So I try and get this done as fast I can but as you can see I wrote a lot. I may not post the Examination in the midst of the chatter but hopefully it sparks back up some interest. With that said it was a CRRAAAAZY Riot! So it deserves this full fledge Cross Examination. I haven't read over this so if there are typos...my bad.
Cross Examination
(***9/10 out of ****)
Page #1
Show opens up backstage with the new NA Champ Adrian Bold. Bold is in the process of planning his HUGE celebration. Adrian Bolds middle name is Templeton? Well according to his Wiki page it is so I think he’s going to keep it. Ohhh man Bold’s party list is hilarious. The Benoit Dummy, a countdown hung from the rafters counting down the days until he breaks Mania’s record, and Boldust to introduce him. There’s more but those are just classic. Bold isn’t happy when his planner informs him that his party ideas are impossible. Great promo to open the show.
Welcome back to Riot Vincent…HA! Nice opening line. This is a great written RP as well. VV is extremely focused. Vincent says he’s a big fish and he’s hungry. Unless they fill the arena with water not sure how he can get down to the ring. Kidding, but nicely written VV. Short and sweet. Let’s see if VV can pull off the upset.
The new entrance shirt on Parker looks good. I was trying to read what it said. Look up on the front but what on the back? Rap is crap….Ill have to agree. Nice spots: Valmont gets whipped into the stairs, he stops on them and turns around right into a kick to the face from Parker, Parker whacking himself in the head with a chair then drilling VV with a chair shot, nice set up for the elbow drop. So this match was very good. Valmont pretty much got dominated by the weapons however he was able to get grapple moves in. There were a few times where Parker would run and at Valmont and give him no chance to reverse. Same with some punch combos, punch, punch, then right into grapple. You should at least give your opponent one second to reverse after a combo like that. Anyways great outing from Valmont, held his ground and put on a great fight.
After the match Parker congratulates Valmont in a mean yet respectful way for giving him one of his self proclaimed toughest hardcore title match defenses yet. Parker calls himself perfect and says there will be a new champion at Lution? If I read this correctly…is Parker dropping the title? I don’t know the ending of the RP confused me a bit.
Well I guess Bold picked a good day to have a celebration because its Kaaaanng James Mothers birthday. Kang keeps it classy and doesn’t talk bad about either AA or Bold.
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Strider and Reed are confident about their Wrestlelution match against the odd couple. They are both also confident they will walk out of Lution winners after their match for the Ex Title. Reed vs Strider sounds like a great match up.
Adrian Bold makes his way out to the ring with his new entrance. I like it a lot, nice into video and the music lyrics are VERY fitting. Bold looks like a champion. However his celebration is a major let down. The planner supposedly got sick and wasn’t able to help out. Bold cuts a bit of a shoot promo. However I agree that there is much more going for the title in this feud than if some others were holding it right now. I, Josiah Cross, decide it is time to interrupt the party turned speech. I guess the security guards ran scared because they weren’t much of a force keeping Cross away from Bold. Cross explains what exactly everyone can expect from the Solitary Confinement Match and Wrestlelution. I won’t explain it right here…in the Cross Examination (thumbs up cheap pop to myself). Read the RP for the match description! I’m really looking forward to this match, I’m liking the stipulation. Bold is going to be sent back behind bars!
Reed pretty much dominates the match against Martin. After starting off strong, Martin has hit a bit of a cold streak. But don’t worry I predict a bounce back sometime soon. Reed ends the match off a shooting star press. After the match Reeds old music hits (maybe Gaines’ entrance music now? I’m not sure if it was minds games or Gaines coming out. It is my fault I don’t know what Gaines intro music is). Anyways Gaines runs out and owns Reed.
Gaines grabs a mic. and says that it’s no longer fun and games for Deano and him. They are both serious and ready to take the tag titles off the hands of BDTT. Gaines also says he’s going to win the Ex Title and there’s nothing anybody can do about it.
Smythe …= a “,” (<= … also can be represented with a simple comma) there is just waaaaaaay to much of it. Kage is disappointed that Smythe was unable to get the job done against Nate. Smythe still can’t believe Nate kicked out the SDW. Smythe gets a little worked up and ends up storming out the locker room. Nice RP but some of it confused me, all the “…” didn’t help much either.
Page #3
AA turns heel. Hmmmmm I was hoping for like a badass stone cold like character. Ruthless yet still face about it. However the RP was well done. Really sounded like you could hate him. Classic heel comments were made, but of course it was easy, the show was in Idaho so half the stuff he was saying was actually true ha. (Visited once and there was nothing but potato fields, booooring). AA chats it up a bit with Kaang’s mother inside the ring. But Kaang’s mother pretty much tells AA that Kang has accomplished more in his short time in OCW then AA has. AA calls “Barbara” a whore then gets slapped for it. Double A then hits Barbara in the head with his beer bottle. Kang runs out a little late but sends Double A running. Great RP by Double A. This is a great filler feud. No titles on the line but it has great story to it. That being AA bring Kang into OCW and now turning on him. Great RP, really liking the storyline. Keep it up.
Bold vs Kang…pretty much a squash. Bold has his move set and his combos down. He’s not breaking any FPR rules it’s just a lot of set ups and linked attacks. Not the greatest match but I do like Bold’s new champ attire.
Smythe makes his way down to the ring. Alright this clears things up a bit more. The little man is Vic Vimes and Smythe is pissed about how he’s been treated with the bookings. So Smythe challenges him to a fight…in a cage. Ha. Vimes makes his way don’t to the ring like a badass. Vimes puts Smythe in his place while a classic “Da Jobber” chant starts. Vimes says he can’t be forced to fight, but if Smythe wants the cage match its on his terms. Smythe must get confirmation from Jaysin that there will be no S.A. interference in the cage match our else Smythe is removed from the FI match. I really like this second stipulation. If Vimes somehow wins, he gets to be CEO of OCW for a day of his choosing, that day being April 6th, 2008, Wrestlelution III. I will majorly mark if Vimes gets this match and wins. What he does with his CEO power for Lution id love to see. Great RP!
Page #4
Backstage Leon and CJ are talking about their upcoming tag match. Leon thanks CJ for the help last week and CJ said he was just returning the favor. I guess these two have had a bad history, Leon attempts to apologize but CJ has put it all in the past. Leon is determined to win the FI match at Lution but also wants to get a piece of Smythe, who will also be in the match. CJ leaves to prepare for tag match. Simple RP but refreshes my memory for the tag match, nice addition.
Next up is my match with DJ Chino. It was done right after the no punching in grapples was announced so we both were focusing on not tapping X when grappled. It was easier said than done, but it ended up helping the match play out much better in my opinion. Anyways, this was a CRAZY match. Chino got the best of me last time we fought (although that match was damn good also) so I was determined to even out the score. It was a fast paced match, both of us were hitting strong grapples. Chino had some crazy air attacks. One cool spot to look for is Cross gets knocked to the outside Chino runs to across the ring, off the ropes, then flips over the others to take me out just as I’m getting up. Well timed, well executed. Chino reverses 3 of my finishers and after the battle we were having someone was going to end it on a finisher. I thought I was done when Chino set me up for his ground finisher but I reversed it. One of the best matches I’ve had on 08 yet, damn good, Cross finishes it off with a “Prison Break” Shoulder Block.
After the match Jack Shawman makes an unexpected return. Always liked Shawman glad to see he’s back and the CAW looks badass. He attempts to apologize to Chino for the things he’d done to him in the past but he is interrupted my Marty Firestone. The RP is very well written, Chino wants Shawman at Lution. However, Marty ends up pushing himself into the match as well. It’s going to be a triple threat between the 3, should be an awesome match. Wrestlelution is REALLY shaping up.
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RP of the night hands down. Damn this was very very well written. Versus finds Nate backstage and attempts to get Nate to forgive and trust Guy. It’s a numbers game against the Sensational Alliance and Vs. tries to get Nate to accept the aid of Guy. Read this RP people. Damn good.
This was a well fought tag match. Had a nice flow to it. I liked where about ¾ through it broke into a brawl with Leon and Smythe going at it on the outside and AA and CJ inside the ring. The Leon vs Smythe match up was pretty close. Both were getting their shots in. Leon gets worked by AA’s combo punch (really like that move for some reason), Leon takes forever to get up and just as AA is about to hit his finisher the icon stops blinking and AA backs away. Leon bust open AA and hits his finisher. Smythe runs in. Question though is there a tag rule that says you can’t run in until the person attempts the pin? For some reason I remember it from my tag days but it would be good to know for A-Jax and Mace if they tag. Anyways Smythe is unable to break up the pin and Leon and CJ win. Great tag team action.
After the match Smythe is slow to leave, arguing with AA. He ends up getting owned by CJ and Leon ending with him being DDTed through a table.
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So the Main Event is Nate vs a mystery opponent. But first person to make his way out to the ring is Nick Kage. Then Nate…is Kage the mystery opponent? Nate vs Kage before Lution? Well out comes OCW Champion Blake Majin. Blake announces that Nate’s opponent is Guy. Guy makes a disturbing entrance to the ring, obviously kissing up to Majin. Guy grabs the mic. and says he’s cleared his head and realized that Nate doesn’t want to accept his help and knows that Majin would watch his. Guy says he has rejoined the SA only to quickly turn on Majin by clotheslining him unexpectedly.
This then breaks into a tag match. Damn that kick to the nuts followed by a hip thrust to the face is just vintage Majin. Nate gets owned twice by it back to back. ¾ of the way into it things start getting interesting. It’s Kage vs Nate in the ring and Guy sends Majin flying over the barricade. It then cuts to Majin and Guy battling it out in the crowd area. Suddenly Jaysin music hits and the boss makes his way down to the ring. Damn I wanted to see some Nate vs Kage one on one action in the ring. Damn you Jay. Distracted by Jay, Nate turns his back on Kage who rolls out the ring and grabs a chair, only to hit Nate from behind with it. Guy and Majin are still going at it and it cuts to Guy putting Majin through a table. Damn this editing is tight. Jay informs Nate his night isn’t over. I just said I was pissed at Jay for ruining the one on one action well he has a cell drop down over Nate and Kage who begin to duke it out.
Majin and Guy have now made it to the parking lot and they are still going at it. Nate and Kage are now on top of the Cell. Alright this is one of the best endings on Riot in history straight up. The reversal battle by Nate and Kage on the top of the cell is just awesome. Major tension builder, there must have been atleast 8 reversals. Plus that song by Helmet is badass. Nate gets the upper hand but Kage battles back and gets the final devastating move in. Kage powerbombs Nate off the cell through the announce table. It was INSANE! That is the first time I have ever seen that animation. So that was CRAZY! Let’s just hope that fall didn’t kill Nate.
The ending to Riot like I said before was one of the best I have ever seen. The editing was amazing well done. The set up for Lution could not be done any better. Guy vs Majin for the OCW Title is going to be crazy. Nate vs Kage is going to be crazy. This is probably going to be the best Wrestleltion yet, hard to believe but it’s got potential to be that damn good.
Final Thoughts: GOD DAMN WHAT A RIOT! Quality RPs, great matches, and an amazing ending. I already wrote a whole damn bunch about the show so I won’t say much more but that was a near perfect Riot.
Match of the Night: I’m going with Cross vs DJ Chino. Four finisher reversals, it went back and forth. One of the best matches I’ve had on 08 yet. All around a quality fight. Though it may not have been official the Main Event video was incredible so if you want to call that a match I give it a tie!
ONE HELL OF A RIOT! Can’t wait for the aftermath next week. Wooooooooo!
