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TV TITLE NOT A HARDCORE MATCH Brian Bowers© vs. Jay Morrison Description: OKay guys. One more chance. Just write SOMETHING. If there is a double no-show, the TV Title will be declared vacant. Rules: Standard match, DQ & Countout apply. SPIKE JENKINS USED TO BE MY FAVORITE WRESTLER MATCH Jimmy “The Demon Liston” vs Spike Jenkins Description: FUCKING WRITE SPIKE Rules: Standard match. DQ & Countout apply. MADDIX HAS EUROPEAN CONTENDERSHIP AND IT'S NOT ON THE LINE MATCH Landon "La Cucaracha" Maddix vs Dominic Korgath vs Craig McClennan Description: Maddix gets another shot at the Euro, but right now he can defeat Korgath and McClennan, if he can. Of course, Todd is gunning for World now, so that situation could get complicated... And so does this description header thing. Rules: Triple threat rules, first pin wins. MAIN EVENT HARDCORE RULES SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE: Insane Luchadore Manson vs Aecas Description: IL gets thrown in the frey of the bloodiest main eventers. They will fley, rend, and tear. BLOOD VBLOODL VOLOEKDL BOPOLODLDO Rules: Hardcore rules. IL, you may choose to write a match if you feel like it.

The Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, is buzzing with the hum of a capacity crowd waiting for the evening’s SJL Crimson show to begin. The fans applaud as they see Funyon step into the ring, and a booming voice announces… “Fans, please rise for the National Anthem.” Funyon clears his throat and, as the fanfare begins to play over the sound system, he begins to sing. Tell all the people that you see Follow me. Follow me down! Tell all the people that you see. Set them free. Follow me down! You tell them they don’t have to run We’re gonna pick up everyone Come on and take me by my hand Gonna bury all our troubles in the sand Oh, yeah. Can’t you see the wonder at your feet? Your life’s complete! Follow me down! Can’t you see me growing? Get your guns! The time has come! Follow me down! Follow me across the sea Where milky babies seem to be. Molded, flowing revelry With the one that set them free. Tell all the people that you see It’s just me! Follow me down! Tell all the people that you see Follow me. Follow me down! Tell all the people that you see We’ll be free. Follow me down! Tell all the people that you see Follow me. Follow me down! Follow me down, you got to follow me down… FOLLOW ME DOWN! Funyon bows modestly, and the fans applaud his rousing rendition of The Doors’ “Tell All The People.”

The Embassy Suites, Montgomery, Alabama. Thursday, October 16, 2003. 6 PM. Tom Flesher pushes open the door of his hotel room. He steps in, setting his travel bag on the floor and kicking off his Doc Marten boots. As the door swings shut behind him, he spins around and collapses on the bed. Taylor tomorrow, he thinks to himself, and sighs. Grand Slam’s really kicking my ass with the schedule. I’m not sure I blame him… big names draw big money, and right now I’m one of the biggest in the business. Tom takes a deep breath, arching slightly to crack his back. Of course, if he keeps grinding me like this, I won’t be in the business for much longer. Flesher rolls his neck back and forth, prompting cracks from that as well, and then sits up. He reaches up and gently rubs his jaw, the spot where Dace Night assaulted him continually with elbow smashes on Monday night. With another deep sigh, he reaches into his bag and pulls out a bottle of ibuprofen. As he pops two into his mouth and swallows without bothering with water, he shrugs his shoulders to try to loosen up. This is my fourth straight defense, he thinks. Judge, then Strangler, then Dace, and now Taylor. None of them is easy on you. Bill ground me down, Dace just tried to beat the shit out of me. Strangler… he’s not even functional right now and he still made me fight for the double DQ. I’m sore all over, and the drive wasn’t exactly easy on my back. Taylor’s had a light schedule. He didn’t wrestle at Genesis, just harassed Strangler. He loses to X in the middle of the ring on his own, and then drags Sacred down with him to lose to X and TBS. He didn’t fight for it… he just went down. He’s practically fresh. And so Mark rewards him with a shot at my belt. Tom lays apathetically back onto the bed, staring at the ceiling. I know I should go down and spend some time on the treadmill. Taylor’s going to take me to the limit, and I should make sure my cardio is where it should be… but damn. I don’t even think my body can take it tonight. He’s such a bastard. He ruins Strangler mentally and brays like a jackass about it. He loses twice without even getting hurt and gets rewarded with a shot at me when I’m at my worst. Flesher folds his arms up behind his head, his brow knotted up as he lays deep in thought. Strangler’s not a bad guy. He’s naïve… it’s almost like he forgot how he grew up. Most people start off innocent and harden as they grow up, but he’s found so much humanity over the past year. He saw his mistakes and corrected them. He won the World Title. He even put up one of the most incredible fights I’ve ever had to work against, and then did it again when I won the belt back from him. Everything was going well for him, and then Taylor shows up. Strangler can’t take care of himself, and it’s all because of that bastard. I don’t want to have to stand up for Strangler, but he can’t fight his own battles right now. Not until he fixes whatever it is that’s wrong in his head. Someone needs to keep Taylor from ruining him forever. I’ve got the chance to knock him down a few notches tomorrow night. Flesher rolls over, reaching for the room service phone, but stops. He grimaces, and reaches to rub his neck once again. I just hope my body holds out. I've got to remember to call Mark tomorrow. ~fin~

Well, seeing that I know where this is going, I'm very impressed. This is an excellent set-up promo.

Short comments on the first half of the show... Dace Night Promo I do like Silent’s character, and I thought that if this was written separately it meshed really well. If not, Dace is a better promo-writer than he gives himself credit for. I’m wondering, though, if the threat of “breaking your neck” is becoming sort of a crutch that Kibagami’s leaning on, rather than something that’s supposed to be perceived as legitimately threatening. Wildchild Promo I love love love this angle. Quiz vs. Wildchild Cute TV spot to open up with. This was a nice, hot match with an excellent finish, and I really enjoyed reading it. I love WC’s theme being “Guilty Until Proven Innocent,” but that’s just because I love the angle. Va’aiga vs. Silent Knew this was coming, unfortunately. I do like the Va’aiga Stinger, especially now that it’s being build as Va’aiga’s demonstar equivalent. I used to laugh when people used that phrase, but in this case it’s absolutely true.

Don't make me bump the Get Off Your Ass thread.

And happy birthday to Craig McLennan, our favorite sexually ambiguous pyromaniac!

Huh. May it have been added after the template was posted? In any event, I'll predict Sacred to defend, even though Dace winning wouldn't surprise me in the least. I just think Sacred wants it more.

Why?

Any other comments on this match, other than the implication that three contextually-appropriate sandbagging spots that represented development of the dynamic between the wrestlers within the match were too much? Anything? I was really hoping to tell a story here. And yes, I'm a hypocrite. I'll read the other matches when I'm not slightly inebriated.

Oh, and here's everything I already have uploaded. http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~tflesher/icons/ As well as the SWF Photo Gallery. http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~tflesher/photos/

There are a couple of different places on the web, including a tripod.co.jp-hosted site that I can't remember the URL for right offhand. Also, here. http://www.contrabandent.com/cwm/s/otn/wrestling/ And if you get something made up and need hosting, I host random banner images and shit on my university webspace.

Oooh, Taylor. I've been kind of hoping for this, since Taylor was hanging right in there with ELM dominating the Light Heavyweight division right before I snagged the belt and began using it as an ashtray. I'm excited to see J&R vs Sinquizition, and especially to see Dace and Sacred squaring off. This should be a good one.

Opening Promo Va'aiga speaks! - Va'aiga reveals himself to be a soft-spoken man with a law degree, and complains that he is NOT AN ANIMAL! If he is a prick, does Dace Night not bleed? etc Singles Match The Boston Strangler v. Xero - Um. Singles Match Thoth v. Jay Dawg - Er. Active people, yes, no? Tag Team Title Match Sinquizition v. Justice and Rule - J&R! J&R! And no, Mike, I will NOT predict for you just because you won when I predicted against you. I'm the biggest J&R mark ever. Main Event The SWF World Heavyweight Championship Singles Match "The Superior One" Tom Flesher © v. Erek Taylor - No prediction, but god damn this is a schedule lol

Applied.

I don't think they're as bad as everyone seems to think, personally. Granted, I haven't seen a great deal of their stuff, but in the handful of 2000-2002 I've seen from them they seem like perfectly acceptable workers. Of course, "perfectly acceptable" isn't justification for winning the IWGP Junior title.

I believe it's a clothesline with the elbow bent at a 90-degree angle.

I did send a short email to the address, but I don't expect a reply. Basically, I said that they have quite probably more wrestling talent under one promotion's umbrella than ever existed when there were competing federations, and it was a shame they were being used in septic truck-type skits. And, yes, syxx, maybe you *are* wrong.

I like it. I'm hoping this does go somewhere instead of just being dropped as a semi-shoot promo, though.

Hardcore-Gamers Championship Hardcore Match WildChild © v. Quiz - WC Singles Match Va'aiga v. Nathaniel "Silent" Kibagami - Silent, if he shows Tag Team Match The Boston Strangler and Xstasy v. Erek Taylor and Andrew "The Sacred One" Blackwell - TBX Tag Team Match The Bemani Cross Wizards (Thoth and Ced Ordonez) v. Justice and Rule (Judge William Hearford III & Ejiro Fasaki) - J&R Main Event The SWF World Heavyweight Championship Singles Match "The Superior One" Tom Flesher © v. Dace Night - No prediction

I'd mock the OP, but the challenge is gone.

Best story ever.

I think we need to put this in US Perspective, Dace. Guys, imagine that we're doing a giant run-in on the Jerry Lewis Telethon. (Y)

No, no. Judge is JUSTICE. And good to see Todd Royal getting to face off against IL.

Yes. I would.