Certified greatness 2019

[Michael Morrison]

We enter a suburban home as the sun gives way to the moon. A fireplace fills the living room with flickering light and the sound of crackling wood as it turns to ash. A handsome example of man’s-best-friend decides to keep the fire company, resting on a rug near the warmth of this aesthetic furnace.

 

There is a sudden burst of cheer, triggering the dog to lift his head towards the very source: a family of three, playing Candyland on the dining room table. He focuses on the youngest first, ensuring her safety, and immediately returns to his warm slumber, as there is no danger to be had here --quite the opposite, in fact.

 

The little girl, almost old enough to start school, was celebrating her recent victory, having reached King Kandy within his Candy Castle. The girl’s mother, lovely and kind, congratulates her daughter with a smile and exaggerated applause. The father, sitting at the head of the table, does the same.

 

FATHER: Well played. You are a worthy opponent, but we shall see if your luck continues. One more game and then it’s off to bed... unless I lose that game as well.

 

Unlike the living room, the dining room is brightly lit, yet it’s difficult to make out the father’s face… as if the lights refuse to shine in his direction. It’s clear to see that he’s a large man, and although he’s obviously a family-man as well, the visible wear-and-tear on his body suggests he played a different role in his former life.

 

He rises from his chair, making his stature even more apparent as he towers over his petite wife, and tiny adorable daughter. Despite his daunting appearance, there is no fear in their eyes, only love.

 

FATHER: Reset the board while I grab a beer; I need a drink after that beating.

 

He starts towards the kitchen, but suddenly hesitates, raising his right hand to his head. With his fingers now massaging his temple and his eyes squinted shut, he uses his left hand to point towards his wife.

 

FATHER: You want one, hun?

 

MOTHER: No, thank you... But could you stick your head in the oven?

 

Shocked by these words, he stops rubbing his temple and opens his eyes to see his wife looking up at him. Her lips are moving but for a moment he hears nothing.

 

FATHER: What did you say to me?

 

MOTHER: I said I didn’t want a beer... then I asked if you could take the cupcakes out of the oven… they should be done.

 

DAUGHTER: I want cupcakes!

 

The mother, with a slight scowl on her face, and concern in her voice, informs her daughter that the cupcakes are for daddy’s work, but she’ll make sure to save one for her. She quickly fixes her focus back on her husband.

 

MOTHER: Are you okay? What’s wrong?

 

FATHER: ...nothing... I thought you said something else... and I feel a headache coming on.

 

MOTHER: Oh, there’s Aspirin in the guest bathroom.

 

FATHER: Thank you... I’ll be sure to take some.

 

He’s had these “headaches” more frequently now, but in true husband fashion, has kept it from his family. No need to worry them after all. He enters the kitchen, where his thoughts are interrupted by the pleading shouts of a wife who knows she married an easily distracted man.

 

MOTHER: Don’t forget the cupcakes!

 

FATHER: Yeah, yeah. You two should be strategizing on how to win the next game instead of harassing m…

 

His train of thought is derailed by a familiar, yet misplaced sound from another part of the house. Everything else becomes muffled, and before he knows it, it’s all he can hear. The voice of his worried wife is nothing more than a low hum, compared to the mysterious sound calling him... beckoning him.

 

Black smoke seeps out of the oven as he leaves the kitchen in search of the siren song. What were once delicate cupcakes, were undoubtedly charred briquettes now, but no matter. The sound... what IS that sound?

 

He enters a hallway and notices the pulsating light coming from his bedroom, like a fading heartbeat in need of rescue; but, unlike the wave of smoke now rushing out of the oven, the husband SLOWLY makes his way towards the bedroom --towards the pulse.

 

Upon reaching the doorway, he hears the smoke alarm’s feeble attempt to overtake the seductive sound pulling him --consuming him, like the fire that will surely consume his home.

 

Pushing the bedroom door aside, he sees the source of the light. He makes a pointless attempt to ask his wife if she left the TV on, but the first few words barely escape his throat and would not even be considered a whisper to most.

 

The television, mounted on the wall near the foot of the bed, is projecting a bright, flickering light. As the husband positions himself directly in front of this glowing portal, the sound returns with greater clarity. Words of the past come flooding through. Countless voices --scattered but clear as filtered water-- bombard him.

 

TV: Madness is here, OCW, and his name is... What a match. I’ve never seen a rookie give Fixxxer such a run... our first OCW Hardcore Champion... The Theatre of Pain is a plague and it’s only spreading... my God, they put him through a burning table... someone needs to put an end to this Bloodline... 2010 Hall of Fame inductee... moving last words to OCW as he retires the face paint...

 

Dead silence now fills the room, along with an increasing amount of smoke. The flickering light transitions to a solid image of Bray, The Anime Prince of OCW, dawning the paint of the Mad One, himself. The husband reaches up to the screen and places his fingers underneath the image of Bray. He takes a deep breath and his eyes widen while leaning in even closer.

 

TV: This is a very interesting look, the Anime Prince is sporting. Very familiar, if you ask me.

 

The screen flickers again.

 

TV: ...perhaps he’s hoping for a slice of Mad Michael Morrison’s power...

 

The husband lowers his head and begins to chuckle. The smoke completely fills the room. The only things visible now are the screen and the hand of a man who is no longer chuckling, but instead, laughing hysterically.

 

The smoke starts to subside as his laughter grows louder and louder as if being sucked into a vacuum. As the smoke clears, however, the bedroom walls now appear to be covered in white padding; the TV screen now belongs to that of an old, CRT monitor encased within a metal cage; the California King has been replaced with a twin-sized mattress on the floor; the bedroom door was now made of steel and locked from the outside with a little glass window for observation.

 

A loud bang echoes from the door as someone delivers an even louder verbal warning.

 

GUARD: Knock it off, MORRISON! You know it sets everyone off when you pull these freakin' laughing fits! You creepy jackass.

 

Morrison’s laughter tapers off before replying.

 

MORRISON: You’re right... but that’s why they call me Mad Mike.

[Rust Cohle]

Need to rewatch somethings. Nice show, but overall, not as good as the others.

[Tiberius Dupree]

Need to rewatch somethings. Nice show, but overall, not as good as the others.

 

I wholeheartedly disagree, I thought this was an amazing ppv. The video work alone gave CG a leg up on the other ppvs this season.

 

People were given the opportunity to be great and they grabbed that greatness by the throat. Congrats to (Un)Crowned and Inception. Really enjoyed the Bray v Mateo match, surprised me.

 

Again, Astounding video work people!!!!

[H20_]

From start to finish I was entertained. Flo and Empress promos were amazing. Quartz’s promo I think made everyone really LOL. For the first time ever everyone I wanted to win actually won. But hats off to everyone that submitted content for this PPV. I was very impressed.

[Bloom]

I'm torn I enjoyed the PPV. But we did have a couple of duds. Tag Match was a clusterfk especially in VP where ppl didn't seem to understand what was a break up and what wasn't LOL.

 

The Drago and Surprise Everrett match wasn't even supposed to happen but im glad it did. It told a wonderful story and the fact that DRAGO'S ONLY WEAKNESS IS THE ROLL UP! hahah congrats! Don't fuck it up!

 

The H20 Kass match did nothing for me. Loved both entrances but it felt like AJ STYLES and NAKAMURA you expected one thing but it was just /ok Not a bad match but just not great.

 

The Extreme rules match was a treat and how EXTREME RULES should be done. Kudos to both for a every entertaining match!

 

Son the House of Horror/Terror was trash. I am thankful it was short. I know time was an issue on top of all other logistical nightmares. Honestly if it was my Call I would have just redid the CG Arena similar to the Kumite, lower the lights throw a spooky but not crazy distracting overlay and do some kind of TLC match. I think that would have gotten over better with everyone and it would have been a proper send off to one of the best fueds this season.

 

Luckily the show picked up right after. The Valk/Moore match was really fun, although the ending was a tad bit confusing (It was clarified now) The Suprise at the end was good but felt a little Valmont ish (like 2 mins too long) the hilarious part was in the VP they said this is turning into a VALMONT style beating, and then Commentary called it out 2 seconds after AHAHA. Overall great match and it looks like ashley stepped her game up! that SPEAR!!!!!!! OH LORD

 

Bobby Moon-Walking (actually moon walking) was probably one of the moves of the night everyone popped! Bobby saying fuck it PEPPERTON was hilarious.

 

EMPRESS VIDEO IF NIGHT: Everyone popped

http://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/485590506223435779/562281491682295824/emp.png

 

Dug SOLOMON's video but holy shit was the VP Ruthless, breh we gotta touch up your caw a lil bit.

 

Aries Needs Brightness

 

I don't know how I feel about OCW Championship, something like this has never happened. I mean Could say Ryder but he was not a rookie. A PURE ROOKIE is now OCW Champion, ya'll say we don't build new stars but we just made fugging 2 of them. So you are welcome I don't think I need to be worried about Doc he is a good egg, but he basically got where most people don't get to, be it by happenstance, serendipity, opportunity or whatever you want to call it. So I say congratulations, only to say that Nate did an RP after this victory....oh jesus......Doc you got a big ass Bulls-eye on your back now. Please be sure to promptly quit the company with the championship LOL!

 

Wrex vs Trance was another great flat out war. Commentary missed the que on it being pin only so when yall climbed we thought you would exit but you cant LOL. What a brawl so many brutal spots Wrex is really just an Xbox guy with a PS4 at this point, he just gets it. Highkey Sad Yamie is retired now. I didn't have a tear in my eye but I had a weird sensation in my chest. Maybe it was gas or maybe it was the end of an era. <3

 

Good show way more good than bad, but I wish we had no bad. The video content made up for it, fugging Gooch LOL. Please be more careful with text great video though. Seemingly everyone delivered on the video front! I love it!

[Antonio Everrett]

Alright ladies and gentlemen I’m back, let’s review the fuck out of CFG.

 

Drago Cesar vs Antonio Everrett

Jesus Christ this was a rollercoaster of emotions for myself. There’s definitely a reason they call Drago the best in the world. Won’t talk too much about my own stuff, but this was super fun, congrats on the HOF induction!

 

The Austin Lee and Aries promo was super confusing for me in the beginning. Didn’t really see why this was on the show then Austin pulls out a bloody pistol and then it all started to make sense. This was super intense, but for me it’d had made more character sense if Aries was like ‘SHOOT ME BITCH YOU WON’T DO IT’ to fit in with his gimmick change but I can see why it went this way. The touch with a hashtag tattoo is great, didn’t see it coming until it happened and when it did I thought it was great.

 

Kassidy Hayes vs H20

I think I was a bit higher on the build to this match than most people, but the match was fine. Nothing too crazy, but some pretty cool strike exchanges between the two. A lot of missed strikes too however, a bit sloppy in places. These two could definitely put on a better match in my opinion. A bit of an abrupt ending with the rolling unprettier, I prefer the rip-tide but it is what it is. H20 got some much needed momentum back which is good to see.

 

B17 actually cuts a good promo here, considering the low bar set for OCW acting ability. This interview got me hyped for the match quite a bit, good job.

 

Bray vs Blacksmith

This was fantastic. By far the best performance I've seen from both guys so far. I was actually happy with Bray’s cosplay, as it's actually relevant to OCW and looked good. Some absolutely brutal spots here, first one that comes to mind is the powerbomb onto the chair at the start. Then of course the powerslam through the ACCENDI table. I'm super into Blacksmith as an underdog babyface anti-hero hardcore specialist, I can see hardcore matches becoming his niche if they already weren’t! Blacksmith got the win here, but Bray shone for me as a despicable heel. I personally can't wait for the rematch.

 

CQC vs Inception

Unfortunately, this match was bad. It was long, the heels were acting like faces, faces like heels. Rust summoned some form of forbidden powers and could throw KD around like he was nothing. KD kicked out of everything. Inception kept twatting CQC in the back of the head. The FPR here was all over the place, granted it is difficult when there’s so much going on. Made it very difficult for me to root for the Inception, and CQC’s reign ending should be a big moment but it wasn’t for me. Ah well, maybe CQC will get their rematch.

 

B17 vs Code Jackman

This match was also bad. Should’ve definitely chosen a different stipulation, since the Wyatt compound is super limited. Hopefully these two can have a fitting conclusion to their fued at some point, especially because the finish was very lackluster too.

 

Ashley Moore vs Valkyrie

This was GREAT. Definitely Ashley Moore’s best performance this season, the HEEL work was something else. Valkyrie was just about to win and then EMPRESS OUT OF NOWHERE. Caught me off guard for sure. I think the brawl between her and Valk went on too long, would’ve preferred her to hit her finish sooner. Especially with her promo after this, Valk has officially hit rock bottom, would definitely be into her eventually going for the title possibly at lution. CLASSIC STORYTELLING. That being said, Moore and Empress are certainly ones to watch moving forward.

 

Bobby Minio vs Dupree

Not the strongest in-ring match on the show but definitely the best story for me. Bobby needs his old theme back but I’m sure he’s heard that a million times already. However, I was into intense Bobby beating the shit out of Dupree. Lots of great looking super kicks and whatnot. Dupree was great here too, proving he can still hang despite not competing 1 on 1 for a while. Was a huge fan of the finish too, with Bobby almost losing his shit and resorting to choking the life out of Dupree; poor bastard, I almost felt sorry for him for a bit. Bobby retains, will be interesting to see who he faces next.

 

Creepy video promo from Quartz. Short and sweet, I think Quartz might actually be a robot. Liked this a lot.

 

Not sure what it is about OCW and burning buildings. Aries is now an even more crazed madman, and I’m excited for Austin vs Aries whenever it happens. Good stuff here, nice payoff for the earlier angle. This still could’ve happened on a Turmoil, but I won’t complain too much as it was all good.

 

Progression in the Jehst vs Capo fued was… fine. A bit long-winded but at least the second half was good. Capo probably didn’t need to say as much when he got to the ring. Maybe could’ve seen some fisticuffs if JEHST WASN’T INJURED ALL THE DAMN TIME. Actually, maybe it’s better if they don’t touch at all until lution. However, I am into this Capo and Jehst fued, interested to see where this goes from here as I know they have loads of time.

 

Pugh vs Doc Green

He fucking did it, the absolute lunatic he fucking did it. Even if it wasn’t a massively long match, Doc winning the title was definitely a great moment. He deserves it, and I am very proud of him, even if he won’t let me on the final word. Shame about all the hurricanrana attempts, but that’s the downside of weight detection. That being said, I could watch Pugh powerbomb tiny little Doc all day. The finish was great, with the hurricanrana into the JJE. This is definitely far from over, and I’m sure these two can put on a better rematch, which will inevitably happen. Uncrowned are definitely on top of the world right now.

 

Wrex vs Trance

The main event was BRUTAL. Not the best match technically but still some awesome moments. I think the first spot that springs to mind is Wrex’s missed face wash into the cage right at the start, intentional or not, that shit looked GOODT. The bicycle kick into the cage was also awesome as well as the frog splash off the cage; Wrex came out of this looking like a million dollars. The added touch of the shitey looking cage was lovely. Sad to see Jacob Trance retire if this is his last match, but I still wouldn’t be surprised if he comes back for his actual final match at lution. Either way, a great way for Trance to go if this is his final match.

 

Overall, a great show at the start, dipped during the middle, but picked up right at the end. IT’S HOW YOU LEAVE EM FOLKS. A lot of the RP’s could have gone on weekly shows but the amount of video content and effort put into the show was great to see. Good shit y’all.

 

MOTN: Valkyrie vs Ashley Moore

 

RPOTN: Austin and Aries saga

 

Overall: 4/5

[Mr.Sensation]

The LIMITED EDITION CHIBI EMPRESS SHIRT should be avail sometime tomorrow. I think!

[Cort Marshall]

Did Bray just get a feud with Mad Mike by wearing his face? Killer promo by the way.

 

Thoughts on the show coming, I dunno. Tomorrow or something. Harder to type them out when you already said them in VP.

[Pugh]

B17 vs Code is pound for pound one of the worst matches I've ever seen in OCW. Yikes.

[Bloom]

B17 vs Code is pound for pound one of the worst matches I've ever seen in OCW. Yikes.

 

It is up there with MONSTER TRUCK RALLY...

 

YOU COULDNT EVEN GO IN THE HOUSE!!! God dammit 2k