Bruce Blank

It's research and well with recap threads like you've done for 2006 (and some I've found for the majority of 04 & 05) it's not been that hard to compile it. Would it disturb you even more if I said I had a complete win/loss list for everyone active? well from Jan 04 till now - Yes that problaby would disturb you so I ain't saying that

Silce Gibraltar isn't seeing action maybe I can borrow him for a singles match with Ultimo Villano X? it'd work with the Tourneno Cibernetica and all. And fall out from the home invasion? HMMMM what are the odds that Zack is pissed?

If it'll help then I got an excel file with the complete results of '04 '05 and '06 in them and yes some of these guys actually go back to 2004 (some even further back but I haven't started on 2003 yet)

Oh like Canada is any more real than the imaginary tour we're just been on

I hope we get some markers soon, cause I'm done writing and I have no clue how much online time I'll be able to get this weekend, so the sooner I know where to send it the better.

Tycho? Danish Astrologist Tycho Brahe is booked for Ground Zero?

Kudos to Zack for writing that AWESOME segment, we wanted it to be intense but not you know over the edge creepy and Zack pulled that off so damn well Even I want to see him kick Bruce's ass now I enjoyed both tag matches too, it's great to see tag-team wrestling alive and kicking in the OAOAST when soooooooo many e-feds have paper thin tag-team rosters - and the International tournament is gold *thumbs up* shame the Danes lost but I may not be done with them yet The X champ wants Vitamin X in an Ultimate X match refereed by Professor X - XXXXL action!! Interesting albeit a bit out of the blue, but hey it's an angle, it's a direction which is good enough for me and the 10 man tag match has been build and hyped expertly, great storytelling from all the guys involved - and I know it won't end with the match, that's the beauty of it.

I'm not sure UVX is quite ready for a world title match Special Bonus Highlights Tag-Team World Cup: European Bracket Denmark (6) Vs Jamaica (7)

It's a work guys, it's a genius "shoot work" to make a huge heel. Think about it, what's put all these guys on the shelf? the blood test right? Hell that's put more people on the shelf than Mark Henry has been credited with (or damn near close enough) The heel here is obvious blood Test!!! - He's about to become the biggest heel in the WWE

Genius! pure genius You know if a picture is worth a thousand words then turn in 7 pictures for Ground Zero instead of a 7K match

Nope he lost to a Canuck in his last match actually. (JJ Johnson)

On the subject of Konnan I was watching Impact one night on EuroSport and my wife passes by, sees Konnan (it was the cage arm wrestling match with Bullet Bob) and her comment is "Is that guy green?" And when I looked at him again I had to agree he looked like his skin was turning this dirtygreen color I don't know if it was the lighting or what but Konnan has a decidedly green tinge to him on TV, maybe he's getting mouldy? "Mouldy" Konnan is not someone you take serious as a wrestler - as a manager for Homicide & Hernandez yeah maybe but not in the ring.

Well I’m too frigging hot to be creative enough to write on the PPV match right now (damn heatwave) so I figured I’d give a bit more detailed feedback on the matches on Smarkdown. Then I reread Smarkdown and realized that there was only one actual other match worth commenting on – the debut of Nemesis. Bummer but if nothing else I’ll give the new guy some feedback, I know from my own experience that some feedback on the early work is greatly appreciated. Now: Nemesis Vs Ced Ordonez A short but adequate intro to one of our resident jobbers, it did the trick I suppose but you may want to work more on your opponents entrance for the next show. You a lot of work into yours I can tell so some totally generic entrance for your opponent just screams “jobber” (Not a biggie issue) The format is a bit different than the usual SWF format, but honestly if that’s what works for you go for it (I mean the way you format the commentary) In a couple of short sentences I felt that you’ve introduced the Professor and Nemesis enough for most people to get a grip on their background and all for future match writing purposes, good stuff and I like the “specialness” of the entrance you cooked up, points for originality. Now the match itself – well it’s a squash isn’t it? But then again why should a perennial jobber looks good or even like he has half a chance against a monster like Nemesis – like someone said a few weeks ago (I think it was) “Not all matches have to be ultra competitive”, which I agree with and this one definitely should NOT be ultra competitive. On a personal note – he’s going to be a bitch of a character to get a truly super competitive back and forth match out of it for any writer. It certainly can’t have the same dynamics as say a couple of cruiserweights going at it, but that's the challenge here isn't it?. I just hope that you don’t feel too limited with this character in the long run, but then again who am I to talk I specifically picked a big brawler because I didn’t want to write super competitive spot fest Cruiserweight matches and I've done alright with a "limited character" Back to the matter at hand – a squash, then after we go to commercials a re-squash with poor Ced getting beaten down again for pissing Nemesis off or something. For what it was it was a good match, the interesting thing to see is when you’re forced to write longer matches, that’ll be very interesting to see. Especially with the Hardcore rules that would seem to help the opponent gain somewhat of a leverage against the tall, dark and horny one. In conclusion – just keep up the good work, longer matches and stick with it is all I can say. If you ever need any other advice just let me know, I know how it is to be the new kid on the block.

If it wasn't before it is now - much obliged

You don't mean "what is responsible"? cause I'm torn between tequila and pot

On a side note: Does the SWF have an official head referee?

I don't know if it was any good or not but for historical purposes how about the first ever SWF PPV? Whatever it was, where ever it was it would still be a fitting location IMO

LOL Austin Sly enters the arena to a rousing round of "Meh"

and I'm not knocking the fact that people have a comfort zone / safe zone, we all do. Hell I do too mine is the Hardcore matches (well duh!) while others have the Cruiserweight style matches. it's not a knock on it, just stating a fact and it didn't really surprise me to hear your reasoning behind it.

LOL so he basically just lifted him up by the feet? he should have shook him until something fell out of his pockets then and yes I figured that's why you took Bruce out, I know your (and several other SWF'ers) safe zone seems to be the Cruiserweight matches. To me that quickly turned it into "Cruiserweight 3 way number 8231232" that we've seen so many times before LOL can you guess what my other pet peeve is besides most people not writing Bruce as the Power Hoss?

THE MAIN EVENT - SWF WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Michael Stephens © vs. JJ Johnson I'd love to see JJ finally get the big title, get the gold - but I just can't get into this one at all, it's just "any old match" to me Mike retains -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SWF CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH - LADDER MATCH Michael Cross © vs. Zyon After a couple of really close calls I think Zyon will turn it up another notch and become the first three time, three time, three time Cruiserweight champion -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SINGLES MATCH "The Superior One" Tom Flesher © vs. Grendel Who's Grendel? maybe this match will reveal it, maybe this match will reveal that Tom Flesher is actually Ghost Machine V1 wearing a Flesher match Flesher -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SWF INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Bruce Blank © vs. Charlie "Grappler" Matthews No comments -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SINGLES MATCH Landon "La Cucaracha" Maddix vs. "The Dean of Professional Wrestling" Jay Hawke A tough call, Hawke is making a comeback and is looking to regain his standing after the Intl. tournament, Landon is trying to come up with a tag-team name - both very worthy causes I'll say Hawke wins -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- #1 CONTENDERSHIP TO THE SWF INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP "The Divine Wind" Akira Kaibatsu vs. "Hollywood" Spoon Jenkins Based on pure "showing upness" Akira deserves the rematch and will prove it come Ground Zero -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- HANDICAP MATCH Wildchild vs. Kerry Staunton and Scott Rageheart Winners: Wildchild, the readers Loser: Mike Van Siclen cause he's in trouble. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SWF HARDCORE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH - HOUSE RULES STAIRWAY TO PANDA MATCH Jimmy the Doom © vs. Trent Hawk vs. Mike Van Siclen vs. Insane Luchador I'd love to see IL really show and take the title again. It may just come down to a matter of "which one of these four show" -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- HARDCORE MATCH Nemesis Vs MANSON~! Monster newbie overcomes Mansonosity! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- OPENING BOUT "The Beast" Gabriel Drake vs. Ced Ordonez I dunno, I think this Drake fellar is in trouble but will take it after a long grueling 45 minute match

Since no one else seems to give feedback I’ll give you my 2 cents cause I see a few things that I personally think you could improve on to make for a much more effective storytelling. Keep in mind they’re just my views on them you can agree or disagree – and nothing said here is meant in a mean manner or as a put down. A loss can be a learning experience after all, my loss to Mike was definitely a learning experience especially the feedback I got from the marker so here goes. Early on in the match there really is no emotion at all, it’s just a bunch of moves strung together without telling a story unique to these 4 guys, you could easily replace a name and not know it. No one plays the heel really, no one seems to have any kind of animosity in this and it’s just a series of wrestling moves Where is the Cross/Akira issues? Friends betrayed, injured – this should have been used big time. The emotions do enter the match later on about half way through, like they suddenly remembered that they hate each other, well more like Cross doesn’t want Akira to get a pinfall in but that’s about it through out most of the match. How about the Bruce/Akira feud? There is a small reference but that’s it, nothing much else in the match. I used the history to show how Akira tackles Bruce full on instead of the usual Cruiserweight “hit & run” tactics, he knows him, he hates him and he’s on to him. Pet peeve time: Bruce = Mr. Bland here, no cheating, he’s not written as the power monster that the character is supposed to be, he could be any generic character with above Cruiserweight strength really. That’s not just you but a some people really don’t write Bruce like the “Power hoss” that he is. Oh and can I just ask: A pinfall attempt after a punch to the face? And a pinfall attempt like 2 moves into the match? The psychology behind that escapes me and it turns the “near fall kick out” into a cliché more than an effective storytelling device. I’m not quite sure what’s going on here, how does Bruce hang him upside down? In the ropes? Does he lift him up by his arms? I had to read it 3 times to get it and even then I filled out the gaps myself – it should flow so that no one is forced to go “Wait a minute, what did I just read?” Cause that just disrupts the reading flow. And all things considered I’d say eliminating Bruce first and that easily is a mistake. The elimination wasn’t built to, it was just an out of the blue “Oh Bruce is eliminated” event – all three eliminations in my match were build up as a highlight as the culmination of the story that came before it, not just “tag in, choke, goodbye” – it felt flat, really flat. And after Bruce is eliminated the match is written more like a 3 way dance with all 3 men just jumping all over each other time and time again without the ref doing anything about it. Oh and Spike Jenkins Military Pressing someone and throwing them into the crowd? talk about “suspension of disbelief” here. A chair shot and a finishing move – not enough to put Akira down, not even so much that he has to use a rope break to get out of the pinning predicament. Even with a vitality of 7 I can’t see the logic behind more or less no selling both to go into a huge move from Akira that gets the win. And Akira overcame ring rust? Injuries? Maybe I missed that but I didn't see that as part of the story told with the match - just a comment after the win. I realize I wrote a lot of stuff, but it’s mostly “the little things” here, tweaks here and there more than “man you suck” – so I hope that you take it as such.

Maybe I should start a betting pool on when Zyon turns heel

LOL - You left him to team up with Cross (and look how that turned out ) and he turned on Zyon. You know Akira really has a crappy record when it comes to friends & tag-team partners.

You mean they haven't teamed up in the past and was this close ---> || to forming a group or something with Zyon before Spike had a touch of the RUDO~!