speak with your client, before he ends up in a hospital bed." Sean watches Max King throughout the confrontation, his eyes hard and angry, his muscles tense and just waiting to spring into action. Kelly is about to say something, but King puts a hand on her shoulder. "It's all right Kelly, I'll meet you in the limo, okay?" Kelly blinks in surprise at the situation, but just nods, kissing Max on the cheek before walking off. King grins confidently, shaking his head softly. "So, you want to know why I did what I did, do you?" he begins. Marcus remains between King and Sean, knowing that Davis is ready to pounce and that wouldn't be very productive at the moment. The Perfect Storm speaks up, "That's gonna be the start of it." King smirks. "Well then, I'll tell you in words even you can understand," he states. "You see, not only am I a wrestler, I am a businessman. I look out for my future after my wrestling career is over, making sure I don't end up on the street living off of past glories. I got a call during the match that one of my business ventures was in trouble, and I had to take action to it. Unlike you and the other half-wit, deadbeat, wastes of space on the SWF roster, I have things just as important as wrestling to deal with, and I can prioritize on what is more important," he says, then pats Davis on the cheek. "Remember that next time you're sitting in your lockerroom, using up another steroid needle," he finishes, before turning to walk off. Marcus's jaw drops, and then he stumbles aside as Davis, simply put, explodes. Sean jumps past Marc, tackling King to the floor as he turns. Davis begins throwing blows on the struggling Icon. Washington recovers and grabs at Sean, trying to pull him off. Sean shouts at King, "Boy don't you ever motherf(beep)ng accuse me of that (beep)!" King tries to cover up a bit, to little or no avail. Desperate, King spasms, jerking one of his legs up. Max's reflexes are true as he shoves his knee just up between Davis's legs ... the blow is barely enough to slow the monster down, and King jabs his fist between Sean's eyes, knocking the behemoth off of him. Marcus moves out of the way, but berates King, "Son, don't you be accusing my clean football star of that kind of substance abuse! You try coming out of the penn and then talking at a man that way! Who's your lawyer!? We'll see how well your business plans have gone when I sue you for all you've got!" King recovers his breath and then laughs at Washington. He quickly rolls away and to his feet as his pulls out a pair of brass knuckles from his jacket pocket. Before Marc can react and before Sean can get too far up, swings a hard punch right into the face of Davis. He turns to Washington, smirking, "Kelly's my lawyer, and you have no case." King reaches up to pat Marcus on the cheek, but his hand is batted away by the astonished lawyer. Max turns and runs toward the parking lot, hoping that Davis stays down long enough to make his escape. King hurriedly wipes the blood off his forehead while he scoots out the door. Sean groans and gets to his knees, roaring in both anger and pain. “Where is that stupid sunovab(beep)?!” Marcus ponders sprinting after King, but decides against it and picks the towel up from the floor to wipe at Sean’s temple, which was cut open by the knucks. Davis shoves his friend and lawyer away, lumbers to his feet and storms off … as we fade out.

Oh come on, it's not THAT bad. Look at the pre 86 IC title belt design.

Kinda like how the Smoking Skull belt did after Austin's 4th or so reign?

Puder is the first entrant, just ask anyone in this tread. ...no, Puder is the first man to sign up for the match. He is not, as of yet, the #1 Entrant. Hey, he might as well be entrant #1. Perhaps. But that might not work well enough to build the Maven/Puder feud for WrestleMania!

sek69: For your comment about the Cruiser Belt... At least it's better than when they were just using the WCW Cruiserweight title and wanted you to ignore the WCW logos on it. For the record, The Hurricane was the first man to actually wear the belt that is the current WWE Cruiserweight Title belt.

What's wrong with the Cruiserweight and Tag Titles?

That's probably what the Mini-Replica of the belt will be compared to.

...if it didn't have the Cena notes on it, I could see that being used as a regular US Title belt sorta. Oh, and I like the previous WWE US Title design as well...yes, I know I'm in the minority for that.

Puder is the first entrant, just ask anyone in this tread. ...no, Puder is the first man to sign up for the match. He is not, as of yet, the #1 Entrant.

Prefer to be given only finish and call everything else in the ring ? Lay the entire match out beforehand ? Somewhere between the first and second choice...depends on the person I'm facing. Like to have your promo's scripted ? Or just be given a couple of bullet points, and wing the rest ? Non-Scripted. I practice wrestling promos in my car for my E-Feds. Blade often ? Only on occasion ? Would you rather never blade at all ? Only when the match calls for it. So, pretty much only PPVs. What style would you like to wrestle ? Why would you prefer to employ that particular style over others ? I would try to mix as many styles as I could, really...because that way I have versitility wherever I am. Refuse to take certain moves ? Only take them when working with certain wrestlers ? At this moment, I would say I would take every move except Bronco Buster and Stink Face. Are there any match types you'd like to wrestle in a lot ? Some match types you'd rather never have to work in ? Don't have any for either one. I'll work whatever they throw my way. What style of normal match would you like to do the most ? Would you prefer to sell or to dominate ? Would you like to do long matches ? I'd like to do longer matches...and for sell or dominate: Depends on if I'm a face or heel. Would you like to have a manager or valet to work spots with, or would you rather just do it all yourself ? Not sure. Are there some types of angles that you would refuse to do ? Some types of angles that you'd love to do ? I wouldnt' like doing anything exceedingly stupid. Dont' know about what I'd love to do though. What promotion would you like to work for the most ? What promotion would you hate to work for ? As long as I'm wrestling, it doesn't matter. Any wrestlers today that you'd like to work against ? Any you would avoid working against at all costs ? Hardcore Holly for trying to avoid...if he's still around by the time I'm there. In TNA, Nash and Hall. Work with? I'd like to have one match with Taker, because he's the man I first chose as my favorite wrestler. Also Flair before he dies in the ring. Other than that, I'm cool with working with whoever. What wrestlers from the past would you like to work against ? What wrestlers from the past would you not want to work against ? Hogan, just to say I did. If he could have, Bret Hart and Owen would have been good to work with too.

Like I said in the Brock Lesnar returning thread... ...I'd LOVE for Brock to be a surprise entrant.

Could someone please review the Holy Hell match I wrote, since it's now up in the Storm thread?

Actually, the number 30 slot hasn't been told beforehand a lot I don't think. 88: Number 20 that year wasn't told (since there were only 20 guys) 89: Wasn't told, but most people could guess DiBiase bought that number 90: Perfect told in an interview earlier 91: Tugboat, didn't tell. 92: Warlord, didn't tell 93: Savage, didn't tell 94: Adam Bomb, didn't tell...but if you watch the tape release later, you could see him there during the backstage Savage/Crush fight. 95: Crush, didn't tell. 96: Droese...won match over HHH earlier to get that. 97: Undertaker, didn't tell. 98: Vader, didn't tell. 99: Chyna, won match for it 00: X-Pac, "earned" it 01: Rikishi, won match for it. 02: Booker T, didn't tell 03: Undertaker, didn't tell. 04: Goldberg, won match for it. So, all in all...not even half of the Royal Rumbles had 30 told beforehand.

See, there's an easy thing to do whhen the Rumble winner is easily predicted... Try predicting some of the other eliminations and such. ...course, I'm pretty sure that no one predicted Maven eliminating Undertaker in 2002.

Spike came close though. He'll probably be in this year, since he no longer has the Cruiserweight title. EDIT: Although, Razor Ramon (the original, not the knock-off) never participated int the Royal Rumble match. 1993: Fought Bret Hart for the WWF Title. 1994: Successfully defended the IC Title against IRS 1995: Lost the IC Title to Jeff Jarrett. 1996: Lost the IC Title to Goldust

Yeah...my mistake... Wish I could have fixed it.

I've alway wondered. What happened to Bation during that Rumble? Behind the scenes, I'm guessing they left him out to give the illusion that Bret wasn't making the match. The story on camera was that Bastion Booger got a little sick backstage (<DiBiase>He ate too much?) and didn't come out for the match. Only people who called the Superstar Line knew that at the time.

Um, I don't think he's number one as in the first man to enter the match. I think he's just the first person to be signed up for the match.

How so?

Small new factoids about the Royal Rumble Participants: Out of the 209 participants that have been in the Royal Rumble over the years: 11 Were or became NWA World Champion: Dan Severn, Dory Funk Jr., Dusty Rhodes, Harley Race, Jeff Jarrett, Ken Shamrock, K-Kwik (as Ron "The Truth" Killings), Ric Flair, Ronnie Garvin, Terry Funk, and Texas Tornado (as Kerry Von Erich), 19 Were or became WCW World Champion: Big Show (as The Giant), Booker T, Bret Hart, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Diamond Dallas Page, Diesel (as Kevin Nash), Faarooq (as Ron Simmons), Goldberg, Hulk Hogan, Jeff Jarrett, Kurt Angle, Lex Luger, Randy Savage, Ric Flair, The Rock, Scott Steiner, Sid Justice (as Sid Vicious), and Vader 25 Were or became WWF/E Champion: Andre the Giant, Big Show, Bradshaw (as JBL), Bob Backlund, Bret Hart, Brock Lesnar, Chris Jericho, Diesel, Eddie Guerrero, Hulk Hogan, Triple H, Kane, Kurt Angle, Mankind, Randy Savage, Ric Flair, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Sgt. Slaughter, Shawn Michaels, Sid Justice (as Sycho Sid), Ultimate Warrior, Undertaker, Vince McMahon and Yokozuna 5 became World Heavyweight Champion: Chris Benoit, Goldberg, Triple H, Randy Orton, and Shawn Michaels and 10 Were or Became ECW World Champion: Aldo Montoya (As Justin Credible), Bam Bam Bigelow, Don Muraco, Jimmy Snuka, Raven, Rhyno, Shane Douglas, Tazz, Tito Santana, and Tommy Dreamer