RIOT 531: Never Tell Me The Odds!

[Quartz]

531 gave me goosebumps like no show between CG and R2G did. As a straight up professional wrestling show. This was quality all around, in my opinion.

 

This is a long one, but discussion is well deserved!

 

Doc Green victory lap

- This shit starts with the two world champions throwing down a hell of a gauntlet. Are the fucking titles about to be UNIFIED AT LUTION!?

 

Parca looking for Tayy before his match

- El Parca can't find Tayy, and that's because he headed home. As a last minute swap, The Man Called Joopiter and El Parca put on an incredible match. Intense as hell in the ring. Looking forward to more development and possibly feuds with Parca

 

MATCH: Rookie Debut Billy Saturn vs AISU

- Billy Saturn doesn't RP on this show, but he displays... things in the ring. A lot bad, but also a lot good. FPR stuff will be fixed, a little more raw than you'd hope for a rookie, but it will be fixed, Billy has enough drive to make sure of it. Pros - I like his theme, his attire, and his creative moveset.

 

Ashley Moore and Empress tie the knot

- I popped heavy at the RP and at the thumbnail of the video, I thought Valkyrie had another trick up her sleeve! Yet another mockery from Empress leading to a sweet moment and finally a cementing of the team after so long. Who plans to take down the women that killed Valkyrie?

 

Bobby prepares for promo

- Bobby gets my hyped up for a tongue lashing, which only he can dish out... This would lead to great heel heat (but also fuck you Maxwale) later in the show.

 

Danny Watts lays out challenge to JT

- Danny Watts, creative way coming off a huge opportunity at the PPV. The arrogance and motives he has would make you think heel, but the way he frames it is very much confidence over arrogance. Will JT respond?

 

Telos kicks the shit talk into high-gear with Tre

- I fucking love that a fire has been lit under Telos. Moving strong now, back to how he was in his feud with Tyson last Summer!

 

P3 BONANZA w/Empress

- By FAR one of the best P3s of the season (although I feel like I say that every week). So much great comedic timing and taking elements from IC and OOC. Mugen and Drago will never cease to make me giggle like an idiot at 12:30am

 

El Parca post-match nice guy promo

- Wholesome El Parca is wholesome

 

MATCH: Telos vs Elliot Parker

- Telos with some absolute dominance against Elliot Parker. I'm still waiting on Elliot's theme/new ent to... grow on me. I just haven't got a great read on his character yet. Hopefully more development and backstory from him later. Telos caps it off with the Sidewinder, one of my favorite fins in OCW.

 

JT Responds to the throw down from Danny Watts

- JT with a creative segment (making OCW some of that sponsorship money from SONY), simple, easy to understand and here you have great back and forth that will make me CARE about the match on Turmoil this Friday! Will the excited underdog turn up and win this thing? LET'S GO!

 

Telos continues his recent dominance

- More Telos goodness. Really locking in his intentions. He's racked up some pretty good wins over the last few weeks.

 

Valkyrie heads home, too

- An expected Jake sits almost sad, watching Valkyrie return to Finland and harshly dismiss OCW and America. I was expecting a swerve after she shockingly lost at the PPV... but I kinda dig the "anything can happen" aspect of this. What's next?

 

MAXWALE ambushes Bobby

- Fuck you Maxwale. Some classic heat here, locking in Minio for an extended time on the ramp. He's right, it's 1-1. I actually didn't hate the match at R2G, so it should be a blast. With so many exciting mid-carders vying for Bobby's title and Bobby's incredible sticks improvement holding it tighter than I thought he would, it's an exciting time to be in the Pride race.

 

Uncrowned find cheeto-laced Cobra playing MK

- Classic comedic promo from Cobra + UC... Does this mean OCW's gamer is coming for Antonio's LHW title? He was the first to answer Drago's challenge this season, but now it's in rookie hands.

 

MATCH: Queen Mab vs Dragana

- Dan was right, this was a clinic. The most competitive match of the night, without being draining. I honestly expected this to be a quick squash, putting Dragana's rehab with Terra back on track, but it was fast paced, never felt like it dragged on too, long. Somehow making me care about a match with enhancement ass Queen Mab in it. Go Dragana! She's back! #ShowLove

 

TTT conspires against P3

- The remnants of the once powerful TTT... still have 2 Legends ready to finally get revenge on the """"ass breaker"""" Drago Cesar and Mugen. Such a powerful match on the way.

 

Blacksmith calls out Kassidy fucking Hayes

- WHAT THE FUCK TLBS!? I gotta say, of all the names I was expecting to see here, Kass was not one of them. Recently semi-retiring, I have NO clue how he's going to respond to this. I was very shocked to see this. I wouldn't be surprised for fasha to shrug his shoulders at this rookie though.

 

Mystery man still up to no-good (or is he?)

- I'm not quite sure who or what this mystery person is that's been popping up. Now he's got some kinda document, are we about to see some old legend buy OCW or something?

 

H2O TNA: Crosses The Line, b

- STUPID H2O! Certainly getting Drago's attention, holy fuck. Multiple chair shots and a powerbomb off that truck. That is attempted murder. I can't lie, I didn't take Harvey seriously when he was coming after Drago before. It got a little more srs at that autograph signing, but this is insanity.

 

Cort and Shep II: Electric Boogaloo

- So glad Cort and Shep are back at it. I missed Shep after he lost that triple threat at Clash. I kinda expected a "wrestler" return for him, maybe a face turn, then he shows up, pisses on Mr. Marshall's grave and gets inserted in a sure-to-be-fucking-insane FI match. Our last FI winner was a flake and a disappointment. So far, the two entrants we know are top notch. Who else we got?

 

 

MATCH: KD vs Spider

- Still struggling from his broken ass, Spider is unable to fight through long enough to get the upper hand on KD. I haven't seen that F5 often this season, but got damn does big KD make it look brutal.

 

Clark Effect: Capo gets real

- A bit of a swerve from the usual Capo segment, he gets more serious and a bit delusional. Very nice piece of work from Capo, able to maintain his current character while also driving into his motives and showing that he's more than a funny man. This is an important part in the very long Jehst-Capo saga, with Capo now establishing himself as an emotional equal to Jehst, something very much needed in an emotional feud.

 

MAIN EVENT: Shep vs Antonio, non-title

- The main event rocked me off of my fucking feet, man. Recently, Antonio Everrett has wins over KD, Drago Cesar, and fucking TIBERIUS DUPREE. He's always been great at the game, but recently has been tearing the house down. I saw the time on this one and expected him to make quick work of Christian Shepard... Then I watched and was legitimately blown away by what essentially amounted to a squash match for Shep.

 

This puts Shep back on the competitive MAP for me, which is perfect for him headed to Lution as well as establishing himself once again in the upper mid-card, a place he really held well when he was the Pride champion.

 

FAME FINALE

- What can be said about the final promo? We all know what's coming.

 

Back when I first joined, I used to get CHILLS reading some stuff and following along with the OCW shows. I kinda lost it a bit between CG and R2G, I couldn't really tell you why, but I will be the first to say... I haven't been this giddy about a show in a long time. Was on the edge of my seat for a lot of it. The matches were an entertaining break between the storylines being established and moved forward, but to be honest, the stories themselves were the highlight of the show.

 

None more than the showdown at the end with FAME. Nate finally speaking out more after the buildup of silence and headshaking he's given us since he returned as an on-screen presence. I can't tell you how highly I value these 3 in OCW lore, and even though I never really saw Nate's hayday live, the aura he exudes in this promo is almost deity-like.

 

I think we have ourselves a 3 way dance, a little under 30 days away at the greatest show.

 

 

5-star RIOT with no 5-star matches, so let's call it 4.5/5

MOTN: None of the matches really had any heat or storyline build, but many of them were VERY entertaining to watch and other than the rookie debut, there weren't many FPR issues that I saw/remember.

 

I had a blast with El Parca in our match that came down to the fucking wire. I hope it was fun to watch. That being said, the cleanest, most entertaining was MAB vs Dragana. Nice work.

 

RPOTN: C'mon. Finale with FAME, next question.

[Dimsmore]

Me when Quartz actually says something nice about MAXWALE

 

[Kassidy Hayes]

Valkyrie heads home, too

- An expected Jake sits almost sad, watching Valkyrie return to Finland and harshly dismiss OCW and America. I was expecting a swerve after she shockingly lost at the PPV... but I kinda dig the "anything can happen" aspect of this. What's next?

 

 

 

knocks on valk's door,

 

[Tre Golden]

 

knocks on valk's door,

 

 

your are a married man, i didnt cover for you in vegas for you to ruin ish now b.

[Tre Golden]

im gonna say one of the best things about ocw is that our matches are competitve and that anyone can lose or win at any time, not that boring sim shit that a forgone conclusion.

 

Ev gonna take this ish and become stronger, but my boy Cobretti has been putting in work and it looks like he gotta show you what he can do.

 

Valk you addicted to this shit, you not leaving wrestling,its an itch you cant help but scratch.

 

H2EGO at it against drago.... probably not the best person to pick a fight with.

 

we having a legends triple threat at lution? hmmmm

 

oh and a title unfication at lution seems like it would be to early and have its limitations.

 

ill be back after i watch all the matches.

 

Til' then stay Golden ;)

[Pugh]

Title unification can't happen because of cross platform limitations. Nice to dream but, not gonna happen in a sane world

 

Also water is wet.

[B-17]

Title unification can't happen because of cross platform limitations. Nice to dream but, not gonna happen in a sane world

 

Ocw presents: Bragging Rights.

[TJ Stevens]

Title unification can't happen because of cross platform limitations. Nice to dream but, not gonna happen in a sane world

 

Also water is wet.

 

Simply a vanity project, and we seen the mindset of the last person that wanted it to happen...

[Cort Marshall]

TLBS gonna call Richard Nixon a fuckboy and dare him to fight next

[Tiberius Dupree]

Title unification can't happen because of cross platform limitations. Nice to dream but, not gonna happen in a sane world

 

Also water is wet.

 

We have too many titles as is, go a head unify, it's staying on the show of the winner, becoming one championship and the other show will be assed out.

 

Cross feuding is cool on paper but a headache for booking.