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FALL BRAWL FANTASY BOOKING
Hi. My name is Czar (well it's not my real name) and I figured I'd try to add my voice to (slash) wrestling. I've never, ever written for any wrestling site besides (blatant plug) Wrestling Uncensored (www.xwrestling.com/uncensored) so I'll be interested to see if I get a different reaction from a different audience. Fantasy booking is a dime a dozen on the Net, so if you go into this reading somewhat skeptical, I don't blame you. Heck, mine might be as bad as everyone else's seems to be. With that ringing endorsement, let's get to the show. The Cat vs Bret Hart- less than 4 minutes Ok, I know what you're thinking (ok, I really don't KNOW what you are thinking, but I can guess)...Bret Hart in the opening match, against The Cat!... yeah whatever. But hear me out here. The Cat does his usual mic spiel to begin the show, drawing his usual amount of heat for it and causing people everywhere watching in TV land to wish they were watching Nitro so they could change the channel. But then our hero, in a surprise appearance, comes out and says he is sick of the Cat's whining and challenges him to a match. Hart squashes the Cat, overcoming the requisite Onoo interference and winning with the Sharpshooter, cleanly. I bet the pop would be huge and it would be a nice way to bring Bret back again. Plus, the Cat wouldn't lose too much...ahem...credibility, because Hart is an established World Champion and should be kicking the Cat's ass anyway. Six Man Four Corners Elimination #1 Cruiserweight Contender Match (say that 3 times fast): Blitzkrieg vs Lash Leroux vs Pyschosis vs Kaz Hayashi vs Juvi vs Chavo Guerrero, Jr.- 30 minutes I'd put in this match because A) It would probably be pretty damn good and B) to establish Blitz, Kaz and Lash as legitimate CW title contenders in the minds of most fans. Since CW champ Lenny is in the tag match, he can't defend the title, so we get this instead. Plus, it would eat up a good 30 minutes and this card would be short on matches by necessity (since much of the talent and time will be tied up in the War Games match). I'd probably put over Blitzkrieg or Kaz, since both are pretty talented and I could see a match between either man and Lenny (probably on the next Nitro) being pretty good. Actually, putting over anyone but Juvi here is fine, because Juvi's too established of a name for this to serve as a springboard for him. I know Psychosis is an ex-CW champ, too, but putting him over might make sense, because most of the matchups between him and other CW's would still be fresh. Rick Steiner vs Disco Inferno for the TV title- 6 minutes Okay... you know how Disco has basically been at exactly the same spot for basically three years, with most of his matches having the same storyline (he's a good wrestler but he dances too much and it causes him to lose). I mean, he's been involved in different general storylines (Dancing Fools, trying to be a Cruiserweight, Joining the Wolfpack, etc) but his in-match storyline is almost always exactly the same. Well, this is the match where he grows from a midcard joke to a respected wrestler, by winning the TV title (for the third time), cleanly, from Rick "I Have No Heat" Steiner, by finally realizing that dancing during the match is a bad idea. Don't bury the gimmick or anything, but allow him to finally progress as a character after three years of remaining static. Buff Bagwell vs DDP - 8-10 minutes DDP continues his trend of putting over the young guys by giving Bagwell a victory. Actually, in this case, I could care less, because Buff sucks now. Page can win it and save his newfound generosity for someone who deserves it. But maybe Page could pull out his miraculous ability to occasionally carry someone unexpected to an awesome match (see Goldberg at Halloween Havoc and Sting on Nitro last April) and do something worthwhile with Bagwell. Plus, this card needs some filler anyway. Harlem Heat vs Lenny/Lodi for the Tag Titles - 10-12 minutes All the other factions will be pretty busy with the War Games, so Lenny/Lodi get the tag title shot, through an improbable winning streak, maybe even a non-title victory over the Heat. Of course, as it should be, the Gaylords get their ass kicked here, but not without giving a pretty good effort (of course, we can't do that, because it would give them some *GASP* credibility). Heck a fun angle might be to let Lenny/Lodi stumble onto the tag belts on Nitro and then have HH regain them here (pumping up that title reign count as well). Hey, when the ratings are bad, go back to the basics. War Games - 25-30 minutes No one says that War Games HAS to be the main event. Here's how it could work. Use the six groups right now in WCW: 1) The Dead Pool, 2) The Filthy Animals, 3) The West Texas Rednecks, 4) The Revolution, 5) The European Tour and 6) The First Family. Pitch them all as young groups hungry for title shots and that sort of thing. Then give each group one automatic bid into the War Games (in which there are 10 spots total). So each group automatically sends one guy into the match Then there are four at-large bids to be divided randomly between the six groups (so at least two groups are left out of having a second member in the match, which obviously would be a disadvantage). Whomever gains the submission or surrender gains a World Title shot for himself and a World Tag Title Shot for his team members (or some variation of that idea). So here's what I'd do. Announce the six automatic picks but keep the four at-large ones a secret. Start with Saturn and Vampiro for five minutes. Then every 2 minutes thereafter, add Hennig (3), Regal (4), Eddy (5) and Hugh Morrus (6). So we're at 15 minutes, and we don't know who else is coming to the match. Next ends up being David Taylor (7). After that it's Barry Windham (8), followed by Norman Smiley (9), who has joined the European Tour (hey, it's my fantasy booking, dammit). Then the final wrestler ends up being Raven (10), who comes in to a huge pop (most likely, I'm guessing). So it ends up shaping up this way: 3 for the Euros, 2 for the Rednecks, 2 for the Dead Pool and 1 each for the other factions. We've also got 2 babyfaces (Eddy and Saturn), 3 tweeners (Vampiro, Raven and Norman, who will no doubt get face pops) and 5 heels (Regal, Taylor, Hennig, Morrus, and Windham). The rest of the wrestlers involved (Windham and Duncum, Chris Adams, Benoit, Malenko, Douglas, Rey, Kidman, Konnan, Knobbs, Flynn and the Barbarian) crowd around the cage (as to make this match seem important to them, since their collective future is on the line).
So booking shapes up like this: while Guerrero is being pounded on by the
3 Euros and Windham and Hennig are tied up with Vampiro, Saturn locks Hugh
in the Rings of Saturn. Hugh tries to fight off the submission, being a
tough guy and all, but Raven comes behind with a Boston crab type
submission (while Saturn has the Rings still on) and Hugh ends up
submitting. |
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