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  1. GM RP I'm unsure what narrative function this RP served as it's the first thing on the show. It had humour and made chuckle reading it but it seemed out of place as nothing on the show had happened and the core point of it was Spider insisting he invented the Women's division. EMP vs Ashley The lack of hype for this match was surprising. EMP does a lot to help add importance to her matches and has throughout the S-Cup to establish her and her opponents. There are two people in this match so I don't want people to think I'm pointing the finger at EMP's handler. The tournament and title was a big deal. It felt less big to me because we went straight into the match with zero hype. The match was underwhelming; because Ashley had to win a triple threat to get to the final whereas EMP defeated all of her opponents, this match didn't serve that story at all. I understand people will say comp is comp but the audience and EMP as a character deserved better from this match. It was what it was. Rule breaks soured the match for me. Ashley performed well aside from the rule breaks. Cody Hagen RP The unnecessary capitalisation of letters soured me on this. The way Cody talks is odd, it comes across as part in character and part out of character. Narratively it sets up Cody as training for the new season but the current season hasn't ended yet so the timing feels like it's there to add content to the show rather than push Cody's story along. JYNX vs Scotty X Hype was ok. Good first attempt. I didn't notice the sound issues until it was brought up afterwards. Both broke FPR which soured the match. Fairly even match until the end. Getting on PPV is an accomplishment so, JynX and Scotty, don't let this be an ellipsis, let this be a punctuation mark of one sentence and start a bold new sentence next season. Sue segment A good new direction for Sue. I want to see Sue and Mark be different to each other- they've been white meat pure babyface so far- so I'm interested to see where this goes. Tag Titles Hype was music video style - short, to the point. Appreciate the attire work. I didn't enjoy the match but I'm not going to harp on it. Other people have already addressed my issues with the match. I didn't appreciate the kendo stick use in the match given it's on the PPV as a stip later - this is one of those times where foresight should have been used in creating/playing the match. John Carter's promo afterwards was too long after a long match. Its placement was poor. Not sure if that's a handler issue or a production issue. The promo should have either been moved to later in the show or made with the idea that it wasn't a post-match promo in the first place. The match was 30+ minutes long, draining to watch and sticking a long promo afterwards felt indulgent and selfish. EMP, Heather, Blaine Emp traps Heather and Heather and Blaine talk at each other. This didn't feel like a real conversation to me. It felt like two people saying lines at each other. Maybe it's because Blaine and Heather are similarly trying to be two tough, stubborn characters but for people having a relationship that goes back it felt like they just wanted to say their piece and not listen to what the other was saying. Karmine segment I enjoyed Karmine addressing Telos' comments but being swerved with Karmine coming out. I felt that the segment was a little too long. I get that we wanted to showcase Omen as a threat to Karmine but I feel that was achieved early and the continuation didn't serve any narrative purpose. C-Note vs Reese Zero hype 😞 I enjoyed the powerbomb reversal to the stacks driver. It was a back-and-forth match. People have addressed the build already - I echo the comments about C-Note's presentation being inconsistent - he's a heel but he wants to cash in and give the champion notice, he shits on the babyface for being out of his prime but Toronto loves him despite the fact he's a shitheel. I get that it's his home town but I think a nuanced build would have been Toronto booing him and cheering Reese. Bash and Mad Dawg This suffered from the same issue as Blaine and Heather but, here, I think the fact they are talking at each other and not listening to each other works. Mad Dawg has his issues going on and BASH cares that he beat Pugh. Bobbi Baddi/Grit and Glory segment I appreciate the use of AI sparingly but for me, it was too much, because of the inconsistency at times for it to be maintained shot to shot. Also, it made Derek look like a Jinder Mahal underling at points. Placement would have been better if it had been swapped with John's promo. Good stuff otherwise. Horse vs Spider Good hype package - got me hyped for the match This is twice now we've had Spider booked and Illuminati has shown up instead (the first time was Spider vs Aries). I don't like the bait and switch especially when Jay has said Illuminati isn't Spider. This could be that it's a long-running in-joke that Illuminati is Spider and I don't know it but Jake was saying this wasn't Spider. If Spider is booked I don't want to see Illuminati show up instead. It wasn't an in-ring classic by any stretch but it was an enjoyable match despite the FPR break. Kass and Wrex vs PS Zero hype 😞 The match was OK. It didn't stand out against some of the other matches in the night but I am interested to see where things go from here. Marisa Cool segment - is Marisa going to Hollywood? B-17 vs Aisu Ok hype package. It did what it was supposed to. Aisu's entrance music drowned out the crowd so I'd look at mixing the two audio sources more evenly in the future. Both guys' attires were very good. Good match. I appreciated the callbacks in the lead into the finish. The ending circumvented my expectations of what I thought would happen. JCS/EMP RP This felt weird to read. It wasn't that long ago that Sensation was tricked by EMP into marrying. Now he's saving her from drowning and calling her snookums. I'll keep my mind open, the RP gave us a feeling that EMP wasn't reacting well to losing. The juxtaposition of EMP complaining about being the best woman in the "history of this sexist company" to the person she has maligned for being bigoted and sexist is odd. Through the lens of a relationship where EMP and Sensation appear to be getting on and it isn't a ruse or there isn't exposition letting the audience know that not everything is as it seems feels like this has been rushed. Women's title(s) Hype was good. I enjoyed it. From a technical standpoint, aspect ratios were too condensed in places; the voice-over helped tell the story. The attires were fire, entrances were fire. There was a nice spot with Shianne throwing a mf'er over a mf'er. Good ending even if it was short. Couldn't have asked for a better heel win for Deborah. I can't wait to see what happens next with Shianne, Joanna, Caleigh or River, whoever it was that put Shianne through the table. I loved the cash-in surprise by Flojo given it had been telegraphed to happen at Lution Both matches had Deborah showing why she is the best in the women's division. Jay on commentary said cash-ins aren't usually successful which isn't true - it hasn't been successful for the men since I've joined but this is the first cash-in for women to fail since my arrival. I enjoyed the Flojo, Stacy, Dragana RP afterwards and FloJo revealing that she had been deceptive all along. El Parca vs Maxx Edwards Hype package was good - lots of good transitions and effects. Both guys went hard for their attires. The match had an ending I didn't expect. It was Maxx's night. Where does El Parca go from here? Was he focused in on Maxx enough? The subtle touch of Maxx hitting the extra finisher when he didn't need to - overkill? overcompensating? Interested to see if it leads anywhere or whether it was just putting an exclamation point on the ending.
  2. Note: I refer to stats acquired from Jake's Season 18 Statistics spreadsheet. I noticed with some stats that they were not up-to-date but I'm not going to require more effort from Jake because he already does a lot. No offence is intended by referring to them, I'm just using the most complete form of available stats. SUPER S CUP FINALS - ASHLEY MOORE vs. EMP EMP was undefeated in her block. Ashley qualified via a triple threat. According to the spreadsheet, Emp had won all of her matches, none of which were on TV, and she's since won three back-to-back all on TV. Ashley, however, has had the bulk of her wins this season on TV. Can we read anything in that? We could, perhaps, say that when the bright lights are brightest, EMP shows out and Ashley statistically performs better this season when she's in her comfort zone on television. There is history here between the two as they were at one point allies but are now no longer. Both women are decorated former Woman's Champions and Ashley has the distinction of holding the title of Queen of OCW. Stylistically I think this is a bad matchup for Ashley because EMP is a character that has shown throughout the season that she finds a way to win, no matter the opponent. Prediction: EMP OCW CHAMPIONSHIP - EL PARCA vs. MAXX EDWARDS El Parca has a 76.9% win percentage this season compared to Maxx Edwards' 44%. El Parca has more wins on PPV than Maxx Edwards has had matches on PPV this year. Can we read anything into that? I don't think so. Maxx Edwards has been absent since losing the tag team championships only returning recently and it would be unfair to attempt to forecast what those results could have been because those matches didn't happen. Styles make matchups and both guys are quick and agile. The difference for me is that El Parca always has that submission-based offence that he can rely on if Maxx can turn the tide in his favour. We haven't seen as much proficiency from Maxx in this regard and, while it could be a more equal fight there than I'm giving credit for, I have to give the nod to El Parca based on what we've seen in matches where the stakes were high. Prediction: El Parca CCW CHAMPIONSHIP - B17 vs. AISU B-17 has a 58% win percentage compared to Aisu's 44% win percentage. What makes this a more interesting proposition is Aisu's turn. If the match was B-17 vs the old honourable Aisu then I could see B-17's experience in title matches coming into play. Aisu, however, has shown us that he is giving into darker instincts. I anticipate Aisu will be more callous, meticulous and exacting with his offence and will make B-17 submit to preserve himself. Prediction: Aisu ALL STAR TAG #2 - KASSCUM vs. PERFECT STORM Perfect Storm have a 66.7% win percentage this season whereas Wrex and Kass are teaming for the first time. Quartz and Kass opposed each other in a tag situation earlier in the season with Quartz partnered by his partner at On Deadly Ground, Harvey Ocean. Kass' partner was the then World Champion, now International Champion, Sheldon Tremblay. This time he's partnered with Wrex who has won the CCW World Championship this season. It's hard for me to predict how this will go. I'm not sure if Kass and Wrex have teamed together in the past or what their chemistry will be like. My gut instinct is to say that Perfect Storm take this one. Prediction: Perfect Storm TAG CHAMPIONSHIPS TLC - MASS EFFECT vs. GRIT & GLORY vs. FUTURE IDIOTS Mass Effect (85%) and Future Idiots (80%) have a significant win percentage advantage over Grit and Glory (50%). What sways me somewhat about the Future Idiots is that four of their wins have been on PPV this season. Mass Effect and Grit and Glory do not have the same experience on PPV which could be a factor. In addition, RyVaughn, Devon and Derek Smith are all big, beefy men. Chance is built. Jordan and John in comparison are smaller guys. That means they will be quicker and more agile than their opponents. This is a TLC match, where I presume the championships will be hung above the ring, I think who can climb the ladder quickest will be decisive especially when three or four out of the challengers will have a significant oxygen drain on their bodies because of all that muscle as the match gets into the later stages. Prediction: Future Idiots GRUDGE MATCH - C-NOTE vs. MARK REESE Mark Reese has a 50% win percentage compared to C-Note's 42.9% with four matches under his thick Nebraska belt. An interesting wrinkle in this matchup is that C-Note is batting 50% from 4 matches and Mark Reese is batting 43% from 7 matches on PPV alone. The rivalry has been punctuated by C-Note asserting that Mark Reese isn't in his prime. I'm not sure if I agree. I think it would be fair to say that his vein of form this season is less consistent than in the year he held Tag Championship gold and parlayed that into an International Championship run but Reese has had some big match-ups this season including fighting Nate Ortiz and B-17 as well as Rust Cohle and El Parca for the World Heavyweight Championship. No shade to C-Note (or his PPV opponents thus far) but his opponents for the most part on PPV have not been names of the calibre that Mark Reese has faced. As a fan I would like to see Mark Reese win but I think C-Note's speed and agility will have Reese in trouble. Prediction: C-Note SINGAPORE KANE MATCH - BLACKSMITH vs. RYU MATSUMOTO The Last Blacksmith has one of the best records this season with more than half of his wins coming on PPV against figures like Inness Quartz, Rust Cohle and Kassidy Hayes. It would be a mistake to look this gift horse in the mouth. Spider has only competed once this season. That makes this matchup from a statistics perspective difficult to interpret. Putting the statistics to one side, one has to believe that Spider is desperate to frustrate Horse's desire to complete the goal of conquering each former member of TTT and Horse is equally desperate to achieve his goal. I think Spider will bring his A-game but Horse is in a rich vein of form and I think he wins this one for that reason. Prediction: Horse WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - JOANNA SILVER vs. SHIANNE LOVELACE vs. DEBORAH Deborah has a 61.5% win percentage this season with half of her wins this coming on PPV with only two losses on PPV and none for the Championship. Joanna Silver up until Ambition: End Game was undefeated this season. Shianne has a comparable win percentage to Deborah at 60% with only one loss on PPV this season. Going into On Deadly Ground, we have two big, intimidating powerhouses and a small scrappy underdog that in my humble opinion must fight with everything she has, from underneath, to come out on top. I think Deborah's championship experience proves a significant boon over her challengers and she retains. Prediction: Deborah GRUDGE MATCH - JynX vs. Scotty X. Scotty X has a 75% win percentage from 8 matches this season whereas JynX has a 67% win percentage from 12 matches. This is Scotty X's first appearance on PPV this season and JynX's first on a non-Ambition PPV this season. Scotty X has a diverse moveset which uses high-flying, risky manoeuvres whereas JynX is more solid on his feet with big power moves. I think the match will be close but I have JynX edging it. Prediction: JynX
  3. Paul Harris strides backstage, his head held high and his shoulders back. Stacy Clark, microphone in hand, approaches him. Stacy Clark: Paul! Paul! Can I grab a word with you? PH: Absolutely, Stacy. SC: You were disqualified in your match against JynX, can you tell the OCW audience why you did what you did? Paul flashes a charming smile to Stacy before answering to the camera. PH: Stacy, for you sweetheart because you asked so nicely, I will. PH: At Riot 609, before I had a chance to get into the ring, that wasteman from DNS attacked me from behind and sent me and my shoulder into the steel steps. Paul begins rubbing his shoulder as he mentions it being sent into the steel to remind the audience that he was physically hurt. PH: “Your pain… will be music to my soul…” This dickhead speaks like a cartoon villain, Stacy. PH: Here’s the meat and bones of it, Stacy. I wrestled JynX on Ambition 82. So-called DNS Ambition. Dickhead is tilted because he lost on Ambition 82. PH: He and his group started issuing threats that I should watch my back. PH: And then, he attacked me from behind before our scheduled match on Riot. Paul shakes his head in disbelief. PH: All because his fragile princess ego couldn’t take losing to me on Ambition. PH: Mate, I lost to Gonzalo Munoz and I didn’t attack him after. I lost to Bolek, who wanted to make friends with the new group rather than wrestle them, and I didn’t attack him after. I lost to your mate Sammuel Omen and I didn’t attack him afterward. PH: Because I’m not a dickhead, JynX. The Snakepit member looks more agitated as he keeps talking. PH: Your ego is so fragile over being made to look badly in front of your group on the DNS Ambition. PH: Newsflash to you, you weren’t the only one to lose on that show. PH: But you were the only one to attack your opponent afterwards. PH: Your shenanigans cost me a win against Sammuel Omen. Paul Harris pauses, takes a sharp intake of breath, and looks towards Stacy to make sure she's still with him, listening raptly to his words before facing the camera again. PH: I've had enough. PH: So that's why you took a Singapore cane to the stomach, that's why you got thrown into the steel... SC: We're hearing that JynX has been taken to a local medical facility. PH: Has he? Good. Maybe this time in the hospital will make him reassess who he messes with next because I'm not the one. SC: That's all we have time for folks. I've been Stacy Clark, with Paul Harris. Good night. The scene fades to black.
  4. Following on from Jake's asking for moments of the night. My favourite video segment was the video of the antagonist/protagonist that is taking BASH to task for stealing money. My favourite RPs were the A-Mart/Paul Boulet RPs as there was a lot of character and relationship development in them. Best match I think was the four way because it was unanticipated chaos from start to finish. While I thought it was well done, the only thing I didn't like was the Hidden Blade/Will Ospreay meta involvement in the Future Idiots/Maxx Storage segment. I thought wrestling/wrestlers from real life didn't exist in the world that is OCW so I don't understand why that was referenced except for an out-of-character/meta pop.
  5. My favourite match was Aisu vs Paul Boulet because of the surprising ending to the match. Honourable mention for Nate Mac accepting Wrex's open challenge. My favourite video was the fragile Faith video. Incredibly creative, it held my attention and I'm interested to see more. I agreed with the post-show pod that from a pure content delivery perspective, each part on a different weekly show would have been ideal for maintaining intrigue and leading to a big reveal. Honourable mention to Ry for that hype package for Telos and RyVaughn, and the Tribal Pheromone. Amazing stuff. Favourite written segment is hard. Enjoyed the Future Idiots/Maxx Storage, Paul Boulet/Karmine and Deborah Soto promos. Hard to pick one that stands above the rest.
  6. Allowing OOC stuff to affect enjoyment of an IC product is always a criticism. I know you enjoy that type of stuff but I feel like it hurts enjoyment of content if you peek behind the curtain.
  7. I'll explain how I was using meta analysis. You took OOC information, the "meta" about how OCW works (retirements being a bit of a cliche here) and analysed the segment through the lens of OOC information (what will happen if he wins the title? will he still want to retire?). The segment didn't tell you the match it is building to is a title match. You assumed it because you know one of the characters in the segment is a champion and because of how OCW works, you concluded it'll end up in a title match. We've had matches with champions recently where the title wasn't on the line. OWEN said it sounded like he was about to retire but Aisu never said that. We may never know what Aisu was about to say because he got interrupted.
  8. Might be all those boo's piped in when Marcus turned on John.
  9. I feel like this meta-analysis actively harms your enjoyment of the segment. The logical questions you've asked here are jumping the gun because you're rushing to think about what the ending is going to be. Let us tell the story first, then judge it?
  10. The scene opens backstage at Don’t Come to New York. A long table has been set up with a black table cloth over it to cover it. Atop it stand bottles of water and microphones with stands. Behind them are chairs. A nameless OCW official walks towards the tables and sets down a name plate in front of one of the microphones that states OWEN. A few moments later the official hurries away out of the sight of a sea of journalists, and OWEN walks past them, towards a seat where he carefully withdraws his chair and sits down. OWEN: I will take three questions. Who is first? Interviewer #1: At Summercide you came away with the win over Doc. Tonight you failed to do that. How do you feel about the loss? OWEN displays the look of someone who anticipated the question coming but nonetheless feels annoyed by it even being asked. OWEN: I’m angry. At myself. At Doc. In August, I showed where I stand in OCW. In matches against top competitors. Former champions, current champions and legends in all but name. OWEN: Other people used the word Kingslayer and I didn’t give it much credence because Doc lost on the night. Anyone can lose on a bad night. OWEN: This was my opportunity to set the record. Emphatically. Instead, the waters have been muddied. OWEN: Now there is doubt… where there should be none. OWEN: Now there is a rubber match… where there should be none. A different journalist raises their hand and OWEN nods to them to indicate to ask their question. Interviewer #2: Social media has been buzzing since your match concluded, with many fans apparently confused about why you would offer your hand to Doc, especially after he refused yours at Summercide. Can you explain your motivation for why you shook his hand? OWEN looks thoughtful before answering with the look of someone who is sorting through how they feel as words escape their lips. OWEN: Wrestling is a sport. OWEN: I lost tonight but Doc, the wrestler, was the better competitor. OWEN: Where I come from, you show your respect, even when the result goes against you. OWEN: But that’s part of what makes me angry towards Doc, the man. The man and I went one on one in August and I chopped his head so hard he stayed down for the three count. OWEN: Did he shake my hand? No, he threw a tantrum like a toddler. OWEN: He did not give my “flowers” as I was due. He sulked, regrouped and then came again. OWEN: But remember what happened when the score was even and we hadn’t competed against each other, who came out on top? OWEN: Was it Doc? No, it was not. It was me. OWEN: He needed more time to figure out how to beat me… good for him… now it’s my time to return the favour. OWEN looks around for the final question - looking around the room for a favourable journalist whom he then nods to. Interviewer #3: The Future Investment, John Carter, at the start of the night called Sanctum “paper champions”, do you have any comments for him? OWEN: Aside from being a horrendously bad tag team wrestler, John Carter clearly doesn’t know the meaning of words. OWEN: Normally you call someone a paper champion because they don’t fight credible opponents or fight very little and both of those accusations are false in Sanctum’s case. OWEN: But he wouldn’t understand that because he lost his championship in his second defence. OWEN: John, I know every waking moment of your life is preoccupied with making sure you don’t end up like your ex-stablemate Elliot Parker and squander the opportunity of the Future Investment, but please do try to educate yourself. OWEN: You have the opportunity of a lifetime to be remembered not for an appallingly bad tag team record, for beating Doc in controversial circumstances or, seemingly, taking a drunk woman home for extra-curriculars. OWEN: Despite what I think about your tag team skills, you do know how to switch it on when it’s just you by yourself. OWEN: Don’t write cheques your body can’t cash. OWEN: Thank you, everyone. OWEN rises from his chair, reaches for a water bottle, opens the bottle and takes a long drink from it before walking away from the amassed media.
  11. Corrected OWEN promo Premiere ate some text.
  12. An opinion saying there was no reason for the match based on a not full understanding of the story means it is objectively and factually inaccurate because there was a year's worth of backstory not to mention the two previous shows had events to build to the match. You can't have it both ways. You can't say she watches and reviews everything and then make an argument based on not being familiar with the product. You can have an opinion based on an imperfect understanding of what is going on but it doesn't make you look good. That is objectively inaccurate because it isn't in full possession of the facts.
  13. Emp's original opinion was objectively inaccurate. She might have forgotten them, I get it, but there's been at least a year of build in RPs and video segments with El Parca and CG building to a match between them eventually. To miss the mark suggests either a lack of information or malice. It's fine because she later corrected herself but you can't "watch and discuss everything" and miss one of the key storylines with a character that becomes OCW World Champion. Food for thought.
  14. I want to thank Jay, Jake and everyone involved in putting together Wrestlution. You all brought your A game to make the event stand out against other OCW PPVs and gave it that big event feel. Lots of time goes into editing, commentating, playing, photoshopping, and coming up with new attires to wear and I feel like it really paid off on the show. I want to thank Jordan, Louis, Nick and Max for putting on the Walk through the Fire Finals and the GOAT Academy Showcase in the same week building to Wrestlution. In addition to doing your Wrestlution matches, editing, etc. that's a lot of time on OCW content and I appreciate it. One of my favourite parts of the show was the hype packages, so thanks to Kass, Jordan, Max and Tony for making yours. Like Jake, I feel that hype videos add so much to the experience of watching our shows because we get to tell a condensed story and get people excited for the match that's coming up. My favourite match on night one was CG vs Cort. I thought both handlers did really well in the match and told a really good story. I'm torn on my favourite match for night two because I liked Sanctum vs Cutlass, Maxx vs Archer and Quartz vs Cohle vs Doc vs Tony. Everyone involved in those matches deserves a round of applause. Loved the Nate Mac/Marisa wedding segment and Terra/Sue wedding package; I liked how they were presented differently, I did wonder how they were going to be delivered.
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