Pugh

Creepy bitch

Review will be late but it's coming!

Fuckin dork

A fully featured text editor eh?

Hi Kass

Nobody had 8 seconds huh? Main Event was a great match, the coolness of the same finish happening is something to behold - just goes to show the best shit happens when the best people organically dive on something the game gives you - no need for advanced planning. Didn't so much care for seeing Drago carrying other people's feuds, but he's nice, so he'll never say no. Horse is one of my new favourites - something I never thought I'd say way back when.

I miss Super Mario Bash :(

Everything about Boulet/Aisu was great. The match and the stuff around it. Really great stuff. Last page of this show is OCW at its best version of pro wrestling. All voice/AI promos need subtitles because then I can mute them and imagine how they should sound. That was 8 seconds right?

It isn't even funny how good DNS is. We wanted an Ambition 4 in 2013, we didn't really get one. We've potentially got one now

I have never felt as much anger as I did when I was forced to utter the word "Leonheart" on a show about rookies in 2023... Matches solid, template broken, but we move. Bolek, Samsin, Mad Dawg, A-Mart and Jake, thank you for your additional content - could've been a tumbleweed moment with the change to a regular show format again, so glad it wasn't.

Of course, and I’ve reached out for pointers as suggested.

Someone, say Solomon Caine, has clearly never seen a Pugh match. Don’t get any on you, steal someone else’s win. Ezpz

Amongst all of your Elon Musk doom scrolling you come across something novel - OCWFed’s twitter feed posting something useful. You hit full screen and you’re met with a dirty subway station - its New York City, you recognise it from the TV and the Movies - but where? As if by magic, a subway sign comes into shot - 34th-Penn… the Madison Square Garden stop. The camera starts to zoom out to reveal the former four-time OCW World Heavyweight Champion and the recipient of four different Match of the Year awards Paul Pugh. He’s pointing at the sign Pugh: This place. Is a fucking shithole. It’s smelly, dirty, and it’s overrun with rats… oh sorry I’m pointing at the wrong sign. He points the other direction at a hastily printed out OCWFED logo that he’s stuck to the subway wall. Pugh: That’s better isn’t it… See - I’ve not competed on Riot for what? Two… Three years? It feels like an eternity and you know what… maybe I’ve got the itch again. Maybe I want to have a little run-out. An exhibition. An easy wee match. Something to wet the whistle… and you know what? He grins Pugh: I can’t think of an easier opponent than the man that I’m always three steps ahead of… the biggest, smelliest, dirtiest rat of them all - Rust Cohle. He chuckles Pugh: A man who thinks he's something, a man who constantly finds himself on the wrong side of our exchanges… an idiot. A copycat idiot stinker who isn’t worth the adulation you idiots give him. A man who has been stealing my schtick since the moment he arrived here… so tomorrow… He takes a deep breath Pugh: Well tomorrow I’m going to demolish him in the middle of that ring. See - my people have been on to the OCW Brass. We’ve been having some conversations and we’ve done a one-night-only, never to be repeated again deal - tomorrow night, you’re going to see me, Kid Ego, the A1 First Ballot Hall of Fame superstar - the Best ever in action… He grins Pugh: Against Rust Cohle. It’s time for these games to end… See you tomorrow Mon Ami! He does a short pose before the video ends, sending you back to whatever disgusting anime accounts you follow. Your mother would be ashamed… fucking creep.

Weirdly the segment is word for word based on an altercation Pugh had with Zicky Dice about 6 months ago in the Orlando international airport. Arrests were made and subpoenas issued. Now for the French one.

We’ve all had our fun but you should do a slight bit of research. “The owner” makes you sound like you’ve used this promo in 20 proboards efeds. Call him his name. If you stick around, pull back on the I AM THE GREATEST stuff. OCW isn’t about wins/losses (despite what you might hear on the grapevine). When you lose, and you will, you need to be able to steer out the other side and keep going. Leave yourself room to do that, especially in your first week. It’s ok to be cocky, but have a watch of some shows and you’ll see that already exists - try and find a gap that doesn’t exist and make it your own.

“All I’ve done for OCW” is fucking laughable when these people have barely been here for a cup of coffee. Bringing shit into disrepute because they wanna get one over on the meanies on discord. You all should be making grovelling apologies to jay if you were/are involved in this shit, period.

“Let it play out” was literally Chet’s calling card. You boys need to stop sniffing your own farts and start looking at what is right in front of you. This mean girls shit has hit whole new levels from what I can see. The video wasn’t well made. A smarter person could’ve made these points and not spent 5 minutes doing it. It’s the Valmont beat down of shitty text promos. Bottom line is, if you’re starting a feud with someone, they should be aware of it. Since they’re not, that excuse holds no water either. You did something fucking stupid, accept the criticisms, apologise and don’t do it again. Simple.

Whoever did the Sanctum promo is a fucking dolt. There is no way to slice it differently. It doesn't just feel weird, I'd rank it as one of the biggest missteps I've ever seen in OCW. From a purely wrestling logic, kayfabe standpoint (as Caine points out above) if this was building a match then maybe it had a minimal amount of merit, but to my understanding that doesn't seem to be the case. But for argument's sake, let's pretend we're building a match. A) If Sanctum are so much better than TWC, what's the point in having the match? You've shown us, with stats, why they're not going to beat Sanctum so why the fuck would we watch the match? We already know the outcome, case closed. No asses in seats. 3 minute squash match. B) If TWC were to win this match, then there's no coming back from that for Sanctum. They've discredited their opponent so spectacularly there that a TWC win basically spells the end of Sanctum's own credibility. C) If we're to consider these two teams the best in the division, and there's such a gulf in ability, then you're exposing a weak division. In your role as champion you're supposed to build up your opponents/division so that its more impressive when you dominate said (seemingly strong) division. But there is no match, right? It's not mentioned elsewhere on shows, so there's no ongoing feud? So that must mean then I'm looking at something different - I'm looking at whoever created this video not having a grasp on what OCW fundamentally is. Now, I'll preface this by saying that I've done petty shit myself in OCW - namely WL8 where me and Parker wrote a promo shooting on people, not based in kayfabe. That was dumb. That was something that I regret to this day. That was something I am sorry to Trance and Aries for. First the context of this video demonstrates something that I keep saying but nobody listens to - thirsting for wins makes you look stupid. Making a 5 minute video where you've had to do fucking RESEARCH for no other reason than to try and highlight that someone hasn't won that many matches is fucking stupid. It's extra, its ridiculous and its one of the silliest things I've ever seen done in OCW. Not to mention it was done without the permission of half of those involved. OCW is not about wins or losses, OCW is about having a compelling character who has interesting feuds. Its about teamwork to create an entertaining wrestling show at all times. This doesn't create an interesting show, this exposes disharmony in a way that makes no logical sense on a wrestling show. If I were an outsider thinking of joining OCW, how do you think I'd react to this? I bet not favourably, it feels (and I hate this dumb word) "toxic". Thank your lucky stars its not 2013 and I'm not GM - I would've closed down the division based on this one promo. What makes this more stupid is that a week ago Jay was asking for everyone to pull together, same direction, and make OCW a happier place to be. Apparently whoever made this video either didn't get the memo or thinks they are bigger than OCW. Sanctum are not bigger than OCW. An outsider looking in's view is that they're champions of a dead division. If you don't like Rust or John or whoever, cool, but a 5 minute hit piece that isn't even trying to build a match is a terrible way to express that. If you want to be considered a main eventer in OCW, this is the kind of bush league shit that will get you further and further away from that goal - and trust me on that, because it happened to me when I was talking shit on shows back in the day. For me, this video was a waste of the effort that was put into it, and disrespectful to the time of the people expected to view it. Both in and out of kayfabe it fundamentally undermines the person who made it, and I hope you fucking apologise to the community for your bone-headedness. I said it last week, I've said it before, and I'll keep saying it. OCW is great if you work together, behaviour like this makes people not want to be here, which in turn will kill OCW. So grow up and show it, and Jay some fucking respect. Or go hang out with Chet in the badlands. Idiots. PS Scotty X looks ridiculous in a good way.

Fuck it, lets watch a match. Parker vs C-Note EP - Music is rubbish, doesn’t fit the vibe of the entrance at all. Bin it, go for something else, 90% of whether people care about you is your music - that’s just science. We’re also missing crowd noise which really doesn’t help me (as new eyes) know who the heel/face is. THe game gives you the reaction for free, use it. C-Note - Same deal. Jarring music change, dunno what I was expecting but this ain’t it. Think it was bad editing but again, no idea what C-Note is because its a hodgepodge of meh. First things first, very similar dudes. Moveset wise, attire wise. I don’t think they’re a tag team (maybe i missed something in the promo at the start of the show) but they certainly are very similar if not. One of the big pieces of advice I can give you is, if someone is in the same lane as you in OCW, switch lanes. The Dark Prophet thing is done to death in OCW, and it’s tough to do it better than everyone has done previously. Match wise - Parker “Parkered” C-Note which made me laugh. Felt like a video game, plenty of action but I had no idea who I’m supposed to be rooting for. Taunt! Pin! Do something to make me know what you want me to do as a viewer. It was a very dry, no personality match for me. Video game action is fine, but make me FEEL. Flat ending, Elliot learn where your finisher pin radius ends up, and don’t hit pin if you’re even remotely near the ropes - we’ve all been there, but when you have to drag your opponent it looks daft and breaks immersion because the game has had them kick out automatically once, so why would they stay down for a second time 5 seconds later. Much better to not chain the pin, then drag them. That’s all I’ve got. Don’t get the promo at the end, guess its a feud so that’s good news. Improve kiddos, because I’ve heard you’re both not terrible.

So Review I guess. Intros are top, top notch. I’m glad there are people in OCW who are this creative now from a visual standpoint. There’s always been a couple floating around but now it looks like we’ve got it nailed as a collective - that was always my dream for a “Production Team”, and I’m glad it’s come to fruition for the good of the show. Rust vs Drago Rust looks a million bucks. Drago looks like shit as usual and I wish he’d go back to his HUNTER attire from days gone by, but meh - Shane O’Cac it is. Grow some eyebrows. Match wise, Drago is a monster at all games and ultimately this wasn’t going to go any other way. I’ve long said he’s the best player we’ve ever had in OCW ever, and here he is proving it again. Can’t say enough good about him and it’s great to see him competing again at a high level. Despite Rust taking a BEATING you’d pay top dollar for in Shinjuku, it never felt as though he was completely out of it, and it almost felt as though he could turn it around at the end. It was thoroughly entertaining all the way through and it was a great start to the show. Drago change your shirt Rust get some less shiny pants, mans looks like he’s just run a marathon and they’re treating him for exhaustion.

Your klan stinks and I don’t like it. Now where’s page 2. I got a lot of problems with you people and now you’re gonna hear about them

My main take away from this show is that nearly everyone involved in *matches* would comfortably slip into any era of OCW and not look out of place. I consider that mighty praise. I also consider it mighty praise that I watched every one of the matches, and I don’t really have anything bad to say about them. I will post the good stuff, I just haven’t formulated it properly yet. Oh and fuck Kasstianity

Just like rookies…