Bruce Blank

the words "hell" and "yes" spring to mind Downhome

Crimson Skull for Cruiserweight champion!!

Oh shut up

Is that a Frost-Brand© Cigar?

Boggles the mind that these guys are now used so piss poorly in the WWE wait - are they even used at all? I mean when was the last time they were on TV? that's a crime

*tisk*tisk* not only did I just explain that before you repeated it, but you forgot that each team also faces a "non-pool" team as part of the whole thing - way to confuse those already confused *thumbs up*

well let's see it's not THAT hard they're divided into pools of 3 teams which means that you're guaranteed to have a match against each of the teams in your pool in addition you'll have to face one other team not in your pool - now the only thing any of us can say about that team is that it's not sure which team we're facing - but it won't be Team Doomosity or GM/Myers as they're having their one "Non-pool" match this week. Basically your "mystery" opponents could be any 1 of the remaining 7 teams (12 - 3 in your pool - 2 already booked for a non-pool match) but you won't know which team *shifty eyes* so 3 matches in the prelim round - I presume there will be like a points system to determine a winner in each of the 4 pools From what I think they'll take the winners in Pool A & B and have them face off and the winners in Pool C & D and face off. those two winners then go to the PPV. ironically by the time we hit the PPV the two "Lottery" teams will have had 4 matches together - 3 more team matches together than our current tag-team champions

I will give a more detailed feedback later on when I have time read through a very, very packed card. But that was awesome on so many levels, great matches – and holy crap! WTFBBQOMG!! I actually won / defended the title against Ghost Machine V2.0 Even I was giving GM better odds at winning. Top notch work from all the winners, shame that there was a double no show though And the announcement – intriguing and with just 4 shows between now and “From the Fire” it’ll be interesting to see who’ll come out as the leading contenders with these very interesting parings. I’m actually thinking that several of the “random” parings could work on a longer term basis. And it’s good to see the promoage being kept up for Lockdown, shame that neither the International title feud nor the Cruiserweight title feud got much profiling done on Lockdown. And yes I’m psyched – I had barely listed a IL Vs Bruce dream feud in the “Actors studio" thread before such an opportunity landed in my lap Details to come when I get more time.

Maybe if you took your own advice first then others would just naturally follow

Likely Sid Vicious, and...Paul E?the guy was Barry Windham – the manager? I’m stumped but not Paul E as he was in ECW round this time Ha-HA! It wasn't just two. Angle-wise, THREE men were under the Mr. Wrestling III mask. "Bullet" Bob Armstrong, BG James, and Vince Russo were all revealed to be Mr. Wrestling III. HA-ha part deux! Nikita Koloff wore the mask too at some point

That's exposed when half the guys on the show look like they can barely put their chin on the top rope Diversity is the key, you can't (well shouldn't) have just one style even if you're really, really, really good at it - the more styles you have and can mix together the bigger your target audience becomes, it's just common sense. So the X guys are "exposed" short - it's not like they're looked upon as monsters of men who'll crack your skull for looking at you wrong or anything so what's the big deal?

Not sure if Benoit bladed - but he's definitly bled from the forehead his ladder match Vs JJ at Starrcade one year he bled - but that could have been from being busted open the hard way.

A tribute show is one thing - like the Von Erich show. No one said anything bad about the WWE when they did the Owen show or the Eddy shows. That's not the problem - the problem starts to be the constant references to "Doing it for Eddie" and the "Spirit of Eddie" giving Rey #2 and so on and all that. and then adding Orton's pathetic attempts at cheap heat off Eddie's death just to get "Mr. Negative Charisma" over THAT is the problem - not someone doing a tribute show

their fingers aren't slammed against the cage with the force of the head (nor raked across the chainlink) it's not the touching or even the climbing that cuts them up. as for backs - simple anatomy - it's softer tissue and yields easier to the mesh than the skull does, since it's hard bone and thus doesn't yield to the mesh, only the skin does and thus cuts it when the pressure is high enough. And as someone else points out the visual is a lot more "gory" than if you bled from your elbow or back, it's a visual thing Blading has it's place - it's limited place. it seems to be an art that's almost lost, I'm with you on "2 weak chairshots" and you're busted open, make it mean something not just as a way to spice up a match because the people involved aren't able to do it with talent alone. it should be something that ADDS to the match, not something they resort to because the match lacks something.

Well of course we would all like to win all the time (it'd be nice but losing happens it's part of the game especially in an ultracompetitive federation) This is probably the vibe in the previous posts that set me off the most - that I supposedly did this and kept it to myself as an underhanded way of forcing my way to a win or anything like that. Don't mistake the in character boastings for why I play this game, I see no point in a cheap win and get absolutely no satisfaction by winning by "no show" either - I play it fair or I don't bother at all. No Angles don't always go down the way we want them to, but there should usually be some sort of control from the people involved - I exersized that control in this case and yes I would have been fine introducing him in a non-match angle had I lost also because the loss would be a factor in the furthering of the angle and several adjustments would have to be made anyways. I added him because it made sense on a larger scale if Bruce won - I saw the big picture with the IL feud and all and it made sense if he was there to help Bruce win. It was not to spice up the match itself against a good opponent - I could have thought of ways to do that which would involve just Bruce and GM. it's all about "Sense not spice" It almost ended up doing the opposite thing and killed the momentum in the match, cause as some have commented the ending was a bit "out of the blue" and that's rarely a good thing. But seeing just how much attention something like this gets any surprise "apperances" and whatnot will be announced ahead of time to my opponent - even if it's something that person shouldn't even include in their match write up. So that we can all get away from this kind of back and forth and get back to playing the game.

Oh and in general if I have ideas or stuff that I'd like included win or lose I have and I will continue to inform my opponent(s) of it and ask them nicely if they'll add it to their match write up too. This is just a case of "it wouldn't have worked if I lost"

what I was going for was the masked guy to be effective in his debut - helping me lose just wouldn't cut it. It's not that I HAD to win that match, if that was the case then yeah I would have requested a jobber match. Had I lost I would have found a different "non-match" way of debuting the mystery guy at the next show instead to keep him looking effective and no one would have even thought twice about it. That was my backup plan in case I lost which quite frankly was very probably going in. And yes it could have been the other way around where GM had something that'd only work the way he intended if he had won - that's how it goes and I'd be fine with it. If he added something that would only really make sense after a win then it'd be pointless to even try and work it into a loss. I stood there and said to myself "What if I lose" and how that would affect the angle with IL - then I said "what if I won" and how that would affect the angle with IL. Each outcome would have made a difference to the development of the angle - I considered both of them and then actually made the aditon to the "what if I win" scenario to have this match help nudge the angle forward a bit. The loss already had a built in "angle advancement" because of the change it would have meant to Bruce

alright alright maybe I'm a bit touchy (and it's not even my time of the month... I think) sorry if I went a bit overboard. What I'm saying is - that I needed the masked man to make a strong showing in his first surprise apperance, which as I explained above would exclude him from a match where I'd lose. And since it was important to the character that he wasn't there in a losing match I didn't see the point in telling GM that he shouldn't use a surprise guy that he didn't know about... erm... yeah that made sense right? Had I lost the I would have written a promo for next week where he would have show and that would have been fine with me too because that's the nature of the game. In fact that was my original plan but I felt GM was a such a strong opponent that the screwey finish to the match wouldn't halter his momentum significantly.

Woops missed this on the first read through. Just how far do you go in the quest to be sure the opponent knows it won’t be a “run-of-the-mill” finish? Should I have informed Akira bout my idea to have Ced in a blast suit, be all scared of the explosions and then use him to take some of the blast for Bruce? It’s a major part of my match write up, it could be a difference maker between the two matches and those touches could have added to me winning the match. Should I have informed Akira about my intentions for that match? It was an angle for the match, it was a surprise for the match. Should I have informed others I’ve faced off that I plan on doing something a little less “common” for a finish since it’d be a surprise? Should I have told Jimmy/Akira/Skull that I planned on taking our 4 way Hardcore match to the roof of the building? I mean that’s a finish that would make the “run-of-the-mill” finish look inferior? (which was a complaint about my latest match) How about the Hide & Seek match at the Hockeytown café: Should I have informed Landon of how I intended to finish that match with the Title encased in ice, Bruce setting the bar on fire and then breaking the title out of the ice while striking Landon over the head with the flame encased belt? That’d qualify as a surprise and not something anyone would expect. So if we faced off and it would make sense to have Zombie Rommel and his Panzer army run me over I wouldn’t complain for a moment that you thought of it and I didn’t. Just how far should I go? Just how much of my own creativity should I share with my opponent to make it “fair” on them?

OOOH you're gonna piss Amy off by calling her a beast and interesting concept... I think .... I mean pools this and pools that yet no swimsuit contests??

I got a PM explaining the “Glitch” that GM talked about on Aftershock – the glitch being that he isn’t programmed to use weapons despite them being legal and will always give them to the referee when he gets his hand on it. And even though Bruce faking the knee injury may seem improbably I went through the last 3-4 matches (including the CF) and made sure there actually weren’t any spots that looked like it would injure the knee – one chop block was all I found. So from a “as the matches are written” point of view nothing ever happened to injure the knee, he just told everyone it had. Which is the main reason I had a promo on Aftershock – to plant the idea that Bruce’s knee was injured, I set up the con

Jesh you’d think I drew a cartoon of Muhammad or something. The introduction of the guy in the mask would ONLY work if he was actually successful in what he did. I have a specific purpose for the guy and I’d like to actually be able to control how my own side character is introduced just like all of you. But apparently that’s a bad thing. I specifically wanted it to be in my version only because if GM had written him in 1 of 2 things would have happened 1) GM would have fought both Bruce and that dude off and won – making the other guy look like a total pussy for not even being able to make a difference in the match. Making him look weak and ineffectual which is totally counterproductive for the angle he’s going to be used in. 2) His attack would have backfired and cost Bruce the match – immediately building some sort of inter-personal tension between them as the guy was part of what ended Bruce’s record reign. Again that’s counter productive to what the guy will be used for. But I’m made out to be the bad guy for not wanting to screw over an angle in progress in case I lost a match that has no build up at all. If I was turning face he would have known it cause I would have told him of course. I'm sorry if it's a problem that I want to have a say in how a character that’s important to my direction in the fed is introduced. If I was faking a knee injury and only wore the kneebrace to use it as a weapon I would have told him – which I did, I was 110% up front about that he had the PM on that before the match was even announced. I'm sitting here and I'm damn proud of the win I got, yet all I hear are complaints about the ending instead of hardly acknowledging the ENTIRE 4500+ word match BEFORE IT at all like that played no part in the win at all. And I’m sorry if I sound like a bitch here, but a “Run-of-the-mill” ending to a title match is just lame! Especially one that’d end the longest Hardcore title reign – I went into this expecting GM to NOT go with a “run-of-the-mill” ending cause that’s really what the situation called for. As for the “don’t argue” – I AM going to argue (Well debate it - no bitching and moaning) this cause I’m being made out to be some sort of scheming asshole who intentionally kept something from GM because I figured it’d screw him over. If that’s what people think of me then they don’t know the first thing about me.

also on the "run-of-the-mill finish" regard There is no way I would have turned in a Title defense with a run-of-the-mill finish - that just wouldn't win me matches. if it wasn't the use of the surprise attack then it would have been something else that'd have been BIG to put a guy of GM's caliber away. Either way it would be something beyond a run-of-the-mill finish and either way it would have counted for me. so honestly I just don't see the problem here, sorry if someone is upset that I work an angle into my match, sorry if I wanted to use the masked guy in a positive way or not at all - but is it really that big a deal?

Ah but was the dragon guy someone one of them was feuding with? nope not in the least and based on comments in the Lockdown threat the "Out of the blue" nature of the attack didn't exactly aid in the flow of the match either so on the whole I don't think that is what clinched the match for me.

that's cause I didn't tell ya - if I had lost then the guy in the dragon suit would have played no part in the loss at all but left it cleanly in your robotic hands I didn't want to cheapen your win that way, but I have no problem with me getting a "cheap" win, it's what Bruce does.