Storm Comments!!

[Guest 5_moves_of_doom]

Guffaw, as if I was actually going to win with my craptacular match. Congrats to Tod who writes AND gets much more sleep than me. I'm reading... and argh, sleeping soon, too.

 

- Taylor "I Fuck Up Every Time..." Thompson

[Guest midnight_burn]

Well i expected to lose to HVT, though according to the recap it was a (VERY) close match, so that's not too bad.

 

Any chance i had of winning was killed by the word limit, i had to cut off pretty much my entire ending (a damn good ending too) to fit under the limit. Still, i liked my match for the most part, and at least i didn't no-show this time.

[Guest 5_moves_of_doom]

I'd like to apoligize again for not really doing too well upon my return here in the WF... one no-show victory against Xero, and then a crap-match that I finished in the wee hours of the morning. My matches, and entire state of mind, aren't on the good side right now, as I haven't gotten more than about three hours of sleep in a single night for about two weeks, and actually went three days without sleeping a wink. I have serious stress issues and I don't excercise too much either, and apparently it's causing some *really* bad insomnia [though I've had insomnia since grade school.] Anyhow, I'm going to try as hard as I fucking can to win the Clusterfuck, but again, sorry... maybe a promo tomorrow'll make up for me sucking, or something.

 

Oh, and Tod, great match man, extremely good stuff that I didn't expect to see coming from a guy who isn't too good at multi-man's.

 

 

 

 

Aaand one last note, since I'm on the IGN boards trying to think of a From the Vault match [though I'm going to lie down and watch a Royal Rumble match or two, maybe try to sleep, even... so the FTV match will probably be up sometime tomorrow] and it's conveniant... I'd just like to do an interesting little tid-bit stolen from the Smarks' Velocity Reviews. Just an interesting look back on what was going on now, exactly one year ago, and just for fun, two years ago, too.

 

One Year Ago:

IGNWF Storm 01.25.02

 

- Mercury def. Rane in a Singles Match

 

- Fallout and the Boston Strangler def. Bobby Riley and Munich in a Tag Team Match

 

- Sacred def. the Suicide King in a Singles Match

 

- Thoth def. Perfect Bo and Xstasy in a Triple Threat for the ICTV Title Match

 

Two Years ago:

IGNWF 01.10.01

[more than a week off, but a bunch of shows are mixed up back there, and this is as close as I could get]

 

- Bobby Riley def. Red Hurricane in a Singles Match for the Light-Heavyweight Title

 

- Grimedogg def. Mr. Galatea in a Hardcore Match for the Hardcore Gamer's Title

 

- Divefire def. G.O.A.T. and Mercury in a Triple Threat for the UK Title

 

- Azul def. Julie in a Singles Match

 

- Angelous and Molock def. Chris Wilson and Chris Storm in a Tag Team Match for the Tag Team Titles

 

- Outcast def. Madrac in a Singles Match for the ICTV Title #1 Contendership

 

- Fallout def. Danny Vigilante in a Singles Match for the ICTV Title

 

- Angel and Diablo def. Stubby P McWeed in a Handicap Match

 

 

Wow... things sure were EXCITING~! back then, eh?

[Guest HVilleThugg]

Here’s some long, drawn-out analysis from…well…nobody important. But, if you don’t read it..I will

 

WRECK

 

YOUR

 

SHIT!

 

King’s Promo

Good…straight and too the point. The added stip to the CF is awesome, although I already knew about it. And seeing as how I’m not in the CF, it doesn’t really affect me very much…but it’s still a nice touch. And the X thing…well…it’s just funny because that’s probably more of a real life desire for King since X has no showed all his return matches, after I pushed so hard for him to come back and have continuously defended him when people said that he was just going to no show and disappear like before. In any event, the CF will be hot…and I want to see the punishment for the first 3 people eliminated.

 

The Card

I could have sworn there was one more match on that card. Was there a double no show or something…or maybe I’m just smoking too much crack these days.

 

Yet another Frost/King Encounter

I always love seeing these two interact with one another, and this was another well written promo. However, unless it plays into something later in the show, having a promo where Frost gets #18 seems kind of pointless. 18 isn’t a very important number in the CF, so I’m unsure as to why it’s getting a promo. Maybe I’ll find out later?

 

The Battle Royale

Good victory for Tod, but if I were him, I wouldn’t pick 20. The last wrestler in NEVER wins. A decent match…lots of action…kind of an interesting finish. I had a hard time figuring out exactly what Tod did to get Z out, but I did like most of the action in the match. I would have liked to see a longer stint of Tod v Z at the end there.

 

Frost and ELM Meet Up

Frost is really making a push for the main event, getting a good deal of face time on a show when the other big man, HVT, isn’t in all the promos. Frost won’t interfere in the main event, unless the Carnies cheat…hmmmm…interesting. Why do I have the feeling that Frost will still be involved somehow? The question is…how will he get involved and who will he help?

 

Bo vs. X

Grrrrrr!!! ::Fights back anger:: Sorry…anyway…the match. Hmmmm…where have we seen this before…? Oh, it’s a replay of what happened last week. Ok…? Before I go into the match, I have to say something. I’m not really feeling this recap before the match. Bo put it in the match against Stryke, and here again…and honestly…I just don’t think it’s necessary for regular show matches. Every once in a while, for a very high profile match…sure…and at PPVs, definitely. But, this match was just a regular match, and yes…it has history…but you could really save words if you just have the announcers tell the viewers what happened. Maybe it’s just me, but I see it as a waste of words when you could use them more productively for in-ring events. Anyway…on to the match. Good fast start…I liked it. I liked Bo getting sent to the outside, and then immediately going for the chair. That really fits Bo’s character well. However, once he gets back in the ring, things start to go awry. I see what Bo was doing, but this match most certainly needed to go longer. Much, much longer. The start had a lot of potential, but the abrupt ending just didn’t’ do it for me. Although, it does set up my pre-match promo nicely later in the show. So, match-wise, not that great…but storyline wise, it’s very good…sets Bo’s mood going into a huge match for the CF. And, since I didn’t have time to promo like I wanted to, it continues to add heat to the Bo/HVT feud, despite HVT being banned from ringside.

 

Dissension, maybe?

Ooooo…do I sense some IGNWO type dissension in M7? I do…and I like it. I always like the dialogue between Tom and Frost…very casual. Just once, ONCE…I want to see Frost just lose it and deck Tom. Anyway…the turn is coming…I can feel it. And damn…Frost is starting really out do me in face time and promos on the show. I’m gonna have to step up my game I guess.

 

HVT vs Stryke

Not my best work, but certainly not my worst. I thought the match was ok, but I was fighting the word limit a lot because of the words I lost with my pre-match promo. I did the promo in as few words as possible so I could have more for my match. Actually, I WAS going to no-show due to school and real life stuff. But, I wrote a good chunk of the match at work on Thursday Morning, and finished it up after class. And thanks to TBS for the 15 minute extension…As far as the match goes, I don’t like to critique my own stuff, but…I thought it was ok. I liked the beginning of the match where Thugg just tries to squash Stryke… In the match, I tried to have Stryke play the underdog face, but I’m not sure if I accomplished that. Stryke took a lot of punishment, but I don’t think I did as good a job as I wanted to in putting him over. However, I really liked the submission spot…although, I would have liked to have done something different with the end. I was out of words, so I just had to end it after the submission spot, but I don’t really like to have Thugg just get up, hit the finisher and win…I like some more drama there. But, oh well…I won, and that’s good. I bet it could have gone either way, so…I guess I just got lucky.

 

The Everybody and Their Mama Match

Good one from M7…at least I think it was their since they won. Looks like they ran up to the word limit since they didn’t really describe the aftermath much and simply stated that a three-way fight occurs. Either way, the submission finisher was unique and very well done, although, I’m still having trouble picturing it in my head, but that’s probably because I’m not the expert of wrestling that the rest of you all are. Anyway, more important than the match itself was…

 

Let’s All Dance!!

It’s a Dance, Dance Revolution!! Where’s Thoth?? Many, many people are fighting, similar to what will happen next Sunday. The only problem I have with the ending is that it would have been better to have more people that are actually involved in the CF come down. Bo and Thugg aren’t in the CF, but it still does make sense for them to be there since they have such a high profile angle. I like the shoving match that ensues with the 2 of them and Frost, although it might have been cooler to have them just slugging away at each other. All in all, a cool ending and a good way to lead into CF.

 

On the whole, I thought the show was decent. Personally, I would have liked to have done more in the way of my feud, but school and real life prevented me. But, Bo’s match did good as well as my pre-match promo and the final brawl. I think the show was a little bit disjoint, but I think it flowed as well as can be expected. In fact, it did flow rather well, but it really could have used a promo from me where I tell ELM that I’ll come down if things get hairy. Thugg was focused on Bo the whole show, so it’s a little strained for him to come down after the main event, but it still works. Besides, it’s more my fault for not promoing.

 

Anyway…that’s all I have…

 

Now more people comment you damn bitches!!

 

Da “waits for analysis from Frost and Danny…don’t let me down boys” H

[Guest Goodear]

I wrote comments but the board ate them... dumb board.

[Guest Edwin MacPhisto]

BOARD IS HUNGREEEE!

 

A pretty unexceptional show, nothing too special, and brought down a bit by the pretty much lack of Bo/X match in the middle. I think it's pretty clear at this point that Xstasy's return was a fluke. I hope I'm wrong, but it's been 4 shows now, and *nothing.*

 

What was there was good though, with some hot angle-building action in the six-man tag, and a very fun opening battle royal. I think, in character, it'd make sense for Tod to take #20, since he's a dick and all...but it also would make sense to take #1, since that'd help him get rid of his "underappreciated" label if he wins. Though personally, I'd like to see him pick #9, in honor of being the last surviving member of XF9 and all.

 

Out of character...I'd use the power to pick #1 all the way, if I could swing it storyline wise. I've always thought that the people with early CF numbers have an advantage, because they have their own character to write throughout the match to provide a sort of anchor to the proceedings. It's hard to write 8000 or so words that don't involve you. However, out of all the possible darkhorse guys who were in the Battle Royal match, Tod has certainly distinguished himself and is now on the inside track to a possible victory...

[Guest Suicide King]

Card forthcoming, when Tod PMs me and tells me what his entry number is!

[Guest Goodear]

So here is the short version

 

1) Thugg when he chokeslammed Stryke in like two minutes and walked away, pretty much took away the whole drama of the deal. After that happened I had no doubt that Thugg was going to come away with it so any of Stryke's offense had nothing behind it emotionally for me.

 

2) Tom and Frost should have some moments where they actually get along. That way it does not look as though they're treading water until Frost finally gets tired of the whole M7 deal and goes face. Now... its sort of like waiting for the other shoe to drop for a little too long.

 

3) I have no feelings towards Bo or X so I couldn't really get into their contest. I think Bo needs a bit of a name change though... I dislike "Perfect Bo" immensely. I always think Dukes of Hazard when I see it.

 

4) Six man ruled even if Annie got back into the ring too quickly after her first taste of the action. And I don't like double submissions as finishers since a referee should really be breaking that stuff up if the match is not all tornado-y

 

5) Tod rules but the ending sequence with Z was too short

 

6) King getting on Frost's bad side by trying to get on his good side seems a bit counter intuitive.

[Guest Perfect_Bo]

The reason I didnt write a match that I wanted to write is because I've been going through some big problems...Some people know about it, others dont...if you cannot understand why I wrote suck a fucked up match, then you can suck a niggas dick.

[Guest Ace309]

We actually ran 450 words over, but the desire to chop out that much was kept in check by the Carnies no-showing.

 

The reason we only said "a three-way brawl erupts" was that we were going to have the big postmatch brawl happen anyways, and I wanted to have as little brawling in the actual match per se as possible. The Carnies would have written much the same thing; it was just as a segue to the promo.

 

All in all, though, pretty passable pre-PPV show. At least we didn't have deKindes Claus vs. Orochi Claus.

 

And yeah, Bo's pretty much got an excuse to write a match below his ability. Here's hoping shit clears up for you, man.

[Guest Tod deKindes]

I had, like, 500 words left when it was down to me and Z so I had no choice but to make it short.

 

And King, my number has been sent to you.

 

Comments forthcoming.

[Guest Suicide King]

Now waiting for Tod to write his promo before I post the card. Sigh.

 

Either way you'll have two full weekends before the show, so use them!

[Guest 5_moves_of_doom]

Dammit Tod, just write the fucking promo so we can have a card. I'm way to tired to start writing or anything right now... but I'm still interested in the order and shit.

[Guest Kibagami]

I got it, I got it.

 

"Tod deKindes is walking through some corridors backstage."

 

"Tod deKindes has lost overness from this segment."

 

When in doubt, turn to EWR.

 

K.

[Guest HVilleThugg]

And maybe...just maybe...we can have some fucking comments on the show. I dunno...just an idea.

 

Da "lazy bitches" H

[Guest 5_moves_of_doom]

And maybe...just maybe...we can have some fucking comments on the show.  I dunno...just an idea.

 

Da "lazy bitches" H

HVT vs Stryke - Match Review

 

This match just really really REALLY great!! I loved it. What a masterpiece.

 

On a completely unrelated note, I suck major balls...i mean, big hairy ones. In fact, I'm about to go suck some balls, right now. Gotta love the balls.

 

- Taylor "Happy Now, Eh?" Thompson

[Guest HVilleThugg]

That's certainly more information than we needed to know TNT.

 

Da "really...wow" H

[Guest 5_moves_of_doom]

. . .

[Guest Muzz]

People should have the right to free speech, Thugg.

[Guest WrestlingDeacon]

King Promo

-This setup a lot stipulations for the Clusterfuck and I have to wonder why they need them. Is it the perceived lack of “star power” this year? A match like this should be able to stand on its own and throwing in more variables just makes it more difficult to write and shifts the focus away from the match in and of itself. Seems like over booking. I also think that the first three people that get tossed out are punished stip will really affect a lot of game plans. You know everybody is just going to have Ash go out first.

 

King/Frost Promo

-The idea here is that King is manipulating Frost just where he wants him with Frost thinking that he’s standing up to King and his manipulations. King realizes that Frost is quickly putting himself into the position of a loner nobody likes and, therefore, he would make a great enforcer for the new commissioner. The hallmark of a great card player is someone who can get you to play into his hand without you ever realizing it. King had everything set up, because he knew exactly how Frost would react. The idea of giving Frost number 18 plays into the smarts of both men. If King offers Frost number 20, he refuses, King offers him to draw his own pick and then Frost picks 20 he’s going to know something is up. However, an off high number like 18 keeps Frost in check. What’s so significant about 18? That’s the idea. Also, in the Rumble and matches like this there is so much importance placed on who enters first and who enters last when there are great advantages and disadvantages to a lot of the other numbers. There’s only a four-minute difference from last and second from last.

 

Top Rope Challenge

-Get on the bandwagon Edwin. I picked Tod as my dark horse winner of the ‘Fuck over a month ago and he just proves his worth even more here. Good work in going over the rules and participants up front to make everything clear and easy to follow in the match. The entrances were quick without giving short shrift to anyone and gets the action going. I love the toss off dissing of Mobile, you just cover so many little bits in one sentence. I hope Funyon not reading the note card is dropping of this idea, since Flesher originally had that gimmick. Having the match start with just Xero and Tod with everyone running in after is great. It’s closer to how the Clusterfuck will come off and is a much better way to start off than five regular entrances in a row. It also leads to a snappier pace. However, I think the referees would try to break it up instead of just calling for the bell before all the participants arrived and I don’t think that Funyon would continue his intros. It seems a little too setup. Once again, I believe your commentary could use some work. A more conversational tone and being seamlessly threaded into the action would do wonders as you have a good grasp of the characters and are doing better in using the commentary significantly. It plays into TNT’s character to just have him stand back and watch, but then I don’t see why he would then say to hell with it and join in. You do the standard “everyman for himself” spot with Zenon turning on CIA, but I don’t see him turning on him in that way at that time. You also do the “strange bedfellows” spot with Tod and TNT, but again I don’t really see that happening that way at that time. Those are traditional spots good to do in a primer style match like this, but I just don’t like how they were executed. I also don’t think that the constant teasing of Tod getting tossed out here is warranted in such a short match, it’s like you’ve blown your wad for the big match already. The eliminations are in the right order and spaced nicely. Hopefully since you’ve done the retarded “pinfalls don’t count, moron” spot no one will have to do it in the Clusterfuck. This shows that you know all of the classic battle royale spots, but I believe you need some tweaking in the execution. You also demonstrate that you can write an effective real wrestling match in the battle royale confines, which is key. I’m thinking that those ‘***’ are becoming a great disservice to Tod because you always know when it’s his match or not and it saps a lot o tension and surprise away from it.

 

Frost/ELM promo

-The idea here is that Frost is a heel, but in contrast to all the scummy, conniving, sneaky heels about Frost is honorable, moralistic and ethical. He’s the classic villain with his own code of order, no matter how twisted it might be. That’s why he wouldn’t go in last when King offered, it’s why agreed not to interfere in the main event and it’s a sticking point in his tension with Flesher beyond Tom trying to hold him down and slot in a specific niche within the Mag 7. ELM I think is a character who has also shown himself to be honorable and noble and that’s where he can relate to Frost at. I felt it was very important to establish that Frost would not interfere in the main event unless it completely eroded with all of the interference finishes we’ve had on the past couple of shows.

 

Bo vs. X

-Bo does some really nice recapping to start. I think that’s becoming a strong point for him. He’s very good at reminding people at what happened beforehand and streamlining it to the important points. Good job in using the commentary to build into the X and Bo match outside of simply reviewing history and setting up possible future dealings. I’m sorry that Bo did not have more time to work with this match as it had a good intense start with a lot promise. Bo snapping and killing X with the chair works on a level with his character, but it makes me question why he did the token early segment instead of just attacking him off the bat. With what happened last week, I’m glad Bo did have Thugg come out again as that might have been over kill. I wish Bo the best of luck with his problems and hope that he can become a very productive member of the fed again soon.

Last time Bo was around, I think I chewed him out about as much as I am doing to Xstasy now, however he’s really interesting me and showing me a lot more this time around. I’m starting to get into Bo more and more.

 

Frost/Mag 7 Promo

-This was to setup Frost’s non-involvement for the main event with his guys and also toss in a touch of a storyline with Danny Williams and Frost for the Clusterfuck. I’ve been trying to toe the line between establishing tension with Frost and Flesher but still holding them together toward a point. I’ve established Frost’s loyalty to the stable and that Flesher does not hate Frost, but wants him to learn his place in the stable. I’ve been waiting FOREVER for a tag title defense with Frost and Flesher so I can show that they can still get on the same page and explore more the sticking points and uniting points between them. Even though the clear end to the storyline might be easily guessed by all, that’s no excuse to jump right to the conclusion. You have to continue to build, explore and let the story go at its natural pace to reach its natural conclusion. That’s a problem with a lot of wrestling today; the fans know where this is heading so we have to swerve them. If a story is told properly then you should be able to follow it through, but still be surprised and entertained if it is told properly.

 

Thugg vs. Stryke

-Why did this happen before the break? I don’t see why it can’t be just happening live. Thugg has plenty of time to get to the entrance stage while Stryke does his thing. It’s nice to see Thugg taking in my swearing comments from last time as concerning Flesher. The only thing I’d comment on with that is we’ve all been saying “Clusterfuck” since it’s the name of the ppv and gets a little leeway because of that. It sounds odd that you can’t say the name of the upcoming ppv. Good use of the commentary in the beginning to hope the Bo/Thugg feud and still put Stryke over at the same time. It’s a nice point to also have Thugg use his anger at Bo against Stryke to regain some of that old fire and badass ways. I think Stryke would be smarter than to stand there and try to duke it out with Thugg. To say he just wiggles out of the chokeslam is a bit of a cheat with how big it’s built up if HVT hits it. Using the referee as extensively as you do here you should name him and use a specific one. Having HVT run off and change his mind doesn’t quite sit right. I’m not seeing the complete motivation for either move. Thugg seems a little stuck between his old persona and the new and the feud with Bo is overriding the character when you need to focus on the match at hand as a writer. You don’t do a whole lot with Stryke, he comes off as a fairly generic if game opponent. As you mentioned, he’s beat X and Bo recently and you could have really played the king of the upset card a lot more to get you a foothold of a character trait to play off of. Giving Stryke more offense and significant comebacks could have also helped with that angle. Good critique and analysis in the commentary, but the personalities of Riley and Stevens need played up more. The DDT into the steps spot is nicely done and puts Stryke over in a way I would have liked to have seen a bit more of. The match had a good slow build to a hot finish and kept me reading. Props for not using Bo interference. Thugg should use the old King Kong Bundy five count to defeat people.

 

Mag 7 vs. Carnies

-I think Riley would suck up to Frost more and not push the Flesher buttons so much. Thnak you for making Frost come off as intelligent and insightful as that is something I’ve really tried to strive for with the character. Frost comes off as fair in his commentary, but maybe just a tad too slanted the Carnie way. As the caretaker of this character, I’m very pleased with the way he is used here. Having Mak come in separate for the Carnies is a subtle way to drive home the ‘patchwork’ aspect of the Carnival team home and that’s a very good element to work on. The heels have the surprisingly better teamwork and chemistry going for them and do show that in the match proper. Cutting Frost out of the SmarkTron video might be a little too much. Frost and Flesher are still throwing mild verbal volleys at each other and something like that is just too much of a slap in the face. Good crisp action to start with Williams and Annie really working well off of each other. Flesher talks about running late with the editing, but I think the match reads real smoothly and there are only small little tale-tale signs of which section is whose. Great use of past history on all parts to really flesh out the encounter. I really like this match a lot. It reads like something that would headline Smackdown. You’ve got solid wrestling, crowd popping spots and nicely woven storyline interplay. Hats off to my Mag 7 boys. I am such an idiot to be counter to you guys!

 

Post match brouhaha

-Good stuff. Intense, fast, wild brawling that brings everything to a boil. I would have had Bo, Thugg and Frost do a little more fighting that the token shoving though. The tag at the end is a very nice touch.

 

A fairly nondescript show with everything aimed toward the Clusterfuck. The no showing is disheartening along with the subpar work from a few people that should be doing more and better things. It appears that only half of the roster writes from show to show. A good deal of people look energized for the ‘Fuck and hopefully some strong leaders and writers will emerge in the coming months to pick up the slack of others.

[Guest realitycheck]

-I think Riley would suck up to Frost more and not push the Flesher buttons so much.

 

I don't think you get the gimmick, Frost... Riley is gay, and he has a homosexual attraction to Flesher. It's one of Tom's running jokes he's had since the beginning of the fed. And was presumably devised when Tom needed a logical way for Riley to cheer him on when he was facing another heel.

 

-Z

And yes, it disturbs me, too.

[Guest WrestlingDeacon]

I understand that, but not when Frost is setting right there next to him. That's what I ment. I think Riley would act all nervous and suck up to Frost being that's he's right there next to him and could easily cram him in the hurt locker