Cuban Linx

I've sunk to 2937 in the world, not the start i wanted in my attempt to make the leaderboard. I had the same lineup as you, and probably 99.9% of people playing. Whatever day is next lineup: PG- Tony Parker SG- Dwyane Wade SF- Kevin Garnett PF- Tim Duncan C- Emeka Okafor Coach- Cleveland

Up to 687 words, now i can't lose! And at least i have a match outline in mind now, though where i'll find the time actually write it i have no idea. Perhaps i'll write half a real match and MANSONOSITY the finish by exploding JJJ's head or some such tomfoolery.

The Main Event - SWF World Heavyweight Championship Match El Luchadore Magnifico © vs. "Hollywood" Spike Jenkins -> Mag is always money, and i don't think this match will be any different. Spike is certainly capable of pulling out the upset though. -=-=-=- SWF Tag Team Championship - Ladder Match Cucaracha Internacional (Landon Maddix © and Jay Hawke ©©) vs. TKO (TORU Takahara and KOJI Kitano) -> Very much looking forward to this no matter who wins. I'll go with Landon/Hawke for no real reason. -=-=-=- SWF Cruiserweight Championship Match JJ Johnson © vs. Stryke -> Probably Johnson, given my complete lack of having done anything so far. -=-=-=- Wildchild and Todd Cortez vs. Johnny Dangerous and Marcus Ward -> Wildchild & Cortez to be victorious. -=-=-=- Dust to Dust Match (Non-title) Bruce Blank © vs. Janus -> No clue, but i expect extreme violence either way. -=-=-=- Mandatory "Book All The Storyless Riffraff" PPV Fatal Fourway Manson vs. Candace “The Joshi Dragon” Okimura vs. "The Rage" Jason Von Dierch vs. "The Divine Wind" Akira Kaibatsu -> MANSONOSITY claims 3 fresh victims. -=-=-=- Opening Bout Wes Davenport vs. ??? -> Everybody loves ???

0 words. If you want to get technical it's actually about 100, but that's not much better. I've been struggling to get a clear idea of what i want to do with my match aside from a few spots but i'll pump out something, even if it's no good and bound to lose to whatever JJJ does.

Apparently the 44 minutes of Joe-Daniels is overstated, it didn't even go 30. And the finish to Danielson-Strong wasn't the crossface chickenwing, according to a post at DVDVR:

The Eagles could always bring back FredEx to replace TO...

Easy win for me, looks like i'll get every differing pick correct as well as the tiebreak. Of course those sort of wins tend to kill your strength of schedule, but i'll take it.

Massive overload of road teams, but i lose every week anyway both here and at the other board so it can't hurt. Atlanta (2.5) at Miami Carolina (1.5) at Tampa Bay Chicago (3.5) at New Orleans Cincinnati (3.5) at Baltimore Detroit (1.5) at Minnesota Houston at Jacksonville (13.5) Oakland at Kansas City (4.5) San Diego (6.5) at N.Y. Jets Tennessee at Cleveland (2.5) N.Y. Giants (10.5) at San Francisco Seattle (4.5) at Arizona Pittsburgh (6.5) at Green Bay Philadelphia at Washington (2.5) Indianapolis (3.5) at New England New Orleans - 17 Points Tennessee @ Pit - 21 Points

I haven't seen it confirmed but according to a post elsewhere the Danielson/Sabin main event went nearly 40 minutes. Should be interesting as i don't think i've ever seen a Chris Sabin match even half that long, but i suppose if anyone could make it work it would be Bryan Danielson.

Kanye West - Diamonds from Sierra Leone

Lineup for today: PG- Baron Davis (of course i hear he might not play vs Utah, it's always something every time i pick Baron) SG- Allev Iverson SF- Kevin Garnett PF- Elton Brand C- Emeka Okafor Coach- Portland Trailblazers And tomorrow: PG- Steve Nash SG- LeBron James SF- Darius Miles (i don't expect another 40 FB game but he should still kill Atlanta, especially compared to his cheap value) PF- Tim Duncan C- Yao Ming Coach- Detroit Pistons And it looks like the group is up to 4 players now, so that's good.

Claudio might have a small shot, but they're most likely going to go with Ruckus/Hero for the title at Cage of Death so i doubt they'd pull a title switch right before that.

THURSDAY Pittsburgh at Louisville FRIDAY Toledo at Ohio SATURDAY Iowa at Northwestern Boston College at North Carolina Nebraska at Kansas Northern Illinois at Central Michigan Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan Kansas State at Iowa State Wake Forest at Georgia Tech Wyoming at Utah Wisconsin at Penn State California at Oregon Arizona State at Washington State Houston at Central Florida Miami at Virginia Tech Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Pittsburgh/Louisville game? 46 Tiebreak #2: How many total yards will Penn State's Michael Robinson have against Wisconsin? 314

I think this is my first non-Clusterfuck PPV match since 2003, quite possibly since 2002. On that basis this already makes my latest return pretty much my most successful. Now if i can just get over the whole no-showing and quitting within a month thing, then we'll be talking. A title shot and a fresh opponent should get me off to a good start at least.

If it's like the last 2 years the values update twice a week, if memory serves.

Portland unsurprisingly lose, but Darius Miles puts up a monster game with 32 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals and 3 blocks. Hopefully a sign of good things to come from him this season.

Turns out i wasn't too late to set my lineup for day 1, i just have no concept of time apparently. Day 1: PG- Chris Paul SG- Allen Iverson SF- Shawn Marion PF- Tim Duncan C- Brad Miller Coach - Sacramento Tomorrow/Today/Whatever it is: PG- Jason Terry SG- LeBron James SF- Kevin Garnett PF- Elton Brand C- Ben Wallace Coach - Golden State

War Pigs.

In order to keep his job and not get sent to jail for murder, Manson uses his MANSONOSITY powers to reanimate Spike's exploded corpse and put him back together again. Problem solved. That, or we could have ELM killed as well and have the Ghost of Spike Jenkins vs The Ghost of El Luchadore Magnifico as the PPV main event. The Ghost of Mr. Galatea can be the referee.

Meant to join this every day for the last week, so naturally i don't get around to it until after the rosters lock for Day One. Regardless i'm in for the rest of the season.

Yay @ returning for the millionth time and winning matches and stuff, 1K words under the limit no less. Hopefully i don't screw up too badly this time. I doubt i'll get to read the show in full anytime soon (a shame, since i was quite looking forward to WC/TORU and ELM/Cortez), but from what i have managed to skim the Landon & Co. promos were golden and definately brought back memories of times when the Carnies ran wild around here, and of course MANSONOSITY provides the best match ending ever.

Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt Kanye West - Late Registration

Have they said what the 'Shattered Dreams' match is yet? I really liked the first H8 Club vs Necro/Klein match and will soon have the 2nd that is supposedly even better so i'm looking forward to this, but if it's some overcomplicated non-sensical crap with Zandig sticking his nose in everywhere, no thanks. Sabin/Quack sounds delightful otherwise, and Hero/Kingston is always good. Castagnoli/Ruckus could also prove to be fun, so it's looking like a good show if everything delivers.

God bless the tiebreak.

Smarks Board Name: Cuban_Linx Wrestlers Name: Stryke Height: 6’3” Weight: 230 pounds Hometown: Sydney, Australia Age: 26 Face/Heel: Face Weapon(s): A steel chair will do for most occasions, nothing too fancy. Has utilized barbed wire in the past, but that’s something saved for serious blood feuds. Looks: Stryke falls into a heavy cruiserweight-smallish heavyweight class size-wise, bigger than most cruiser competition but still giving up plenty of size to the true heavyweights. Stryke has cleaned up his look for his latest attempt at conquering the SWF, the messy brown hair has been cut short and the street clothes/shoes look is gone, for the first time in his SWF career Stryke has gone with a more standard wrestling tights, kneepads and boots look, all blue & white in color. And though it’s not too noticeable, he also has a scar on the right side of his face after a particularly nasty Stairway to Hell match with Low Brass from back in the day. Barbed Wire + Face does not mix. Ring Entrance: Cypress Hill’s “How I Could Just Kill A Man” hits, a wall of blue & white pyrotechnics triggering the cheers of the crowd as Stryke steps through the smoke and sparks onto the stage. Stryke quickly heads down the ramp, slapping a few hands on the way before climbing onto the apron, looking out into the stands for a moment to absorb the aduration of the fans before climing in and getting straight to business, preparing for the match at hand. Stats: Strength: 4 Speed: 5 Vitality: 7 Charisma: 4 Style: Stryke tends to be a jack-of-all-trades in the ring. He’s can trade strikes, brawl, take it to the mat or use his speed and high-flying abilities, though he doesn’t excel at any of them. So while he doesn’t have any overwhelming strengths, he can adapt himself to take advantage of the opponent’s weaknesses. In the past perhaps Stryke’s biggest flaw has been his lack of focus, too busy antagonising the crowd, the referee, his opponent and anyone else who gets in his way, which has cost him numerous victories. This time Stryke is determined to get it right, cutting out a lot of excessively risky stuff from his moveset and focusing 100% on winning the match. As part of proving himself Stryke also will try and keep away from taking shortcuts and cheating, something he has done a lot of in the past. And should he be in a match that the rules allow Stryke isn't afraid to go all-out Hardcore as well. Signature moves: * Piledriver – Quick and dirty, Stryke pulls the opponent into a standing headscissors, lifts them vertical and sits out, spiking the opponent on their cranium. * DDT – Pretty much every type of DDT, Stryke will do it. Standard, Double Arm, Inverted, Tornado, Stryke can adapt to whatever situation he’s in to drive the opponents head into the canvas. * Slingshot Suplex – Stryke lifts the opponent as you would for a Vertical Suplex, before bouncing the opponent’s feet off the top rope, using the spring generated to snap the opponent over. It’s also the best move ever. * Fisherman’s Neckbreaker – Stryke hooks the opponent in position for a Fisherman's Suplex, but instead of lifting them vertical Stryke snaps to the side, snapping the opponent over in a neckbreaker variation. * Sleeper Drop – Stryke locks on a sleeper hold, before dropping down, slamming the opponent back/head first to the mat. Stryke'll often milk the Sleeper for all it's worth first, then hit the drop just as the opponent starts to fight back. Once down Stryke will on some ocassions keep the Sleeper locked on, maybe even adding in a body scissors to try and wear the opponent down further. * Airplane Spin – Stryke hoists the opponent onto his shoulders in a Fireman's Carry, and then proceeds to spin around and around multiple times, dizzying the opponent greatly. After a satisfactory number of rotations Stryke usually rolls forward and lands on top of the opponent with a Fireman's Carry takedown, provided he still has the balance to do so. Of course this move affects Stryke almost as much as the opponent, and should Stryke try and do pretty much anything directly after it'll likely be met with almost comical dazed selling of his own. * Double Stomps – Simple but effective, Stryke jumps and lands with both feet on an opponent, his whole bodyweight behind it. Will on occasion be performed off the turnbuckles, with the opponent either laying flat on the mat or in a seated/kneeling position with Stryke delivering the double stomp to the top of their head. * Jumping Enziguri – Stryke jumps up and attempts to cave in the opponent’s skull with his boot. * All Time High – Top Rope Frogsplash. This will tend to be Stryke's go-to Finisher against opponents he can't hit with either the Overdrive or Backdrop Driver, or just whenever something aerial is needed for the job. Feel free to kick out of it all you want though. Common moves: Striking – Stryke has worked on his strikes in his time away from the SWF rings, and now has an arsenal that goes beyond punch, punch, punch, chop, punch. European Uppercuts are perhaps his favorite, but forearms, elbows, kicks, the prerequisite punches and chops, maybe even a headbutt if he’s in the mood to kill a few braincells will all make appearances. Back Senton Moonsault Hurricanrana – From pretty much anywhere. Dropkick – Also from pretty much anywhere. Standard, Springboard, Missile Dropkicks, and they’re all done picture perfect. Frogsplash Crossbody Double Underhook Suplex Gutwrench Suplex Backbreaker/Gutbuster Neckbreaker Hammerlock-assisted Moves Fujiwara Takedown/Armbar Abdominal Stretch Bow and Arrow Flash Pins/Rollups – Whatever pinning predicament you can think of, Stryke will utilise it. Basic Holds & Chain Wrestling Rare moves: * Low End Theory – Stryke's former finisher of choice, a Pumphandle Piledriver. Dropped for now, but it could make a comeback in a bigtime match. * Slingshot Brainbuster – Just like the Slingshot Suplex, only ending in a head-droppingly fun Brainbuster. * Tope Con Hilo – A Somersault dive through the ropes onto an opponent on the floor. Not done as much due to Stryke toning down his style, but every now and then the old completely reckless Stryke might rise to the surface and bust this out again. Finishers: * Backdrop Driver – Your standard Backdrop Suplex, only with a landing that is positively UGLY. Not 100% Ultra Mega Mass Homicide-Always Gets The Pin damaging, but getting dumped forcefully on your skull have never been good for anyone and it'll get the job done more often than not. Stryke will also occasionally reach forward and cradle the opponents leg as well in order to REALLY fold them up on their neck with the move. * Overdrive – Top Rope Moonsault Fallaway Slam. Stryke's Cruiserweight Killer. After catching an opponent on the top turnbuckle, Stryke picks them up in Fallaway Slam position before leaping back, simultaneously Fallaway Slamming them from the top rope and landing on top of them Moonsault-style. Bio: Long, convoluted and generally uninteresting. I’ll probably put something here sooner or later, but there’s really nothing important you need to know. Basically Stryke sucked in the past despite obvious talent, and now he’s back to try and convert that potential into actual results this time.