Bruce Blank

gimme your best shot - I usually manage to do all 3 shows unless it's a special circumstance.

Ah it's good to be back - an updated Blank profile has been posted . Being in a Russian mental asylum leaves its marks after all

It's not like they can't work the first show. yeah cause we've seen how well TNA takes it if someone puts a PPV apperance in jeopardy by doing a show the night before (in the same time zone) You do a show in England one night and then fly to the states for a PPV the next night. . . I'm not saying it can't be done but I doubt TNA would really appriciate it (paging Mr. Aries, Mr. Strong)

Bruce can adjust his style to suit the federation he writes for *thumbs up* all that AND I shower once in a while I'll get some stats up for ya'll tomorrow so that you know a bit more about Blank. and seriously Zack did the big haul on that match, kudos for saving my computer hating BUTT.

How much is a Wayne Blank no show worth to you?

Congratulations to both #1 and WOTM *applause* and YES! Someone still recognizes the awesomeness that's the Ultraviolent title so thumbs up to LDP for that

LOL just cause I made a post and have a Bruce segment written doesn't mean I've got a WAyne match written yet.

Meh Haku > Haiku any time of the year

Well since no one else has done spoken up and I don't see it called on the card I'll go ahead and call the opening promo on behalf of Bruce Blank and the Jack Daniels Test 8-) Word!

Oh pipe down Scooter

LOL yes that's quite a distinction so in other words, we agree... damn we've spent a lot of posts establishing that LOL

What I don't get is what we're discussing here - I agree with you that International title shouldn't just be Pure Rules matches. Where we differ I guess is that I've got no problems with the occational Pure Rules match even if it's SO not my style. Oh and then you totally confuse me by first saying you're much more comfortable with "Old school" stipulations, then in the next post you say "old school" isn't your style. Arguing FOR those types of stipulations and then AGAINST it being the characteristics that could define the International division. :huh: And I think you're mistaking stipulation with style here: let's take a hypothetical situation - Int = Old School, so for instance we could have a ladder match as a title defense right? that's the stipulation = Old School. Then you take a WildChild ladder match and you take a Bruce Blank ladder match, they'd differ - probably quite a lot. That's style So just because the International title would be contested in old school matches more than Calvinball etc. doesn't mean that you don't bring your own style of wrestling into that match. Do you see the difference between Stipulation and Style? the divison matches could be a certain type of stipulations, but the style is totally up to the individual writer. I don't see a problem it in or a limitation or a pidgeonholing of anyone if the titles are divided more by the match types/stipulations to make each of them more unique. I mean we'd still see high flying in Hardcore matches, ground work in Cruiserweight matches and brawling in International matches. It's interesting to see what people put in the word "Old School" - it probably means different things to a lot of people.

Pure Rules isn't old school though - it's a fairly new concept from Ring of Honor. Old School is a Big Boot and a leg drop *Flexes* or if you will a Flair flop and a Figure Four

That's why I said "I think" when talking about going outside the comfort zones, it's just how I look at this personally - of course my comfort zone and your comfort zone seem to be more or less opposite Then again I have no idea what "Away in a manger" is so who knows if I'd have no showed that one or not. My point was - "all PR matches" is a bad idea, but a PR rules match now and again isn't a horrible idea even if it's not in everyone's "comfort zone" you know?

Both of them? (that want to) I'm all for trying to suit people's style, interest although at times I think it'd be good for everyone to be challenged by the match type, to go beyond their "comfort zone" I mean we all know where my comfort zone is, but I think it's good for me as a writer to work outside that a times too - hell that's the whole reason why I am putting Wayne Blank in for a few shows instead of Bruce, to step outside the comfort zone. I'd find it quite a challenge to write Bruce in a pure rules match, not something that's impossible, but something that challenges my creativity and imagination. Sadly I've seen too many people no show matches that aren't in their comfort zone I can also see the CC issues - do we send out a questionaire where people can check off which match types they'd like to participate in? and in conclusion. I'm with anyone that's opposed to making a specific title = "one specific match stipulation"

You mean quit after a few weeks, came back and bitched about not being booked - then totally no-showed anything he was booked in for 3 shows or so Honestly Pure Rules and Cruiserweight title just don't go together in my book as a rule - yes for some CW champs it'd make sense, but as a rule no, I want to see my cruisers flying high and spotting big. Although if you put it in the CW division then I'd never have to do a Pure rules match 8) On second thought that's the greatest idea I've ever heard

Great stuff, I like the "in person" feedback on the PPV, shame we missed that one match cause it sounded like a winner what does HOLT stand for?

Which would require a change in how the titles are considered instead of Internation = IC it would mean that Hardcore, Int and Cruiser were all about level pegging, just representative of each "style" with only the world title being a mixture and "above" the rest. That's not a bad way to look at it instead of arguing about which title is #2 or the "low card" title etc. Each title represents a style, the champion represents the "best" of that style in general, the world champion isn't representative of any specific style but is the top dawg. it'd make all 3 titles have a valid reason for being around although Blank would then never be able to challenge for the International title unless someone gave him a "talent" injection and WC - let me get this straight, when you held the title, it wasn't defended in Hardcore stip matches? or am I reading you wrong here?

Side Note: I'm not FOR dropping a title - it's not a problem IMO I'm just surprised that the ONLY title that is truely different is the one being suggested.

One doesn't exclude the other since the Hardcore title isn't about "level" but "style" in my eyes

1) Sean Davis - so there and 2) That just furthers my argument that the CW title is less "special" here than in a federation where only 20-30% of the characters are Cruiserweights. Here it's not that different from the other main stream titles like the Int or World, it's no different than the WWF EUropean or the WCW Television title really.

it has "NG"? what's NG? and you're saying that the Hardcore title is MORE like the International or World title in it's contenders and match types and so on than the Cruiserweight title? and as for workrate - is that restricted to just the CW matches? How about the International matches? most of the world title matches Because 75% of the guys in the Int or World are actually Cruisers (hell the fed) that division doesn't stand out as much as it did in WCW where the "top guys" were definitly NOT Cruisers

At least the Hardcore division has something that sets it apart from the CW/Internation stuff - only real difference there is that 4-5 people are excluded from challenging for the CW title, that's about it.

Okay maybe I'm just missing the logic here since I'm not totally familiar with the ROH way of "telling a story" here but what does that even mean? that he had to resort to this "ultra bad ass style" that he hardly ever uses? A sign of desperation or frustration on Danielson's part that he couldn't beat him with his "normal style"? Help me Obi-Hawk Kenobi cause I just don't get it.

Maybe I'll keep including him in my matches until we get Bruce / Janus II