Toxxic

I think he was referring to his own collection of videos. I could be wrong. Or then again, he could just have been hungover. I doubt that Kibs would feel the need to lie about that, though.

Er, Raynor? Nightwing IS Blue Leaf!

Not as far as I know. He informed me he was sick and was giving thanks for the kung-fu marathon that had kept him company.

Unsurprising. Clark's dropped off-radar due to RL shit, and Kibagami had a sinus infection.

Having spoken to Tom, it transpires that Sly was not the only one with a reason for not having marked. These things happen, I guess. And it allows me to hold on just a little longer to the idea that we may have beaten W&D.

You crazy country and your crazy multiple timezones.

Excellent point about the changed schedule Hawke, I hadn't even considered that part. Obviously (now you've mentioned it) we'd have to schedule more frequent defences in a 'per every x number of shows' in order to get the same amount of defences in a calendar month, or whatever. Then again, didn't they used to do even more shows than our old 'three shows in two weeks' schedule? Which if this wasn't taken into account when defences were booked is something that would make Z's point about bigger title reigns true, albeit in a different way. Then again I suppose one of the best ways to regard any reign is in number of successful defences, not actual time with it, unless course it's the WWE title where it's defended PPVs and only PPVs and every PPV, so it's pretty much the same thing.

No. Damn it Spike, no.

SO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Come back and write, come back and mark, come back and book, go recruiting to get us new writers, go give some feedback for the people who are writing now to make them better writers and increase their ability to compete. Admitting that you're not particularly concerned about whether what you say helps anything or not just proves that you have no real interest in making a positive contribution. Argue all you want, the fact remains that the fed is looking better now that it was six months ago. Maybe we are ultimately doomed, maybe we aren't. If you want to help out, jump on board and do something. If you wish us well but don't have the time or motivation right now, read the shows and whatever, you're welcome to. Just don't jump in and spew out reasons why the fed is fucked and nowhere near as good as it used to be without some simultaneously suggesting some sort of solution, please. If you don't believe there is a solution then fine, that's your prerogative, please keep your trap shut and leave the rest of us to get on with it for as long as we can or want to. The reason I mentioned Landon's compilation was not to 'guilt trip', it's that you haven't really showed up to make your statements of judgement and doom until he did so, and it was the title reigns that you mentioned. So I assumed the discussion amongst ourselves of the relative length of reigns was what prompted your original statement. If this was not the case and I jumped to an incorrect conclusion - sorry. Thank you.

I'm with Sly on the wanton abuse of the English language.

Right. Now, in February I'd have agreed with you. Trouble is this ain't February anymore, and if you'd been paying attention in the last couple of months you'd have noticed that we're having a few new people coming in, and a few old people coming back. And this seems to have sparked a new fire under several people who were here already. And yes, these newbies/oldies are WRITING. So I'm not sure how weighing in and going, basically, "all that you people do now is worth shit anyway" is meant to help. I think that at least a couple of these people can inject some serious competition into the fed. With regards to your World Title argument, yes, the World Title theoretically should have the highest level of competition, but that's not exactly how it works, is it? I mean, the best writer in the fed might hold the title, but supposing the second and third-best writers are engaged in a protracted and thoroughly interesting feud that never strays near the belt, what then? You bump up a couple of midcarders, and maybe they don't fare so well against the top dog. That's the best writer holding it, but is the competition there? Maybe not. So what do you do, demand that Nos 2 & 3 lay off their angle so you can make them fight for the belt with No 1? You remember what happens when you interrupt people's angles to make them fight for belts, right? Genesis Title Tournament and Lethal Lottery, that's what. You always used to say that Edwin was your favourite World Champion because he actually did things with the belt, by which I assume you mean he built angles and storylines around it. So we recognise that angles and storylines are important, even in a match-writing fed. Now, I'm not suggesting we turn into the OAOAST (that's Landon's job), but I think we also need to realise that competition is not the only thing that makes what we do worthwhile. All e-feds are telling stories, it's just that in the SWF we're telling stories that not even the writers know the end to until it goes up. So yeah, my record-breaking World Title and Tag Title reigns might mean nothing compared to the halcyon days of long ago, and I'll grant you that stiff, regular tag team competition has been a little lacking for quite a while, but just because Landon's taken the time to keep track and compile the history of this place, don't come in and start badmouthing the last couple of years. Look at what's happening now, look at the new arrivals and the people who've returned, maybe go comment on a match or two and offer the perspective of a former head booker instead of going 'yeah, the titles are worthless and this place is fucked'. Thank you.

THE MAIN EVENT - NON TITLE BOUT Alan Clark vs. Nathaniel Kibagami ~If both write at full bore, Kibagami should take it. That said, Clark won't be writing at full bore and Kibagami probably won't be writing, so, Clark with a cut-and-paste. SWF TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Wild and Dangerous vs. Revolution-0 (Toxxic and Austin Sly) ~The Gods Have Spoken. We Will Win. News At Eleven. SINGLES MATCH The Fabulous Jakey vs. "Hollywood" Spike Jenkins ~Stable pride says Jakey. Actually I think Jakey's got a good shot at this anyway, stable pride or not. NEW BLOOD CHAMPIONSHIP INAUGURAL TOURNAMENT - SECOND ROUND MATCH Blue Leaf vs. Michael Alexander ~Whoo... Alexander on a hunch, but only if he gets his match in on time this time... NEW BLOOD CHAMPIONSHIP INAUGURAL TOURNAMENT - SECOND ROUND MATCH Fulminatus! vs. Saint C. Killa ~The crazy dude in the mask over the crazy dude with the facepaint.

Eh, I don't think Z's opinion has counted since the end of '05. I mean come on, are you telling me that it's only the World Title picture that makes a fed interesting? I watch TNA and I certainly don't do it for the World Title picture because Sting's boring, Angle's pathetic, Abyss was booked like a moron and Joe got depushed at the wrong moment, and the only one with any appeal is Christian. However, further down the card there are all sorts of interesting things going on, and that's why I watch. You don't have to be the 'best' writer around (however we define it, for the sake of argument let's assume we define it by winning matches) and win the World Title to contribute to the fed. There have been plenty of midcard angles which have been well worth following, and I think to suggest otherwise is to demonstrate an impressive physical ability to shove your head quite thoroughly up your own backside.

Let it be so.

Oh, right, as a team. Earlier this year was when you both beat Raynor's record for most tag title reigns individually.

I thought that was when you beat me and Landon earlier this year?

Mentally insane? Is there such a thing as physically insane that makes it necessary to use the qualifier? No. You can be mentally ill, or you can be insane, but the two words in the term 'mentally insane' make each other redundant. I can't tell Mike Tenay to stop doing it (goddamn LAX and their 5150), but I can tell you.

I hate Cena's superman run, but on the other hand I was well into Hogan's similar run when I was young, and I imagine that a lot of people on here aren't THAT much older than me... (I'm 25, I know there are older people on here, but you know what I mean). I can't really judge things very well as I thought Hogan was great in the 80s - was it a similar case then when the marks/kids such as myself thought Hogan was great but the older, smarter fans couldn't stand him?

As a matter of fact, I keep track of that as well. I can post it up later if need be. To answer your question, it's actually me ([Muzz]No wonder he keeps track of them[/Muzz]) now with 14. Johnny's got 13. Then WC 12, Flesher 11. That's only going on characters though, somebody might have more as a writer if they've had more than one character. I was sure the entry to the Hall of Fame said that Thoth had 13 or something.

Excellent.

Fulminatus’s match: You definitely like Drea, don’t you? Not only do we have a take-off of her adverts for Danny Williams’ Strong-Style ribs, but it’s also for Kid Cools hotdogs… which is just so old-school it’s untrue. Good opening banter from the commentators, I’m not quite sure why they’re done script-style and Funyon is in quotation marks though, I think a one-or-the-other approach would work better visually. The image of Calvin throwing his shirt out to the crowd only to have it come back and hit him in the face is hilarious, as is Fulminatus giving Mak an envelope of his moves. Love it. Good flowing start to the match, I think Fulminatus could have taken a second to sell the snap suplex although perhaps that’s factored into Calvin showing off to the crowd. Something I find useful for gaps like that is for the commentators to exchange a sentence, and then pick the action up straight after which allows the reader to judge how much time has expired by how long it takes to read the dialogue. However, the exchange about Fulminatus doing diagrams of his moves is, again, brilliant. It doesn’t happen in all sentences, but one thing I have noticed is that a lot of the ones describing the action start with a name. ‘Fulminatus does this. Calvin does that. Fulminatus does that’ etc, which can render it a little ‘choppy’-feeling. Also, I’m not sure about Calvin going for the headlock instead of the big punch, seems to me he’s a vindictive guy and he’d be going for revenge for the hit to the nose instead of thinking tactically at that point; I’d have said he’d have knocked Fulminatus down, then headlocked him. Also, I’m a little unclear how a side headlock can be countered into a jawbreaker; not saying it’s impossible, just never seen it done. Unless by ‘rest hold’ you meant ‘sleeper hold’, in which case I can see it. A little slip on ‘he moves towards his Szechstein’s feet’ but that’s an easy typo to make. The weird spin thing… damn odd, but at least Fulminatus is consistently odd rather than the stats saying he’s weird and then you’re writing more or less straight wrestling matches. So keep with the oddness, my friend. Good heelish work by Calvin going after the leg, but unfortunately Fulminatus no-sells it and gets straight back up to do a no-handed cartwheel (and I still have no clue what this move is, I’m afraid)… and a McCheese reference. You must be, like, Bobby Riley or something. A little unclear on why both men ignore an opportunity to get their opponent counted out. Szechstein would have taken that with both hands I’d have thought, obviously I can’t speak for Fulminatus. I’d like a little more clarification on why the ref’s back was turned for the low blow as well. The Pause That Refreshes foot on the ropes incident… better than kicking out, but given that Szechstein would presumably catch him in the middle of the ring for the move, and has control of where he drops him, it seems unlikely to me. I’m also not sure about the speed of Fulminatus’s recovery to the point where he’s able to bewilder Calvin with eyepokes mere moments after taking a fairly nasty headdrop finisher, that just doesn’t seem right to me. However, fooling the blinded Szechstein with a cardboard cutout and then winning with the Confusion Bomb - sheer genius. It’s nearly 2am so I’ll say no more now. Solid match, I’m a little scared to see what you’ll do in a hardcore environment to be honest cos that could lead to all sorts of wackiness. But the character is great, and all things presented about the character is great, I’m just not sure about a couple of issues like selling and, on that one occasion, consistent ring positioning. I'll try and review other matches tomorrow or Sunday. Oh, and MANSON's promo might just be the greatest ever, of all time.

Akira makes a valid point.

As far as I know, but there's still an issue of respect. And yes, you can say that he was dropped onto his head onto a chair first, but it was still a chinlock.

I'm sure they've defended at least once since winning the belts this time around. But let's be fair, apart from them there are no stable tag teams in the SWF at present, so finding challengers has not been simple. I'm considering starting a petition to make Fulminatus and Jimmy The Doom team up to become the most awesomely unpredictable tag team and bizarre promo-merchants the fed has ever seen.

Actually, something I just thought of - go to Audio Democracy (no, this isn't just a cheap plug) and look for Lenny Savage under 'Rock'. That girl's got some serious talent.