Toxxic

MAIN EVENT TAG TEAM EXTRAVAGANZA!!! Toxxic and Sean Davis vs Annie Eclectic and Todd Cortez ~Whoop whoop bada bada ~SD:HCTP says DAvis hits the Cyclone Driver on Todd for the win. HARDCORE NON-TITLE MATCH Andrea Montgomery vs Carnage ~Drea. She's so damn crazy she can do it. BUT it'd make more sense for her to keep it as 1 v 1 at A2A as well, so I don't see why she'd write to win. HARDCORE-GAMERS TITLE SHOT FREE-FOR-ALL!!! Austin Sly vs. Christian Fury vs. Manson vs. Mike Hall vs. Danny Dagda vs. Evan Wolfe ~Sly is occasional, Manson can be too, Mike Hall DOES NOT EXIST (much like Kashyyk in the Chewbacca defence), Dagda WILL NOT WRITE and Evan Wolfe appears to have been deported. So I pick Fury.

Nice promo, if a leetle confusing. With possible kiddy-fiddling undertones. But hey! "A book that could kill a small dog". Nice description. At least he's not doing his Batman thing again.

... Either a typo or a guilty secret. Let's have a quick think which is more likely. GUILTY SECRET!

If Wildchild doesn't return soon I'm going to start jobbing him to Jet in dark matches.

Zed was pushy about my early direction? Seriously, I don't remember that. I mean, I remember people discussing in chat about how there were NO heels, and I started a private conversation with you and went "Should i turn heel" and you went "yes". Apart from that... Anyway, seriously it is a DAMN shame to see you go. You were always really helpful to me with my matches and direction, even if you did tell me that I should still be languishing in the midcard on merit and that the only reason I'm in the main event is that you put me there. But hey, I'm there, I don't really care how. I really hope you do stick around, to talk to and discuss things with even if completely unrelated to the SWF. One of my major regrets is that I don't have AIM and therefore can't talk easily to some of the people I want to most. Ah well, I'll just stick to MSN I guess. And finally, may i say that of all the Commissioner/GM/Owner figures in any fed i've ever seen, the Alex Zenon one was the most balanced and realistic to my eyes.

Happy Birthday, Alan Rickman

Damn titles, changing hands in promos. *walks away muttering about Landon devaluing the title I fought for, bled for and got dropped on my head for to lose it to Janus... twice*

They do when there aren't any stats up for 'em. At least, no new ones. Is someone making a comeback? (goes to check)

Who's Mike Hall?

Happy Birthday to the Crowster.

Todd Grisham is a tool because he's not Josh Matthews.

I would, but quite frankly I've got enough on my plate already what with band full-time work, band practices, writing for the fed and still trying to find time to have something resembling a social life...

Learn from the master. http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?showtopic=50164&hl

And the odds of him getting that permission are slightly less than Candace being my surprise opponent at Ashes 2 Ashes. I wouldn't be surprised if Spike hasn't superglued that belt to his waist by now.

See people? Machine guns ARE a valid way of Communication. Carnage kicked out of Sean's finisher. That makes me That seems to make Carnage too. It makes Jackie

I like the show, no DNS, it's all good. Even though Manson beat Spike So, I'm going to do my thing of encouraging the n00bs and since Carnage is the only one still around, he gets the treatment again: I'm not sure about Comet calling Riley 'Bobbo'. He'll do it VERY occasionally maybe, but generally he's pretty formal. And I can't help but think you've got the commentators the wrong way round - Sly is a tweener leanin towards face, so Comet will probably be pulling for him and Riley will, this time, be supporting the Masked Madman. Ah (reads further), so you've got Sly down as a heel anyway. Like I say, he's face now. Oh, and it's a SmarkTron, not JumboTron, but nay mind. It seems odd that they'll stand nose-to-nose, then Sly will 'immediately' swing his pipe at Carnage. I'd have thought that Carnage would have gone for Sly straight-off, being a psycho and all, and I'm not really sure why they square off and then suddenly Sly swings. It's a good opening sequence of beating from Carnage which gets over how much stronger he is that Sly, and also that fact that in this environment he's just going to brawl. I'm not sure about the Sly comeback though - grabbing your opponent and throwing him in the corner to chop him is fine when it's Benoit and Flair, but Carnage outweighs Sly by about 80lbs and isn't going to be manhandled that easily, not to mention the fact that Sly has been taking a pasting and shouldn't be able to reverse the momentum like that. Since you were writing Sly as a heel the ballshot might have been a better and more effective way to get him on top to start with, THEN have him start chopping the shit out of Carnage as a sort of egotistical 'get your own back' when the other guy can't defend himself. I'm a little dubious about Sly's ability to trade shots with a guy so much bigger and stronger than himself. Double knock-down spot... and now here's the bit that confuses me. Carnage aims a clothesline at Sly, who then belly-to-back suplexes him to the floor. You don't say if Sly ducks the move and Carnage swings around to face away from him (which would be necessary to hit the suplex). Also, Sly would have to REALLY struggle to hit that on a man the size of Carnage... and thirdly, it'd probably KILL Carnage when he landed on the floor! Next we have a long series of Sly pounding on Carnage, but Carnage keeps 'immediately' getting up and basically no-selling the offence. Sly also keeps suplexing a man MUCH bigger than him - then belly-to-bellys him over the top rope again! Then suplexes him into the guard rail. A lot of the rest is simply Sly beating on Carnage. Quick note - a DDT comes from a front facelock, not a side headlock. And then we have the finish, which is fine if unremarkable, followed by a beatdown. I'm not sure why a man written as face in this match would then beatdown a heel, but hey. Overall I'd say the match could have benefited from studying your opponent's stats more closely. Carnage is much bigger and heavier than Sly and Sly would have trouble suplexing him, certainly as many times as he did here. Also, Carnage is far stronger and could win a slugfest with ease. There's the other thing that Sly is more or less face, so wouldn't be getting shat on by the crowd. However, one thing that certainly has cleared up is your following where the wrestlers are at all times. The only time I went 'how does that work?' was the clothesline/belly-to-back suplex spot, and I was fairly sure how to interpret it. One more note, this one coming from your last match with Sean Davis - if you're going to kick out of somone's finisher I think it's generally polite to ask first. Besides, the Cyclone Driver is a Kneeling Thunder Fire Piledriver - that's a hard move, expecially coming from someone with St8 when you only have Vt5. Something as high impact as that needs REALLY high Vitality to kick out (especially when you no-sold it a few moments later by spinebustering him). But hey, you won! Go the escaped looney!

SWF News and Notes, taken from the 10/22 Wrestling Panda Newsletter The SWF certainly seem to have had trouble with their world champions this year, with none of them managing to retain the most prestigious title on PPV, and some even dropping the belt on free TV. Official company line is that this creates an atmosphere of ‘anything can happen’ even with the biggest title in the business, but the stark reality is that without a figurehead to either follow or hate, the fans are growing unsettled. Much of this has to go down to simple bad fortune on the part of the SWF; Ejiro Fasaki’s decision to retire after losing the title was just the first blow. Danny Williams’ Japanese commitments combined with bad timing on the SWF’s part on when to award him the title resulted in three relatively meaningless reigns for one of the most technically-skilled men on the roster. Va’aiga, the man who ended Williams’ first run, seems to have already been disenchanted with the business by the time he picked up the belt, and the broken cheekbone he suffered at the 2004 Clusterfuck against Williams can’t have helped matters. As a result it was decided at the last moment to abandon the Exploding C4 Cage match against Dace Night as the champion would not be able to endure it, causing much anger amongst the fans. Therefore Va’aiga went through to From The Fire without defending the belt, before losing it to Charlie Matthews. Even more unfortunately, first Matthews and then his ‘replacement’ at the top, John Duran, had to drop the belt due to neck injuries which saw them both bow out at Genesis V. Nathaniel Kibagami apparently lied to SWF officials about his own health upon rejoining the company, and it was only after he had won the belt from Danny Williams that the limited shelf life of the River Dragon became apparent. Panicking, the SWF thrust the belt back to Williams despite the fact that they knew he would need to drop it only a couple of weeks later, which led to the emergence of Janus/Terrence Bailey from out of the midcard. The monstrous Janus was widely regarded as a future main eventer, and it seemed to matter little to SWF officials if ‘future’ was changed to ‘current’. Unbelievably, bad luck struck once more as Bailey’s genuine psychotic illness began to manifest again, leaving the SWF with an unstable seven-foot giant as their World Champion. The company apparently wanted Janus to simply ‘disappear’ without defending the belt but Bailey assured them that he could keep control for a while longer, and bowed out after losing the title in the Triple Threat at Ground Zero which saw Toxxic defeat both Janus and Tom Flesher to become the fastest world champion since 2000. Much has been made of whether or not Toxxic is overpushed; certainly business has not notably picked up since he won the title, but neither have the fans departed in droves either. Perhaps the SWF’s decision to go with a young, injury-free champion with no commitments elsewhere may pay off in the long run - providing of course the fame doesn’t go to his head and cause the quality of his in-ring work to decline. The other person who needs mentioning in this section is of course the man who ended Toxxic’s first title run (making it look like just another flash in the pan), Johnny Dangerous. Pushed on fan reaction to his long-running feud with Landon Maddix, Dangerous was certainly a surprise winner over a man who himself had been a long shot to pick the belt up. Fan interest seemed about to peak in the wrestler who a few months previously had appeared to be nothing more than Wildchild’s sidekick, but the SWF pushed the panic button again for reasons that remain unclear. Booking him in a match with Jamie Drazon for the title was a curious decision, since although something of a tweener Drazon’s backing amongst the hardcore fans would ensure a split crowd rather than the triumphant defeat of a heel that was needed to put Dangerous over as a top face. Getting the win in a hardcore environment - Hell in a Cell - would seem to establish Dangerous, but any gain that would have been achieved by that was nullified by Toxxic’s run-in to cost Drazon the match in order, kayfabe-wise, to keep the title on the man he could get a rematch with (but in actuality made Dangerous look weak). If Johnny Dangerous had then gone on to defeat Toxxic at Genesis V a new star might have been born, but the belt was instead dropped back to Toxxic. Now it remains to be seen if the SWF have the courage to stick with their two-time World Champion rookie, or whether yet another change will occur at Ashes 2 Ashes. Whatever the outcome, Johnny Dangerous will not be there - he is apparently still under contract to the SWF, but for some reason has been taken off shows. We await more news. The name of Tom Flesher is one that is strangely absent from the above list, but it seems that Flesher knew all along that he would be leaving to pursue other interests at Genesis, and while he would have made a good champion for the office to go to he apparently was more interested in storyline development. Another possible solution would have been Dace Night, and the only reason most observers can come up with for his lack of a title run is his poor mic skills. It’s obvious from watching any arena that Night appears in that he can connect with the fans in the ring, but when it comes to backstage interviews or head-to-head confrontations he usually comes off sounding stilted and artificial. Night is currently enjoying a sabbatical in his home country of England and does not appear eager to return anytime soon; if he does, you can expect the likelihood of him getting a run at the top to have increased sharply since his last tenure due to the relative lack of big names. SWF HQ have confirmed that the A2A HIAC between Suicide King and ‘Grand Slam’ Mark Stevens will definitely be the pair’s last match. King was later heard to quip ‘until the last one after that’, but take that for what you will. Wrestling Panda would like to apologise to Terrence Bailey for a misprinting in last week’s issue when we reported his new life on the outskirts of Sydney. Bailey contacted us in person and made it clear that while he has no objection to people knowing his general whereabouts, he wants it clarified that he is currently breeding ferrets, not, as our last issue erroneously reported, breeding with ferrets. Our apologies go out to Mr. Bailey, along with the wrestling community’s heartfelt wishes that he conquers his mental illness soon. The apparent return of Nathaniel Kibagami appears to be genuine. It seems that Kibagami has been rigorously assessed by the SWF medical crew to make sure that he is fully ring-fit, and can hold up for the long-haul if needed. At the moment it looks like he will be put in a programme with Toxxic towards the end of the year, although it remains unclear whether or not this will include the World Title. Carnage seems to be the breakout star of the new crowd of SWF wrestlers. Despite being limited by a fairly cartoonish gimmick (a psycho in a mask who has just been released from a psychiatric hospital) he has been getting good crowd reactions and is holding his own in the ring, leading to his victory over Sean Davis for the Hardcore Gamer’s Championship on 18/10 Smarkdown. Davis had only just won the belt, but it was apparently considered that a rib injury he had sustained would be better served by dropping the belt and avoiding such high-intensity matches for a while. The SWF tag division remains in trouble, even though the newly-formed team of David Cross and Christian Fury seem to be gelling well. Barring Spike Jenkins and Sean Davis there do not appear to be any immediately obvious teams to challenge them following the retirement of Mike Van Siclen (which broke up the record-breaking Hollywood Boulevard). This is where the long-anticipated return of Wildchild could help - assuming of course that Johnny Dangerous is still with the company. The Birdman angle appears to be over and done with, despite never being concluded. SFW HQ still refuse to confirm for certain who was under the mask (although the vast majority of viewers either worked it out or read it on the internet), let alone why they chose to remove the ‘target’ without letting Birdman achieve his goal. It’s possible Birdman may return at some point for a different ‘target’ and SWF will hope to pick the story up from there, letting the audience believe that this was the real ‘target’ all along. The buyrates for Genesis V are in, and are fairly unremarkable. Although a major success in terms of profit margins the show fell slightly short of Genesis IV, despite being pushed as ‘the biggest show of all time’. The card was good by PPV standards but possibly slightly sub-par for a company aiming for the be-all and end-all of wrestling. The presence of the vast majority of recognised ‘star’ names in one match (Flesher, Suicide King, Mark Stevens, Chris Raynor, Edwin MacPhisto, plus Landon Maddix who has emerged as one of the biggest current draws) possibly didn’t help, as the card seemed weighted to that one match. Copyright 2004, Wrestling Panda Enterprises

So you'll be dissing the Hart family then?

So a member of my stable can win the chance to face me for the SWF Title? Hmm, interesting... and when is this title shot going to occur, by the way? In case no-one's noticed from last show, I'm facing Annie at A2A. Never mind, I'm sure I can fit whoever wins in somewhere. Maybe I'd better stop giving Carnage advice though... Oh, and I call opening promo, because I didn't get it last show - or possibly the show before as well - and I'm Triple H.

*wants Janus to return*

Post-Storm, we find a dejected Spike Jenkins sitting in a chair, his Cruiserweight Championship draped over his leg. Pacing around the room is Toxxic, along with Jet leaning against a wall holding onto Toxxic's World Heavyweight Championship, and Marcus Washington sitting on a table and stroking his chin in thought. "HOW could you let this happen, Spike," says Toxxic, "you had him… and you let him win." "I didn't let him win!" shouts Spike. "You saw us out there… It's not like I laid on my back and waited for him to cover me. I just… couldn't put him down, even with that injury." "Exactly… It should have been easy enough from there," counters Toxxic. "For God's sake, you're the current Cruiserweight Champion! Two-bit wrestlers like Manson shouldn't be getting the best of you or Revolution Zero!" "I know, but…" "No buts, Spike… With Clark, Cortez, … Kibagami…, and now Annie breathing down our necks, we don't need that madman on us, too!" Toxxic snaps. "We have to put him in his place!" "Well, how are we gonna do it, Toxx?" asks Jet. "We could throw Davis at him," says Spike. "Even that nut Carnage was able to surprise Sean," says Toxxic. "He's been unfocused lately, coming down to Florida and all. I don't want to take a chance." "If I may make a suggestion…" says Washington, as he heads over toward Toxxic and whispers in his ear, then backs away smiling. "Marcus... That'll work... That'll work just fine…" Toxxic says, as he looks toward the group. "It looks like I'll be taking matters into my own hands."

You'll note that I said 'ELM best of all'. As in, he's better than any of us as he was not only a dominant cruiserweight/light-heavyweight, but also three-time World Champion. And to put it in context, it's like confusing a frigate and a (thinks), I dunno, battleship? I'm not bothered if you know what the differences are so much - as long as you know there IS a difference, my job will be done.

He did, but very very VERY briefly. And I know you've been showing, Spike. It was just too good a setup to miss. And besides, I never said WHAT you'd be showing... Toxx-"a cruiserweight who is also two-time WORLD champion, so don't that make me an even better cruiserweight wrestler that you? And ELM best of all?"-ic

The audience consisted of my afore-mentioned mate's family, thirty pre-pubescent kids with assorted parents, and me (looking rather odd, I imagine). So technical masterpieces weren't really on the market. In fact, the audience got lost in the Fleisch match as both wrestlers were faces and they didn't have anyone too boo. Although i did start a 'You look like Billy Kidman' chant at Fleisch's opponent, Lucas Cool. My crowning achievement though, was recognising the name P.N. Neusz as the 'Rapmaster' from circa '91 WCW and giving him a resounding 'YO BABY YO BABY YO!!" shout when he came out as a heel. Most of the rest of the crowd weren't even BORN when he was doing that.

Visionaries. No-one else except me remembers them I'm sure, but the figures were BRILLIANT for motion. Still got 'em somewhere. I still remember when top babyface Wrecking Machine turned on 'Big' Mark Stephens to win the World Title back. I'm gonna go take my geek meds now.