Toxxic

He's dominant because he finds a way to maximise his strengths and minimise his weaknesses (i.e. avoids getting hit too many times, usually). However, I'd agree that he's not and has never been the "sympathetic beatdown" babyface, who takes an absolute shitkicking but still somehow pulls the match out. He was always the arrogant heel who would prove his opponents wrong by just being simply better rather than cheating, and these days is as close to a badass face as someone with his low strength and vitality can be. Then again, I've never done weak characters. They normally never back down from a fight, even if their abilites are lacking in some areas (I mean, Amy is NOT a good wrestler, at all, or even all that quick - she's just mental and hits fairly hard). TORU, who you liked best, was the biggest example of this - he couldn't mat wrestle that well, but his strikes were nasty, he had power and toughness AND was quick. However, he's also the only one of my characters you've beaten one-on-one, so maybe that's why you like him I miss TORU. Much as Toxxic is my most developed character, TORU was smashy fun.

Wait, we've stolen something from an indy fed? Goddamn you Landon, I at least hoped that abomination of a name was original in wrestling.

This is a hard one, because mostly I face no-shows. Landon obviously beat me once, but on reflection my match wasn't a good match - it was probably a fairly realistic match, but not a good one (neither man could get any momentum because they'd prepared for each other so well - probably realistic, but not good to read). I thought I turned in a good match against Danny, but lost out on that one - however, I'd like to have one more go at him with Toxxic as a face and see how that works out. Facing Tom in 2004 obviously had me shitting bricks, but he no-showed. Overall, I'd say that person who recently most gave me pause to think "shiiiiiit" was Bruce for Amy vs Bruce, Boiler Room Brawl. I had to work REALLY hard on that to make it at all feasible for Amy to last as long as she did before I could justify Sean Davis coming in to save her.

Ghost Machine 3.0, even more so. Although for ones that competed in actual competitive matches then yes, GM2.0 takes it.

Thank you WC, although I'm surprised that you peg Toxx as easy to write - maybe in this incarnation, but before I remember some real difficulties you were having with writing a "non-cheating heel with a glass jaw" (or some similar description) as you found you couldn't get the match dynamics right.

I'm up for starting a food fight. Who's with me?

Shut up, Sed.

Yeah, 'capitalized'. You crazy Yanks and your 'z's where 's's should be. I bet you 'realize' things as well, eh? *calls on Zed for backup on correct spellings*

Yeah, grammar like the fact that when talking about Michael Stephens, something that belongs to him is "Stephens'", not "Stephen's" I may make comments of some sort, but I'm going back to see the parents and won't be back til Tuesday.

Hey, at that time my member title was 'I mark for Janus'. I still do.

I'd like to note that for official ring introductions, myself and Landon are known as 'The Galacticos'. Everyone else ever, including the commentators and Landon himself, will still refer to us as Two Skinny White Guys.

So you don't want an award named after you? Fine.

It's Mags' birthday! Happy Birthday to the Magnifico one! (I'll catch you yet on Days With The World Title, you see if I don't...)

Yeah, but Nemesis... how many matches have you lost recently? Been doing pretty well for yourself as far as I can see.

Blame that clueless newbie and idiot, the Suicide King.

We'll name an award after Cross for forgetting what matches he and everyone else was in, maybe.

Best psychiatrist promo ever: http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?...64&hl=frood

I still reckon your promos and writing in general would be better if you weren't using verbs that didn't make much sense. "purses the sound waves" is a TRULY odd way to put it. Yes, someone's voice makes vibrations in the air, and yes, to 'purse' can be to bend such as pursing your lips. But soundwaves come from when the air is already bent (or 'pursed', if we want to use your words) so further 'pursing' is not necessary. Cross is a melodramatic character, and i accept that. However, I think you need to work on making the rest of your language a bit simpler and, to be honest, not try and use words that you don't really understand the correct use of. That way, even if Cross does sound a little odd his speech will at least be distinct from the descriptive writing around it. Regarding the promo itself, it's fine as a teaser but doesn't say a great deal except that Cross is still planning to be violent (which to be fair, we could probably work out anyway).

Doesn't Regal announce Booker anymore? When did that change? I'm sure he was doing it only a couple of weeks ago. If it has changed it's good, because for all the fact that the WWE will never push him and he's surely only got a few years left, I'd rather see Regal as an arsey British bastard than a bootlicking British yes-man.

Don't forget TKO. We had the longest reign I believe, even if we did fuck all with the belts because I was busy putting J3 over in singles matches.

Just stop. Can you get any more 1997? WHOO-HOO! AND I'M EATING A FIG ROLL! WHOO-HOO! AND I WANT A SAUSAGE ROLL! WHOO-HOO! AND I LIE IN MY DENTURES ALL OF THE TIME, AND I'M NEVER SURE WHY I'M NAKED... ...WHERE'S THE JAM!?

Well, yeah. It's a replay of what happens, so they basically air the match that we 'missed'.

I hate to say it, but he's got a point. However, I do have a small idea of my own on those areas, so we'll see how that works out.

THE FICTIONAL WORLD TOUR CONTINUES! Lockdown, broadcast 7/5/06 from the Satellite of Love Ciro Vitale def. Martin Hunt via submission with the Italian Crab. Wildchild def. Kery Staunton via pinfall following the Presumed Guilty. HOUSE RULES: ROCKET NUMBER NINE MATCH Jimmy The Doom def. Mike Van Siclen via pinfall after stomping his head into ring steps. HANDICAP MATCH Tom Flesher© & Charlie Matthews© def. Grendel via countout when Grendel ran after having his mask ripped off. Looks like someone needs some zit cream. WORLD TITLE Michael Stephens© def. Bruce Blank by pinfall following the Sunny In England. Smarkdown, broadcast 7/10/06 from the Jedi Temple on Coruscant PUNISHMENT MATCH Mike Van Siclen def. Cardboard Comet with the Riot Act and a complete lack of effort. MANSON def. Austin Sly by frying him with lightning, using a force choke(slam) and then kerbstomping his head into a chair. Sly's head explodes. So basically, he won by MANSONOSITY! Scott Rageheart def. Wildchild via pinfall with a Tiger Driver. CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE #1 CONTENDER'S MATCH Tom Flesher def. Landon Maddix via pinfall with a small package. CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE 'Iron' Mike Cross© and Zyon go to a no-contest as Akira and The Axis run in and shit. Storm, broadcast 7/14/06 from Milliways (the restuarant at the end of the universe) Wildchild def. Ced Ordonez via pinfall following the Wild Ride. Trent Hawk def. Zyon via pinfall following the Rolling The Credits. HARDCORE MATCH Bruce Blank def. Mike Van Siclen via submission by trapping his arm in a chair and standing on it. Spike Jenkins def. Matt "Amy Stephens" Myers via pinfall after hitting seven other people's finishers, then the Endwell. The cad. CRUISERWEIGHT RULES (NON-TITLE) Mike Cross© def. Grendel via pinfall following the Devil's Soul Snare. Michael Stephens & Landon Maddix def. The New Doomtopians when Stephens pinned The Doomstroyer following the Sunny In England. Lockdown, broadcast 7/19/06 from the Gurubashi PVP Arena in Stranglethorn Vale, Azeroth Jimmy The Doom def. Ciro Vitale via pinfall following a basement dropkick. INTERNATIONAL TITLE TOURNAMENT Spike Jenkins def. MANSON via submission with the Rings of Saturn. Fuck World of Warcraft. INTERNATIONAL TITLE TOURNAMENT Akira Kaibatsu def. Austin Sly via submission with the Anaconda Vice. Charlie Matthews decided not to wrestle Grendel, and just beat him down a bit instead. Makes sense. Wildchild def. Tom Flesher via pinfall with a moonsault. INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT Bruce Blank def. Zyon via pinfall following the Broken Dreams. Someone please tell me how a running tombstone piledriver actually works, cos I'm not seeing it. Michael Stephens & Landon Maddix def. Scott Rageheart and Kerry Staunton via pinfall following a Shining Wizard by Maddix on Staunton. INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT Mike Cross def. Jay Hawke via pinfall following the Silent Rage Syndrome. Smarkdown, broadcast 7/24/06 from Jurassic Park A Velociraptor def. An Octopus by eating him. Nemesis def. Ced Ordonez via pinfall following the Fall From Mount Olympus. Scott Rageheart & Kerry Staunton def. The Axis (Trent Hawk and Ciro Vitale) via Canadianosity, or something equally lame and unoriginal. INTERNATIONAL TITLE Bruce Blank def. Michael Cross via pinfall with a Small Package to win the International Title. Also in the match were Akira Kaibatsu and Spike Jenkins. SWF GROUND ZERO, broadcast LIVE~ from The Gund Arena in... well, an alternate timeline, for one. I don't know where the Gund is, I'm not American. 'The Beast' Gabriel Drake def. Ced Ordonez via pinfall following two powerbombs and a spiral powerbomb. HARDCORE MATCH MANSON def. Nemesis via pinfall after backdropping him through a table from a balcony, then dropping a Savage Elbow on him from the balcony. Wildchild def. Kerry Staunton & Scott Rageheart via DQ when Mike Van Siclen attacked him. As Wildchild didn't win by either pinfall or submission, he's suspended for 50 days. Akira Kaibatsu and Spike Jenkins go to a time limit draw, and then Akira powerbombs Spike in the unofficial 'five more minutes' to beat him via pinfall. Spike claims he never agreed to it. Spoon. INTERNATIONAL TITLE Bruce Blank© def. Charlie 'Grappler' Matthews via pinfall following the Broken Dream to retain the title. WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE Michael Stephens© def. JJ Johnson via submission with the RTF II to retain the title. CANADIAN TOUR!! Aftershoxxx, broadcast 8/4/06 from the General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia Gabiel Drake def. Scott Rageheart via pinfall following the Mark of the Beast. Nemesis def. Insane Luchador via pinfall following the Fall From Mount Olympus. Akira Kaibatsu def. JJ Johnson via pinfall following the 450 Splash. Spike Jenkins pins Akira Kaibatsu following a chairshot. Presumably this has something to do with the International Title. TAG TITLE MATCH Tom Flesher© and Charlie Matthews© def. The New Doomtopians via pinfall when Matthews pins the Doomstroyer after the Spike Piledriver. Matthews and Flesher retain. Lockdown, broadcast 8/9/06 from the Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary, Alberta Birdman def. Martin Hunt via pinfall following the Bird Dropping. Nemesis def. MANSON via pinfall following the Colossus Drop. Gabriel Drake and Mike Van Siclen are destroyed by The ELK and THE. Charlie Matthews def. Scott Rageheart via pinfall with a kneeling powerbomb. Michael Stephens and Landon Maddix def. Grendel and Insane Luchador via pinfall following Laberinto's Sunny Revenge In England on IL. CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE MATCH Tom Flesher def. Mike Cross© via submission when Cross passed out in the King Cobra. Tom Flesher wins the Cruiserweight Title. Spike Jenkins def. Akira Kaibatsu via pinfall following the Greetings From Cambodia (seriously? Greetings From Cambodia? Whatever). Spike Jenkins is the #2 Contender to the International Title. TEN MINUTE HARDCORE CHALLENGE Jay Hawke does not get pinned by Bruce Blank in under ten minutes in a hardcore environment. Smarkdown, broadcast 8/14/06 from the Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta JJ Johnson def. MANSON via pinfall following the Tiger Driver '91. As if MANSON can ever truly be defeated. Nemesis def. Pierre Donette via pinfall following a side suplex. Birdman def. Mike Cross via pinfall following the Bird Dropping. WORLD TITLE #1 CONTENDERSHIP MATCH Jimmy The Doom def. Jay Hawke after a flying front kick. INTERNATIONAL TITLE - I QUIT MATCH Bruce Blank© def. Akira Kaibatsu after Akira quits to a Crippler Crossface. TAG TITLE MATCH Landon Maddix & Michael Stephens def. Tom Flesher© & Charlie Matthews© when Stephens pins Matthews after a double-team Hangover/Frog Splash combo by Stephens and Maddix. Michael Stephens and Landon Maddix are the new Tag Team Champions. Storm, broadcast 8/19/06 from the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba Spike Jenkins def. Pierre Donette via pinfall following the Endwell. Nemesis def. Mike Van Siclen via pinfall following the Colossus Drop. Jimmy The Doom and Amy Stephens go to a no-contest after Crimson Skull attacks Jimmy. MANSON def. Akira Kaibatsu via pinfall following an inverted brainbuster. CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE MATCH Landon Maddix def. Tom Flesher© via DQ following a lowblow and being suplexed over the top rope. Naturally, Tom retains the title. Lockdown, broadcast 8/23/06 from the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Sasquatch. Or something. Hell, if an American doesn't know how to spell somewhere in Canada, why should I? Gabriel Drake def. MANSON via pinfall following the Mark of The Beast. Akira Kaibatsu def. Scott Rageheart via pinfall following the Divine Wind. Spike Jenkins def. Jimmy The Doom via pinfall following the Endwell. TAG TEAM TURMOIL WITHOUT THE TURMOIL No contest after Jay Hawke's partner Nemesis turns on him to align with Bruce Blank. Smarkdown, broadcast 28/3/06 from the Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec Birdman def. Zyon via pinfall with the Bird Dropping. INTERNATIONAL TITLE (LUMBERJACK MATCH) Bruce Blank© def. Spike Jenkins vis pinfall following the Cruiserweight Killer. Bruce Blank retains the International Title. WORLD TITLE Michael Stephens© def. Jimmy The Doom via pinfall following a Stephens Shock Syndrome off the top rope. Michael Stephens retains the World Title. Storm, broadcast 9/1/06 from the Colisee Pepsi in Quebec City. That's an original name for a city. Gabriel Drake def. Akira Kaibatsu via submission with the Spite and Malice. HARDCORE MATCH 'Iron' Mike Cross and Nemesis go to a no-contest when Nemesis leaves the match. CRUISERWEIGHT RULES MATCH Tom Flesher def. JJ Johnson via pinfall with a Fisherman's Suplex. PURE RULES CHALLENGE Jay Hawke def. Bruce Blank via pinfall with a Sunset Flip. Lockdown, broadcast 9/6/06 from the Scotiabank Place in Ottowa. Birdman def. Spike Jenkins via pinfall with the Bird Dropping. Gabriel Drake vs Zyon becomes Gabriel Drake vs Landon Maddix at Maddix's request, but then is a no-contest when Drake jumps Landon before the match and tries to Pillmanise his leg. TAG TITLE #1 CONTENDERSHIP Weapons of Mass Destruction (Bruce Blank & Nemesis) def. Blood & THUNDER (JJ Johnson & MANSON) via pinfall after Nemesis hits the Fall From Mount Olympus on MANSON. WoMD are now the #1 Contenders to the Tag Titles. HARDCORE TITLE Jimmy The Doom© def. Michael Cross via pinfall following a Doom Driver from the apron to the floor. However, the Crimson Skull kidnapped Lois the Unethical during the course of the match. The cad.

One of these days Mak might move up the card some, huh?