Sims National Wrestling: 2008-2021

Student Report #7

Our 7th Student Report ironically comes 7 long weeks since the last update. Sufficient time for there to be many changes in the rankings both in rank and in skill. Without further ado, may I present to you the 7th annual student rankings.

1. Jet Jaguar: (-)
Jaguar remains at the number one spot his continual top performances in the ring, attitude outside the ring and further development of character. Almost the perfect student and possibly ready for a main roster try-out.
Brawling:C Power:D Technical:C Submissions:C Speed:B Charisma:D Gimmick:B Attitude:A Overall:B-

2. Riley Shamrock: (-)
Shamrock remains in second place one spot behind his bitter rival although that is nothing to be ashamed off. Like Jaguar, Riley continues putting in good performances and could be ready soon for a full roster try-out.
Brawling:C Power:C Technical:B Submissions:C Speed:C Charisma:E Gimmick:E Attitude:A Overall:B-

3. Zakk Static: (Up 1)
Zakk moves up into third place right behind the students who have been leading the way. Despite his bad attitude, Zakk has improved rapidly in his ring work and his mic work is the best in the group.
Brawling:C Power:D Technical:B Submissions:C Speed:C Charisma:B Gimmick:C Attitude:D Overall:C

4. Travis Cantrell: (Down 1)
Cantrell sadly drops one place after Zakk takes Travis’ prized number 3 spot. Despite improving Cantrell cannot match Zakk’s charisma and all around skill. In comparison Cantrell looks slightly one dimensional which we will work on.
Brawling:D Power:F Technical:D Submissions:D Speed:B Charisma:D Gimmick:D Attitude:A Overall:C

5. Cain Jackal: (-)
Jackal by name Jackal by nature, since his attitude change Jackal has been on a roll. He improves but remains just slightly behind Cantrell. Next for Cain is working on his mic work and weak points in his offence.
Brawling:B Power:C Technical:C Submissions:C Speed:D Charisma:E Gimmick:C Attitude:B Overall:C-

6. Enrique Rodriguez Jr: (Up 1)
“Ricky” jumps a spot after not just improving his language (which is now starting to be understandable) but also his ring work. Holding Enrique back is his character and gimmick which we will hopefully sort out in the coming weeks.
Brawling:D Power:E Technical:C Submissions:D Speed:C Charisma:F Gimmick:F Attitude:A Overall:D

7. Phenom: (Down 1)
Phenom drops once more due to his lack of ambition. Early on we saw a different, motivated Phenom but now he is getting lazy. Skipping class and general laziness will have to improve if he wants to move back up the rankins.
Brawling:C Power:D Technical:C Submissions:D Speed:C Charisma:D Gimmick:D Attitude:D Overall:D

8. X Matt: (-)
Matt picked up an injury which stopped him from training right after the last update possibly due to being weak from the previous weeks flu. He re injured himself in training when trying to get back too early. Lets hope the luck changes for Matt soon.
Brawling:D Power:E Technical:D Submissions:E Speed:C Charisma:E Gimmick:F Attitude:A Overall:D-

9. Zeke: (Up 1)
Zeke moves back upto nine after his unmotivated performances from over 7 weeks ago. He now looks like he wants to succeed and found his gimmick playing a fun babyface. Although I wonder how much he can actually improve.
Brawling:C Power:C Technical:C Submissions:D Speed:E Charisma:D Gimmick:F Attitude:B Overall:D-

10. Christopher Kennedy Jones: (Down 1)
CKJ moves into bottom spot. Jones is improving but lacks consistency. His promos are coming along great but his ring work is stuttered. If he has the will to succeed he should improve lots in the coming weeks
Brawling:C Power:D Technical:C SubmissionsD Speed:E Charisma:C Gimmick:E Attitude:D Overall:D-

As you may notice the students who signed up previously Ron Crockett and Nicholas Lee Huntington have been removed. After a long talk with the SNW trainers and both men we decided it was best if they left SNW and trained somewhere else. Due to signing up late Crockett and Huntington were well behind in the training, it would have required the trainers to spend extra lessons just to teach them the basics while we ignore the other students. SNW management felt it was unfair on the trainers, the students and both Crockett and Huntington to continue training with SNW. So instead we helped sign both up to nearby wrestling training centres. Everyone at SNW’s wishes them both luck with their future careers. Meanwhile, the current students are all coming along well. I have been discussing with both trainers and management to do something different in the future to prepare the students for the main roster.
Marc Ryland

Be the Best 2011
Live from the “Hammerstein Ballroom” only on Go Fight Live
1 Week To Go!

FUSE Championship
Drake Fortune vs. Jack Joseph vs. A.J Matthews vs. Jason Williams vs. Mike Hogan vs. Cody Rejero vs. Jacob Ryler vs. Matt Spade
For weeks the FUSE title scene has been in chaos with big multi-man brawls erupting after many matches. With so much confusion SNW management cannot find a suitable contender for the title. Jack Joseph seems to be top of the list but so does AJ Matthews after his recent performances, Mike Hogan could also deserve a title shot after being on a roll and so could many others. So management has decided that Drake will have to contend with seven other competitors to regain his belt. There is no elimination involved, its first fall to finish meaning Drake won’t have to be pinned to lose the belt

Be the Best 2011
Live from the “Hammerstein Ballroom” only on Go Fight Live
NEXT WEEK!


Be the Best 2011 Semi–Final Matches

Chris Hammers vs. Evan Pagano
and
Henry Edwards vs. Kevin Hart
The matches have been set for the semi-final in the Be the Best 2011 tournament. Both matches will kick off our iPPV with a bang. They will be competing in our first and second matches respectively due to the winners needing time to rest, as they will be competing against each other later on in the main event. The winner will then be crowned Be the Best 2011 and have a World title shot to use when they like. Everything will be on the line when these four try to Be the Best.


SNW World Championship
Ace Bennett vs. Dragon Kid
With SNW competitors competing in the Be the Best tournament SNW management had to search outside SNW for a viable championship contender and they found a real suprise. Flying over especially from Japan’s Dragon Gate promotion will be the masked fan favourite high flyer, Dragon Kid. The odds are stacked against Kid who has never competed in SNW before but he is used to these odds being only 5’4 in height. Who will win when these two battle it out for the title?


New York Street Fight
The Gentlemen’s Club vs. Red Assassins
Its official these two tag team rivals who have a long history spreading back many years will meet in a New York Street Fight live on iPPV. Red Dragon laid out the challenge and it has now been sanctioned by SNW management. All four men want to destroy each other and throwing the rules out the window is the only way we can keep some kind of order in this match. Expect brawls, blood and brutality to be turned up to max when these four men meet on iPPV.


SNW Duos Championships
Fatality Squad vs. New Age Lady Killers
Last time these two met was at our last iPPV where the rapidly upcoming combination of former enemies, Bret Thomas and Steven Kagemann took the belts from the well established New Age Lady Killers. Now the Fatality Squad have proven that they are no fluke they have to face the former champions in their toughest challenge yet. Will the reigning champions prove once again that they are the on top of the SNW tag division? Or will the Lady Killers regain the titles and have a record 4th reign as champions.

And much, much more including:

FUSE Championship
Drake Fortune vs. Jack Joseph vs. A.J Matthews vs. Jason Williams vs. Mike Hogan vs. Cody Rejero vs. Jacob Ryler vs. Matt Spade

Jack Powers vs. Vincent Fury

Revolution X vs. AirDevils

And an appearance by our Special Guest

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Be the Best 2011
Live from the “Hammerstein Ballroom” only on Go Fight Live

A special student pre-show exclusive for pre-orderers of the iPPV kicks off the show. There is a small introduction by the ring announcer saying this is the special pre-show but then we kick straight into the action with the competitors for the first match already in the ring.

S1) X Matt and Enrique Rodriguez Jr vs. Cain Jackal and Phenom: This was a pretty simple tag match to kick off. The fans in attendance weren’t too bothered about the match. The match picked up at the end with big spots from Matt and Enrique only to be speared by Jackal, who picked up the win for his team.

Following the match Jackal speared his own partner, Phenom which got him a good response from the crowd who saw Phenom’s lacklustre performance and boo’ed him. Entrances led into the second and final student pre-show match.

S2) Jet Jaguar vs. Riley Shamrock vs. Zakk Static vs. Travis Cantrell: All four had pretty good reactions from the crowd and they earned more as the match progressed. All four were putting on a good show for both the fans in attendance and fans watching at home. Travis wowed with his high risk offence, Jaguar and Shamrock battled brilliantly on the mat and Zakk played the mega heel, exiting to the outside and abusing fans. In the end Jaguar and Riley took each other out leading to Zakk sneaking in a Brainbuster on Travis for the surprise win.

Post match, the fans were loud in their response and praised all four for putting on a great student bout. Zakk played typical heel, quickly exiting but overall happy as he has proven he should be ranked first in the rankings. Cantrell and Riley stayed out to entertain the fans while Jaguar exited as the pre-show feed cut out.

The iPPV dramatically starts off with an video package, explaining the Be the Best tournament and the qualifiers that got the final four here. All four competitors promos which were first shown on the SNW website played before ending in a general video hype of the entire card. Our ring announcer then welcomes the crowd and fans at home to Be the Best 2011. Kicking off tonight is the two semi-final matches in the Be the Best tournament. Winners will go onto the main event in a battle to be crowned the 2011 Be the Best.

1) BtB: Chris Hammers vs. Evan Pagano: We kicked straight off with former two time SNW World Champion, Chris Hammers taking on the recently returned Evan Pagano. The match started with strikes which Hammers took advantage of, leading to a period of control for Hammers. Hammers got a close call pretty early with a Liger Bomb. However, as Hammers went for the Lariat Pagano reversed into a DDT and the momentum turned. Pagano was then in control but Hammers fought back sending him to the outside. But the match changed on the outside as Pagano hit a jumping kick sending Hammers into the crowd. The match raged on and Pagano went high risk for the first time in the match but Hammers reversed with a wicked Lariat. Pagano kicked out and the match continued. Hammers later went for the Last Minute Orders but couldn’t pull it off. Frustrated Hammers went up top for a Senton but Pagano moved and countered quickly. As Hammers got up with help from the corner Pagano hit a sudden SicKick and followed quickly with the Calling for the 3-count.

Pagano only celebrated a bit before walking to the back. He was holding his neck, will this effect him in tonight’s main event? Hammers was obviously angry at the result and stormed to the back as Amy Lee followed at a safe distance.

2) BtB: Henry Edwards vs. Kevin Hart: Right from the bell Hart went right on the attack, flying across the ring and pounding Edwards into the corner. Hart controlled a good bit of offence before stupidly getting into a strike fest with Edwards who took complete control then caught Hart’s kick and converted it into an ankle lock. The two traded submissions with neither man getting the submission in long enough to really make it count. Hart then rolled Edwards’ shoulders on the mat in a pin then Henry reversed into his own pin, they continued trading pins until they both got back up to their feet where they received a round of applause for the match so far. The match continued with the fans eveningly split on who to cheer for, duelling “Let’s go Edwards” and “Let’s go Hart” chants filled the Hammerstein Ballroom. For possibly the first time Edwards got some boo’s from the crowd, its expected with such a savage New York crowd. The end came as Edwards lifted Hart for the HE Driver. Hart reversed and locked in the Sharpshooter, Edwards got to the ropes but Hart pulled him back to the centre. In a great counter Edwards turned Hart around and took him down then pounced on top of him locking in the Crossface. Hart got nearer and nearer to the ropes but eventually gave up as Edwards applied even more pressure.

Following the match Edwards celebrated to a chorus of boos. His detractors were silent due to his good performance and the other 95% of the crowd cheering for him. As Hart got up Edwards offered a handshake which was accepted. Edwards held Hart’s arm up and Kevin got a great response from the crowd. Edwards said (off mic) “Not this time kid, but soon.”

3) Revolution X vs. AirDevils: The “Children of the Revolution” took on the arguably the fastest team in pro wrestling today in our first non- tournament match of the iPPV. LyNN and Devine were in the match with both Amy and the man who just lost his chance in the Be the Best, Chris Hammers who had just put a T-Shirt on after his bout with Evan Pagano. The match itself was as good as matches usually are with these men. Hammer took a viewing role not getting involved at all and telling Amy to do the same. The RevX leader strategy worked with Devine picking up the win with the Devinity.

Jack Powers is shown in pre-taped interview about his match with Vincent Fury up next. He talks about how he actually feels sorry for his opponent, Fury. Powers said he just wanted to be SNW but has turned paranoid, focusing his attack on himself. Powers said despite this he will no remorse. He still feels what Fury has done over the past few months is unacceptable and will make him pay tonight.

4) Jack Powers vs. Vincent Fury: Straight from the bell Powers went at Fury but using his intellect Fury exited to the outside. He re-entered and exited and repeated this process infuriated both Powers and the fans. Powers eventually got his hands on Fury but didn’t do any damage as Fury snuck in a quick eye poke. Fury took the fight to the more experienced Fury until Powers took control and schooled Fury. The match continued with the match slightly in Powers’ favour but Fury did well to get as much offence in his first SNW match. In the end Powers hit a Power suplex but as he went to lock in the Immortality Fury stopped him with a blow to the groin resulting in an instant DQ and win for Powers.

Fury started his assault post match just beating down Powers. Fury then exited to the outside and brought in a steel chair, which he placed over Fury’s head and booted it into his face. Fury then exited as multiple students and staff ran out to protect Powers and stop any more damage being done.

5) FUSE: Drake Fortune vs. Jack Joseph vs. A.J Matthews vs. Jason Williams vs. Mike Hogan vs. Cody Rejero vs. Jacob Ryler vs. Matt Spade: What a crazy spotty match! The action was completely mental with all eight men going all out to win the title. The almost crazy spots included stereo four sided ring dives, an eight man tower of doom (with Drake taking the biggest bump) and possibly the craziest spot in SNW history where all eight men were in the crowd then Jason climbed up to the balcony before diving off onto all seven men below in a twisting corkscrew. The end came as Drake fought off multiple challengers before Jack Joseph hit a flying Pele from the top giving him the win!

Following the match all eight men were a little confused at what just happened. The chaos was familiar to eight men making up from a wild party the night before wondering what the hell just happened. Then Joseph had his arm raised and the title presented to him. As all the other competitors groaned, Jack was celebrating. Eventually Jason, Cody, Ryler and Hogan all came in to congratulate him.

Intermission. During the break, after the faces had left Drake, A.J and Spade remained all arguing over the match. The lights then went off and “Enter Sandman” played, which meant the arrival of only one man. Cane in one hand, beer can in the other the ECW icon, the Sandman was seen making his way through the crowd. After his trademark entrance he jumped up on the apron, already bleeding. He threw the can at Diamond and entered the ring, smashing all four men with the cane. He gave a Rolling Rock to Spade and an aided Russian Leg Sweep to Drake before leaving the same way he made his entrance. A.J was first to leave and Spade soon followed holding his ribs but Drake remained in the ring. Drake said he has had he worst night of his life. He got pinned by Jack Joseph, lost his title and beaten by a drunk. Drake was almost in tears shouting at the crowd who were telling him to get lost. Drake then had enough and announced that he quits.

6) DUOS: Fatality Squad vs. New Age Lady Killers: The bout kicked off with all four men going at it. The referee worked hard to set some order and did within a few minutes, having only two men in the ring. At first the Lady Killers controlled over Kagemann, who in turn, reversed the momentum and made the tag. The Fatality Squad then took control and went for the dangerous Fall/Double Stomp combo only for it to be prevented by Sinn. The action continued with both teams getting equal advantages. Kagemann looked out of the match after a double suplex from the apron to the outside by the Lady Killers. The Killers looked like they had the match won as they wore down Thomas and hit the Pin Pointer. The referee made the count but then Kagemann got back in the ring and stomped on the ref’s head! Parkland and Kagemann brawled to the outside where Kagemann took advantage by using a chair. Kagemann brought the chair in the ring, hitting Sinn with it leading to a Fall/Double Stomp combo. Kagemann got rid of the chair while the referee awoke to see Thomas pinning Sinn.

Mike Bockwinkel and Nick Jacobs, also known as Gentlemen’s Club were backstage. They talked about their whole feud with the Red Assassins ever since their early days in SCW. Bock quoted “All good things come to an end” but explained how that is wrong. The “good thing” is the Gentlemen’s Club and that will never die. However “scummy little things” like the Red Assassins come to an end tonight.

7) SNW: Ace Bennett vs. Dragon Kid: A strange placing for a World title bout but for the competitors it didn’t matter as they put on a show stealing performance. Dragon Kid was very over with the crowd, while Ace also had quite a lot of fans despite playing heel. The action started off with mat wrestling which was strange for two competitors used to the air but it worked well and they put on a great show. The action kicked up a gear and suddenly they were going at it with all kinds of moves. Later the action went up another notch with Kid hitting a Bermuda Triangle. Ace then took control on the outside and went for his own dive, only for Kid to move and Ace to go crashing into the barricade. Back in the ring Ace hit a Shining Wizard after a technical joust to get a close call. Dragon then hit possibly the craziest Deja Vu he has ever hit, spinning round Ace a total of 6 times before sending Ace to the floor. With the control Kid went for the Ultra Hurricanrana and nailed it, however Ace kicked out at the last second to keep his title for now. Kid went for it straight away only for Ace to catch Kid and powerbomb him into the turnbuckle. With little strength left Ace locked in the Muto lock and Kid tapped out.

Following the match, both competitors took a while to get to their feet. When Ace did he celebrated with the belt. The fans applauded on their feet giving appreciation to both competitors. When Kid and Ace came face to face, Dragon extended the hand for a handshake and Ace bowed to Kid. They then shook hands and bowed each other. Ace still played heel as he exited.

There were then separate interviews with tonight’s main eventers, Henry Edwards and Evan Pagano. Both said how much it would mean for them to win Be the Best 2011 and get a World title shot. They both commented on each other, saying it would be a tough battle. Pagano said it was his time and Edwards isn’t taking it away from him. Edwards added that he has fought so hard to get here and can’t lose now.

8) New York Street Fight: The Gentlemen’s Club vs. Red Assassins: Red Dragon and Assassin walked to the ring ready for a war decked out in jeans and tracksuit bottoms respectively only retaining their mask from their ordinary attire. However even before they could get to the ring Nick Jacobs and Mike Bockwinkel attacked them, wearing their normal wrestling attire. The action split with Assassin and Jacobs battling in and around ringside while Bock and Dragon went into the crowd. Bock and Jacobs looked in complete control with Jacobs using a trash can lid on Assassin while Bock body slammed Dragon onto upright chairs. Bock brought Dragon back to the ring which turned out to be a bad idea. Dragon took control with a chair shot then helped his partner Assassin. From there the action continued to sway back and forth with weapons being used throughout. The action didn’t stop there as the action spilled outside of the Ballroom. Assassin threw Jacobs into the ladies toilets while Dragon and Bock went to the streets of New York! Dragon and Bock traded stiff shots outside on the street before Bock suplexed Red onto the sidewalk! The action went back inside with Assassin and Jacobs now fighting to the balcony. Red and Bock fought back to the ring where Dragon pulled out a barbed wire bat. Meanwhile, Assassin and Jacobs teased throwing each other over the balcony before Jacobs kicked Assassin down a flight of stairs! Back in the ring Red and Bock traded shots from the barbed wire bat. Dragon locked in a Camel Clutch using the bat across Bock’s face. Jacobs saw this and sprinted to the ring breaking the submission. The Club then worked over Dragon attempting an aided powerbomb through a table but Assassin made the save. Instead Assassin and Bock fought on the apron before Dragon hit a yakuza kick to Bock, sending him off the apron and through a table on the outside. Dragon then took Jacobs onto his shoulders as Assassin took to the top and they hit a Doomsday Device with Jacobs crashing through the table. Assassin made the pin and the match was won.

Assassin and Dragon celebrated as they left their heavily bleeding rivals in the ring. While the ring was cleared we saw a video package hyping up tonight’s main event and a short re-cap of the whole tournament. We then cut to Evan Pagano in the locker room, the camera follows as he walks down the corridor. “Wild Side” by Motley Crue hits and Pagano makes his way out to cheers of “Next World Champ.” We then cut to Edwards finishing up his pre-match ritual in his locker room before walking down the corridor for his entrance. “The Trooper” by Iron Maiden plays and Edwards enters to chants of “Edwards, Edwards” and a pinch of boo’s which can hardly be heard.

9) BtB: Henry Edwards vs. Evan Pagano: The bell rings and the match starts with a handshake. They take in the electric atmosphere for a moment then begin with a collar and elbow tie up. They trade momentum before Edwards locks in the first submission. Pagano counters and pushed Edwards away. They lock up again with Pagano swiping the legs and locking in a leg lock. Edwards wriggles his way out and they return to a standing base. They lock up for a third time with Edwards again taking control with an armbar. Pagano rolls out and locks in his own. Edwards flips over and pulls Evan down, wrapping his legs around his head. Pagano reverses into a front face lock but Edwards is right on him with a sleeper hold. The submissions continue to tumble from each other’s arsenal including the cloverleaf, a Haas of Pain variation and a surfboard. This long submission exchange ends with Pagano locking in a Figure Four, which naturally gets the crowd Whooo’ing. Edwards slowly reversed turning Pagano over on his stomach. The hold is released as Pagano gets to the ropes in one of SNW’s most technical encounters ever. The strikes then come into play with both men hitting stiff kicks. Edwards uses his strike advantage to take control. Edwards took control for a period of the match until Pagano’s jumping kick send Edward to the outside just like it did earlier with Hammers. Pagano followed up with a suicide dive only for Edwards to side step and help Pagano speed his way through the crowd. Luckily the surrounding crowd had moved but it wasn’t lucky for Pagano who went 6 rows back and into chairs. Pagano made it back to the ring before the 20 count and the match continued. Edwards went for the HE Driver but Pagano pushed him into the corner, unleashed a few strikes, took a few steps back and hit the SicKick. Pagano went to follow it up with the Calling (just like he did to Hammers earlier) but Edwards reversed hitting the HE Driver. But Pagano got his arm up at the last possible mini-second! Hammers went for another but Pagano countered with a Calling attempt. Edwards pushed Pagano away into the corner then hit his own signature running kick, the Fatal Impact. Edwards followed straight up with the HE Driver then flipped a prone Evan over for a Crossface, soon after Evan tapped out.

Post match both men lay out exhausted like many matches before. The fans were on their feet and applauding both the match and the competitors. Edwards got to his feet and immediately went over to Pagano to help him up. Pagano refused saying “No, this is your moment” and limped away. Edwards then celebrated as “The Trooper” played once more. Henry Edwards had won the 2011 Be the Best and has a future World title shot. Ace Bennett then appeared by the entrance with the title on his shoulder. Edwards who was on the top rope pointed over to the champion as the iPPV ended.