I’ve carried out this twice to date. Written this weblog…made it nearly to the top then I do one thing that causes me to lose the entire thing. That is the third time.
With that stated, this might be just like the Tenacious D track “Tribute”…it is not the best weblog ever, however it’s a tribute.
Forgive me prematurely if this feels redundant. It actually does writing it.
We’ll name this a retrospective for lack of a greater time period – though this was solely in 2022.
Let’s start…for years it has been mentioned having a W4H Champion. I am all for championship titles, however it will get a bit of too wild when it will get previous round willy nilly or when you have got too many championship titles.
After a great deal of dialogue, a pair buddies satisfied me to only do it. Initially I needed all of the legends of the underground scene – Jonny Firestorm, Tristan Baldwin, Scrappy, Braden Charron, and so on. Scheduling all these guys for a similar day has confirmed tough. I’ve had shoots with 3/4s of these guys however by no means have I ever been capable of get them all of sudden.
If I could not get all the celebrities I needed then I might must go a distinct route. For our first picks, I went with some guys I appreciated and thought had been both nice or on the verge of being nice.
I needed to shoot the match in one-day. A real check of the champion and I believe you recognize if somebody has what it takes if they will do all of it in at some point. Alas, we weren’t capable of get 8 guys who I believed had been certified. We had been capable of get 6 certified candidates for the primary night time of filming. That meant 3 of our first spherical matches.
Now I wanted a customized championship belt. Certain utilizing a reproduction or toy belt is enjoyable, however it does not really feel like a real customized championship belt…and luck would have it that I knew somebody who was making fairly priced customized gold. I am a fan of the white leather-based belts just like the WWF Intercontinental one within the late 80s early 90s, so I needed one thing comparable. After some backwards and forwards on the thought, we agreed on a glance. All I needed to do now was wait.
I met up with him at a professional wrestling occasion and he had the stuff. After getting back from his automotive, he pulled out of his bag the model new, one-of-a-kind W4H Championship. I used to be stoked! It is official, I am the “mastermind” of my very own wrestling group – full with an actual championship belt.
We set a date to make use of my associates ring in his storage. He was gonna be out-of-town however did not thoughts us utilizing the ring so long as we weren’t too rambunctious.
The primary spherical needed to be distinctive from what we have carried out earlier than, so I picked Brit Professional Rounds as the foundations of the primary bouts. For the reason that first-time I took half in a Brit Professional match, I felt at house with the fashion. A lot enjoyable concepts you are able to do with it plus it is an endurance sport.
Everybody needed to have a particular look or one thing distinctive. Being a fan of 80’s and early 90’s professional wrestling, I had some concepts in thoughts for the blokes. I additionally had the good thing about a buddy with an unlimited assortment of WCW & WWF Superstars precise wrestling gear that that they had parted with together with Buff Bagwell.
First up, Javier The Hunk – a sizzling up-and-comer on the professional and underground scene. He is younger and has an ideal novice wrestling pedigree. On high of that, he is gaining some success within the professional wrestling scene with the massive guys. He wasn’t a high canine but, however I knew he had the potential to be.
Now what was he gonna put on? He reached into his bag of wrestling gear and pulled out a couple of gadgets. I am not an enormous fan of singlets however one thing about his pink novice singlet from his highschool days felt proper…so long as he made positive to tug the straps down to indicate these pecs and abs. He agreed and we had our first star of the match.
Each rookie must face a veteran opponent, so I pulled my very own title out of the hat. I knew after I scheduled Javier that I needed to check him within the ring. I’ve seen him in motion and I’ve heard good issues, however nothing like getting up-close to seek out out if he is nearly as good as marketed.
I am very fundamental in my favourite outfits – clear white boots, basic 3-striped socks pulled up and a metallic/latex speedo. My buddy threw me his lengthy ring jacket to high off the look, however I later ditched that.
Subsequent up, was Joey Nux – he is a heavyweight badass. Positively has the potential to be the highest man at W4H. The title laid round his approach or over his shoulder. He is been on fireplace since debuting at W4H, so let’s have a look at if he is bought what it takes to win the gold.
My buddy with the WCW ring gear assortment pulled out one among his favourite appears to be like – a half pair of trunks mixed with an extended pair of tights in shiny pink zebra print. I had my doubts, however he saved reminding me that we had been attempting to do one thing completely different (and hopefully higher) than the usual W4H wrestling match. Joey eased my considerations with the right black leather-based vest. A bandanna to match topped the look off.
Seeing Joey in that outfit, Gabe Steele began licking his lips. Gabe is a fan of basic professional appears to be like and knew he needed to get his palms on the muscled bodybuilder. Gabe nearly at all times has the most effective gear within the room and this was no exception. He pulled out a couple of outfits earlier than hand-picking one. Gabe has a singular look and a few latin flare, so he match completely into the match and it is arduous to argue that he hadn’t been worthy of a spot. He simply has had probably the most matches, realized probably the most strikes and improved probably the most within the shortest time I believe I’ve ever witnessed.
Final of our first night time first spherical motion pitted boy subsequent door, clean-cut and healthful Max Ryder towards Drew Harper. I knew precisely what I needed for Max…like I stated, I am a fan of that 80s and 90s professional wrestling and he was the right patriotic babyface. It is one among my favourite outfits to put on on the professional scene and in underground matches so I knew proper the place to get it.
I am not saying I used to be cheering towards Max Ryder however I believe it is apparent that Max has the potential to be one of many huge stars of W4H, nonetheless, I do not assume he has the killer intuition. It is greater than strikes and expertise – it is perspective.
Drew Harper has that look, he is grown as a wrestler and he’d make champion. Not too huge, not too inexperienced. He may’ve upset his approach into being W4H Champion – I strongly imagine that. We wanted one thing that match the texture of the match and it did not take Drew lengthy to tug the Tarzan impressed trunks out. He appeared like a man on TV wrestling. Now, may he pull it off.
On the finish of the night time, Gabe Steele and I had been sitting round with our different buddy chatting when it was determined we would have the primary match of spherical 2 proper now. All of us agreed it needed to be one thing completely different than the primary spherical and the reply was NO DQ, WEAPONS ALLOWED. I had a desk that we may break so Gabe and I wiped the sweat off, freshened up and performed round within the ring – inside and outdoors.
It was enjoyable…till my buddy returned house proper as we concluded our match.
The place was a large number. Weapons and speedos in every single place. Plus I believe we had been utilizing a fog machine for one thing. He had forgotten we had been utilizing his place…or I did not make clear totally and he was VERY SURPRISED. After he calmed down a bit, he needed to know the way the matches had been and if he may see them.
That first night time was superb and we labored out some concepts to get the match going. We simply wanted 2 extra guys to fill out the bracket. I used to be holding out hope for Scrappy or Tristan or Jonny or somebody of that caliber. Hell, possibly Lon DuMont would come out of retirement. After considering on it, I knew I had 2 guys who had been succesful.
Daddy Texas was recent on the scene. He is tall and watching him in motion I noticed glimpses of greatness. He is moist behind the ears, however, hell, he is from Texas – that is virtually the land of Champions. We needed to current him just like Max Ryder however completely different. We could not discover the cowboy outfit so we went with that basic clean-cut school wrestler look.
He was out-matched from the star. With just one spot left within the match, I knew I needed to get probably the most expert and knowledgable wrestler I knew- Chase Sinn. For the reason that first time I met him I have been amazed by how a lot he is aware of in regards to the guidelines and methods of wrestling – not simply professional. I as soon as noticed him re-position himself on a pin-fall as a result of his ft had been beneath the ropes and that was towards the foundations. Most referees do not even know that rule and Chase Sinn did not wanna go away any probability for dropping the match.
We filmed the second half of the match after the completion of the primary spherical. Chase Sinn ended up competing 3 instances that day – a real check of a champion. And truthfully, I believe he ought to’ve gained. The dude can wrestle anyone – irrespective of the scale or ability stage. He is that rattling good.
I used to coach with Chase Sinn and we have wrestled a couple of instances – each time I be taught one thing new and I’ve enjoyable attending to problem my expertise. You may say I used to be wanting ahead to the massive Championship match between the 2 of us. We have good chemistry and do not thoughts going “off-script” in our bouts.
The completion of the match left me a bit of unhappy. Sure, I gained the match. Sure, I in all probability ought to’ve been the primary actual champion in W4H (hey, I am the boss and I am nearly retirement age) – however I needed my associates to be in it.
Do not take that fallacious. The match was superb. However what do you assume we make this just like the Olympics. Possibly each 4 years we put one on. Possibly each 2? What do you assume?
Possibly a committee to see whom will get voted in to compete for the W4H Championship. Who would you have got put within the 8 man match?
