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| BigPoppaBuyrate | Mar 18 2012, 05:13 PM Post #1 |
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Awww yeah! It's that time again! Let's run down the lineup... ANNIVERSARY SHOW March 24th, 2012 - Fair Park Coliseum - Dallas, Texas National Title Match Calisto Dufresne vs Robert Donovan National Tag Team Title STEEL CAGE Match The Lynches vs Violence Unlimited The Rematch "Showtime" Rick Marley vs Eric Preston Pedro Perez vs Juan Vasquez Jeff Jagger vs Dick Bass Scotty Mayhem and Johnny Casanova will be HANDCUFFED at ringside! Travis Lynch vs Bruno Verhoeven Strap Match Dave Cooper vs Yuma Weaver "Red Hot" Rex Summers DEFENDS the Longhorn Heritage Championship! Plus, Todd Michaelson welcomes Supernova and William Craven to the ring for a one-on-one confrontation on THE MONEY PIT! *** Predictions? Things you're looking forward to? Things you're NOT looking forward to? Remember, Memorial Day Mayhem will be on us before we know it so the things that happen here may lead us directly to that. Also, I've got volunteers to write Perez/Vasquez, Cooper/Weaver, and Jagger/Bass so far. Anyone else with free time is welcome to pitch in and help. |
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| StevieScott | Mar 18 2012, 07:33 PM Post #2 |
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Jagger/Bass intrigues me because I could see a Mayhem heel turn to solidify Playboy Enterprises. Or...a long shot of a Jagger heel turn to do the same, although I don't think that will happen. |
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| ElSavaje | Mar 18 2012, 11:01 PM Post #3 |
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Let's begin with the stuff I'm not really looking forward to:
Craven is such an odd fit in the fed right now. If this is more of Craven being weird, then meh. If this sends the fed closer to the EXTREME, then it might be interesting.
Whoever his challenger is, Summers has to retain the title, right? This is also the moment for Ben Waterson to work his managerial magic; perhaps Waterson International's only moment this card.
It's Weaver's specialty match, but Cooper's push continues. Could be interesting:
If the PCW title were in play, I'd say Travis for a convincing win, before retiring the title. Since it isn't, I'd expect a less clear-cut finish. Something to set up another future encounter, perhaps, this time with the PCW title in play? Stuff I'm looking forward to:
I say, with Mayhem and Casanova handcuffed to each other, make Big Mama more instrumental in this match. Have her be the one helping Bass/costing Jagger the match. Mayhem cannot do anything but watch, and later reluctantly accept his place in Playboy Enterprises. Or have it such that he is quite happy to just stand by and watch. Heck, maybe Jagger tries to go after Big Mama and Scotty intervenes.
Despite Waterson's best efforts, Perez is the next to fall in Vasquez's quest for revenge. Maybe he even gets his hands on Waterson in this one.
Preston pushes himself too far, too much, too high and 'sustains an injury' of some sort. He continues with the match, but it is too much for him and Marley takes the victory. Post-match, Marley applauds Preston's effort.
VU/Bishops ended inconclusively. Do they take the title and go on to defend it against the Bishops? I think Lynches retain, goes on to defend it against the Aces, while VU/Bishops battle for number one contendership.
Personally, I don't think Dufresne needs the title. Also, he's gotten away by the skin of his teeth too often for it to work here and he might not have any allies by this point to help him - Waterson's focused on Waterson International (Summers/Perez/Green) and might even be out of commission following Perez/Vasquez - and I have no problem with Donovan as champ. Of course, Blue might want to keep the title on Dufresne, to set-up Dufresne/Vasquez for the title as the completion of Vasquez's revenge arc, but I don't think that necessarily requires the National title to be in the picture. |
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| sychosys | Mar 18 2012, 11:23 PM Post #4 |
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Their last Money Pit was one of the strangest things I've seen, and not in a good way. Hope things get back on track here.
I find that to be a rather curious complaint. Wasn't that Ric Flair's gimmick for the better part of a decade? |
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| ElSavaje | Mar 19 2012, 01:09 AM Post #5 |
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It's not really a complaint, in that, if he can find other interesting ways of weaseling his way to retaining the title, I say go for it. I just think the character wouldn't really suffer from losing the title here, especially if the only reason to keep it on him is to save it for a future Dufresne/Vasquez match-up. The other extreme would be to push Dufresne as a strong, deserving champion. Sure, he can still do his arrogant thing, and even take shortcuts and cheat his way through matches, but without any actual allies, the feeling would be to get people to sit up and say, "Wow! He's showing he deserves to hold on to the title, using his own guile and ability." I don't know how to express it better, but each time he retains, it should feel slightly different from the way it felt when he won it, without necessarily turning people towards cheering him. Otherwise, it sometimes feel like the title is secondary to what the character wants to do, which is what leads me to say that Dufresne doesn't really need the title to do his thing. |
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| BigPoppaBuyrate | Mar 21 2012, 01:45 PM Post #6 |
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Last call for anything for this small All Access deal. |
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| Overly_Critical_Jue | Mar 21 2012, 02:53 PM Post #7 |
Amigo, I ain't anybody but Juan Vasquez!
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What All Access deal? |
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| BigPoppaBuyrate | Mar 21 2012, 06:54 PM Post #8 |
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From my e-mail of 3/18: Hey all... I've had a couple people send me stuff for a special edition of AWA Access to run before next weekend so if you have anything you want on it... newsbits, highlights from one of the house shows we're running on the Anniversary Tour, whatever... send it my way. Thanks! |
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| StevieScott | Mar 21 2012, 11:48 PM Post #9 |
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I agree with this. It may be by design, in that the AWA is moving toward a different style, but honestly I kind of miss the "smaller" feel it had in its earlier years. That's why I liked the last show so much - it was a throwback to that time. But no, I have never felt like Craven fit the AWA from the moment he was revealed as The Dragon. And I hope the AWA is not going extreme.
That's what I like about this angle...so many different ways it can go. Casanova is one of the more underrated characters in the game right now, I'd say. Bass keeps getting better. Reading Mayhem is like reading a Randy Savage promo, and considering that's who he is an homage of, it's a good thing. Lots of great work going on here. Jagger's probably the most overshadowed of the bunch, but I could see him getting a major boost from this angle as well. Probably my favorite thing going on in the AWA right now.
I don't think the Lynches are long for the belts and I feel VU could use a little freshening up. I hope to see the straps on the Aces in the near future with the other three teams giving chase while feuding amongst themselves.
Eh, I think the title works on Dufresne pretty well. I don't really see anyone else who it can be put on at the moment. Too soon for Donovan, I think, since he just dropped the Longhorn. |
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"Destruction of Hell" start playing as Mason drop the mic and exit the ring as fans throw stuffs at him but he punch out most of the fans even children. | |
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| BigPoppaBuyrate | Mar 22 2012, 12:48 AM Post #10 |
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I know you've said this before and I can't recall if I asked for more details so I shall now! What's different about the style or feel between then and now? To me, the only differences between the last show and others was the venue, the show size, and the focus on less "big" matches. Does that sum it up for the difference in feel to you? The other question can go to more people. Does Craven's lack of "fitting in" have to do with what we've seen from him in the AWA or is it based more on his reputation and history elsewhere? |
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| sychosys | Mar 22 2012, 12:56 AM Post #11 |
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The *old* Stevie Scott wouldn't say that. 
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| ElSavaje | Mar 22 2012, 04:26 AM Post #12 |
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To me, it's a little bit of both. His odd description and behavior might be fine in and of itself, but his reputation and history adds a level of menace beyond, say, a Missing Link, or a George "The Animal" Steele, or a Kamala. With his brand of violence, he could go the Abby route, if we didn't already have an Abby homage. At the same time, we know Craven is not some wild, mindless force of nature (We've already seen intelligent savage in the form of Tumaffi). On top of it all, though, the character pretty much pointed out himself his not fitting in, in Craven's first promo for the AWA. I'm reserving judgement until I see more, but as a reader/viewer, I'm interested in seeing if the character then changes himself to fit in, or changes his environment to suit him. Unfortunately, the last Money Pit segment didn't really do anything of that sort for me and, IMO, bordered on the goofy. |
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| StevieScott | Mar 22 2012, 10:04 AM Post #13 |
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That's a large part of it, yes. For me, it was one of the major things that differentiated the AWA from other feds. It was unique. It's not that the "new" direction is bad by any means...it just carries a larger feel and I preferred the TBS Studio Show feel as opposed to the World Class Sportatorium feel. Regarding Craven, I guess it is a little bit of both but moreso the character itself for me. So I suppose that fits the bill of reputation and history. |
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| StevieScott | Mar 22 2012, 10:05 AM Post #14 |
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I haven't perfected my Ronnie-D-Person-And-Character-Are-The-Same act yet. |
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"Destruction of Hell" start playing as Mason drop the mic and exit the ring as fans throw stuffs at him but he punch out most of the fans even children. | |
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| Overly_Critical_Jue | Mar 22 2012, 11:05 AM Post #15 |
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The only way to freshen up any of my characters is to beat them down so severely, I have to remove'em from the fed! You hear me, Aces!? Bishop Boys!? LYNCHES!?!?!?! 
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