Bruce Blank

Ah it’s that time again, Wednsday (well Thursday for me because of the time diff but let’s not split hairs) it’s time for LOCKDOWN!!! Did the French surrender and forget to do a Dark match? Opening Promo (dastardly upstaged by “Pre-show comments” by Flesher, Grappler & Matheson – oh those heels!!) Question – if Michael Stephens is a face and pretty over, why do the fans continue to taunt him with the “Toxxic” chant when he’s trying to distance himself from that persona? That’d be like fans chanting “Gregory Helms” at the Hurricane when he first adopted the gimmick, I just don’t get the logic behind it. Flesher comes out and frankly the Stephens/Flesher confrontation is going to rock AND roll! I smell a PPV main event in the making. Let’s put it this way Stephens/Flesher 1 on 1 HAS to be a PPV main event! - Up next Martin Hunt takes on the Question Mark!! Who will it be this time? Since we’re in Canada a CIA appearance would probably blow the lid off the place. But Birdman will definitely do!! CAW! CAW! Mother Canuckers I like the quick run down of his past accomplishments to give us an idea of his success rate *thumbs up* And now Martin Hunt knows what a car feels like (see he was hit with the Bird Droppings like a c… nevermind) Cool little match that signals “the Bird is back” and has the perfect length, Hunt is a total job boy, he shouldn’t have long hard fought matches IMO. A welcome return to the federation - Nemesis/Manson II: This time it’s STILL serious!! A rematch from Ground Zero and it’s all action from the beginning as Nemesis doesn’t go through his usual theatrics but heads straight for Manson. The Suicide King with the pamphlets Good back and forth, allowing Manson to get in his offence due to his speed advantage and Nemesis is actually written as a GIANT! He shouldn’t sell too much, he shouldn’t be thrown around easily and he’s not – he’s making Manson work for it, and work for it he does! It's good to see someone who chose a style that's different from the rest of the SWF and is doing it pretty well. Double Nemesis? Did I just see double or were there two Nemesis? And breaking out the 7’5’’ drop kick as a way to overcome Mansonosity *thumbs up* There is a lot of action crammed into the match, I see improvement from the first match already, just stick with it. - Bruce Blank, Hardcore No More - LOL I take it that Elk and The took out the double no shows? As funny as it was it was a disappointing result - Up next Charlie Matthews Vs Scott Rageheart – then match you’ve been waiting for since. . . erm. . . the other day? “Jesus, Mary and Bret” Matthews is even more boring and rest-hold reliant than usual, and that doesn’t go over well with the Canadians? Totally unrealistic Matthews wins in a match that’s “solid but unspectacular” – probably how the Grappler would have been described if he was an actual wrestler (that’s not a knock on the writer but just how the character is designed) - Tag match time “Two Skinny White Guys” has to be the lamest chant ever! And did Landon just turn face by teaming with Stephens? The “mismatched partners” angle is in full effect here, sold well adding something to the tag-match beyond the standard “generic tag match” fare that we sometimes see. It’s an angle that’s been around since Heyman made Eastern Extreme but at least it’s told well enough to be enjoyable and with enough variation from the standard “heel and face are FORCED to work together” set up to feel fresh. Enjoyable and Fresh, can’t be all bad then - Cruiserweight title time! @ Tom “True Red & White Canuck” Flesher “He even made a strong defence against Zyon I’m told” – yeah you didn’t see that on the board? It was up Monday. . . I’m sorry what? Youth and determination falls to Experience and technical awesomeness, it’s the result we probably all expected although up until the end we were kept on the edge of our seats. What can I say? It’s a Tom Flesher match, that should tell you how good it was - Spike fights to be in line for my title (silly spike all you had to do is say please), Akira earned the next shot, Hawke is cruising for something serious there too and Spoon tries to interject himself in there as well to hopefully rise higher than he’s ever risen before – and tonight he’s actually required to fight for it instead of just jumping Akira from behind In order to avoid any misinterpretations of comments and dragging this topic off track I’ll just say “Spike won, get in line” And leave it at that. Oh except “Bruce Blank Vs Workrate”?? You bastard you know I’ll lose there - JJJ Pwns Ben Hardy!! Johnson / Matheson run in – a hint of future enemies perhaps? Flesher/JJJ or Grappler/JJJ both sound like damn fine matches to me. Johnson. . . compliments Bruce? :o shock of the night right there! - Bruce/Hawke 10 minute challenge My own stuff, I won’t comment. - Closing show angle! Wildchild took out a Chevy Impala with the Wild Ride cause that fucker is busted!! Apparently someone isn’t quite ready to just “forgive and forget” when it comes to Mike Van Siclen GOOD!! - Excellent show save the DNS and a missing dark match – I see several things brewing for Genesis 7

Nah he'd drop on his head FIRST and then fall on his back perfect for a pin

I'll try to explain it then. 1) The opponent is placed over the shoulder, chest down, head forward (like a running power slam like Davey Boy Smith) 2) Run forward, basically like a running power slam. 3) Again like a running power slam the guy executing the move jumps forward a bit, both feet leave the ground. 4) The opponent is shifted forward a bit, sliding off the shoulder and instead is held head down between the legs Tombstone style 5) Executor lands on his knees, victim hits the mat Tombstone style. 6) Pulls out a bottle of painkillers for the victim There you go in 6 easy steps - probably a move that's liable to really hurt the guy taking the move in real life and really much, much LESS complex that most of the moves used by the under 230 crowd but with very high impact.

A level of fantasy? huh? It's just a slightly different ring, 2 more turnbuckles, shorter ropes I don't see it as a big problem personally, focus on what's going on between the ropes and not the ropes themselves.

Wow they really do their homework don't they? Jesh I cannot believe that people who probably get paid a good deal of money can be so damn bad at their job - "No idea what his strengths were", it's someone's damn job to know.

These characters have no actual writers Have left the federation again in addition to Sly and well Rageheart/Staunton is up in the air since JJ is back as JJ so yeah about 20 actual writers or so.

Savage was doing mainly commentary and the odd match but nothing more, I think he wanted to return to full time in ring action and this was the way to bring him back with a purpose and all.

He went straight from one to the other. By that, I mean they started the Yoko program the day after SummerSlam. Why was Crush put in a program with Savage in the first place? Because Savage never visited Crush during his time in the hospital after Yokozuna injured him and he got so hurt that his "close friend" Randy Savage just didn't care about him. Or maybe it was that his "close friend" Randy Savage didn't try to stop Yokozuna from injuring him during Raw (I forget which. . . if it wasn't actually both) Which of course begged the question: Savage and Crush were friends? and the follow up: Why did Crush side with the man that injured him?? Two questions the booking team wanted you to just sorta gloss over - and hey it did produce a kick ass WM X match

Ah yes the Billy Jack Haynes Shoot as the title says Billy Jack went a'huntin' Took out his shotgun *BLAM*BLAM*BLAM*BLAM*BLAM*BLAM*BLAM* Came home with a deer and a couple of ducks It was a good shoot The End

I've always been told I smelled weird, my new shampoo must be working then since I've been downgraded to "funny" instead of "weird"

I think this refers to the Val Venis vs CM Punk mach. I'm not 100% sure, so someone please correct me if I'm wrong. But the Venis vs Punk match I think was recorded for Raw or Heat and I think it ended up not airing because Double A, HHH, and HBK ended up not liking it. I think thats it, but like I said I'm not 100% sure. I've actually seen this one on YouTube complete with commentary and all like it was aired on Heat

They need to replace it with a title that's not a belt but one of those huge ass 7 foot tall trophies that they get when they win a Japanese Tournament (G1?) and then have the 5'7'' champion lug that around from show to show

*sigh* funny how the split off thread in community is named after me when I'm not the one dragging this shit off topic. The Yellow Dog picture went straight over everyone's head, what a surprise.

And you're knocking the genius that is Bruce claiming to have the Bird-flu to get out of a match? *tisk*tisk*

You're a total genius!

Spelling it out WOULD be too obvious so I'll leave it at that picture

I enjoyed it, people got plenty of shots at the Hardcore title and I thought the blow off match was one of my best matches ever - don't whine when it didn't even affect you.

So what exactly was the Bobby Roode's New Manager search segment all about?? what happened?

hmm I guess it depends on how you define best (most entertainining etc.) I'd have to say overall the AJPW style have all other styles licked - I mean where else can you get dropped on your head continually and beaten up for like 30 minutes only to no sell it all and win with a Lariat? No one can complete with that

People have been wishing the same thing for you for years. yet no dice and frankly I have greater stamina than you do so I wouldn't hold my breath for it. A Bruce Blank / Spike Jenkins D@mnation in a Box match with a beautiful 3 month cooperative build is more likely to happen

I swear you need to adopt the music from Jesus Christ Superstar as your entrance music, just have the words changed to go with Mansonosity - it would be the single most kick ass entrance ever deviced.

Looking pretty good already - we've got 5 full matches and promises of even even more action *thumbs up* Did anyone see my suggestion to have the top post be edited to contain the card as it gets booked? just an idea

Too obvious?

Yes he was and he gave the book to Bill Watts, Watts liked Mabel so he became the King of the Ring - Thank god Vince was aquitted

LOL I totally forgot about that - man color ME embarrassed, sorry man. Alright UVX's life altering night is postponed till next week This weeks Scouting Match From Japan Ninjor "King of Ninjas" Vs The Great Scott!