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Post by solomonking on Mar 3, 2006 18:20:27 GMT -5
Last week it was announced that a tournament would be held to crown a new CCW Heavyweight Champion. The front office has released the rankings for this tournament along with the pairings for the first round. The first brackets matches will be held on March 15. The second bracket's matches will be held on March 22. The Quarterfinals will be held on March 29 and the semifinals and finals will be held at CCW's Sixth Aniversary show on April 5th. Below are the rankings and the brackets as scheduled:
March 15
01 Tracy Smothers
vs
16 Bye_________
07 Bobo Brazil Jr.
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10 Tim Renesto
05 Chuck Taylor
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12 The Assassin
03 Lonestar
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14 Billy Black
March 22
02 Ca$h Flo
vs
15 Jason Cain
08 "Homicidal" Steven Davis
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09 Buzz Dupp
06 "Sugar" Shane Matthews
vs
11 Just John
04 Ty Blade
vs
13 Chris Thomas
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Post by Delirious Devotee on Mar 4, 2006 13:13:34 GMT -5
01 Tracy Smothers vs 16 Bye_________ I don't really think this is fair. I think that they should throw BSM in there and let Tracy beat the crap out of him. This should be a good match, but my pick is Renesto to win. I'm not too sure about this one, I've never really seen Chris Thomas in a single's match. I pick Chuck to win this one. Interesting pairing. I'm thinking Lonestar will win this one. Once again, I don't think I've really seen Jason Cain in too many single's matches. I pick Cash to win. Have we ever seen Buzz take on Davis? I'm going to go with the underdog and pick Buzz on this one. I think that Shane's going to cheat to win, but will win nonetheless. I'm going to pick Ty for this one. Then again, I've never seen the Assassin wrestle one-on-one. So going with my picks the second round should look like this Tracy Smothers vs. Tim Renesto Chuck Taylor vs. Lonestar Cash Flo vs. Buzz Dupp Shane Matthews vs. Ty Blade I think the Semis will end up being Tracy Smothers vs. Chuck Taylor Cash Flow vs. Shane Matthews The final in my opinion will be Tracy Smothers vs. Cash Flow With Cash winning the tournament and title. Anyone else have opinions on the outcome of the tournament? |
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Post by themark on Mar 6, 2006 13:50:10 GMT -5
Where is everyone else? What about T-Bolt he just finished being half of the tag champs or how about Baker and Bishop are those guys leaving?
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Post by lilbrotha79 on Mar 7, 2006 10:43:58 GMT -5
You know ya'll get on here bi***ing about how long the show last. And then you want the whole locker room to work. Ok what is it you want shorter show or bishop, baker,and T-Bolt ha you people kill me never satisfied you know what shut the hell up and enjoy the show!!!!!
"The Absolute Violent One" "lil Brotha"
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Post by OBoy Canadian Dream on Mar 7, 2006 17:12:54 GMT -5
I don't want Bishop to work. I'm fine with the way the brackets are. And our problem with the show being too long is that it is long because it starts late and intermissions last too long. Not because there are too many matches. It's the idle time that bothers us the most.
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Post by lilbrotha79 on Mar 7, 2006 17:21:29 GMT -5
hey were doing the best we can do you know how hard it is to put something together in 15 mins. well sometimes we take a little longer so be it the matches are a lot better and things are comeing together so why not give some examples of the ways you see fit for ccw run a show with out any complaints.
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Post by wrestlinginsider on Mar 8, 2006 14:05:37 GMT -5
Yeah it's me! I'm still here although some may wish I wasn't. Let me start by saying this post will be a little different that what some of you may expect. As everyone knows I am never hesitant to tell it like it is. I let everyone know when something is wrong with CCW. However, that is not the purpose of this post.
You fans kill me! You complain because you have to sit through the same boring match ups week after week and make suggestions as to who you'd like to see at CCW. Obviously somebody at CCW was listening! In the last few months Necrobutcher,Mad Man Pondo, Ca$h Flo, and 2 Tuff Tony have returned as you asked. In addition Bobo Brazil Jr., T-Bolt Baxton, Tim Renesto, The Assassin, and Gypsy Joe have all had runs in CCW. New faces from other areas have been brought in John Thornhill, "Untouchable" Steve Amani, Rastakhan, and in particular "Homicidal" Steven Davis who is amazing. For those of you who are vampires and don't care about wrestling ability as long as there is a lot of blood you have J-Boy, Baker, and a returning Billy Black who are ready to bleed buckets since that's all they know how to do. The point is the new booking committee has tried their best to bring in something for everyone.
Not everything that have done has worked, but at least they have tried. Bringing it Bishop has been a big mistake. I have to agree with the Oboys. I understand that a good show needs a mix of technical wrestlers, High-Flyers, Bleeders, and Brawlers. But more than once in the ring I have seen Bishop injure or nearly injure his opponent e.g.. Scarlett Rose and Steven Davis, because his wrestling skills are severely limited. He would work fine as a bodyguard like Mr. Hughes or Diesel but watching this guy perform actual wrestling moves is painful to both those inside and outside the ring. Domino is a guy with a good look and lots of potential, but much like Rex Sexton his conditioning needs a lot of work as both these guys are blown up after three minutes in a match. And let me say that the experiment of using Buzz Dupp and Pothead John together as Fully Loaded needs to end. It was a decent try as sometimes the who;e is greater than the sum of the parts. However, this isn't happening here. Personally I enjoyed Buzz much better when he worked with "Mean" Mike Woods. Pothead just seem to intent on living up to the names Pothead and Fully Loaded to do much wrestling.
So now CCW's booking committee comes up with a tournament and someone calls it a cheap attempt to put butts in the seat. Really!... I thought the idea was to play to an empty house so that you can't pay your wrestlers. Holy Crap!!! What a neat idea to have fans come and watch the show.!!! Also the whole idea of a tournament is to showcase the best talent available! Those of you who are yelling for Bishop, Domino, Baker. and others go back and reread the preceding statement.
The booking committee has also put more emphasis on the smaller guys with their own belt and story lines. Some of these guys were already show stoppers, Chuck Taylor and Ricochet. Others are beginning to show potential: Death-Psi and Mystic Juvenile, although they have horrible wrestling gimmicks, both have heart and skill to spare. Newcomers Poor Boy and Tommy Danger show potential but are young and green. Perhaps the lightweight that has most benefited is the repackaged Junk, Kashmir Hunk. The new look has helped him grow into his potential and has allowed him to have good matches with both Taylor and Ricochet, who less than a year ago he didn't belong in the same ring with. Maybe Mystic and Death-Psi would also benefit from new looks and styles. The other young guys Smoke-A and Diddley Dudley also have potential but nothing that makes them stand out. Smoke-A always seems too busy trying to put comedy spots in his matches and too little time trying to perfect his technical work. Diddley Dudley is just sporadic about being there at all, and would probably benefit from some consistent time in the ring. That leaves Big Sweaty Mike. He does thing that a lot of three hundred pounders would never dream of, I'll give him that. He has a deadly combination of speed and Power as others have mentioned, but like Smoke-A needs to work on the technical aspects of wrestling. He may suffer a little bit because he is the biggest of the new guys and gets stuck with the little guys all the time. All of these guys need to spend as much time as possible practicing and training in the ring.
The main thing I have been trying to get across is that CCW is improving, but most importantly they are trying to put out a better product each week. Everything they try may not work but as long as they keep putting forth the effort they will continue to receive my money and support.
One last note to Brian Acker. I understand your commitment to your brother's dream and understand you are understandably defensive about it. We all feel the loss, but not as great as you and Eric's family. However do you really think it helps that anytime someone disagrees with you, you threaten to whip their ass, or call them a Pole-smoker or d*cksucker. Respect is something that has to be earned it's not something you can order people to give you. Your brother earned his by treating his workers with respect and always pointing out that the most important people in his company were the fans. Maybe you should try a little bit of that when dealing with the CCW Fans and workers.
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Post by bigsweatymike on Mar 8, 2006 15:26:05 GMT -5
People like you are what makes wrestling enjoyable. All these other idiots kill my enthusiasm. All they do is bash everyone behind empty profiles, and pregnant dog and complain. You tell it like it is, but you don't just bash CCW. You suggest ideas to improve, and you point out the obvious (like how us new guys don't have experience, but still bust our ass to entertain you) You must be the only CCW fan with any intelligence. You can see that I bust I disagree, and do crazy stuff for you. It doesn't do me any good to flip I disagree over the top rope, I could just as affectively kick a guy in the face a few times with the same effect. Thank you for being appreciative and helpful. And to all the other idiots who just bash and don't appreciate hard work, I hate you.
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Post by OBoy Canadian Dream on Mar 9, 2006 0:14:01 GMT -5
Great Post man. I agree with pretty much everything you have said. I completly agree with this. When I saw that post that said the tournament was a "cheap attempt at putting asses in the seats" or whatever, I laughed. That was a dumb statement. All they do is bash everyone behind empty profiles, and b*tch and complain. You tell it like it is, but you don't just bash CCW. You suggest ideas to improve, and you point out the obvious. You must be the only CCW fan with any intelligence. I hope you weren't including us in the "people without intelligence" there Mike (More than likely, you're talking more about the people on the Yahoo Board, right? The Yahoo group is terrible for the most part and I try to avoid it, usually only skimming it, because it isn't really worth paying attention to. Most of the posts there are unreadable. I enjoy the posts on here.) But anyway, we don't only bash CCW. When they do stuff we like, we give props (like when Cash Flo, Tony were brought in). I also think that the undercard lightweights are underrated. Although some of them are green, I enjoy watching them more than PHJ, Rex Sexton, Billy Black, or Bishop. Mike is good for a big man and does some impressive moves, and we try to point that out (like giving props for the fact that you took the Canadian Destroyer). Just from looking at the Cards and Results, I think that CCW has improved a lot lately. They already had the Lightweights, Chuck Taylor, Richochet, and Tracy Smothers. Now they have brought in Cash Flo, Tony, and Pondo. Plus some wrestlers I haven't heard of. Man, I wish we could attend shows more often. |
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Post by bigsweatymike on Mar 9, 2006 1:30:09 GMT -5
Of course the O-boys are in the good fan category. Like I said, you guys offer suggestions and don't just bash CCW, and you give props where it's due.
I love the guys we have now, but we're gonna need to pick up a few more guys like Chuck and Ricochet. They have been announced at an upcoming IWA show. This means that it's only a matter of time before they get to ROH, and eventually maybe even TNA. Within a few months here, they might be too busy to hang around CCW anymore. Either that or actually have some of our other guys wrestle (smoke-a hasn't wrestled in a month)
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Post by lamont28 on Mar 9, 2006 4:28:04 GMT -5
1.Come on now, this is slightly ridiculous. If you want the CCW to be professional in any way, having wrestlers and the GM talk on the FAN BOARD is a little bit over the top. BSM is a good wrestler, don't get me wrong. But the mic in THE SHOW should be used for this, not some fan-board.
2. Saying that the CCW is entirely broke is bogus. The fans are paying well to see it, but To call the CCW "professional" wrestling, and to call it a business usually involves...maybe.. BEING PROFESSIONAL or BEING A BUSINESS. There is no excuse for the undercard guys to not be paid a dime. They are putting themselves on the line, and seem to be like great kids. Doesn't matter what age you are, everyone deserves pay. It isn't volunteer work, it's "professional" wrestling. key word there is PROFESSION, ie. being paid.
If you want to fill seats, bring in some new wrestlers. Sorry, you AREN'T going to do that the way it is now. I'll tell you what, if I was going to take a chance on getting my neck broken, I would not be doing that for a "Thank you" if they're even getting that.
I know these guys love wrestling, and they don't do it for the money, but they deserve something. They train harder than the big guys like Lonestar, Baker, etc. who do probably get paid.
btw,also Walt does everything, for absolutely nothing.
Lastly, to every official person in the CCW on here. You guys need to get off the fans' backs. We're kind of what this whole thing is for, or so I thought. We should be telling you all to shut up if we want to, not the other way around. That might be why CCW is not going so well.
I've got an Idea, let's all do what we're supposed to do..Wrestlers, wrestle...GMs manage, and fans, talk all the crap you want. Heck, if the wrestlers on here are heels, you should be loving this, not talking back.
#1 Reason why people don't come on Wednesdays-
LACK OF PROFESSIONALISM.
Don't take all this personal you all, Think about it.
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Post by solomonking on Mar 10, 2006 16:14:36 GMT -5
Well,
The thread I started has taken a interesting turn. Some valid points have been brought up and I just wanted to let you know that we are addressing them. We do appreciate the input although sometimes it may not seem that way. Just wanted to let you know that we are indeed still trying to put out the best show we can. Thank all of you for the positive comments and also the constructive criticism. I've come to expect such from the OBoys, as Mike said earlier, but it is nice to see others taking this route.
I know for a fact that the younger guys are indeed spending more time training and trying to get better as wrestlinginsider asked. And I wanted to let the fans know that Bishop, Domino, and T-Bolt do indeed work elsewhere, but so do almost all the other guys including the young guys. My props to them for doing everything they can to get better each week.
Speaking of Props, thanks lamont28 for recognizing my efforts. However, I assure you I don't do it for nothing. I do it because I want to see the Coliseum filled once again on Wednesday nights. If what I do helps that happen, then great!
Wrestlinginsider, this is perhaps a different post than before, but rest assured if you feel the need to tell it like it is, go ahead! We can take it! We're CCW! We do what the big boys are afraid to do!
Walt,
CCW announcer
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Post by deathpsi on Mar 11, 2006 0:17:04 GMT -5
Right on Walt. I dont care about the pay at CCW i do it out of respect for Eric (Da Commish) Acker, but does not mean i dont get paid for what I love to do everywhere else I do. Most prolly dont care but hey its there for furture ref.
Skies turn black, Death rains
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Post by lilbrotha79 on Mar 11, 2006 8:50:24 GMT -5
Thats what i am talking about. "Da Commish" Wow thats the first time i have heard that in a while. Everyone has a right to their opinion EVERYONE this includes me. I usually don't even post unless some as$ whole starts talking trash. I take that personal i take this buisness seriously. I look forward to every wednesday its a fix for me its how I vent you people don't understand that because Eric was not your brother. I do good to wake up everyday I am only in this for my brother. Well at first now its a way for me to get closer to him. So why can't people do like the O-boys you don't have to get personal! Let me tell you people something my brother didn't take that so what makes you think i am. Put your self in my shoe's don't fit do they. Nope thats a lot of shoe to fill. So just think before you speak we get out here every week breaking bones,getting busted open, and risking our body's to here you cheer which you don't do to often. You know as fans you make the match what it is by cheering letting the Boys know you like it hell you love it. You can see a 100% difference in the boys when you get behind them thats when they are at there best. Now there is some food for thought!
"lil Brotha"
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Post by psychobilly on Mar 11, 2006 10:38:05 GMT -5
I think what most of the people with negative comments on here and the yahoo group forget is ccw is an indy fed givving younger talent a chance to make it big in the sport they love. The wrestlers go out there week after week trying to sharpen their skills. As far as long intermissions and not starting on time get over it WWE has it too the just show promo vids and replays to fill the gaps, its part of wrestling, getting everyone on the same page takes time and is important so noone gets seriously hurt. Give lilbrotha a break he isnt dealing with vince mcmahon type money so he cant bring in the hogans, stings, flairs, and triple h. He is doing the best he can to carry on his brothers dream, and i personally know what its like to wake up each day following the death of a close loved one trying to make them proud, its tough. Each week the shows are getting better. and get real, for 10 dollars he and the wrestlers are giving you 3-4 hours of good entertainment. so "lil brotha" i give you props
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