[The Canadian Content]

*Fade in to an undisclosed location...okay, clearly it's a somewhat disclosed location, because there's a rather large crowd here. Also a wrestling ring. And there are obviously food and beer vendors around somewhere because these people are eating and drinking. There are also ushers and security personnel. Am I the only one this location wasn't disclosed to?

*Anyway, here we all are. I assume something's going to be happening soon...and yes. Here we go. The house lights have dimmed, the crowd has gone quiet in anticipation, and a video fires up on the Titantron...wait, really? That's trademarked? Okay, um, a video fires up on the big screen...



*The crowd explodes as Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat walks down the ramp and enters the ring. They go relatively quiet as he grabs a mic...

RS: Prestige Worldwide Wrestling. Man, it feels good to be part of this organization. I've been watching the draft closely, and I'm really happy with the roster so far. Some guys I've got a lot of history with, and some I've never stepped into the ring with. I look forward to competing with and against anyone and everyone here.

*As Steamboat takes a break to catch his breath and soak in the atmosphere, another video comes on the Titan...er big screen...



*Eric Bischoff heads to the ring to a mixed reaction that's definitely more boos than cheers...

EB: Ricky Steamboat. You come out here to MY ring and run your mouth. You think you get to call the shots around here? You think you're the only star we have in PWW?

RS: No, Eric. I just came out here to welcome the fans to PWW and express my eagerness to compete against the best the wrestling world has to offer.

EB: Don't talk back to me, Steamboat. I'll make sure you're jerking curtains for the rest of your life. If you--



*Bischoff is interrupted by The Rock's entrance music, and the Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment makes his way to the ring. He immediately gets in Bischoff's face...

TR: Eric Bischoff, you come out here to The Rock's ring and run your mouth? You think you can talk to a legend like Ricky Steamboat like that? You think The Rock's going to let you make idle threats against one of the best to ever set foot in a wrestling ring?

EB: Look, Rock, I--

TR: IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK!

*The crowd goes nuts as The Rock starts to pace the ring. Bischoff looks half enraged and half terrified. Steamboat is clearly uncomfortable.

RS: Rocky, let's not get too heated here. We can handle this like gentlemen.

EB: I have to agree with Ricky--

TR: Know your role and shut your mouth, Bischoff. The Rock says this: Ricky Steamboat, The Rock came out here tonight to get your back. the Rock came out here tonight to get in this jabroni's face. The Rock came out here tonight to tell the millions...

Crowd: AND MILLIONS!

TR:...AND MILLIONS of The Rock's fans that management isn't going to bully the talent in The Rock's PWW. The inmates are running the asylum, Dragon. The Rock's calling on each and every damn wrestler in the back to get behind The Rock and--



*Teddy Long comes out from the back to the utter confusion of everyone.

TL: Holla holla holla! Rock. Steamboat. Eric. We clearly have a problem here. Now, I've been doing this for a long time now, and there's one surefire way to solve any problem that an opening promo can present: a TAG TEAM MATCH.

Everyone: ...

TL: Can ya feel me playa?

Everyone: ...

RS: Uh, Teddy? There's only two wrestlers out here, and as much as I think The Rock vs. Ricky Steamboat would tear the house down [*the crowd explodes momentarily*] there's no animosity here.

EB: Not to mention you can't just go making matches without consulting me. We're co-GMs. You need to consult me.

TL: Wait, did I say tag match? I meant BRAND SPLIT!

EB: Now that I can feel. I want Steamboat.

TL: Fine. I want The Rock. We can work the rest out later, playa.

*The shocked crowd gets behind this idea when The Rock and Steamboat shake hands in the middle of the ring and wish each other luck in their respective brands as we...

*FADE*

[DevSop]

I miss Voice Over Guy.

[The Canadian Content]

*Fade in to a dark, smoke-filled room. A single 40-watt light bulb hangs on a wire from the ceiling, giving the room its only light. There's an old, dirty table below the light bulb with papers scattered all over it. Two men sit at the table. Their haggard appearances indicate that they've been here for some time...

Teddy Long: Playa, can we please turn on the rest of the lights?

Eric Bischoff: No, Teddy. We need the crappy lighting for TV. We're in the entertainment business. It sets the mood. Stop asking.

TL: Fine, but I'm announcing my roster, playa.

EB: Why would you do that? The rosters aren't done yet.

TL: PWI hasn't had a promo in a week. Like you just said, playa, we're in the entertainment business. Can ya feel me?

EB: Fine. Let's announce our partial rosters then.

TL: Holla holla holla, PWI fans! General Manager Teddy Long is proud to present to you the men I've chosen to represent my brand, Tuesday Night Throwdown!




EB: And here's my INCOMPLETE roster for Saturday Slam:





TL: Let's get back to drafting, playa. I've got a Pay-Per-View to book.

EB: You and me both.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Let's do this.

[Mr. Dashbee]

Does Bischoff's show have a name? If not, I propose Monday Night Row.

[The Canadian Content]

Bischoff's show is Saturday Slam.

[Eric O'Mac]

HA! TAG TEAM MATCH! That's brilliant.

It's very interesting that you've done a brand split. Are your shows going to be brand vs. brand, or are you holding off on that initially?

Great job. Can't wait to read more.

[The Canadian Content]

Thanks, E.

I'm doing at least one brand-specific PPV for each brand. I'll see where the story takes me after that.

[Mr. Dashbee]

The brand specific PPV is a very interesting idea, it limits you to half of your roster, but gives you the chance to really build the match-ups.

[Batman]

Tuesday Night Throwdown looks great! But Saturday Slam? I still have my doubts at this point....

[The Canadian Content]

*Fade in to the smoke-filled GM's draft room, where we find Teddy Long of PWW's Thursday Night Throwdown! and Eric Bischoff of PWW's Saturday Slam DISCUSSING~! their options for the Super P Tag Team Cup...

Teddy Long: I'm entering The New Arabian Knights: Hassan and Daivari.

Eric Bischoff: Wow, Teddy. You really don't get this whole TV thing, do you? You could at least give the illusion that you're mulling things over for the sake of the crowd.

TL: Now listen here, playa. If there's one thing I know, it's tag team wrestling. I make up tag team matches out of thin air at least once a week. Also, they terrify me.

EB: Okay, I'll give you they're nuts.

TL: Holla holla holla.

EB: Not what I meant. Anyway, you definitely don't make up tag matches out of thin air. Two faces and two heels somehow wind up in the ring together every week, and you pair them off and make a match. It ain't rocket science.

TL: Now now, playa. No need to start making nasty accusations. Who are you entering in the Super P Tag Team Cup?

EB: Well, I've given this a lot of thought. I could easily go with The Faculty: The Genius Lanny Poffo and Professor Toru Tanaka. Or, I could take any two of their acolytes from Varsity: Jack Swagger, Christopher Nowinski, Russ Haas, and Alex Riley. But speaking of Acolytes, I think I'm going to go with The Outlaws: John Bradshaw Layfield and Ron Bass.

TL: Big, strong, tough. Good choice.

EB: Gee, thanks Teddy.

TL: Also, they terrify you.

EB: Yeah, that too.

*FADE*

[Mr. Dashbee]

I actually enjoy that the bulk fo your storytelling is coming from Bischoff and Long. It's an interesting perspective and I like it.

[The Canadian Content]

Jul 1, 2013 14:34:36 GMT -5 Batman said:

Tuesday Night Throwdown looks great! But Saturday Slam? I still have my doubts at this point....

Saturday Slam might look like the weaker roster, but it's got Bischoff at the helm. He likes innovative booking. Hopefully I can pull that off.

[Mr. Dashbee]

Jul 1, 2013 20:36:52 GMT -5 The Canadian Content said:

Jul 1, 2013 14:34:36 GMT -5 Batman said:

Tuesday Night Throwdown looks great! But Saturday Slam? I still have my doubts at this point....

Saturday Slam might look like the weaker roster, but it's got Bischoff at the helm. He likes innovative booking. Hopefully I can pull that off.

Team Challenge Series 2k13!

[The Canadian Content]

*Fade in to the smoke-filled GM's draft room, where we find Teddy Long of PWW's Thursday Night Throwdown! and Eric Bischoff of PWW's Saturday Slam ANNOUNCING~! a trade...

Eric Bischoff: Okay, PWW fans, I'm giving Teddy Ivan Putski, and he's giving me Maven.

Teddy Long: Holla holla holla!

EB: Is that a "confirm," Teddy?

TL: Ya heard me, playa.

EB: Teddy, you have to say "confirmed" for the trade to go through.

TL: Holla, playa.

EB: I don't like you.

TL: Confirmed.

*FADE*

[The Canadian Content]

*Fade in to an undisclosed location. You know the one. It's in that first post at the top of the page. Ring, crowd, the whole works. Anyway, fade in to there, where we find Tatanka MAKING HIS WAY~! to the ring...



Tatanka: Muhammad Hassan. Shawn Daivari. You've run roughshod over the Thursday Night Throwdown! roster over the last few weeks. Even the Native American Tatanka has been blindsided and beaten down. But now, the Native American Tatanka is calling you out, so get down here.



Muhammad Hassan: Tatanka, why would you call us out here? You know you can't handle us. You know you can't defeat us. You know all that awaits you is pain.

Tatanka: I called you out here to issue a challenge. At the Heat Wave pay-per-view, Muhammad Hassan and Daivari versus the Native American Tatanka and my tag team partner...Chief Jay Strongbow!



Teddy Long: Holla holla holla, playas! Looks to me like we've got a problem here. So, at Heat Wave, live on pay-per-view, it's going to be...Muhammad Hassan...and Daivari...

TL: Versus...

TL: Tananka...AND...

TL: ...

TL: Chief Jay Strongbow!

*The three wrestlers in the ring just stare at Teddy in disbelief as we FADE*

[The Canadian Content]

*Fade in to that undisclosed location we've all grown to love, where we find PWW General Manager Teddy Long HEADING~! to the ring...



TL: Holla holla holla, playas! I came out here to announce a very special out-of-company trade!

Crowd: "Cheers*

TL: I took Maven -- who I got from Eric Bischoff earlier -- and traded him to USA Wrestling for Scotty 2 Hotty!

Crowd: "Cheers*

TL: Scotty's going to be a great addi--



*Eric Bischoff's music cuts Teddy off. It's pretty clear he's not very happy as he enters the ring.

EB: You have GOT to be kidding me.

TL: I don't know what you're talking about, Eric. Why are you even out here?

EB: You traded Maven -- who I drafted. Who I wanted -- to USA Wrestling?

TL: I did, playa. If you wanted him, you shouldn't have traded him to me. My talent, my call.

EB: That's not even the part that really pisses me off. What really pisses me off is that I was making a play for Scotty 2 Hotty myself. USA Wrestling assured me they'd have no problem dealing Scotty to PWW for the right return. Now I see what he meant. And I already made my first move.

TL: And what move was that, playa?

EB: I traded Fit Finlay to USA Wrestling for Grandmaster Sexay.

TL: I'll take him off your hands if you don't want him. I've got an idea for a tag team match.

EB: Of course you do. Let's head back to the smoke-filled GM's room. Maybe we can hammer out a deal before PWW's first event.

TL: Sounds good to me, playa. By the way, any idea why that room's smoke-filled? We don't smoke in there.

EB: It's piped in for effects. TV, Teddy. TV.

*FADE*

[Amazing Jos]

smoked filled GM's room?!

lololol

[The Canadian Content]

*Fade in to the middle of the ring in the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario, where we find PWW General Manager Teddy Long WAITING~! for me to finish my intro so he can address the crowd...

Teddy Long: Thank you, Voiceover Guy.

*The crowd is somewhat confused by Long's comment, as they can't actually hear me. I'm more a visual narrator than an audio one...

TL: Really?

*Really...

TL: Well alright then. Holla holla holla, London, Ontario!

*The crowd gets right back into it thanks to Long's cheap pop maneuver. Nice work, Teddy...

TL: Thanks! Uh...for being here, Thursday Night Throwdown! fans! I came out here today to make a couple of very special announcements. PWW General Manager Eric Bischoff and I have made a deal in principle that will see Too Cool -- Scotty 2 Hotty and Grandmaster Sexay -- reunited on Thursday Night Throwdown!

*The crowd is understandably pleased by this news, and they show that appreciation via cheering...

TL: But FIRST...allow me to introduce you to the six newest members of the Thursday Night Throwdown! roster:

*As Long announces the wrestlers' names, they make their way to the ring...

TL: Louie Spicolli! Baron Von Raschke! Rikidozan!

*These three get heavily booed by the crowd, for clearly, these men are the height of heeldom...

TL: Henry O. Godwinn! Phineas I. Godwinn! Hillbilly Jim!

*And these three get the opposite reaction to the utter surprise of no one. The heels and faces go nose to nose in the ring. And then, just because he's a dick, Eric Bischoff interrupts the proceedings...



Eric Bischoff: Whoa, whoa, whoa. What the hell, Teddy? You can't add guys. The draft's over.

TL: I can add guys, playa. It's in the rules.

EB: What rules?

TL: Read Page 1.

*Bischoff takes out his iPad and loads up the PWA Drafts app...

EB: Sonofabitch. There's an add/drop period? Well I want to add some guys too then.

TL: Sorry, playa. Each fed can only add six guys, and you're looking at PWW's.

EB: This is crap, Teddy. I didn't know about the rule! Why should you get all six guys?

TL: I got here first, playa.

EB: You know what? Fine. Have your six guys. But you're not getting Grandmaster Sexay.

TL: But we agreed to that deal!

EB: And I'm un-agreeing to it. And you know what else? It looks to me like you've got six guys in the ring who might have a problem with each other. So, at PWW Thursday Night Throwdown! Presents: Heat Wave LIVE~! from the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario, it's going to be: The Godwinns and Hillbilly Jim...

...

...

...

EB: Versus...

...

...

...

EB: Baron Von Raschke, Rikidozan, and...

...

...

...

EB: Louie Spicolli!

*The crowd erupts in approval...

TL: Of course that's what it's going to be! What else would it be? Why did you act like there was any suspense involved here?

EB: Check some tape on your promo segments and get back to me, Teddy.

*This elicits a rousing bout of laughter from the crowd as we *FADE*

[Road Warrior Shark]

Jul 11, 2013 13:15:34 GMT -5 The Canadian Content said:

*
PWA Drafts app...

great promo, but this made me laugh out loud.. and wonder, hmm......

[The Canadian Content]

Final Prestige Worldwide Wrestling Rosters

PWW's Thursday Night Throwdown!

General Manager: Teddy Long

PWW Worldwide Champion: The Rock

PWW International Champion: Greg "the Hammer" Valentine

Wade Barrett

The Twin Towers: The Big Bossman & Akeem

Harley Race

The New Arabian Knights: Muhammad Hassan & Shawn Daivari (with Skandor Akbar)

Rikishi

The Barbarian

Tatanka

Chief Jay Strongbow

The Wild Samoans: Afa & Sika

Ivan Putski

Scotty 2 Hotty

The Hillbillies: Hillbilly Jim, Henry O. Godwinn, & Phineas I. Godwinn

Axis: Rikidozan, Baron Von Raschke, & Louie Spicolli

Announcers: Billy Red Lyons & Bob Caudle

--------------------------------------------------------------------

PWW's Saturday Slam

General Manager: Eric Bischoff

PWW Heavyweight Champion: Yokozuna

PWW Intercontinental Champion: Jimmy Wang Yang

PWW World Tag Team Champions: The Young Guns: Ted DiBiase Jr. & Lance Cade

Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat

Varsity: Jack Swagger, Christopher Nowinski, Russ Haas, & Alex Riley

The Faculty: "The Genius" Lanny Poffo & Professor Toru Tanaka

The Outlaws: JBL & Ron Bass

Crime Tyme: JTG & Shad Gaspard

Grandmaster Sexay

Announcers: Hugo Savinovich & Carlos Cabrera

[The Canadian Content]

Prestige Worldwide Wrestling and Thursday Night Throwdown! proudly present:

HEAT WAVE

PWW Worldwide Title
vs.
The Rock © vs. Wade Barrett


PWW International Title
vs.
Rikishi vs. Greg Valentine ©


vs.
The Wild Samoans: Afa & Sika vs. The Twin Towers: The Big Bossman & Akeem


vs.
Ivan Putski vs. Harley Race


vs.
Tatanka & Chief Jay Strongbow vs. The New Arabian Knights: Muhammad Hassan & Daivari (with Skandor Akbar)


vs.
Scotty 2 Hotty vs. The Barbarian


vs.
The Hillbillies: The Godwinns & Hillbilly Jim vs. Axis: Baron von Raschke, Rikidozan, & Louie Spicolli



Announcers: Billy Red Lyons & Bob Caudle



General Manager: Teddy Long

[Batman]

As Super-cards go-- that's really not very super....

Why not do a simulcast? Both promotions in different arenas and taking turns getting their matches on PPV....?

[The Canadian Content]

Jul 12, 2013 9:31:52 GMT -5 Batman said:

As Super-cards go-- that's really not very super....

Why not do a simulcast? Both promotions in different arenas and taking turns getting their matches on PPV....?

Because that would be running two cards simultaneously.

I wanted the challenge of drafting two separate entities to see if I could still book interesting shows without top-heavy rosters. I think I've got some good matches here without leaning on gimmicks, I've left myself an entirely separate roster to play with for my next show, and I've got the inevitable invasion/crossover show to book in the future.

I don't have a lot of time for writing promos, so my cards are going to have to do a lot of the storytelling for me. The story will develop round by round, rather than me saying "here's everything you need to know about the fictional history of my entire roster" then pumping out cards.

[The Canadian Content]

Prestige Worldwide Wrestling and Thursday Night Throwdown! proudly present:

HEAT WAVE RESULTS

PWW Worldwide Title
vs.
The Rock © def. Wade Barrett via pinfall after Rock Bottom


PWW International Title
vs.
Greg "the Hammer" Valentine © def. Rikishi via pinfall after knocking him out with an actual hammer


vs.
The Wild Samoans: Afa & Sika def. The Twin Towers: The Big Bossman & Akeem via pinfall after a Sika Samoan Spike on the Big Bossman


vs.
The Barbarian def. Scotty 2 Hotty via pinfall after a top-rope diving headbutt


vs.
Ivan Putski def. Harley Race via submission with a Boston Crab


vs.
The New Arabian Knights: Muhammad Hassan & Daivari (with Skandor Akbar) def. Tatanka & Chief Jay Strongbow via pinfall after Hassan hit a Reverse STO on Strongbow


vs.
The Hillbillies: The Godwinns & Hillbilly Jim def. Axis: Baron von Raschke, Rikidozan, & Louie Spicolli via DQ when all three members of Axis ganged up on Hillbilly Jim after taking out the Godwinns