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Post by Red Dragon on Aug 4, 2014 13:25:23 GMT -5
Riot Act Special
RIOT ACT 8 -FULL CARD- SNW: Mike Bockwinkel vs. Riley Shamrock Warfare: Revolution X (Chris Hammers, Jordan Devine, Safu, LyNN and Amy Lee) vs. Team Bennett (Ace Bennett, Matt Spade and Alicia Bennett) and AirDevils (Tom Gerard and Travis Cantrell) Mike Hogan vs. Hunter Kellen [ISW] DUOS: Fatality Squad (Bret Thomas and Steven Kagemann) vs. Kevin Hart and Cody Rejero WOM: Wasp vs. Beast Kong Jack Powers vs. Cameron Stone Drew Parkland vs. Dave Demento Daniel Sinn vs. Carson Clark Knife Fight (Cain Jackal and Zakk Static) vs. Joseph Brothers (Jack and Matt Joseph) vs. Mockingbird (Elliot Reid and Dean Caufield)
Riot Act is always SNW’s biggest show of the year, last year’s even was no different. We rewind a year to have a look where some of the stars of Riot Act 8 were not only in Riot Act VII but also in past years.
Riley Shamrock Riot Act IV: Defeated Jacob Ryler, in the first student to wrestle on iPPV and win a Student trial. Riot Act V: Won Warfare as part of the Revolution X against the United Front. Riot Act VI: Won his first championship, the Duos title, alongside Safu defeating STL Connection Riot Act VII: Was Defeated in Warfare, attempting to bring down Revolution X This year at Riot Act 8: Challenging for the SNW World Championship, while holding the SNW FUSE Championship--------------------------------- What he had to say: It’s been a journey. It’s cliché but true, it’s been a rollercoaster. Never would I have thought that four years ago when I debuted on iPPV would I be standing here, challenging for the title. It’s been a mad mad journey. That first Riot Act set it all off for me. I was the first student to win a trial which then made Revolution X to pick me. That led to the next Riot Act where I took part in my first Warfare. I showed everyone what I could do, staying until the end alongside Hammers and Devine to defeat the United Front. I enjoyed another year within Revolution X, injuries and absences caused the ranks to be frayed but Safu and I managed to win the Duos titles. Of course, my first title reign was soon short lived as I was kicked out of the group. That began my new quest, to defeat Rev X. That led to next Riot Act. Sadly I was defeated. But my war with Rev X still goes on. Since then I’ve managed to focus on my own accomplishments, winning the FUSE title and Be the Best. Now this year, I’m challenging for the SNW World Championship. I’m the FUSE Champion, so if I win I not only become the first athlete to hold both the World and FUSE titles at the same time, but also I become the third Triple Crown Champion. This is a big opportunity, I cannot mess this up. This is my time, and with the fans behind me I know I can beat Mike Bockwinkel and walk out of Detroit as the SNW World Champion.
Mike Bockwinkel This year at Riot Act 8: Defending the SNW World Championship against FUSE Champion Riley Shamrock Last year at Riot Act VII: Won the SNW World Championship against Mike Hogan What he had to say: All this talk of Riley Shamrock makes me sick. FUSE Champion, Best Wrestler 2015, Be the Best 2015 winner, who cares? I don’t, I’m Mike Bockwinkel. Two time and reigning SNW World Champion. In the past year I’ve shown everyone why I am the best SNW has to offer and I will prove it again by beating the Be the Best champion.
Mike Hogan This year at Riot Act 8: Faces off against ISW’s Hunter Kellen in the ‘One Year in the Making’ bout. Last year at Riot Act VII: Lost the SNW World Championship to Mike Bockwinkel What he had to say: I admit, last year at Riot Act, Bock had my number. He beat me fair and square. But in the past year I’ve had my chances to become a two time SNW World Champion. In Holland, I was seconds away from winning the belt. But thems the rules. I understand. What I don’t understand was what happened in London. I should have won the belt, I should be walking into Riot Act this year as champion. But then Kellen happened. He thinks it’s right to cost me the title just because I said a few harsh words about him. Well boy, you better get thicker skin. I’m coming for you Kellen. And what I had planned for you a year ago is coming your way in Detroit.
Wasp This year at Riot Act 8: Defending the SNW Women’s Championship against Beast Kong Last year at Riot Act VII: Won the SNW Women’s Championship against Amy Lee and Beast Kong What she had to say: Last year’s Riot Act was mental. There were three new champions crowned and there was Clark’s last title defence before he gave the title up. So the show after Riot Act was like a new start and that defiantly applied for me. For the last year I faced the best SNW has to offer, taking on all challengers including those from TCW. Now I face a monster, my rival. She’s taken me to the limit before. But to win my belt, she’s gonna have to defeat me. And she’s gonna have to do it over my dead body.
Dave Demento This year at Riot Act 8: Makes his Riot Act main show debut against veteran Drew Parkland Last year at Riot Act VII: Defeated another veteran, Jacob Ryler in the opener of the Pre-show. What he had to say: Do you really care what I have to say? Why don’t you just wait to see what I do in the ring in Detroit. Parkland’s and old dog. And old dogs have to be put out of action. A quick kick to the head should finish him. I know you want me to comment on how I’ve ‘grown’ as a competitor in the last year but I’m not going to. I don’t care if I have one fan or a million, all I care about is kicking heads and winning bouts. And I’ll do that time and time again.
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Post by Red Dragon on Aug 4, 2014 13:24:51 GMT -5
2015 Awards Ceremony
The awards ceremony this year is being held in a bar in Detroit, where SNW’s Riot Act is being held this year. It’s only a small place but only the wrestlers and staff are invited. It’s being filmed later release on the Riot Act 8 DVD. It is being hosted by commentators Edward Colgate.
The ceremony starts with our host walking out onto the stage. He thanks everyone for turning up and talk about how tonight we give thanks to the wrestlers of SNW and also the staff. We start off with some quick awards which will be announced in the form of videos. Each winner comes up onto the stage to accept the award and give a short speech.
Key Award Title 1. Winner, first placed 2. Runner Up, second place 3. third place - Previous year's winners
Best Highflyer 1. Jet Jaguar 2. Jack Joseph 3. Mockingbird - 2009: Jason Williams 2010: Ace Bennett 2011: Jason Williams (2) 2012: Carson Clark 2013: Jason Williams (3) 2014: Carson Clark (2)
Most Improved 1. Dave Demento 2. Mockingbird 3. Duke Parkland - 2009: Evan Pagano 2010: Kevin Hart 2011: Mike Hogan 2012: Riley Shamrock 2013: Carson Clark 2014: Knife Fight
Best on Mic 1. Mike Bockwinkel 2. Ace Bennett 3. Dave Demento - 2009: Mike Bockwinkel 2010: Mike Bockwinkel (2) 2011: Mike Bockwinkel (3) 2012: Mike Bockwinkel (4) 2013: Mike Bockwinkel (5) 2014: Ace Bennett
One to Watch 1. Dave Demento 2. Jet Jaguar 3. Cain Jackal - 2010: Mike Hogan 2011: Jack Joseph 2012: Riley Shamrock 2013: Riley Shamrock (2) 2014: Carson Clark
Best Woman 1. Wasp 2. Amy Lee 3. Beast Kong (New Award)
Best Finisher 1. Ball and Chain (Fatality Squad) 2. F**tard (Dave Demento) 3. Irish Welcoming II (Riley Shamrock) - 2009: Fire Tornado (Steven Kagemann) 2010: Syracuse Dropped (Ace Bennett) 2011: The Fall/Double Stomp Combo (Fatality Squad) 2012: The Hammers Finisher Combo (Chris Hammers/ Jordan Devine) 2013: Maple Leaf Revenge (Kevin Hart) 2014: Back to the Future (Mike Hogan)
Most Memorable Moment 1. Dave Demento F***tard (Glasgow, Scotland) 2. First ever Six-Man Klauteren (One Night in Holland) 3. Hart and Pagano return for M10 (Magnificent 10: 2014) - 2009: Mike Bockwinkel turning on Chris Hammers 2010: Henry Edwards 10 month reign ending via injury 2011: Ace Bennett wins the SNW World Championship (Brain Grenade) 2012: Masked Attackers / United Front (The Rapture) 2013: Edwards leaves SNW (The Rapture 2012) 2014: Hogan’s entrance in London (One Night in London)
Best Feud 1. Riley Shamrock vs. Revolution X 2. Mike Bockwinkel vs. Mike Hogan 3. Revolution X vs. Team Bennett - 2009: Chris Hammers vs. Henry Edwards 2010: New Age Lady Killers vs. Youth Culture 2011: Mike Bockwinkel vs. Red Dragon 2012: United Front vs. rest of SNW 2013: Edwards vs. ‘the doubters’ 2014: Daniel Sinn vs. Drew Parkland
Best Show 1. Riot Act VII 2. Be the Best 2014 3. SIX - 2009: Riot Act 2010: Riot Act 2 2011: Riot Act 3 2012: Riot Act IV 2013: The Rapture 2012 2014: FIVE
There’s a break before our hosts introduce Drew Parkland, one half of the first Duos Champions. He gets up on stage. He talks for a little bit about tag wrestling before reading out the nominees and winner.
Best Tag Team 1. Team Bennett- Ace Bennett and Matt Spade 2. AirDevils- Carson Clark, Tom Gerard and Travis Cantrell 3. The Fatality Squad- Bret Thomas and Steven Kagemann 4. Knife Fight- Cain Jackal and Zakk Static 5. Mockingbird- Elliot Reid and Dean Caufield - 2009: New Age Lady Killers 2010: New Age Lady Killers (2) 2011: New Age Lady Killers (3) 2012: Ace Bennett and Kevin Hart 2013: Fire and the Fury (Johnny Arsenic & Vincent Fury) 2014: AirDevils- Carson Clark, Tom Gerard and Travis Cantrell
Team Bennett including Alicia Bennett and Clive the Janitor got up on stage. The wrestlers started a ‘Clive’ chant. Clive then took the award and joked to run off with it. Ace then took over the mic and praised Spade. Ace said that Spade has done so much behind the cameras and deserves recognition. Ace said Spade has helped him begun a better wrestler and handed him the award. Spade said he didn’t deserve it, he said before he begun teaming with Ace he was a jobber with one success. Spade said Ace has given him a new chance and shared the award with him. Clive then stole the award and ran off.
Red Dragon got up on stage and talked about having what it takes to steal the show, Bockwinkel heckled him shouting ‘What would you know?’ but Dragon told him to sit back down ‘you F***tard’ in reference to Dave Demento’s memorable promo.
Best Wrestler 1. Riley Shamrock 2. Mike Hogan 3. Ace Bennett 4. Mike Bockwinkel 5. Kevin Hart - 2009: Jack Powers 2010: Ace Bennett 2011: Kevin Hart 2012: Henry Edwards 2013: Kevin Hart (2) 2014: Ace Bennett (2)
Riley Shamrock got up on the stage, he kept his speech short. Thanking SNW for training him, Revolution X for improving him and the rest of the roster for improving him. He said the looks forward to the next year, as he wants to keep improving himself.
Marc Ryland was the final person to hand out an award. He reminded everyone of the difference between the ‘Best Wrestler’ and ‘MVP’ award. Ryland explained that the ‘Best Wrestler’ award is for the wrestler who puts on the best matches, while the ‘MVP’ is for the wrestler who the company couldn’t have done without in the last year. He broke down the nominations: Hammers has had enough strong year leading Revolution X and putting himself in title contention, Hart returned at the Anniversary show and has been putting on great matches since, Although Hogan lost the belt at last year Riot Act but has always been fighting for the title and putting on great matches. Riley picked up best wrestler and has been putting on show stealing matches all year, but champion Mike Bockwinkel takes the award. He won the title at Riot Act last year and has been the headliner all year.
MVP 1. Mike Bockwinkel 2. Riley Shamrock 3. Mike Hogan 4. Kevin Hart 5. Chris Hammers - 2009: Chris Hammers 2010: Henry Edwards 2011: Ace Bennett 2012: Henry Edwards (2) 2013: Kevin Hart 2014: Mike Hogan
Mike Bockwinkel got up on stage and said ‘about time’. He then said he was joking and said it’s been an honour to work with such great wrestlers. He said this year has been one of his favourites in his career and hopes to keep it going. He then put over some of the younger roster members, such as Jet Jaguar and Knife Fight. A short video then played to end the evening showing an updated list of the top 25 matches in SNW history. The most interesting things to note with the update is that plenty of tag team matches were added (which was SNW's aim for this year), three matches from Riot Act VII were added and former Duos Champions Fire and the Fury have had both of their matches taken out of the top 25 after they signed with Alt:Pro. The one thing that SNW is disappointed about is that no new matches entered the top 10. Although the quality of matches overall have improved, none broke into the top 10. SNW wants to redress that by next year, so look out for some blockbuster matches coming in the next year.
UPDATED: TOP 25 MATCHES IN SNW HISTORY 1. Ace Bennett vs. Henry Edwards ‘Riot Act IV’ 2. Kevin Hart vs. Ace Bennett vs. Mike Hogan ‘Riot Act VI’ 3. Kevin Hart vs. Henry Edwards ‘The Rapture 2012’ 4. Steel Cage: New Age Lady Killers vs. Youth Culture ‘Return of the Steel Cage’ 5. Ace Bennett vs. Evan Pagano ‘The Showdown III’ 6. Mike Bockwinkel vs. Chris Hammers vs. Henry Edwards ‘Riot Act 2’ 7. Dog-collar: Daniel Sinn vs. Drew Parkland: ‘Five’ 8. Mike Hogan vs. Ace Bennett ‘One Night in London’ 9. Mike Bockwinkel vs. Red Dragon ‘Riot Act IV’ 10. Ladder: Kevin Hart vs. Ace Bennett vs. Mike Hogan ‘Five’ 11. Jack Powers vs. Kevin Hart ‘Four’ 12. Henry Edwards vs. Riley Shamrock ‘Global Mourning’ 13. AirDevils vs. Ace Bennett and Matt Spade ‘Be the Best 2014’ 14. Henry Edwards vs. Jack Powers ‘London, England’ 15. Mike Hogan vs. Mike Bockwinkel ‘Riot Act VII’ 16. Fatality Squad vs. AirDevils ‘One Night in Holland’ 17. Steel Cage: Henry Edwards vs. Chris Hammers 'The Showdown' 18. NY Street Fight: The Gentlemen’s Club vs. Red Assassins ‘Be the Best 2011’ 19. Ace Bennett vs. Henry Edwards ‘The Showdown II’ 20. AirDevils vs. Coast to Coast ‘Riot Act VII’ 21. Ace Bennett vs. Mike Quackenbush ‘Brain Grenade’ 22. Revolution X vs. Team Bennett ‘Be the Best 2015’ 23. Kevin Hart vs. Mike Hogan ‘Magnificent 10: 2013’ 24. Mike Bockwinkel vs. Kevin Hart ‘SIX’ 25. Carson Clark vs. Ace Bennett ‘Riot Act VII’
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Post by Red Dragon on Jul 29, 2014 9:50:59 GMT -5
I need some help.
I can't seem to post new pictures from Photobucket. It's always worked, I've tried both ways (copying from properties and the IMG code on the side) but neither seem to work. Thanks for any help.
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Post by Red Dragon on Jul 29, 2014 9:45:12 GMT -5
Riot Act 8Live from the Cobo Arena, Detroit only on SNW PlayerSNW World ChampionshipMike Bockwinkel vs. Riley ShamrockIt’s the "Young Gun's" big chance and he’s earnt every step of the way. He’s come a long way in such a short time, he only made his Riot Act debut at IV where he became the first student to win a trial match. Since then he’s won his first title at VI and competed in two Warfare matches, one with RevX (V) and one against (VII). Now he’s challenging for the big one, the SNW World Championship in a bid to become the first man to hold both the World and FUSE Championships at the same time. However, winning the title won’t be an easy walk in the park. He has to face the current and two time SNW World Champion, Mike Bockwinkel. Bock has defeated all he has come up against (partly thanks to his associate Cameron Stone) and celebrates his year anniversary in Detroit. And if he leaves Detroit as champ, he will go onto become the longest reigning champion in SNW history. Both have it all to play for, who will be the champion? Warfare IIXRevolution X (Chris Hammers, Jordan Devine, Safu, LyNN and Amy Lee) vs. Team Bennett (Ace Bennett, Matt Spade and Alicia Bennett) and AirDevils (Tom Gerard and Travis Cantrell)Ever since the very first show Revolution X has been the stable in SNW. They are a part of the very foundations of SNW, fending off challenges from the likes of the Gentlemen’s Club and the United Front. But now a new group threatens to overthrow them. Ace Bennett has done it all in SNW: FUSE title, Duos title, World title and a host of awards and accolades. Now he takes on the ultimate challenge, trying to take down Revolution X. It all started in Holland where the battle between Ace and Hammers got personal, now it will end in Detroit. Ace has recruited his former tag partner Tom Gerard and Gerard’s new tag partner. Can they overthrow Revolution X. One Year in the MakingMike Hogan vs. Hunter Kellen [ISW]It all started a year ago at the Super Sims Cup II. SNW and ISW were drawn against each other and Hogan was set to face Kellen. However, during the match Kellen got himself disqualified so that he could focus on defending his title the next night at ISW’s Blitzkrieg. Hogan took to social media to blast Hunter calling him a coward saying he took ‘the easy way out’. And that was that. That is, until Hunter showed up unexpectedly in London to stop Hogan from winning the World title. Hunter said in his most recent video that he didn’t like Hogan bad-mouthing him. Now the match is set, the match that was supposed to happen one year ago. It’s SNW vs. ISW, it’s Mike Hogan versus Hunter Kellen. SNW Duos Championships Fatality Squad (Bret Thomas and Steven Kagemann) vs. Kevin Hart and Cody Rejero The Fatality Squad have been utterly dominant since winning the Duos titles last year. They’ve taken on and beaten all comers. Now they face a wildcard, a non-regular team. The Squad do not know what to expect from the Calgary team. Hart and Cody have teamed up in other promotions and will hope that experience helps in Detroit. Can the Calgary Sons take the titles? SNW Women’s Championship Falls Count AnywhereWasp vs. Beast KongTalk about blood rivals in SNW, you think about Edwards/Hammers, Hart/Bennett, Bock/Dragon but think about women rivals and this comes to the top of the list. Wasp won the title last year and had a strong reign. But at Clash of the Duos last year, Kong left Wasp on the mat. It took her until Be the Best to get her shot at the belt. And when they met, the confines of a normal match couldn’t decide a winner. So now it’s falls count anywhere, anything is allowed and there must be a winner. Jack Powers vs. Cameron Stone‘The Calgary Gangsta’ has been ever present and ever strong since coming to SNW. He’s big, strong and dominant when he gets going. One man who would love to be called that is Jack Powers. Powers, a member of the Original 16 hasn’t really challenged much since losing the belt in 2012. But he’s always getting to finals and always puts up a fight. Who will come out on top in this first time match? Drew Parkland vs. Dave DementoIn another first time match, the mouthy youngster Dave Demento will take on SNW’s popular redneck and father of the Parkland brothers, Drew Parkland. Demento has really blown up recently, going viral with his ‘F***tard’ tirade. Meanwhile, Parkland doesn't even know what a Facebook is. How will these two clash? Daniel Sinn vs. Carson ClarkLast year, the leader of the AirDevils, Carson Clark was flying high (literally). He walked into this event as FUSE Champion and left with a victory over Ace Bennett. Nothing could stop him, apart from an injury, it forced him to miss the rest of the year. Ever since coming back ‘the fastest wreslter alive, haven’t been the same. How will he fare against the ‘Widdowmaker’. Knife Fight (Cain Jackal and Zakk Static) vs. Joseph Brothers (Jack and Matt Joseph) vs. Mockingbird (Elliot Reid and Dean Caufield)Three corner tag action will take place on SNW’s biggest show of the year. In one corner will be Knife Fight, they’ve been getting positive reactions from the crowd recently, can they use that to their advantage? In the second corner will be the brothers Jack and Matt Joseph. They re-united last year and have been performing well, can they keep it up? In the final corner will be youngsters Mockingbird, can they score a big win? Countdown to the ActRiot Act Pre-Show In Association with Nick Bockwinkel ProductionsNick Jacobs vs. Zeke [TCW] Jason Williams vs. Blackbird [TCW] Noah Lee and Kourtney Love vs. Richie Stevens and Kitty [TCW] Duke Parkland vs. Dimitri Smirnoff [NGW] El Hijo de Angel Custodio vs. Baby J Jamerson Axel Parkland and Rose Parkland vs. Joseph Stone and Red Fire
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Post by Red Dragon on Jul 28, 2014 6:09:43 GMT -5
SPOTLIGHT VOTING UP
Lots of options this bi-month. Please go and vote, let's get loads of votes.
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Post by Red Dragon on Jul 25, 2014 13:45:50 GMT -5
Videos
SNW has released a few videos over the last few weeks that have hinted or announced matches for their next event, Riot Act 8.
Kevin Hart and Cody Rejero are backstage.
Cody: THE CALGARY SONS! WHOOT WHOOT! Kev: Let’s calm it down Cody. I mean we haven’t won the title yet. Cody: But it’s only a matter of time Kev. Kev: Hey, let’s not underestimate the champs Cody: What those two? Kageyboy and big bad Thomas? Kev: Seriously Cody, their tough guys. Nothing but our best will beat them. Cody: But we got something they haven’t got? Kev: What's that? Previous experience holding singles gold? Cody: Nope. Kev: Me, the second ever Triple Crown Champion? Cody: Nope. And that’s pretty big headed Kev. Kev: Well, what the hell is it then Cody? Cody: PEPSI!
A gang of dancers then come in and hand cans of Pepsi over to Cody and Kev. Cody starts dancing, Kev just stands there sipping Pepsi.
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Team Bennett of Ace Bennett, Matt Spade, Alicia Bennett and Clive the Janitor are in a room. Ace is pacing back and forth, Spade and Alicia are sat on a table and Clive sleeping on a chair in the corner. There is a knock on the door and the AirDevils of Tom Gerard and Travis Cantrell walk in.
Spade: Your late. Travis: Sorry to have keep you waiting. Spade: Well if you’re going to be as untrustworthy as this maybe we don’t want you in our team
Spade and Travis square up to each other.
Alicia: Calm down boys. We’re fighting together, not each other. Tom: Look, we all know why we’re here. So let’s get it done.
Team Bennett move around one side of the table, on it is a contract, the Devils are on the other side.
Alicia: It’s all in here. You sign it your part of our Warfare team. No going back. Tom: Wait, wait. What’s this here? Spade: That’s the competitors list. Tom: Yeah. So it’s Ace, Spade, me, Travis... and Alicia. Travis: There’s no way I’m competing with that. Alicia: Hey, what you say?
Alicia then squares up to Travis.
Ace: Look, I don’t want my sister in there either. It’s too dangerous but we haven’t got a choice. RevX entered Amy Lee in the match, we needed a female competitor too. Travis: Can’t we get someone else? I’ve got Kourtney Love on speed dial Spade: Hey, let me have a look. Ace: We’re not replacing her, we’re putting a lot of faith in you guys already, we’re not adding in more factors. Clive: Hey, I’ve got Beast Kong’s number if that helps.
There is an awkward pause.
Ace: How the hell... anyway no, we’re sticking to the plan. And if you’re not down with that... Spade: Then we’ve got two word for ya. Alicia: Shut up Matt. Clive: Yeah, shut up Matt. Ace: Yes. shut up Matt. So you signing?
Tom and Travis sign the agreement.
Tom: We’ll see you in Detroit. Ace: Wouldn’t want anyone else fighting by my side.
The AirDevils then leave.
Spade: What was that all about? Ace: What you mean? Spade: All that, ‘I wouldn’t want anyone else by my side’. Ace: Look, it’s nothing. Spade: It better be. Bloody American Airforce. He’s not even American. Clive: At least he’s won something. Spade: I’m a former Duos Champion too you know. Ace: Let’s show everyone that Team Bennett is the greatest stable in SNW. Spade: I still think we should have been called the Ace of Spades.
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Hunter Kellen is backstage at an ISW show.
Kellen: One year ago, teams from all around the US came to compete in the Super Sims Cup II. I was there and so was Mike Hogan. We were drawn against one another. I never want to lose but on that day, I had bigger fish to catch. I never want to lose and so that loss to Hogan ate away at me. I always knew I’d get my revenge, my payback. But I needed him to hate me, in the same way I hate him. Only then would I get the best out of him. So I hit him where it hurts, in his hometown, in jolly old London town. I showed up, cost him the belt, job done. Now he hates me as much as I hate him. So one year on, we meet again. It’s ISW versus SNW all over again but this year it’s about something more than promotion pride, it’s personal. I’m not going to lose. I could bring in my friends from ISW but I know I can do this all alone. Hogan is mine. In Detroit everyone will see that I am better than him.
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Riley Shamrock is standing in a street in Detroit.
Riley: These streets, these paving stones. They tell a story. Everyday man walks upon them. Step after step. If they could talk, they would tell us a story. The men and women who have walked along the streets. Everyday, day after day for years upon years. And on July 25th I will walk these streets to begin my new story. All this time in SNW, I have had my own stories. First I was the kid in the academy, head down, working hard. Then I was Revolution X’s apprentice. Then Revolution X’s enemy. But his past year, it’s been a new journey. Just like when I first came to SNW, I’m keeping my head down and working hard. Now I’m reaping the awards. First the FUSE title, then Be the Best. Now it’s time to finish this story and start a new one. I’m going to become SNW World Champion. Bock can put as many hurdles as he wants in my way. Baby J, Cameron Stone, I will knock you all down because nothing will stop me from becoming the SNW World Champion.
The camera then pans round to show the Cobo Arena in the background.
Riley: So when I walk down these streets, July 25th I will end one story and begin another. I will walk out the new SNW World Champion.
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Post by Red Dragon on Jul 25, 2014 13:45:23 GMT -5
Calgary Alberta
SNW hasn’t been to Canada since 2013, this show was seemingly put together by Cameron Stone. Two big Canadian flags hang either side of a simple entrance way. It’s sell-out crowd too but SNW has sold out bigger places. Maybe they didn’t expect such a large crowd.
1) Joseph Brothers vs. Parkland Bros: Great way to open the show, good tag action, a fast pace and some high spots. The two sets of brothers showed good chemistry with one another. But only one set of brothers could win, the Joseph’s rebounded from their loss in London with a win after Jack hit a Pele from the top rope on Duke.
FUSE Champion Riley Shamrock makes his way out to the ring with a mic. He goes to speak but is interrupted by ‘Sharply Dressed Man’. Mike Bockwinkel, Cameron Stone and Baby J Jamerson made their way out. “I haven’t even said anything yet.” Riley joked. Bock said it didn’t matter what Riley said, because at Riot Act 8 he will just become another defence in Bockwinkel’s reign. Cam piped in pointing to Riley Shamrock’s title, saying that he was only good enough to hold that title, then changed his mind and said he wasn’t even good enough to be holding that. Cam added that Riley is such a fighting champion, he wouldn’t have a problem putting the title on the line tonight against him. Riley accepted, on one condition. Bock has to defend as well. Cam and Bock thought about it then Bock accepted, saying that it doesn’t matter who it is, he’ll defeat him then defeat Riley and go onto become the greatest SNW World Champion ever. Bock then asked who his opponent would be. Riley said he met someone backstage, who the Canadian crowd know very well. Riley said Bock would meet him later on.
2) Beast Kong vs. Red Fire: Utter squash. Fire is from Canada, so was treated as a face. She got some offence but fell when attempting to dive off the top and got caught in a Sitdown Powerbomb. Kong motioned for the title post match.
3) Jack Powers and Joseph Stone vs. Daniel Sinn and Baby J Jamerson: This match paired two members of the Original 16 with newer roster members, so it was a little odd but still a good match. Both youngsters have a bright future but need time to develop, Stone especially since he seems a little too reliant on the high spots at the moment, but he got a good reaction being back in his hometown. Powers earned the win with the Power Suplex and Choke Out on Baby J, J fell unconscious.
4) Chris Hammers vs. Noah Lee: A quick squash match, Hammers rolled over Londoner Lee with ease. Noah sold well and fell to the Last Minute Orders.
5) Carson Clark vs. Dave Demento: This was a much more even contest. Demento got great heel heat as he always does, alongside his ‘F***tard’ chant and a small amount of cheers since he is from Canada. Clark is starting to get back to his best after recovering from injury. He’s not quite the ‘fastest wrestler alive’ as he used to be but is slowly getting back. Demento capitalised on this, making this his time, hitting the Punt kick he calls the ‘F***tard’ to win.
6) DUOS: Fatality Squad vs. Jacob Ryler and El Hijo de Angel Custodio: Another squash match, not as short as the previous squashes but still pretty short. Ryler and El Hijo have been a semi-regular team usually coming together for Clash of the Duos. They had some fight in them but fell to the Ball and Chain to retain (Pop-Up Doomsday).
7) Jason Williams vs. Nick Jacobs: This was a good match that followed in the same suit as Clark/Demento but while Clark has returned and struggled to perform, Jason was cheered since he is Canadian. Jason has stepped up getting to the tiebreaker in Be the Best and put in a good performance against fellow former FUSE Champion, Nick Jacobs. The match went back and forth until Jason hit the Physco Driver for the win.
8) AirDevils vs. Team Bennett: This was a rematch from their classic from Be the Best 2014, clashed Tom Gerard and Travis Cantrell against Ace Bennett and Matt Spade. The Calgary fans ate up the tag team action with both teams putting on an absolute clinic. Lots of great action in this one including a Bombs Away from the Devils, the Busaki Knee/Bearhug combo and the Sky High. Ace was setting up for the Syracuse Drop when Chris Hammers, Jordan Devine, Safu and LyNN ran out and beat down Bennett and Spade. They then also beat down Gerard and Cantrell.
Intermission. Some fans weren’t clued up on the tension between Revolution X and Team Bennett but were told about it by other crowd members. Jack Powers was out at the break to sign and take photos.
9) FUSE: Riley Shamrock vs. Cameron Stone: This was a great way to welcome the fans back from the break, Riley has been constantly putting on the match of the night all year, so it’s no surprise to see him do it again here. Stone showed off all his talents, he was bigger in size and used that to his advantage. And being in his hometown, he got cheered. But the will of the champion shone through and he fought back with strikes, busting Stone open with the Mui Tai Knees. Riley also got a dive to the floor but was distracted on the outside by Baby J, allowing Stone to hit a lariat. Cam then punished Riley on the outside, hitting a suplexbomb on the floor and dumping him into the crowd. It took the full 20 count for Riley to get back in the ring. This spelt the end for Cam, Riley focused on Cam then hit a suicide dive to the outside to take out Baby J, and after a shoulder barge, he hit a springboard dropkick back into Cam. Riley then hit the Irish Welcoming to retain.
Team Bennett of Ace Bennett, Matt Spade, Alicia Bennett and Clive the Janitor made their way out. Ace said he was sick of Revolution X sticking their nose where it doesn’t belong. Ace said he wanted to knock RevX off their perch. He challenged Revolution X to a Warfare match at Riot Act 8. RevX of Hammers, Devine, Safu, LyNN and Amy Lee walked to the ring. Hammers mocked Team Bennett, saying that Team Bennett don’t have enough members. ‘Even if you could Alicia you don’t have enough, I mean really, is Clive gonna wrestle?’ to which Clive, on the outside, replied ‘Clive doesn’t wrestle’ and went back to sleep. RevX then squared up to Team Bennett then began a beatdown. However, the AirDevils of Tom Gerard and Travis Cantrell ran out, probably pissed from earlier. They sprinted down and fought off RevX. It looks like Ace has a team.
10) Knife Fight vs. Mockingbird vs. Revolution X vs. Kevin Hart and Cody Rejero: After a segment with plenty men in the ring, came another. This was your typical four corner tag match, which involved only two or three men in the ring at the same time while everyone else was on the floor on the outside. It was heavily suggested that this was a no.1 contenders bout for the Fatality Squad’s Duos titles. Lots of good action in this one as you’d expect. Hart and Cody got massive reactions, considering he is from Calgary. Any team could have won at any time. There was the compulsory dive spot which was dive after dive after dive. The match ended soon after, as Cody hit the Pepsi Driver on Static then a 450 Splash from Hart.
11) SNW: Mike Bockwinkel vs. Teddy Hart: Fans were pretty mild when Teddy made his entrance. But what made this match was the hatred Bock had for Hart, which in turn, made Teddy stiff Bock in return. Hart did his usual stick but he also had to deal with Cameron Stone and Baby J Jamerson on the outside. Every time he built up some momentum, he was cut off by some type of cheating. Bock constantly locked Hart up in holds then shouted about how this is ‘real wrestling’. Hart fought back and dove over the top but Bock moved Baby J in the way. Then while Bock distracted the referee Cam powerbombed Hart on the apron! This brought out Riley who ran off Cam and Baby J. This gave Hart the opportunity to take advantage. Hart hit the Open Heart Bypass for a close count then tried to follow it up with the Hart Destroyer. Bock reversed it and hit a very stiff lariat. Bock then lifted Hart to the top rope and the two battled up on top. Hart headbutted Bock off the top but Bock shot back up hitting a quick superplex. The SNW World Champ then bounced back to his feet and hit the Bockwinkel Special for the win.
Bockwinkel celebrated post match as Hart rolled to the outside. Bock lifted the SNW World Championship up in the air but then was interrupted by Riley Shamrock who stood at the entrance, getting payback for Be the Best. These two will meet for the title at Riot Act 8.
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Post by Red Dragon on Jul 24, 2014 6:54:57 GMT -5
It was on my birthday, so I went with family to the cinema to watch it. It was good but not great. Obviously their not going to be at their best. But I agree that I would have liked some more from Life of Brian and Holy Grail. Also, who the hell was that other guy singing? Surely the Pythons could have got someone famous to do that bit.
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Post by Red Dragon on Jul 22, 2014 4:42:00 GMT -5
Synergy Issue #10 Drew Parkland came out to the ring with the Synergy title, he said at Issue #9 in Newcastle we decided the first competitor in the first ever Synergy Championship match at the 2nd Anniversary show, as Dave Demento qualified by beating Jet Jaguar. He said tonight, the final two places will be decided. Daniel Sinn will take on Jacob Ryler, then the main event will be a battle royal, with everyone who has competed earlier in the night, to decide the final place. He was interrupted by Dave Demento, who said that Parkland was handing the next shot to his friend Daniel Sinn. Drew rejected that claim saying that Sinn has to fight for his shot like Demento did. Drew then booked a match for Demento right now. 1) Dave Demento vs. “El Hijo Nature Boy” Pedro Flair: The story of this match was Demento was dominant but Flair broke in when Dave got too cocky to hit his Lucha-Flair moveset. Dave put Flair down for good with the punt kick. 2) Mockingbird vs. Noah Lee and Joseph Stone: A good little tag match. Lee and Stone teamed up on the last show, it’s not expected to be a regular team but since they’re at the same level in terms of ability, it seems right to team them up. Mockingbird played heels again as they have done on some Synergy shows, it suits them, maybe they are trying it out for SNW. Despite a spirited fight, the rookie team fell to a Frogsplash from Caufield. Baby J Jamerson came out to the ring and mocked the crowd. It’s clear that spending time with Mike Bockwinkel have influenced him, as his promo was very Bockwinkel-esq. He was cut off by Kourtey Love. Baby J said he wouldn’t fight a ‘girl’ but then Love slapped him and we had a match. 3) Baby J Jamerson vs. Kourtney Love: The first singles inter-gender match in Synergy went pretty well. Love is a good athlete, probably better than Baby J so she was able to keep the crowd alive. Baby J played a good heel but is still a little green. Love hit the Lovesault to seal the win! 4) Duke, Axel and Rose Parkland vs. Knife Fight and Red Fire: More inter-gender action but this time the genders were kept apart from one another. Both male teams look better and better every time we see them. Duke and Axel have natural chemistry that you just can’t teach. Meanwhile, Cain and Zakk have been around much longer but only in the last year or so, the two have become title contenders. They also weirdly are getting cheered. Fire hit a dive to the outside, allowing Knife Fight to hit the Brainbuster/Spear combo on Axel. 5) SYN: Daniel Sinn vs. Jacob Ryler: As usual these kinds of matches in Synergy these two worked a different match than they would have worked in SNW. It was more like something you’d see in the WWE. Ryler went back to playing the cocky heel and did well to draw heat, allowing Sinn to take the credit as the hero. Some good back and forth action, with Ryler using some cheating to take advantage. But in the end, Sinn hit the Original Sinn for the win. Intermission. Drew Parkland was out at the break, he confirmed that the Duos Champions, the Fatality Squad were in the building and also that he would not be entering the battle royal. Interestingly, he joked that he was ‘too old’. Although, it’s clear he’s not retiring yet, it’s clear his age his on his mind. 6) DUOS: Fatality Squad vs. Cody Rejero and Baz Hepburn: In SNW the Squad have been dominant, it continued here in Synergy. They took instant control over the team known as ‘Your Mom’ in SNW. But Cody built up the hot tag brilliantly and when the tag was made the roof blew off. Cody hit the Pepsi Driver and the Pepsi Cutter but both was broken up. Stereo dives were also hit and even the Bazuka but again it was broken up. The champions then showed their true class to fight back to retain following a watered down Ball and Chain (Doomsday Device). 7) SYN: Battle Royal: Cody Rejero defeats Duke Parkland, Axel Parkland, Cain Jackal, Zakk Static, Elliot Reid, Dean Caufield, Noah Lee, Joseph Stone, Baby J Jamerson, Kourtney Love, Baz Hepburn, Jacob Ryler, Justin Allusion, Beast, Jugg, Masked Marvel and “El Hijo Nature Boy” Pedro Flair: A great way to end the evening, the match played out like a battle royal but with entrants not really sticking to any time limit. The fans loved it, especially the younger fans. Notable moments including Baby J getting payback by eliminating Koutney Love but then was dumped out by Duke; Reid and Caufield eliminating each other; Pedro Flair landing on the barricade then Kofi Kingston-esq springboaring back in, only to be elimanated by Cain Jackal. The final four were Cody, Duke, Cain and Ryler. Duke took out Cain, then Ryler sneaked in to take out Duke. Fans were disappointed, they wanted their favourites Cody and Duke as the final two. Cody and Ryler then teased several eliminations before Cody ended up on the apron, Ryler charged at him but was met by a shoulder barge. Cody then launched Ryler up and over to eliminate him and win the match. Synergy Issue #11 2nd Anniversary Show Synergy Championship Daniel Sinn vs. Cody Rejero vs. Dave Demento Rivals Clash Parkland Bros vs. Knife Fight The Rematch Baby J Jamerson vs. Kourtney Love (Show will take place following Riot Act 8)
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Post by Red Dragon on Jul 21, 2014 5:42:16 GMT -5
SPOTLIGHT NOMS UP
I should get round to posting SNW sometime. Like I said before, I got it all written up. Just been busy lately, having my laptop crash on me and having to buy a new one didn't help.
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Post by Red Dragon on Jul 21, 2014 5:36:50 GMT -5
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Post by Red Dragon on Jul 13, 2014 19:11:02 GMT -5
Fix.
Nah, Markw deserved it. He was top all along. Congrats on winning and impressingly predicting the number of goals. I was pretty negative, always going for small goal margins. Big thanks to Lego Customs for putting on the league too, thanks. I don't mind being Argentina, that means I'm Messi = the best league player, oh yeah I won the BPL League. So suck it.
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Post by Red Dragon on Jul 13, 2014 19:00:59 GMT -5
Just wanna say congrats to Kev and AJ for getting to 100 pages, a great achievement. Thank you both for your contributions to the board. I should be a good MOD and give you both replies, hopefully I will. Well done guys.
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Post by Red Dragon on Jul 10, 2014 13:20:30 GMT -5
If you're leading in the last week in these things you should just copy & paste the predictions of 2nd place to ensure they don't get more points than you Probably should have done, but that wouldn't be much fun. Fancy an Argentina win anyway. We've gone for different winners for the final. That's gonna make things interesting.
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Post by Red Dragon on Jul 10, 2014 5:55:35 GMT -5
C'mon, Premier League and World Cup double.
Saturday 12th July Brazil 0-2 Netherlands 21:00
Sunday 13th July Germany 1-0 Argentina 20:00
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Post by Red Dragon on Jul 8, 2014 12:37:22 GMT -5
Posted Be the Best 2015 in the SNW thread along with a Press Conference news update and Kevin Hart's DVD listings/shoot. I got plenty SNW written up, just need to post it now.
Also, Spotlight should within the next week or so.
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Post by Red Dragon on Jul 8, 2014 12:20:37 GMT -5
Press ConferenceBefore SNW left the UK they held a press conference, headed by part-owner Red Dragon. There was some pretty bold announcements: SNW in India: To kick off 2016, in January as part of the ‘One Night in_’ series, the SNW crew will be spending ‘One Night in India’. SNW usually goes to unexpected places for these shows but even India is quite a surprise. However, India has promoted large wrestling shows before, most recently TNA helped putting on Ring Ka King. London to host Anniversary Show: The Announcement the UK crowd were waiting for, SNW will be returning to the UK in 2016 to present EIGHT (Anniversary Show), which will be the first time the show has been held outside of the US. Dragon said they are hoping to make it a weekend of events including meet and greets and a Synergy show but more will be announced in the future. Champions Carnival 2016: As Dragon explained, ‘SNW doesn’t really have a singles tournament to decide who really is the best in SNW. Yes, we have Be the Best but that usually excludes the champion and the challenger. This will be a tournament to decide who the best really is, a single elimination tournament, winner leaves with the World title.’ Dragon rejected that this would become annual and apart of the Grand Slam Tournaments. But said he is ‘working on something different’. Kevin Hart: Calgary’s Saviour (3-Disc Ultimate Edition)Early Days – From Student to Main ShowKev Dogs (Kevin Hart) vs. Jason Williams ‘Riot Act’ (Debut) Mike Hogan & Kevin Hart vs. Carson Clark & Maxx Blaze ‘Twisted Nightmare’ (Student Debut) Highlights of 15 Man Battle Royal for the Students Cup ‘Students Show 1’ (Trophy Win) Highlights from Students Cup Defences including: vs. Carson Clark, vs. Mike Hogan ‘The Showdown’ and vs. Drake Fortune ‘Magnificent 10’ (Gavin Hart debut) El Tiger vs. Kevin Hart ‘Shockwave’ (Main Show Debut) AirDevils vs. The Real Hart Foundation ‘Riot Act 2’ The Real Hart Foundation vs. The Young Bucks ‘One’ Highlights from: vs. Super Smash Bros ‘Best of Duos’ vs. Motor City Machine Guns ‘Best of Duos and vs. New Age Lady Killers ‘Return of Black’ Going Single – The Lone HartAce Bennett vs. Kevin Hart ‘The Restart.3’ Ace Bennett vs. Kevin Hart vs. Mike Hogan ‘A New Coronation Night 1’ Submission: Sam Kineval vs. Kevin Hart ‘Purple Haze’ (Title Win) Kevin Hart vs. TJP ‘Viva La Lucha’ Ace Bennett vs. Kevin Hart ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ Highlights from Warfare IV: Revolution X vs. Kevin Hart, Mike Hogan and Evan Pagano ‘Riot Act IV’ Highlights from Hart 2011-12 including Kevin Hart vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima ‘Three’ Duos Champions – Teaming with the EnemyHighlights of Bennett and Hart teaming including backstage segments Revolution X vs. Ace Bennett and Kevin Hart ‘The Rapture 2012’ (Title Win) Ace Bennett and Kevin Hart vs. Revolution X vs. Adrenaline ‘One Night in Germany’ Ace Bennett and Kevin Hart vs. New Age Lady Killers vs. Fire and the Fury ‘Be the Best 2012’ Ace Bennett and Kevin Hart vs. AirDevils ‘Riot Act V’ Triple Crown Champ – Winning the Big OneHart’s promo and highlights of Jack Powers and Jason Williams vs. Kevin Hart and Cody Rejero ‘Time and Time Again’ Jack Powers vs. Kevin Hart ‘Four’ (Title Win) Highlights from: Kevin Hart vs. Safu ‘Magnificent 10: 2012’ Kevin Hart vs. Henry Edwards ‘The Rapture 2012’ Highlights from: Kevin Hart vs. Jack Powers ‘Vancouver, British Columbia’ and Kevin Hart vs. Petey Williams ‘Toronto, Ontario Kevin Hart vs. Ace Bennett ‘One Night Down Under’ Kevin Hart vs. Chris Hammers ‘Be the Best 2013’ Kevin Hart vs. Steven Kagemann ‘Clash of the Duos Night 3’ Hart on Debut: What happened is I signed up to SNW late, I was meant to be part of the First Class of students (the group after the Original 16). I’d been in talks with Marc Ryland for a while about joining, so they invited me down for a meeting. I got to meet Aries (the owner at the time) and I began training right away. The next week he told me he was going to book me in my first match. We planned it all out and Jason was in the same postion as me. It went well, then at the end of the night Aries said he was leaving SNW. So SNW shut down and I went back home. A month later I got a call saying SNW was coming back and they wanted me to be in the Student Division. I jumped at the chance. I knew SNW was the future. Hart on Student Living: When we came in there was a lot of pressure on us. The Original 16 were the big names, they were such a success. Guys like Edwards, Hammers and Pagano were tearing up the main events. The First Class followed and succeeded with stars like Bockwinkel, Bennett and Devine. But we had live up to high expectations. The trainers saw Carson Clark, Mike Hogan and myself as the top guys to follow. Hart on working with Gavin: Gavin is my actual brother, so having him fighting alongside me was a treat for the both of us and our family. Sadly wrestling wasn’t for him. He is a huge fan and always watches all of my matches, giving me tips and critiques. What does he know eh? (laughs). No, he’s great. And I’m sure I’ll be able to tempt him into SNW in the future. Hart on The Hart name: The name came about because we grew up watching the Hart’s. Being Canadian, the Hart’s were like royalty. So we didn’t want to rip them off by stealing their name but we think of it as an honour to wrestle under the Hart name. Hart on not being Duos Champs: It’s a bit disappointing I never won the Duos titles with Gav. We nearly got there a few times but SNW was too busy with the Lady Killers. Talking to Ace, he felt the same with the American Airforce. There was plenty of good teams around, they just wasn’t given the chance. Hart on going single: SNW shut down and none of us knew of our future. That’s when Gavin decided to pack up his wrestling boots. He does still wrestle every now and then but he had a young family he had to provide for. I always wanted to wrestle, Gav knew that and he told me to stick with it. So when I was contacted about returning for SNW, I was so relived. It was different being singles but I had done so in the students division, so it wasn’t completely out of my element. Hart on success: It kind of came out of nowhere. I know there was rumblings about splitting me and Gav up before SNW shut down. But as soon as I was on my own, I was suddenly winning. It was great and I was having such fun wrestling top guys like Ace. Winning the FUSE Championship was huge for me, it was my first real singles title. That’s when I knew I’d made it. Wrestling was where I belonged. Hart on Hogan: I know a lot has been written about us, so I just want to get it out there. Yeah, we did have a ‘disagreement’ in the past. But that’s behind us. We’re co-workers now. There can’t be any animosity between us, backstage the SNW guys are so close, we’re like a family. I’ve spoken to Hogan about it and we’ve put it behind us. He thought I was taking his title shots and opportunities. I couldn’t help it if I was being booked well. He should have taken it up with the management, not me. But yeah, that’s behind us now. Hart on Bennett: Ace is a huge inspiration for me. He was breaking though when I was coming into SNW. My career has followed his and that’s been great for me because of all the success he has had. I thought if I had even a glimmer of the success he’s had I’d be happy. He’s an awesome competitor, always pushing the envelope, a true inspiration. Our success in the ring is due to us being good friends outside the ring. We get on well and that allows us to have good matches together. So teaming with him was a real treat. Hart on being champion: Once again it kinda came out of nowhere. I’d heard rumours but I thought my title reign was years off. I’d just come out of teaming with Ace. But I think that’s what SNW wanted, a surprise. Well it was defiantly a surprise to me. It was hard at first, knowing that I was going to main eventing the shows, having my face on the posters. It was a lot of pressure. Luckily there’s a lot of good guys in the back. Jacob Ryler especially sat me down and told me to chill. My opponents helped as well, they helped take the pressure off me. And soon I was loving life as champion. Hart on the future: Although I have achieved so much, there’s so much I want to do. I’m a Triple Crown Champ but that doesn’t mean I don’t want the World or Duos titles again. Hell, I even want the FUSE title. Plus, there’s the Grand Slams to take. And some unfinished business with the likes of Ace and Hogan. My future belongs in SNW. SNW has got such a bright future, we’re really going places. I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.
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Post by Red Dragon on Jul 8, 2014 12:20:26 GMT -5
Countdown to LondonBe the Best Pre-show1) El Hijo de Angel Custodio vs. Joseph Stone: Good fast paced opener to kick off the show. The match wasn’t long but that’s a good thing considering how green Joseph is. He seems like he’s trying too hard to impress at times. El Hijo hit a springboard rana pin to win. 2) Amy Lee vs. Kourtney Love: These two just clicked from the get go. At first the fans were wolf whistling and such but soon, when the match began they shut up and just watched. Given time, these two could have a top 25 match which is high praise. Lee won after Love missed the Lovesault and the RevX member hit the Downward Spiral. 3) Cameron Stone and Baby J Jamerson vs. Jacob Ryler and Noah Lee: The British team got a great reaction while the heels were hated. Putting Baby J with Cam is a great move since Cam is teaching him so much. They wore down the Londoner Lee until he made the hot tag out. Ryler then came in and cleared up but was taken out by Stone. Lee then squared up to Stone which had the fans chanting for the youngster but he fell to the Cam Slam. 4) LyNN vs. Drew Parkland: In this match LyNN was surprisingly dominant, which doesn’t mean a push for LyNN but rather Drew taking it easy, he’s one of the oldest guys in SNW and may be wanting to wind down a bit. Parkland made a good comeback and hit the KFC for the victory. 5) Mockingbird vs. Parkland Bros: These two face teams had a big opportunity to show what they could do as they were put on the main event slot. Both teams looked real good which bodes well for the future of SNW’s tag division. Mockingbird are now looking less like an AirDevils rip-off and more of their own team. Meanwhile, the Parkland’s are very young but looked pretty impressive here, similar to that of a young Briscoe Brothers. The Birds got the win with the Sunset Flip/Springboard Dropkick combo. Be the Best 2015Live from Alexandra Palace in London, England only on SNW PlayerThe show opened with a video package of the Be the Best 2015 qualifying ending with clips of previous winners. The arena was then shown, it was the same as last year with large Union Jacks hanging either side of the entrance. 1) BtB: Kevin Hart vs. Safu: A big battle to kick off, the second ever triple crown champ took on the three-time Duos Champion. Despite having less success in singles action, Safu went into this as the favourite. ‘The Samoan Monster’ won all his qualifying matches while Hart stuttered and had to fight for a tiebreaker. Safu dominated the early goings in the match before ‘Calgary’s Own’ Hart fought back into it hitting a suicide dive. Safu hit a torture rack bomb on the apron to fight back. But soon Hart was back in the match with a springboard dropkick. Safu wouldn’t go down but eventually did after Hart rolled a La Magistal Cradle then broke the pin to lock in the Sharpshooter, which gave him the submission win. We saw clips of SNW World Champion Mike Bockwinkel and challenger Mike Hogan arriving in the arena from earlier today. Bock arrived in a limo with Cameron Stone and Baby J Jamerson. While Hogan arrived in a beat up old car. 2) BtB: FUSE: Jack Powers vs. Riley Shamrock: The Be the Best action continued as two good friends faced off. Powers came to Riley’s aid when he was kicked out of RevX and have been a part-time team ever since. But only one of them could meet Kevin Hart in the final. As you’d expect, this was a technical masterpiece, it was helped greatly by them being good friends. There was lots of mat work early on before Riley reasiled he was coming up second best and turned to strikes. Riley’s kicks lit up Powers and the former SNW World Champion responded with their own strikes. They fought onto the apron where Riley hit a Tiger Driver. He then followed it up with a dive over the top. Powers turned the tides with a drop-toe-hold. Then went to springboard back inside. However he was caught by two knees from Riley. Riley then hit a running kick to further stun his opponent then hit the Irish Welcoming for the win. The fans only found out after the match that the FUSE title was on the line, when the ring announcer said ‘and still your FUSE Champion’. Afterwards, Riley offered the handshake. Powers shook his head and exited up the ramp to boos, while Riley got ‘Next World Champ’ chants. We cut to backstage where Knife Fight of Zakk Static and Cain Jackal burst into Jason Williams locker room and ask him if he’s ready. In response, Jason asked if Knife Fight were ready. Zakk told Jason not to get too cocky. But Jason said ‘at least I got something to be cocky about’. Zakk squared up to Jason but Cain came between them and told everyone to chill. 3) AirDevils vs. Knife Fight and Jason Williams: After two main event quality matches it was always going to be a hard task to follow, but SNW did it by kicking up the pace in a fantastic multi-man. Fans always love these kinds of matches especially when the Devils are involved as they are super over. Clark teaming with the rest of his group also adds an new dimension to the team and may be what he needs to get back into the swing of things after being out injured. Meanwhile Jason continues to impress as he looks better every time he performs. The same can be said for Knife Fight. Despite this the Devils picked up the win after Jason and Zakk argued, the Devils got the win with the three man Bombs Away. Dave Demento made his way out to the ring. He took a mic and began speaking. He mocked the English crowd, then went more broadly insulting all fans around the world. The mic was cut off and Demento continued regardless. Then Cody Rejero ran out to shut him up. 4) Cody Rejero vs. Dave Demento: Great match, helped greatly by two wrestlers who can work the crowd fantastically. The match was 50/50 and fans were split like that too. Because despite being heel Demento is getting cheers. He continues to talk during his match which is fun to see because he’s so charismatic. Cody put over the cocky youngster well without doing any damage to himself. Demento went for the F***tard which is a punt kick but Cody moved and rolled him up for the win. The Fatality Squad of Bret Thomas and Steven Kagemann were backstage, they cut a promo putting over their dominance and their history together. 5) WOM: Wasp vs. Beast Kong: This was a hard hitting affair, they’ve faced off before when challenging over the no.1 contenders spot when Amy was champion. Now they were fighting over the champion. The champ held her own over the bigger challenger but the match ended prematurely when Wasp hit a big superplex into the ring and both women stayed down for the count. A short video package played advertising SNW’s DVD’s which are available via the website. Also advertised was the SNW Player. 6) DUOS: Fatality Squad vs. Joseph Brothers: The Joseph brothers, Jack and Matt flew into this match, literally. They springboard dropkicked into take the Squad to the floor then followed it up with stereo dives. They went to wrap up the win back in the win before Kagemann hit a diving double stomp when Matt was making the pin. The match then calmed and the Squad took control. Thomas’ size and strength along with Kagemann’s explosive offence earned them control. That is, until Jack hit a series of kicks including a Pele on the on-rushing Thomas to make the hot tag. The Joseph’s highflying got the crowd on their feet and they looked like they might win the titles but then Thomas plucked Matt from mid-air and into a powerbomb. It wasn’t long until they hit the Double Stomp/Fall. But this was broken up. However, the Squad were undeterred and soon hit the Ball and Chain (Pop-Up Doomsday). 7) No Rules: Daniel Sinn vs. Nick Jacobs: This match was dubbed as a no rules match which basically meant the competitors could do what they liked. The match started, as the other two matches did, with some good matt wrestling. Frustrated by being on the losing end of each technical dual, Sinn went to the outside and brought in a chair. But Jacobs hit a baseball slide into the chair. Jacobs then went to follow up with a dive over the top but Sinn caught him with the chair shot. Sinn placed the chair into the corner and hit a running kick. Back in the ring Sinn used the chair to deal more damage, finishing by dropping Jacobs onto the chair busting it in half. Jacobs came back into it, fighting off a superlex attempt hitting a superplexbomb from the top for a close count. Jacobs then listened to the crowd bringing in a table. The two fought for a bit before they fought again to the top rope where Sin hit a Original Sinn through the table to seal the win. Intermission. The AirDevils were out at the break to talk and take pictures with the fans. Meanwhile, the iPPV feed was taken to an advertisement for the next iPPV which is Riot Act 8 from the Cobo Arena in Detroit. 8) Revolution X vs. Team Bennett: This was a great way to welcome the fans back from the break (when is it isn’t with SNW?) as Chris Hammers and Jordan Devine too on Ace Bennett and Matt Spade. The match worked less like a standard tag match and more like two singles matches going on but with opponents constantly switching over. Some might have predicted Spade to be nothing more than the fall man in this one but he really stepped up his game and squared up to Hammers and Jord well. His teaming with Ace has launched him back into relevance, back to the heights of his time of teaming with Sam Kineval as Youth Culture. Amy and Alicia were out at ringside and late on they got fighting. This brought out LyNN who tried to separate them and Clive the Janitor tried to break it up too, Hammers and Jord joined in as did Spade, then Ace hit a Frosbee Flop onto all of them. Back in the ring we saw a series of finishers including a Last Minute Orders, Devinty and the Busaki Knee/Bearhug combo from Team Bennett. None of this finished off the match. But the match did end when the four were in a tower of doom. Spade and Devine took falls to the floor then Ace hit the Syracuse Drop for the win. A video package played of Mike Bockwinkel’s reign so far. Then it contrasted that with some clips of Mike Hogan including him beating both Baby J Jamerson and Cameron Stone. 9) SNW: Mike Bockwinkel vs. Mike Hogan: Hogan had the big entrance he had in London last year, Bock’s limo drove into the arena too, giving this a big match feel. This was the third time these two have faced off since Bock won the belt. Bock won the belt off Hogan, then Hogan lost the rematch. Previously the matches have started with mind games and Bock was in control mentally. He got inside Hogan’s mind and as a result Hogan was flattering. But Hogan found that one way to get out of the mind games is just to kick your way out, that’s exactly what Hogan did to take control. Bock had to have a rest on the outside, before he re-entered to mat wrestle with Hogan. They later fought on the apron where Hogan hit a piledriver on the apron. Then, Baby J Jamerson and Cameron Stone walked out. Hogan warned them then went back in the ring but it was clear they were out to effect the match: jumping up on the apron and grabbing at Hogan’s legs. Of course, Bock and his men got mega heat for trying to screw the Englishman out of a title win. Hogan fought back hitting a suicide dive outta nowhere on Baby J and Cam Stone, then back in with a Springboard Elbow for a close count. The referee then sent Cam and Baby J to the back. Hogan hit a Futurism but Bock kicked out. Hogan went for a Time Warp but when he launched him onto his shoulders, Bock’s legs collided with the referee. Hogan went for the pin but the referee was down on the outside. A referee then sprinted out and made the count but stopped after the count of two. The referee then stood up and started laughing. Hogan got up and turned around but was hit in the head by the referee. Then the ref hit a Bless the Fall. The referee stood back up, laughing and removed his referee shirt to reveal a black shirt with the ISW logo. Then the camera could focus on his face, it was the ISW World Heavyweight Champion and leader of the Agents of the Apocalypse, Hunter Kellen. Kellen then walked to the ramp laughing. Allowing Bock to crawl over Hogan and the original referee climbed back in the ring to make the count to retain.
Kellen circled the ring which allowed Bockwinkel to grab his belt and exit. Kellen the entered and stood over Hogan. The man from ISW has really made his mark on SNW. 10) BtB: FUSE: Riley Shamrock vs. Kevin Hart: What a great way to finish an excellent evening of wrestling. After seeing their own Mike Hogan lose, the London crowd jumped on the Shamrock bandwagon, chanting ‘Next World Champ’ at him during his entrance and throughout the match. But of course, he had the second ever Triple Crown Champion standing in his way. Despite all his success in SNW, Hart has never won Be the Best, so he was hoping to edge closer to becoming a Grand Slam Champ tonight. Riley, is still the FUSE champion and although there was no announcement about the title being on the line, it was. The opening of the match had lots of mat wrestling, both men can do that with the best of them. There was some excellent exchanges, with both men countering submissions including Hart hitting his La Magistal Cradle into the Sharpshooter which earnt him the win earlier. However, Riley got to the ropes. The two then kicked up the pace with Hart taking the advantage so Riley went to his strike game and took over. Riley set Hart up on the apron for a Tiger Driver but Hart spun out of it and hit his own Brainbuster on the apron! Hart then went to follow it up with a suicide dive but Riley caught him with a kick. Riley then hit the Tiger Driver on the apron and hit a dive over the top. But on his landing, Riley caught his leg on the barricade, he seemed hurt at first but then he shook it off. Despite this Riley hit a springboard dropkick into the ring for a close count. Hart and Riley then threw everything at each other and with Riley noticeably limping Hart focused in on the injured leg. Riley battled though and the pair went all out to finish the match, Riley hit the Irish Welcoming I and II and Hart hit the Maple Leaf Revenge and the 450. On one occasion, Hart had Riley locked in the Sharpshooter. The fans were chanting ‘please don’t tap’ and Riley managed to reverse it into the Ode to Shamrock. Hart tried to escape but couldn’t, leaving him no choice but to tap out.
Riley celebrated winning the 2015 Be the Best. The ring announcer called ‘and still FUSE Champion’ meaning the match was for the FUSE title too, which was a surprise to the fans. Riley was handed the trophy and held it in one hand and the title in the other, ‘Next World Champ’ chants started back up. His celebrations were cut by ‘Sharply Dressed Man’, and the SNW World Champion, Mike Bockwinkel stood at the entrance.
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Post by Red Dragon on Jul 7, 2014 5:47:33 GMT -5
It wouldn't matter at the end of the day (cliché, I know), you only play what's in front of you. It's not how you win, it's just getting the job done. None of them are going to look back and think 'I could have done better', if their world cup winners.
Just done my predictions, I can't see Brazil posing much a threat to the Germans. Yes, they are going to want to 'do it for Neymar' but I haven't been impressed by their attacking (sans Neymar). Then the Germans will counter and exploit the weak defence, Germans 2-0 win. As for Arg/Hol, it's going to be tight, like all the other games recently. It'll be Messi vs. RVP/Robben/Snedjer, so I have to go with the Dutch. Plus, I would think Holland will be well drilled to shut Messi out and keep any chances to a minimum. So 1-0, possibly in extra time.
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Post by Red Dragon on Jul 7, 2014 5:40:19 GMT -5
Still in the running for first place.
Tuesday 8th July Brazil 0-2 Germany 21:00
Wednesday 9th July Netherlands 1-0 Argentina 21:00 AET
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