Josiah Cross

Way to make this happen Brad, great stuff. Im gonna sit down and read it all tommorrow and get PUMPED for Lution!

Ha somebody called A-Jax by his real name...hes gonna be pissed! Only his momma calls him that. Awesome looking card! Looking forward to Parker vs Kage. I knew Id cross paths with AA sooner than later, been looking forward to this rematch.

I did some thinking and honostly im tired of all the complaining about ethics. It's time FPR police and OCW in general step it up and make some of the ethics requirements FPR rules. You dont like all the whipping make a 3 corner whip per match rule. You dont like some of these quick set up punches...BAN THEM. Allow someone to only have one type of quick grapple set up and spamming is not allowed. Every match should start with a Big Grapple that way we dont have people running at you or getting an upper hand through quick grapples. Im sure we could make a long list and pick the top 5 five and im sure a positive change would come out of it. We need some new rules, I think the no punching in grapples was a nice addition...we just need more of these.

Thank you, I strive to be unique and if that means knocking out my teeth then so be it.

Havent got to Part 2 but this was one thing I was going to mention. I do back away more then others, but it goes back to I dont quick grapple strike set up people. It's all a case of all these different styles which are all pretty much "bad ethics." I beat a main eventer now ive got almost every vet lashing out at me... Edit: Reading what Nate said in the other thread. Blake reverses several of my corner whip attempts...it refreshed my in match memory that I had a goal to hit a certain move Blake reversed I kept going for it. So I whipped more as a result of him reversing the moves.

"BTW Cross...watch you ethics at Lution." Cheap shot.

"OK AJ CROSS WILL WATCH ETHICS" you arent even playing this game so quit throwing blows. I whipped a lot to mix up my grapples...lets all call me out on bad ethics. Fact is everyone is using some sort of bad ethics right now. Quit pointing this whole thing at me. I get it.

I'm not going to say much because I see this has already sparked something. I did not break FPR and I beat Majin. Majin style was cheap as hell running around all the time. I hate it when people start matches off with a running attack. I find running period just cheap especially when you stop in front of the person...what are they supposed to think you are running attacking/grappling them? This was a pick your poison match and I didnt find out until Saturday (two days after the card was out) that Bold chose Majin. I liked the opportunity and I couldnt disagree with his pick...I see what Jay is saying about believing in making everyone look good going into Lution...but I don't know what to say. Bold picked my opponent and I played to beat Majin. To counter his running at me all the time I quick grappled. If you rather see me set up quick grapple rather then whip (which I only do to mix it up since I dont have a combo strike set up) I can change that. The only thing is the only set up that really fitst my character is the knee to the gut. Quit trying to tell me what I should be in ring as "big guy" the game is already limited and lacks low damage high impact moves. I am a heavyweight, regardless, I want win matches, and I'll fight like all the other heavys if I have to. If you want me to switch up my style give me the SUPERHEAVY spot.

I will go back and watch the match it is saved on my computer. All in all why the hell was this article posted days before Lution that is just sad.

I don't recall sitting back and waiting for you Versus...I owned you bad in 07. I dont know what sparked this and im not sure who you are trying to label as "crappy" players but we have a mid card and we have a main event. People like Valmont (no offense) arent winning and I feel the midcard has had some awesome matches. Everyone in the midcard can win, yeah say its the game, but people like I, Bold, Leon, Smythe, Double A, Brad Bauer, Trips, MMM, Deano, we all know we can win 07 or 08. Every one of the midcard people have SKILL and Experience. I also see these guys playing more Dark Matches then the Main Eventers. I don't think it's the game thats leveled the playing field, I think its been the midcard stepping up, putting on great matches and feuds, and knowing that we've all done our time in OCW and we all want a crack at the Main Event. That right there brings about competition.

Agreed with Tyro just change the name of your title to The Hate Report cuz every week thats all it is. I've always liked Vega, I thought I'd give him one last run at it with a shot at the NA Champ. I didn't chose Vega just to beat Bold I did some thinking about it before hand. I thought it was a nice return and retirement for Vega, it was one of those one last shot heartbreakers. Personally I wouldnt want to see a Mayhem vs Bold feud. I don't think the chemistry is there between the two to bring out anything good other then a match. I thought a match between those two would take away from our Lution match which is why I didnt chose the obvious choice. I was told I had to chose a face...and there aint many out there on Riot right now.

Just a quicky reply to what you said, Ill say more when I finish the Examination tomorrow, but if you watch my matches I dont have quick grapple strike combo set ups like most everyone else does. For some people here its almost a set up quick grapple before every strong grapple is executed. Almost everytime I try go for a straight up strong grapple without any setup it gets broken up by strikes. So I dont know what you want me to do. I don't play many dark matches and when I do most are against Bold...youve seen his style. Maybe ill change it up and start resorting to the cheap running tactics...bet you call me out for being to big for it...this or that. I beat the champ going into Lution, I've got the momentum, the only reason it will be forgotten is because people don't want to recognize the fact it happend. It wasnt a hyped match, he was a mystery opponent, the title wasnt on the line, there was no stipulation, nothing came out it but it was a HUGE win for me regardless.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c58/stinkysox21/Lutionthree.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c58/stinkysox21/boldcrossmatchup20copy.jpg [ame=http://youtube.com/watch?v=IiTiVUcIf5M]YouTube - Cross vs Bold[/ame] Edit: I made two versions of this vid. and Bold liked the first one more therefore be sure to check it out shown just before the Lution match. Like Bold said below a lot of time and effort has gone into this feud over the past several months, hope everyone enjoys the Wrestlution match.

Cross Examination Part 1 Page 1 Show start off with Death Row backstage. Mace and A-Jax are anxious to see who Cross has chosen to face Bold. It takes a minute before Cross whispers over in their direction his pick. Death Row seems to be pleased with the choice. Nothing like a damn good hardcore match to kick off Riot. Mace dominates the opening portion of the bout but once the weapons break out Parker takes the upper hand. Several times Mace went for grapples or weapon hits and the animations just did not connect. Very unlucky. This was a great match up between two guys with the hardcore perks…definitely a match up I would like to see again. Parker still be perfect going into Lution. Parker cuts a promo after the match reminding everyone he is 18-0 as hardcore champ and at Lution he will beat Valmont and make it 19 consecutive wins. The camera cuts to footage backstage of Chris Mania being attacked by a guy wearing a red hood and red skull mask. Hmmmm…3 consecutive weeks someone from OCW has been tossed into that garbage truck ha. Nice promo, looking forward to this development. Backstage Leon is being interviewed. I don’t know this RP didn’t really capture the tension for me. Maybe it’s because Jim Black sucks at asking questions. Anyways Smythe interrupts one of Leon’s questions and tells him that on Turmoil the reason he did hit him was he “didn’t have the balls” Leon says it was because he wants Smythe 100% …Smythe is ladder master and a weapons expert god this guy is full of himself! I do know one thing else he’s good at he didn’t mention and that’s falling short. I have Smythe not living up to the hype and losing at Lution. Page 2 Guy and VS. cut a funny promo backstage. “Leave Bauers Mother out of this!” Classic quote. Coop is there to help Versus with his swearing problem. Guy doesn’t want Versus wearing his plaid jacket to the ring for the lumberjack match and Guy bough a book to study called Nipples Rings…They Hurt…two times as much. Ha nice stuff. We’ve got Smythe making his way to the ring with his solo weekly entrance. The Terminator 4 reference got me laughing. I can just picture Smythe with terrible acting owning Arnold. Bauer comes on the X-Tron and announces that he is the pick! Bauer vs Smythe a rematch from Indy live. A memory refresher Smythe worked Brad however Brad did not have much experience playing 08. Let’s see if what Brad can make of this time around. This was a good match only thing I’m not a fan of is the running at your opponent and stopping then punching or grappling. I don’t know I’ve always found that to be partially cheap. Also the drop kick to knee was attempted a little much. With that said much more of an improvement of match quality then their previous meeting. Brad puts up a fight, however falls short once again. After the match Smythe is attacked by two red hooded and masked men. He is chased up the ramp area then owned by a running DDT. The numbers are growing. I have a feeling there are more of them lurking. Camera cuts to an OCW tour backstage. Got to love OCW always giving the fans what they want unlike the E…anyways Trips interrupts and gives a little mention of how OCW doesn’t compare to CCW and that at Lution he will be involved in a 4 corners of wood match. Trips is then headed toward the cafeteria where he gets a phone call. Sounds like he’s going to be a pick your poison opponent…but for who? Page 3 Camera cuts to the parking lot where Malu get jumped from behind by one of the masked men. LOOK OUT! THEY’RE EVERYWHERE! Backstage Adrian Bold makes his way to the Sensational Alliance’s personal bar where not many of them are present. Obvious reason they are getting owned. Bold is having a convo with one of the remaining members about wrestling Cross as his chosen opponent. Bold is confident Cross will get worked by this mystery man and he offers to repay with a favor anytime because he has no more money to pay (spent it all on the smoke HA!). Gee hmmm wonder who Bold picks…? Trips shows up as Leon’s pick your poison opponent. This was a damn good match. Nice spot is when Trips tosses the ref into Leon. Trips rolls out and grabs chair. Leon reverses Trips shot then nails him with the chair busting Trip open. Nice one. Leon goes to set up Trips for the finisher but Leon is unable to hit it (his ribs were hurt). Trips takes advantage of this and ends up submitting Leon for the win. Great match, match of the night candidate. This segment with Trips and MMM was BADASS!!! Trips beats down a rowdy fan out of frustration over MMM. The lights go out while Trips is in the ring only to turn back on with a table propped up on each corner of the ring. Trips runs away out of fear. Once he’s nearly escaped the lights go off again and when they come on Trips is trapped in between tables and unable to escape. This segment has just fired me up for the 4 corners of wood match. Awesome stuff! That concludes The Cross Examination Part 1, great stuff so far. I’ll read and watch the rest when I get the chance. Match of the Night Candidates: Parker vs Mace was a back and forth battle great match. Also Trips vs Leon. It's a tie right now between these two. Im going to add something new to the Cross Examination. RP/Video Segment of the Night Candidates: The masked men attacks are great but hands down the MMM/Trips 4 corners of wood segment. Very original. OCW always finds ways to deliver new entertaining stuff from this game. That in and of its self is incredible.

Poke fun at anything but my effort that is all im saying. I'm cool with anything else.

Just get a refill on those chill pills Steve and youll be good.

It takes me over 4 hours to watch and write a Cross Examination and you get all butt hurt I didnt mention your RP. I hadnt read it and I just dropped comments on what I had watched because the Turmoil page was dead with no replys. If there's something worth mentioning I will mention it...but have I rarely (I cant even think of time) only mentioned Death Row and no one elses efforts other then maybe once on Ambition. So that was an uncalled for shot at my effort. Not everything needs to be staged Smythe. It was a damn good match and had storyline spots without any of it being pre-planned. Which I think is more respectable as the match actually played out to the feud. Oh and Aries and Ryder never said good luck, but being faces they didnt attack Death Row right before the Main Event...makes sense to me. Re-read it I think you assumed to much.

I didnt have time to read the RPs Air I only watched matches...maybe ill just stop commenting cuz people seem not to like it.

Damn good matches all around. The Air vs Tyro was indeed back and forth. Tyro starts off strong but Air keeps in it and makes a comeback at the end. Great match to start. Im digging the Poe look. Nice intro great CAW. It was a decent match Steve pretty much controlled the whole match. Who cares about legends Steve is a Rookie killer. No but good stuff helping with these rooks get involved. The Leon and Deano segement was good. Liked the spot. Big win for Ryder. Triple Threats don't flow all that great but it was a nice match. Deano vs Fearo...speechless. Deffinitly a whole lot of sexy in that match. Deano has two great finishers. Near back to back segments from Smythe. : / whole lot of Smythe as of late. But it was all good. Smythe is trying to take out his opponents before Lution that is until he stares down Leon and decided to back off. Leon delivered a huge drop kick to Deano right before. Looking forward to the FI match should be awesome. Brad vs Malu is a crazy sleeper match. Damn good. Brad gave Malu all he could handle. Great match watch this one. Bummer! I was hoping to see RD get pinned right before Lution...but Greatness did not allow. Great tag match, its going to take a lot for RD to retain at Lution. Can Greatness prevail?? The Main Event was one of the best matches ive seen in awhile. It was dead even all the way through. Death Row NEARLY pulls it out but MMM makes a miracle grab and grapples A-Jax just as he's about to escape. I also liked how MMM left Trips and it came down to a narrow one on one face off between Trips and A-Jax. Damn good match. All the matches on this show were quality VERY nice stuff leading up to Lution!

Can I not say great Main Event. I could say SHUT UP VAL YOU DUMB STUPID PARROT but everyone else already does and I dont want to stoop down to your standards of saying the exact same things. I will now check out the other parts of the show.

*cough* to all the disbelievers *cough* THAT WAS ONE HELL OF A MAIN EVENT!

I think too many matches will take away part of the prestige of the show. It's fine as is anymore would be too much IMO. You've got to work to make it big, so I agree with the Main Event match as some others deserve it more with the effort theyve been putting in. But its Chino, Firestone, and Shawman in a triple threat so im not going to argue im sure it will be a good match.

Nice card. I saw the Chino vs Marty vs Shawman wasnt on the lution card but I didnt want to say anything but its nice to see it main event the pre show. Also I won the rookie rush last year so make something out of it.

Death Row is proof that if rookies actually put in some effort to get recognized it will pay off. Three ambition shows, two with RP/storyline work and boom Death Row gets noticed. This is your show rookies step up and do something with it. You have a chance to RP and get comments and what not. Everyone knows this show is no Riot or Turmoil but showing some effort is better then no effort. Now that Death Row is off the show for now...what rookies will step up next and do something? A little effort goes a long way.

Question who will be conducting this press conference? Sensation or Vimes must be in attendance.