From The Fire 2007 Comments~

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My comments will be all over Skull Radio this evening, but I just wanted to start this since it's been a few days since the show actually went up.

 

 

Things happened, Comment~!

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Landon's match rocked, I thought he might have the edge over Mak in a gimmick match (of any sort really, I'd have expected Mak to have the edge in a straight-up match where he could bring his technical knowledge to the table better), but he still had to put in a great effort. And the reappearance of Megan Skye with a tire iron was a nice touch. As was 'Drake would make a better wheelchair basketball player than Landon, anyway'.

 

And I can't believe Jakey actually put JJ over, but good on him for doing so I guess. He said to me that it seemed to make sense that in the heel/heel match the more experienced man should win, so he wrote it that way. I think this guy is a good find for us.

 

Haven't really had time to read anything else yet, started a seven-day week on Saturday (and yes I mean a seven-day working week, Drea's already pointed out to me on AIM that Americans have had seven-day weeks for some time).

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Curse that metric system's 10 day weeks.

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Some quick comments for probably just the undercard stuff right now. Oh, yeah, Clark, you foolish fool, you forgot the MotN poll. lolz0rz. Anyway, yeah.

 

- Wild and Dangerous Promo - Nice bit of business with the tag team. I liked how "little brother" WC had to re-focus "big brother" Johnny. So, yeah, good stuffs.

 

- Hey, look, it is the card. Matches, yayz.

 

- IRON MAN SPOT #1 (lolz)

 

- Team EMF vs. The Andersens - As it was said on Skull Radio, this was not that great. Seeing "Extreme King" countless times made me want to punch stuff, as did "Olef" and whatever way Arne's name was spelled. Let's not forget the short-ass sentences, those were teh lames. I suppose the EMFers have potential, but they quit, so they suck forever.

 

- IRON MAN SPOT #2 (barfington)

 

- JJ Johnson vs. The Fabulous Jakey - lollerz, koala jacket, ahoy! This was a good match from the new guy, and I can really tell that there is improvement. Nice stuff, Jakey and whatnot.

 

- IRON MAN SPOT #3 (so, this ain't happenin' for a while, huh?)

 

- Jimmy vs. Calvin vs. Wildchild - My match, it's all "Feh". I do feel bad about getting the CW belt, but hopefully the commentary was blunt enough so that WC gets a rematch and kills Jimmy for the CW belt. Yeah. Other people can say how bad this was or good or whatevs.

 

REST OF MATCHES STUFFS LATERS. byes

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Here's some more matches I'm gonna talk about and whatnot. These might be a bit more detailed as I'd kinda read through the other set before starting comments. Real quick, though, anyone like the 'amazing Rondo' thing I did with Cal's entrance? No? Right on.

 

- Mirror Max vs. Craig McLenny - Squashy match because the Craig-ster smells. Yeah. Max I guess became a fatty fat and Morty shrank? Okays, lolz, whatevs.

 

- IRON MAN SPOT #4 - (LOOK AN ELEPHANT!)

 

- Toxxic vs. Danny Williams - I liked the bit with ol' Makie on the 'Tron getting hurtulated by Dan. Neato. lolz, Danny's been wrestleating in Japan, but now's gotta get back to the NA way as he takes on a European (In Australia) lolzorz to the maxzorz. Hmm. I don't know how much I'm feelin' the costume change Toxx has made. I was kinda thinking of something dumb like "It's my actions, not my appearance that defines who I am. Rars!" then commence with pushing an old lady down a spiral staircase because I think those are better than standard stairs. What, no love for HamSauce during the mention of crappy big giant guys? Don't forget, Danny also had time to play with his toy dinosaurs while Toxx was wrestling. Pfft. Australia-Land doesn't have chickens, those fans were making emu noises, lolzorz. I wanna know why is it cool for Danny to use a headlock, and get cheered, while if Charlie Matthews uses a bearhug, he gets booed and called boring? Maybe it's because of stuff. Not sure why, but I hate seeing abbreviations used in dialogue. I'm talking about the "Danny is 270llbs, so it would be dumb for him to be in a Cruiserweight rules match." I sometimes like to read that as "lilly bulbs" or something. Lolz, Warner should fite Applewhite in battle of Brians. Glorps. Good match and whatnot. Toxx is teh goods. Yeah. Neato torpedo, man.

 

- Clark vs. Dangerous - I have to be honest, I was a it distracted during this match as I was eatin' some ice cream while reading it. It was pretty good ice cream. The match was also good. Nice, what'cha call 'em, spots and junk. But, yeah, I liked it, yeah.

 

- IRON MAN SPOT #5 - (Giraffistan, comin' at'cha!)

 

I will get to the last match tomorrow probs.

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OK, I'm going to look at Jakey's match in a little more detail, as it's the new people who probably need comments and... Rad Hazard and Rex are gone, so I can't be arsed to comment their match.

 

First off, I LOVE the jacket. Not that I'd want to wear it, but I think this could be an ongoing theme of bizarre sartorial choices, and King's comment of "I do want to know how much he paid for it" is great.

 

I'm not sure (at this stage of reading) what's going on with Jakey's jacket and why he's whispering to the ref - however, the ref's whisper to JJ and JJ's reaction makes me want to know where this goes. I must admit I'm not sure about the phrasing of "JJ has a “WTF?” kind of reaction", it seems a little too... conversational to me, I guess. But that's a minor style note that is more about my preference than a problem with the match.

 

JJ gets control, Jakey is tenacious and hard to shake off, so the typically no-nonsence Johnson stamps on his foot. Simple, effective, dick-heelish, I like. What I REALLY like is Jakey playing off his last match and trying to sucker Johnson out to the floor like he did against Clarke, only for Johnson to be smarter and then sucker Jakey back in by threatening the precious koala jacket. Johnson takes over and uses his greater strength and just the fact that he's one hard-ass bastard (in kayfabe) to beat Jakey up... then rips up the jacket to further cement himself as dick heel.

 

...and Jakey snaps as his jacket is destroyed. It's bizarre, but it works. But, Jakey quickly moves to chokes because he can't match strength or wrestling ability against Johnson, so it makes sense. And I must admit the reference to a Randy Orton match made me laugh And I love the beard pull, I don't know if anyone's ever written it, but that's hilarious. I'm honestly not sure about King liking it though, despite JJ's stats saying he's a tweener he's basically a heel and one King likes (which is why he calls him Mr. Cold Front Classic), but that's a small point. And partially because JJ hasn't updated his stats in ages.

 

One problem I have with the pinning sequence - JJ grabbing the ropes. I was always under the impression that Johnson didn't actually cheat as such; he's a dick, but he's not a cheater. But to weigh against this Jakey is a new writer, and it's not like JJ's been writing his character so that people can look back and see how he wants him portrayed. I do believe Jakey ends up going through the Samoa Joe submission sequence (which is a rather clashing mental image!), but JJ's able to get through it due to Jakey not having enough weight to slow him down and immobilise him.

 

Jakey's able to reverse a sidewalk slam into the Christo, which follows on nicely from the previous neck-based offence. I don't necessarily like the bracketed descriptions of (this is the Christo), I think you could have Mak Francis shout "Christo!" or something which would do the job as well. JJ uses his smarts to throw Jakey to the outside, but Jakey's smart enough himself to trip JJ when he's not looking and gets the advantage again... only for JJ to crotch him in the middle of Jakey's other finishing move. Which isn't REALLY cheating I do think Jakey needs a name for that DDT thing though. Working off a little earlier in the match JJ gets some revenge with Cowboy kicks, then goes for a powerbomb that's reversed into a rana, and now it's Jakey getting a little revenge by grabbing the rope... but JJ counters into his own pin, and wins! And just to close the match out, Jakey responds to JJ's mocking invitation of a handshake with a kick to the balls. Nice.

 

Overall, there's very little to say about this match. I think there was an occasion where Jakey beats JJ to the punch by bitchslapping him before JJ can strike, and JJ has basically been put over as the fed's God of striking (bar Danny Williams) so I'm not sure about that... oh, and you keep spelling 'Mak' wrong But in the main it's a good match, both men basically get involved in who can be more of an asshole, and honours are well-divided between the two with some nice spots, some playing off Jakey's debut and a couple of little nods to earlier events in this match which, given it was a fairly short match, is no mean feat. It's not a deeply-psychological masterpiece, but it doesn't need to be. It tells the story well, it develops Jakey as a character a little (is his bizarre dress sense also a potential weakness?), you put your opponent over by writing him to win, which is rare! And it just 'clicks' well. The only thing I can really find fault with is maybe it doesn't read quite as fluidly as some people's writing, minor (very minor) points of grammar or whatnot, but overall... very good. I foresee good things here.

 

Keep it up!

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I will comment eventually, but understandably, I'm a little deflated by the outcome of the PPV. Suffice to say, what was there is excellent and I really look forward to reading the All Show Ironman if it gets completed.