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Post by cruefan68 on Jun 12, 2017 23:51:32 GMT -5
Thanks for the comments Pariah, Crimson and Bookerbill. I love your passion for AJ Styles winning, Pariah, and that statement was classic. Crimson and Bookerbill appear to be leaning towards Mosca winning although I see that both have some doubt. Mosca was a real force in the tournament but I was shocked when he beat Muldoon. I was also shocked at how much Styles was on the defensive in all three of his matches (the down-3 on level two defense really hurt him) but he somehow managed to win. Styles vs. Mosca should be a fun final round match. AJ Already beat one "King Kong" but can he beat another?
As for Nick Bockwinkel and his quick defeat it spawned an idea for me to have him go to GAW looking for revenge against Muldoon. I will be making roster moves after the Tokyo Dome show and that result has me thinking of moving Bockwinkel from the CWA, where he has been a face, into a heel role in GAW. I am definitely leaning towards doing that.
Next up will be the IWA Purple Rain event which I hope to have posted soon and WrestleCade 11 will hopefully be done by this coming weekend. Thanks again for your comments they are greatly appreciated.
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Post by cruefan68 on Jun 15, 2017 0:09:55 GMT -5
IWA - Purple Rain - Mayo Civic Center - Rochester, MN (Card #1099)
Quick Results:
1) Austin Aries & Rich Swann defeated Chuck Taylor & Orange Cassidy
(Aries pinned Taylor – Crucifix Bomb)
2) Eric Watts (with Ty Matthews) defeated Tommaso Ciampa
(Pinfall – D.N.R., a fireman spinebuster)
3) Falls Count Anywhere Match: “Macho Man” Randy Savage defeated Jon Moxley
(Pinfall – Neckbreaker Clothesline)
4) Diamond Dallas Page, Paul London & Brian Kendrick defeated Kevin Steen, Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli
(London pinned Castagnoli – Shooting Star Press)
5) LOW Tex-Arkana Television title: Blackjack Mulligan© defeated “Scrap Iron” Adam Pearce to retain the title
(Submission – Claw Hold)
6) “Mr. Athletic” Jeff Cobb defeated “The Machine” Brian Cage (with Percy Pringle III)
(Pinfall – Moonsault & Shooting Star Press)
7) Losing Team Leaves The IWA: Bryan Danielson, Eddie Edwards, Mike Quackenbush & Trent Barreta defeated the House of Truth (Roderick Strong, Delirious, Rhino & Matt Taven, with Truth Martini)
(Danielson over Delirious by submission – Cattle Mutilation)
8) IWA J-Crown title: “Aerial Assassin” Will Ospreay© defeated Ricochet to retain the title
(Pinfall – Cradle Hold after a missed 630 Senton)
9) IWA tag team titles – Tables Match: Mark & Jay Briscoe© defeated All Night Express (Rhett Titus & Kenny King, with Rock Riddle) to retain the titles
10) IWA Heavyweight title: Jay Lethal© (with SoCal Val) defeated “War King” Eddie Kingston to retain the title
(Submission – Koji Clutch)
Match Highlights:
After dominant runs in both Ring of Honor and the IWA, and an array of championships held and broken bones left in their wake, the House of Truth headed up by manager Truth Martini is no longer. The unified alliance of the “American Dragon” Bryan Danielson, “Die Hard” Eddie Edwards, “Lightning” Mike Quackenbush and Trent Barreta delivered the death blow with a win over Roderick Strong, Delirious, Rhino and Matt Taven in a Losing Team Leaves The IWA Match. This was an off the charts battle with great near falls by both sides, a timely save by Martini when Edwards had Taven pinned after Die Hard and a dramatic finishing sequence. Barreta was near defeat at the hands of Delirious when he made a miraculous counter and made the hot tag to Danielson. The “American Dragon” quickly trapped Delirious in the Cattle Mutilation and forced the masked man to tap out as his teammates cut off a save attempt by the House of Truth. Martini dropped to his knees in agony at ringside as his longtime stable was finished off. Martini had to be dragged to the back by IWA officials as the crowd serenaded him with “goodbye” chants and then gave Danielson and his teammates a thunderous round of applause.
Four championships were on the line at Purple Rain and all four champions left the big event still carrying their gold. IWA Heavyweight champion Jay Lethal, who was accompanied by the beautiful SoCal Val, fought off a determined challenge from former champion the “War King” Eddie Kingston in the main event. Lethal had his working shoes on and frustrated Kingston several times. Kingston, however, battled back and picked up near falls with the Sliding D and Backdrop Driver. He also twice survived the Lethal Injection kicking out just before the three counts. Lethal followed up the second LI with the Koji Clutch and Kingston was unable to escape the punishing submission hold. Lethal set a record for the title with his version five defense…Mark Briscoe returned from injury teaming with his brother, Jay, to defend the IWA tag team titles against the All Night Express (Rhett Titus & Kenny King) in a double Tables Match. The rules were simple – both team members had to go through tables to be eliminated from the match. Mark was the first to be eliminated after crashing through stacked double tables followed by ANX putting him through one after One Night Stand. Jay was left in a familiar handicap situation against ANX but he somehow survived putting Titus out first with a Jay Driller through a table. King fought valiantly trying to win the belts for ANX but Jay wound up hitting him with a title belt before putting him through a table for the win. Dem Boys set a record with their version four defense of the belts…The “Aerial Assassin” Will Ospreay made a successful version one defense of the IWA J Crown title when he defeated former champion Ricochet. It was a true battle of aerial daredevils that wowed the crowd. The finish saw Ricochet crash and burn missing the 630 Splash and Ospreay followed with a cradle hold for the pin. Both men shook hands afterward to cheers from the capacity crowd…and, Blackjack Mulligan made his version nine defense of the LOW Tex-Arkana Television title turning back a strong challenge from “Scrap Iron” Adam Pearce winning with his trademark Claw Hold.
IWA Commissioner David Marquez made a slight change to the card minutes before the start and it resulted in an epic match, a Falls Count Anywhere Match between “Macho Man’ Randy Savage and his rival Jon Moxley of The Shield. These two fought all over ringside and all over the building including Moxley scoring a near fall on the locker room floor. Moxley was busted open before it was all over and Savage, fighting off fatigue, caught him with a Neckbreaker Clothesline to score the pin as reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly) prevented Shield members Tyler Black & Drew Galloway from interfering. That set off a six-way brawl after the match which had to be broken up by IWA officials. Marquez afterward announced that he had signed Savage and reDRagon to face The Shield in the opening round of the upcoming IWA King of Trios tournament.
Kevin Steen was one pissed off former IWA Heavyweight champion after he and the Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli) lost to Diamond Dallas Page, Paul London and Brian Kendrick. Steen tried to pin the loss on the Kings and argued with them before turning right into a Diamond Cutter from DDP drawing a big pop from the crowd. Steen raged after recovering tossing chairs around ringside before storming off to the back…“Big Nasty” Eric Watts looked very impressive in his win over Tommaso Ciampa, especially after his manager Ty Matthews was ejected from ringside for breaking up a pin attempt on Project Ciampa. Watts turned it up and finished off Ciampa with D.N.R. Ciampa was fighting for his injured friend Johnny Gargano who had been put out of action by Watts…The first ever meeting between Jeff Cobb and Brian Cage – “Mr. Athletic” vs. “The Machine” – did not disappoint. It was a great power brawl that could have gone either way but Cobb got his hand raised in victory when it was over. Cage, against the wishes of his manager Percy Pringle III, offered a hand shake to Cobb post-match which he accepted to cheers from the crowd. It was a rare show of respect from “The Machine”…and, Austin Aries & Rich Swann looked terrific in their opening match win over Chuck Taylor & Orange Cassidy. Aries also held his own matching dance moves with Swann to celebrate their victory. Cassidy tried to be a good sport and join in but he fell asleep falling into the arms of an upset Taylor.
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Post by Pariah on Jun 15, 2017 4:24:09 GMT -5
It's difficult to believe that IWA will no longer be graced (or tormented) by Martini and his House of Truth... Very interested to see what happens to its members now that the stable is being forced to disband... Will they be redistributed throughout LOW? Could we possibly see one or more of the quartet retire from in-ring competition? And what about the man that holds the Book himself? Cannot believe that he will go gently into that good night...
Extremely pleased that DDP, London & Kendrick were able to pull off a victory in trios competition... Watching Steen get smoked by a Diamond Cutter after the match was the icing on the cake...
Congrats to all the reigning champions... When hot potato title swaps are something to be expected, it's a bit of a rare treat to witness a show where no gold changes hands... Ospreay vs Ricochet would have been quite the spectacle... A show stealer if ever there was one...
Classy move by Cage to shake Cobb's hand after their encounter... The Aries/Swann dance party was entertaining - Especially with Orange Cassidy deciding to take a nap in the middle of their routine... And the fans had to be stoked with the surprise addition of that Falls Count Anywhere stipulation in the match between Savage and Moxley... Nice call by Commissioner Marquez...
WrestleCade weekend continues in stellar fashion... Plenty of awesome action, memorable moments and a little bit of comedy to keep things rolling along... It's been said before, but I'll say it again... This new presentation format really seems to work for you, my friend... Bring on WC11 --- We're ready!
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Post by Crimson Cross on Jun 15, 2017 4:26:40 GMT -5
WOW! The House of Truth are done, that's crazy and it'll be interesting to see what happens to them. Purple Rain was amazing in that no title was lost, which is always a good thing from time to time. I'm liking that Blackjack Mulligan now is up to 9 defenses, it'll be fun to see how long this reign is and it'll be tough to uncrown the streak by Roderick Strong...
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Post by cruefan68 on Jun 15, 2017 23:10:32 GMT -5
Thanks very much for the comments Pariah and Crimson. I have to say that I was actually happy when Danielson tapped out Delirious to win that match. The House of Truth has been a nearly unbeatable faction for me so I think it will be good for the IWA to go in a fresh new direction without Truth Martini and his henchmen in the new year. As for the four members of the stable I will be doing some roster revisions so you never know if they might pop up somewhere else. The Diamond Cutter on Steen was something I thought should happen since of course Steen would blame everybody but himself for losing. DDP vs. Steen will be taking place once the new year begins. The Savage vs. Moxley bout got that change thanks to a roll on the Marquez card and I must say it made that match even better than I had hoped for. All four champions retaining surprised me for sure.
Thanks also for the comment on the presentation format as yes it is working out great for me. I am having more fun rolling out the matches knowing that I can just do a quick summary of the events after the card is finished. WrestleCade 11 is coming, hopefully to be posted in full by the end of the weekend.
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Post by bookerbill on Jun 16, 2017 5:41:02 GMT -5
I could not agree more with the your comments on the quick summary. I have experience the same thing with my B & W legends reboot. It allows you to focus on the dice action rather then stopping every couple of rolls to type something up.
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Post by cruefan68 on Jun 16, 2017 16:30:57 GMT -5
I could not agree more with the your comments on the quick summary. I have experience the same thing with my B & W legends reboot. It allows you to focus on the dice action rather then stopping every couple of rolls to type something up. It really does and I wish I had done it a lot sooner. Under my old format I would write up a match after rolling it out and work my way down the card the same way. It would take hours or even days to finish up a whole card but with this format I can roll the entire card out, jot down some notes and then write up a few paragraphs and be done with it. I had to be dragged kicking and screaming  into this new format but after observing all of the great feds on the board, including yours Bookerbill, it is a change I have happily made. |
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Post by Crimson Cross on Jun 16, 2017 16:42:49 GMT -5
I could not agree more with the your comments on the quick summary. I have experience the same thing with my B & W legends reboot. It allows you to focus on the dice action rather then stopping every couple of rolls to type something up. It really does and I wish I had done it a lot sooner. Under my old format I would write up a match after rolling it out and work my way down the card the same way. It would take hours or even days to finish up a whole card but with this format I can roll the entire card out, jot down some notes and then write up a few paragraphs and be done with it. I had to be dragged kicking and screaming into this new format but after observing all of the great feds on the board, including yours Bookerbill, it is a change I have happily made. I use to play a match and then do my write up for that match and so forth, now I just play the fights out that I book in my GFPverse (*IFC INTERGALACTIC FIGHT CLUB) and then do my write up. It is easier that way and it's cool you are doing it that way too... |
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Post by cruefan68 on Jun 17, 2017 21:13:04 GMT -5
COMING SOON... LOW WrestleCade 11 - Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - Minneapolis, MN (Card #1100) Jimmy Snuka & Tony Atlas vs. Roddy Piper & Cowboy Bob Orton
World of Sport Rules: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Nigel McGuinness
SHIMMER title: Saraya Knight© vs. Sara Del Ray
Scott Taylor vs. Big John Studd
Tommy Rich vs. “Million $ Man” Ted Dibiase
PWI Invitational Cup Tournament - Final Round: AJ Styles vs. Angelo Mosca
Midnight Rockers vs. Midnight Express
Dog Collar Match: Fred Blassie vs. John Tolos
Curt Hennig vs. “Ravishing” Rick Rude
LOW International Heavyweight title: Bobo Brazil vs. The Sheik©
LOW World tag team titles - Steel Cage Match: Road Warriors vs. Steve Williams & Terry Gordy©
LOW World Heavyweight title: Bruiser Brody vs. Andre the Giant© |
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Post by Pariah on Jun 17, 2017 22:01:10 GMT -5
COMING SOON... LOW WrestleCade 11 - Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - Minneapolis, MN (Card #1100) Jimmy Snuka & Tony Atlas vs. Roddy Piper & Cowboy Bob Orton
World of Sport Rules: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Nigel McGuinness
SHIMMER title: Saraya Knight© vs. Sara Del Ray
Scott Taylor vs. Big John Studd
Tommy Rich vs. “Million $ Man” Ted Dibiase
PWI Invitational Cup Tournament - Final Round: AJ Styles vs. Angelo Mosca
Midnight Rockers vs. Midnight Express
Dog Collar Match: Fred Blassie vs. John Tolos
Curt Hennig vs. “Ravishing” Rick Rude
LOW International Heavyweight title: Bobo Brazil vs. The Sheik©
LOW World tag team titles - Steel Cage Match: Road Warriors vs. Steve Williams & Terry Gordy©
LOW World Heavyweight title: Bruiser Brody vs. Andre the Giant© Usually I refrain from making picks like this out of fear that I will somehow jinx the individuals that I want to win... Regardless of the results, this show is going to be one of the best... EVER! And since there is absolutely no doubt that 'P1' AJ Styles is going all the way in the PWI Invitational, I am going out on a limb and putting my predictions out into the universe... It would be awesome to see Bruiser Brody dethrone Andre and break his undefeated streak... But, I can't see the Eighth Wonder of the World dropping the belt just yet... Totally stoked! |
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into this new format but after observing all of the great feds on the board, including yours Bookerbill, it is a change I have happily made.