FAWA: Drakin versus Richlen Caught Fire! (p39-40)

[BoilerRoomBrawler]

I wouldn't say the pace is new so much as we had lots of delays and slacked off...

[BoilerRoomBrawler]

Hm... Had an idea about adjusting the points system. I'll throw it to you guys.

Basically, the more individual members involved in a match or promo, the more points I reward for writing it.

Let's say a member writes a squash match. That's one member, so they get one point.

But let's say two members agree to a match. Two members, two points. Triple threat? Three points. Battle Bowl, ten competitors? Ten points.

Now maybe it shouldn't be so linear. Maybe it should scale up. Maybe something like this would work:
1 member - 1pt
2 members - 2pts
3-4 members - 3pts
5-8 members - 4pts
9-16 members - 5pts

I think that looks better. It rewards collaboration, but not too much. I'd extend this to be for match and promo writing. Get more people together, get more points - it's rewarding collaboration.

Now that said, I book weekly matches generally centered around the titles. They take some priority. Let's keep them incentivized by adding, oh, +1pt if title related (Qualifier, #1 Contender Match, etc) and +2pts if an actual title match. I'll keep it equal across the titles in this case. I'll also extend this to promos. If a character who is in the running for a title or in a title scene cuts a promo related to it on a show, they get +1pt if it's related to a #1 Contender match or the like; +2pts if related to a title match.

I feel like I have more to say, but I'll give you guys the floor.

[Gus Richlen: Ruffian]

Remember when some of us did in-character Twitter accounts?

Well, Shaelin's is back to being put to good use now that I've joined a couple more feds. It's also caused my main account to become part-RP as well.

[SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman]

Nov 16, 2013 15:07:47 GMT -5 BoilerRoomBrawler said:

I'll give you guys the floor.

*Drops down, clawing at the floor*

It's mine! You can't have it!!

[BoilerRoomBrawler]

So... Can I get a writer for the TV Title match? Please?

[Gus Richlen: Ruffian]

Gonna start my match tonight.

[bigrick0016]

sorry for my lack of participation, I've been quite ill. I will still help you as much as i can with our match gus

[BoilerRoomBrawler]

So, how is everything coming along?

[Gus Richlen: Ruffian]

Starting my match now but I don't know how helpful I'll be able to be with the women's match.

[SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman]

I have two vignettes I have ready to post but I have to wait for someone else to post a certain segment before I can do so.

[BoilerRoomBrawler]

Sounds good. However, please send them to me. I post things as a complete show (if with breaks here and there).

In other news, I'm nearly finished with Burouraa/McLaren and will move onto the TV Title match tonight after I finish that.

[Gus Richlen: Ruffian]

At latest my match will be in tonight. I would have had it done earlier but I kept falling asleep.

[SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman]

Nov 21, 2013 14:10:25 GMT -5 BoilerRoomBrawler said:

Sounds good. However, please send them to me. I post things as a complete show (if with breaks here and there).

In other news, I'm nearly finished with Burouraa/McLaren and will move onto the TV Title match tonight after I finish that.

Just sent it to ya.

[The Blue Nova]

Where can i sign up for the next show?

[Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED!]

you were a member here a while ago weren't you?

[BoilerRoomBrawler]

I do believe so and I'm still waiting on a few things so there is time to submit, say, a promo.

[Gus Richlen: Ruffian]

Match is FINALLY in. Shaelin vs. McGlade may have to wait 'til next time.

[BoilerRoomBrawler]

Received. I should manage to post the first half of the show tonight.

[BoilerRoomBrawler]

E-DAY

TH: Welcome everyone to another exciting week with the Freakin’ Awesome Wrestling Alliance. I’m Gorilla Tim Hoss and with me on commentary is Jesse King.
JK: Glad to be here as always.
TH: Last week the EWT Invaders, led by Spaz, announced their true intentions to the FAWA…

SPAZ: But all of that was a long time ago, some of us have moved into other companies, others have not been in a ring like this with the bright lights shining on us for over 5 years. It has been 5 years since the name EWT meant something. Well we are here to make it mean something again! We are EWT & we have risen out of that desert like a Phoenix & we are here to show everyone that we can stand toe to toe with anybody & not take a backward step.

*Spaz looks into the camera.*

SPAZ: Mr. Dupoe, you brought EWT here to cause chaos you brought us here so you could control us like puppets in some sort of Machiavellian scheme. We Mr. Dupoe we are going to disappoint you.

*The crowd cheers with this revelation*

SPAZ: We are not going to be lead around like little children! We are not in the business of destroying companies! We have come to FAWA to test ourselves against some of the best wrestlers in this business! All of you guys in the back have nothing to fear. We are not here to jump guys from behind in the locker room. We are not here to cause World Title matches to end in a no contest! Mr. Dupoe if you think that is what EWT is all about than you have no idea what EWT stands for! FAWA take notice, we are here to stand in the ring face to face with you and see if we can still go. We want to test our skills against the most exciting talents in this industry today. We are here for competition not for carnage, we are here bring EWT back with the help of FAWA, not at the expense of FAWA.

*The whole crowd starts chanting “E-DUB-T!”*

JK: It was a hell of a turn of events. I thought our company was screwed the night of Gookermania VI, but it looks like there’s something else happening entirely. The CEO Jeremy Dupoe and his servant and Majority Shareholder of the FAWA Disturbance, the Tag Team Champions, are slated to appear tonight to address this.
TH: And there will be much more tonight besides as Gus Richlen takes on Anthony Travizzo in a revenge match after being assaulted in the Television Title Match last week…

*Richlen attempts to a clothesline to cap his comeback, but it is ducked by Travizzo. Richlen is met with a knee to the gut when he turns around. Travizzo then squeezes the neck in a standing Guillotine Choke*

JK: That comeback ended quickly Timmy! HAHA!
TH: Travizzo calls this move, "The Gag Order".

*Richlen's body goes limp and he is dropped to the mat like a sack of potatoes. Travizzo surveys the damage he left and raises his arms defiantly. He grabs Isabella and his jacket before stalking off with a grin on his face*

TH: And the winner will face the Television Champion-
JK: And that’s up in the air as well as Michael Hayden will square off against newcomer Jan Hamala who is half again his size. Of course, The Comedian Bobby Riggs could interfere again…
TH: Should be a real slobber knocker either way, and so should David McLaren versus Boiraa Ruumu Burouraa in a match declared last week as Jade Bathgate was at ground zero.
JK: But we gotta get to commercials, Gorilla.
TH: Let’s. We’ll see you all on the other side!

[BoilerRoomBrawler]

E-DAY
GUS RICHLEN VERSUS ANTHONY TRAVIZZO

MM: Ladies and gentlemen, our opening contest is scheduled for one fall!

*"All The Heavy Lifting" hits first as Anthony Travizzo walks down the ramp, pausing midway to absorb the boos before finishing his walk.*

MM: Introducing first, from Murray Hill In Little Italy In Cleveland, Ohio, weighing in at 236 pounds, Anthony Travizzo!

TH: Anthony Travizzo has left an unmistakeble mark on FAWA in just a few weeks, having proven to be a major thorn in the side of Michael Hayden and nearly taking the Television Championship.

JK: And I don't understand why he's not getting another shot tonight! He doesn't need to earn his way in! He's already proven that he's better than a good chunk of the roster!

*Then the lights go dark as the ever-haunting intro of "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark" kicks in. The camera cuts to Gus "The Predator" Richlen walking through the back, surrounded by police and security. There are again some boos mixed with the cheers, but as Richlen enters through a crowd tunnel, he glares at one of them and does a mocking swagger before going over the barricade.*

MM: And his opponent, representing Predator Nation, from Peshtigo, Wisconsin, weighing in at 197 pounds, Gus "The Predator" Richlen!

TH: He may, however, have made one major mistake by antagonizing this man. If there is one thing we have known to be consistent about Gus Richlen, when he is pushed, he displays a mean streak that just keeps getting worse and worse. Add to that his determination to take the Television Championship away from Hayden and Richlen could be even more dangerous than he was before.

JK: Oh please! Richlen has proven he can never beat Hayden under any circumstances, and he's proven that he never belonged here in the first place! I hope Travizzo beats him so badly with that tire iron that he's forced to retire on the spot!

*John Creed calls for the bell and Travizzo goes right after Richlen with the tire iron, only to take a boot to the gut and it falls out of his hands. Richlen follows it up with forearms to the face before whipping him to the ropes, but Travizzo catches him on the rebound with a knee shot of his own before following it up with a vicious series of punches. Richlen gets whipped to the ropes and Travizzo starts to lift on the reboud for a powerslam, but Richlen sandbags him and counters into a snap suplex!

Richlen rolls to his feet and kicks the tire iron out of the ring before walking right into another knee to the gut from Travizzo before the Italian hooks him for a suplex before bouncing him off the ropes and finishing the suplex!

1!

2!

Richlen kicks out, so Travizzo pulls him up, but Richlen swiftly flips him with another snap suplex! He rolls to his feet again and turns around, and this time Travizzo gets up and walks into a double leg takedown! Richlen moves into half-guard and starts throwing in punches until Travizzo uses the ropes to pull himself out of the ring and out of his grasp. He taKes a moment to catch his breath and that's when Richlen reaches through the ropes, only for Travizzo to extend the breather by hanging him up on the nearest rope!

Travizzo recovers his tire iron while he's outside, and he slides in the ring and clocks Richlen in the back! Richlen goes down again and Travizzo follows it up with a falling knee also to the back before rolling him over!

1!

2!

Richlen kicks out again, so Travizzo pulls him up, but Richlen surges forward with a modified version of his running back body drop! Travizzo pops back up, only for Richlen pick him up, turn, and flapjack him into the turnbuckle! Travizzo falls onto the second rope and Richlen rushes forward, but Travizzo suddenly turns and catches him with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker!

1!

2!

Again Richlen gets the shoulder up, so Travizzo starts stomping at him, but Richlen grabs the leg after the fifth or sixth time and dragon screws him down! Richlen has a harder time getting up by now, but Travizzo walks right into getting scooped up and dropped by a running powerslam!

1!

2!

Travizzo is now the one who must kick out, so Richlen waits for him to get up before grabbing him and dropping him with a reverse STO!

1!

2!

Travizzo kicks out again so Richlen pulls him up and Irish whips him to the corner, but when he charges, Travizzo moves out of the way, and Richlen turns around THE 5 ARM!!! Richlen stumbles out of the corner and Travizzo scoops him up and hangs him in the turnbuckle in the Tree Of Woe positiion before charging and nailing him in the gut with a knee!*

TH: Right now, this match has been mostly Travizzo, with Richlen barely able to get any sustained offense in!

JK: You won't hear ME complain! I only hope Travizzo grabs that tire iron and finishes him off!

*Richlen slides to the mat headfirst as Travizzo pulls him up and drop him on the turnbuckle with SNake Eyes, but as Travizzo rebounds off the ropes, Richlen catches him and flapjacks him on the turnbuckle again! Travizzo stumbles out only to get wrapped up from behind, German suplex! Richlen deadlifts him up, second German suplex! He deadlifts him again, but Travizzo grabs the ropes and blocks before elbowing him in the face. Richlen backs up a step and Travizzo makes his move, hooking him and flipping him with a belly-to-belly suplex!

1!

2!

Richlen kicks out AGAIN!

Travizzo, starting to get frustrated, pulls him up CARNOSEL OUT OF NOWHERE!!!

Richlen is on his back, needing a breather, and Travizzo starts to pull himself up with the ropes, but Richlen suddenly kips up! Travizzo turns and charges SAMOAN DROP TO TRAVIZZO! The Italian gets up right away, but Richlen strikes with a Richlenziguiri! Travizzo spins AND COMES BACK WITH WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD!!!

1!

2!

RICHLEN KICKS OUT!!!

Travizzo pulls him up and whips him to the corner before charging, but Richlen ducks Aviarre Coma Indotto! Travizzo gets hung up, but he extracts himself and turns right into a goozle, CHOKESLAM!!!

1!

2!

TRAVIZZO KICKS OUT!!!

There's a light burning in Richlen's eyes nonetheless, and he starts stalking Travizzo, and as soon as the Italian gets up, Richlen gets the arm hooked and starts to lift, but Travizzo counters Final Judgment into another neckbreaker!

Then he reaches for the tire iron and waits for Richlen to get up before charging RUNNING BACK BODY DROP!!! Travizzo gets right back up and turns SHOWTIME KICK!!!!

1!

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3!*

MM: Here is your winner, Gus "The Predator" Richlen!

TH: Richlen took a beating from Travizzo, but that's Richlen's style: he is tough as nails and can reach down deep to pull out the win like he did tonight!

JK: Maybe, but Travizzo held up strong against a former FAWA World Champion again! Next time these two face off, Richlen's gonna get his head battered with the tire iron for sure!