Trauma 200 & 201 Show Feedback

[Rick Majors]

So, we didn't do one last time and that's kind of a shame because it was Trauma 200. So here's a thread for both 200 and 201. Tell us what you liked, didn't like, were confused by, were surprised by, etc.

["The Asshole" Whitey Ford]

I have not yet read 200 but I'll do 201. I'm on my phone too so it may be short and out of order.

Overall, great show. Andy D as the underground champ eh? I mean no offense to the other competitors and past champs by this, but having Andy in that division really raises the bar and adds some importance to the lower card.

Judge vs steel? Minion, are you feuding against yourself?

Nice mind games by seromine in his match against showtime. Although it was a squash I enjoyed the overall feel if the match. It's like how bray Wyatt should be.

And assumably Murdoc is still blowing shit up? I hate sloppy endings without a winner but I do understand them. Good to see majors is still going strong.

This is the first show I've read in a long time. My, does it seem like PCs is over packed with dark, ultra violent characters! I never thought I'd say it, but we need more generic faces!

One big thing was missing that hopefully can be remedied soon.. there wasn't enough whitey!

["The Asshole" Whitey Ford]

No other feedback? Not saying this is the case here, but last time I helped write shows for a fed it seemed like people would just skim down to their match and see who won and that was it. Eventually the fed changed to summarized results for regular shows and detailed results saved for the ppvs. I don't think that'll happen in pcw, but man...wouldn't that suck? Everyone on the mule team has a life too and it takes a lot of work to put a show together. Least you could do is tell them what was terrible and what was awesome.

[Nathan Saniti]

Nov 8, 2016 7:10:13 GMT -5 "The Asshole" Whitey Ford said:

No other feedback? Not saying this is the case here, but last time I helped write shows for a fed it seemed like people would just skim down to their match and see who won and that was it. Eventually the fed changed to summarized results for regular shows and detailed results saved for the ppvs. I don't think that'll happen in pcw, but man...wouldn't that suck? Everyone on the mule team has a life too and it takes a lot of work to put a show together. Least you could do is tell them what was terrible and what was awesome.

And now I have a man crush. Thanks, Obama... I mean, Whitey.

[The Anarchist]

I’m going to use the same feedback style I did previously I think it helped keep my thoughts in a more organized flow. Per my usual standard, I’ll try to keep this from getting too long winded, but no promises of such. Especially because I go line by line. Enjoy!

T200
I know I said it after the RP deadline went up, but this is a huge milestone to make it to. In a condensed version, thank you to everyone for being part of the journey. I really love being here, no matter how much I can’t stand reading my own stuff, hahaha.

Murdoc Segment
I loved everything about this. The opening took me by surprise because of the gratitude expressed, although it felt like OOC was coming through in a mix with IC. I’m super happy for Shannon, and as I had told Kris post-results going up, had no idea he had never won the top title. So yeah, a HUGE congrats to him on the accomplishment.

Murdoc announcing he was going home was glorious. Nothing like a good ol pipebomb eh? “Go f*** yourselves” (as a heel myself) made me smile. Although this did remove him from the Main Event. Great opener, really looking forward to seeing how his reign progresses going forward.

The highlight packages I won’t cover as they speak volumes on their own. I was really glad to see the Cathedral match made it in though. I don’t think I’ll ever forget that match happened. Truly something epic between Eira and Sadistic. But as a whole, the selections were awesome and really highlighted some of the top matches from the past.

Dan Fierce Segment
Short, simple and to the point here. Most of us are DF fans, and the set up for the future Majors vs Fierce match was cool to see. Rick trying to pass his opportunity down to Dan as a way to make up for how Fierce lost it in the first place (refresher: Fierce won TIIT and then put the rights on the line against Murdoc). Dan choosing to go the path of nobility, decides he would rather win it fair and square. Majors explanation about the toll his body has taken was a really good pivot as reality has crept in of wear and tear. Especially in knowing the kind of brutality that would await in a showdown with Murdoc. Thumbs up to both handlers for this seg.

He Returns…
You’re supposed to be DEAD!! lol. Yeah, the return of my best friend and former tag team partner was a complete surprise. I’m happy to see him return in any capacity, and the fact he brought some of our ancient history with him was awesome to see one more time. Am very curious to see what becomes of his singles run going forward. But welcome back, brother.

I don’t know who did the graphic for the elimination match, but fuck it was awesome. Really added to the big fight feel of it. Kudos to whoever did it.

Misdirect with Crazy Boy? Mayyybe.

The use of Thriller’s Zombie Dance is still a genuine highlight...and still amusing to picture inside of the PCW arena. Admittedly I was hoping for the Time Warp, but hey...Thriller is great.

Main Event Time
It was truly fun to plan out this match with everyone for a couple of months. It started as a “what if” idea, got proposed and quickly got agreed to by the participants. It’s a highlight of my efed career for sure and such a colossal main event fitting of a milestone event. My hat is off to Dan for writing it. These sorts of matches are hard to do, because you want to make sure everyone has a chance to shine. My guess at the mystery fifth was wrong LOL. Tbh, I was thinking it would either be Andy D, Crazy Boy or Whitey Ford. Was NOT expecting Lantlas at all. IC my reaction was similar to that of Arn Anderson’s when Ricky Steamboat was revealed as Dustin Rhodes tag partner at Clash of the Champions XVII lol. But it was really fucking great to see and especially with it being the conclusion of a legendary career.

*Ace Anderson: Her troubles are only getting started. Here comes Alexa Black.
*Sadistic’s antifreeze green eyes glow with anticipation as he grabs up the downed Candy Girl.
*Lantlas scores the matches first elimination with an Elvish Tale on the North American champion.
*The crowd goes crazy. As does Alexa, but in an entirely different way. She screams her frustration, attempting to get back into the ring after being forced out. Kelli waves bye to Alexa, who is still throwing a tantrum all the way back up the ramp.
*The Owl Masked Maniac hobbles to his feet circling his foe. As he gets to his corner, he tags in Grimm, glaring daggers at the meddlesome Middle-Earther.
*Sadistic rushes to his brothers side, encouraging him to get up. Neither man sees the Elven Warrior gain momentum from the ropes across the ring for a suicide dive that takes both of the Hangtown horrors to the floor with a thunderous crash.
*The legend doesn’t see the unmasked Cultist hiding in the audience. As the ref’s attention is applied to the pile of tangled limbs that are the Brothers Dillinger, the Grizzly smashes Lantlas with a folded chair before reapplying his mask and disappearing back into the audience.
*Sadistic drops to all fours, barking insults at Lantlas and headbutting him for punctuation.
*Sadistic elevates Lantlas in a delayed suplex, making sure that the blood rushes to her head properly before bringing her back to the mat violently.
*Thinking quickly, Dan Fierce ducks into the ring just long enough to get the ref’s attention. He ducks back out, knowing that Seromine and Grimm wouldn’t be able to resist the chance to triple team Lantlas.
*Sadistic hits the ropes, to perform a punt to Lantlas, but Fierce catches him, plants a huge kiss on the bearded madman and hits a neckbreaker over the top rope that levels the Dillinger Brother.
*Dan catches a bit of of flak from his team mates for his actions, but he just shrugs it off as “just business.” Majors takes particular exception to his actions...(nicely put).
*Cory Steel with a blind tag!
*A schoolboy from Majors ends Cory’s night for the second elimination, making it 5-3 in favor of the faces.
*Seromine, completely unaware of the tag, attempts to pull Majors back into the ring. The Fabulous One uses this as a chance to climb the top rope and fly off with a leg lariat that sends PCW’s resident Jim Jones over the top rope. Fierce jumps down to the floor, reaching under the ring. He produces a rainbow cup filled with a reddish liquid. Despite the warnings of the zebra, he pours the liquid over the head of the leader of Salvation.
*Jerry Andrews: Did...Did he just pour Kool-Aid on Seromine?
Ace Anderson: I hope that’s what it was.
*Party hat cup!
*Seromine mails him to the nearest corner, following close behind with a European uppercut that nearly sends the F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S One over the ropes.
*Seromine eyeballs the zebra threateningly before yanking Dan to the mat unceremoniously.
*Lament Configuration!
*Seromine eliminates N. Saniti to make things 4-3...but with a combination of a double team dubstep, hatpin, CHEATING (lol) and a Cherry on Top, Kelli Starr gets a measure of revenge for the Deadly Intentions incident and eliminates the Cult leader for a 4-2 match.
*Grimm wastes no time in entering the ring, connecting with a backstabber kneedrop.
*Realizing she’s trapped, Kelli fights valiantly as Sadistic gets tagged in, but the Hangtown Horrors use the full extent of the five count to stomp the resistance out of her.
*As Grimm plants a foot on her hair to keep her in place, Sadistic climbs the neutral corner, executing a beautiful swan dive headbutt.
*The Winding Stair eliminates Kelli. 3-2.
*Dan Fierce leaps into the ring as Grimm spins around with a smirk on his face, but his joviality is short-lived when Fierce drives a boot to his midsection. MAKEOVER!
*Lantlas, Fierce and Majors vs Sadistic.
*She punishes him with knife-edge chops and finishes off with a kick to the head that causes him to reacquaint himself with gravity.
*Sadistic wraps his arms around her, tossing her with a release German suplex. He follows in with a double footed dropkick to her head that spins her round like a record like a propeller nearly out of the ring.
*Sadistic delivers with Phenomenal!
*The damage done to her shoulder and neck, Sadistic stomps furiously, finally yanking her away from the ropes. He stands with her almost completely up before crashing her back down with a devastating DDT. He slings Lantlas to the ropes one last time, managing a tornado DDT that earns him a three count.
*Lantlas eliminated, 2-1. Thank you for the memories, Ris.
*A very grateful Lantlas wipes a tear from her eye as she waves to the crowd, making her way back to the locker rooms. She pauses one last time to wave at the fans and take a bow.
*Meanwhile, inside the ring, the action hasn’t stopped. Majors has kicked, punched, and stomped an already weary Sadistic.
*Dan stands Sadistic up (insert joke here), groping his chest (and here lol) before lighting it up with some “WOO-inducing” knife-edge chops.
*The Fabulous One turns around Sadistic around for a belly-to-back suplex, making sure to tantalize the crowd with a bit of grinding prior to dropping the Phenom on the back of his head.
*He stands Sadistic up in the corner, tossing a handful of glitter into the air before he leaps up for a hurricanrana, but Sadistic holds onto the ropes, letting Dan meet the mat without his victim.
*The Fabulous One staggers backwards, accidentally knocking Sadistic right into Fierce’s own team mate and Majors falls off the apron and onto the floor.
*Jerry Andrews: Majors is down on the arena floor now and he looks hurt.
Ace Anderson: He landed pretty awkwardly there.
*A Sadistic DDT from out of nowhere sends Dan Fierce to the back, making this 1-on-1!
*Rick Majors sees a worn out and beaten Sadistic struggling to get up from the mat and he takes advantage with a quick roll-up as Sadistic tries to get up!
*Rick Majors eliminates Sadistic!
WINNER (and Sole Survivor as The Fink would announce): Rick Majors
THOUGHTS: Wow. What a fucking match this was. It really lived up to the bill with everyone involved and was full of non-stop action. The match itself totally delivered the goods. Great job, Dan and again, a thank you to everyone who was involved in this. A PPV quality match on a Trauma for the ages...and you CAN’T TEACH THAT! Lol

I’ll provide feedback for 201 later tonight!

[Rick Majors]

Guys, I think I have a crush on The Anarchist.

["The Asshole" Whitey Ford]

Nov 8, 2016 11:03:02 GMT -5 Rick Majors said:

Guys, I think I have a crush on The Anarchist.

He's mine. I'm younger and prettier.

[The Anarchist]

Majors/Whitey: LOL! Will there be a fight to the death over me? Or at least a joust?

I know, I’m late. But with the fuckery of the election result, I’m lucky I can even string together some energy to think, let alone write. So without any further delay…

Ladder Match
*Jerry Andrews: You know, I always wondered who was better. Pirates or ninjas? (Pirates are). Looks like Tide has heard that argument too, and is playing it up for the fans.
*Lunacy is the only man not throwing caution to the wind, which is unsettling to the utmost.
*Right at the start of the match, we’re going to get right into the danger zone (Kenny Loggins has arrived in PCW! Or...Paul E. Dangerously (Heyman) has brought his WCW interview show back...).
*Metal on flesh and metal always wins.
*First attempt on the belt of the match, and High Tide is...well, he WAS alone.
*As the four begin to leave the ringside area, it shows Lunacy’s true apathy for the stakes of the match as he would much rather focus on inflicting punishment on someone who who has inconvenienced him. Poor, poor Crazy Boy.
*High Tide slips from his step and begins to slide downwards, violently smacking his chin on every single rung until his feet have reached the mat (ouch! Is Issac Yankem in the house?).
WINNER and STILL Underground Champion: Andy D
Thoughts: A good opener choice. I’m a fan of the Underground and to make this defense a ladder match was awesome. The gimmick was used well, the spots were cringe worthy and the match itself was entertaining. Nice win for Andrew “Sunny” D.

My segment was next, which by rule I won’t go over. I WILL say however that it’s one of the rare times I actually liked something I wrote.

*Back at ringside, the scene opens with one side of the ring ropes down with a bald capped zombie Cory Steel in his Professor X look a like wheelchair and standing behind him in blue and yellow spandex is a zombie looking Cyclops (awesome!).

Alexa Black vs Cory Steel
*A stand in eh?
*Tyler comes back with some force only to have his head taken off by a Black clothesline! It garnered a OHHHHH from the crowd.
*Alexa is back up thinking Tyler is just getting up but Tyler leaps with a roundhouse kick connecting with Alexa’s jaw!
*He grabs her by her hair jerking her head up slapping her twice across the face, yeling BITCH, before attempting a third slap.
*Black turns back to meet a handful of some kind of dust thrown in her face! His other hand cracks Alexa with a pair of brass knuckles, and she drops like bricks.
*Tyler let’s go as he sees a huge sized man with a Richard Nixon (he’s still not a crook!) crawl over the barrier (the word ‘mask’ is missing, but I know what was meant. I also had a flashback to Point Break). The big man has a bat leaned against his shoulder, Tyler points behind Cory who turns around only to be blasted with the bat!
*Black Widow!
WINNER: Alexa Black
THOUGHTS: The use of an alternate opponent was interesting. For the purposes of the story, it worked. I was looking forward to this, but am indifferent to a stand in. I loved the X-Men costumes and got a laugh out of the Nixon mask. The aftermath stuff with Judge returning was awesome/surprising, so I’m looking forward to seeing what becomes of that whole angle. Could get really violent. The match itself was fine.
*”Take a picture people, this guy just found out Santa ain’t real and the dead ain’t dead!”
*N.Saniti shenanigans!

Grimm Segment
I’ll keep this short and sweet. Much like his RP’s, this was a damn good read. I would have to quote the whole entire thing, so if you haven’t read it, do so. It’s really friggen awesome. I still hold out hope there will be a rematch between Grimm and Murdoc someday.

My match followed this. Ok. So I’m going to let everyone else decide how it came off. I wrote it and am not too thrilled with my effort. Honestly...my favorite part was the opening. Nothing like good ol mind games to show the control Seromine has over his followers. I tried to avoid an outright squash by taking both of Wryght’s knees out and then just brutalize them to the point where the submission would make him tap at the end (it wasn’t a pinfall victory). The idea was to negate his technical ability. If others liked it, that’s awesome. No secret I am my own worst critic after all lol. But yeah. I wish I had done a better job. Next time, G.I. Joe. Next time.

Rick Majors vs Dan Fierce
*Ace Anderson: These two men definitely respect one another, but that doesn’t mean they won’t go all out with number one contendership on the line.
*Majors with an over the top crossbody!
*Fierce reverses it and Majors hits the guardrail back-first. Dan Fierce now grabs him and he hits a textbook bely-to-belly suplex (on the floor, ouch).
*Fierce with a moonsault to the outside...but there’s no one home (sorry E.T.).
*Jerry Andrews: Speaking of Murdoc, he’s not in the building here tonight, but do you think he’s watching at home?
*Superplex! (Barry Windham would approve, Mr. Fierce).
*Brainbuster ala Majors!
*Centre of Attention!
*Majors then waits for Fierce to get up once more. When he does, he kicks him in the stomach, sets him up in a double underhook position and…
*BOOM!
*A HUGE fireball explodes above the ring. The crowd screams in terror. Almost immediately, medical personnel and PCW security members come running down to the ring. There’s near chaos inside the PCW arena as the crowd panics. They scramble to get away from the ringside area while staff check on Majors, Fierce and referee Charles Lin.
Ace Anderson: Do you think…?
Jerry Andrews: Murdoc? It’s entirely possible.
Ace Anderson: But, given the current state of PCW, it could have been a number of people or groups.
WINNER: No Contest
THOUGHTS: Nothing like a good old fashioned, textbook face vs face showdown. And I mean that as a compliment. I enjoyed it and loved the ending. VERY interested in finding out what becomes of the number one contendership, and if Grimm fits into it (I have a theory, but we’ll see if I’m right). Nothing like Pure Chaos Wrestling. I mean Class. Pure Class Wrestling

[Grimm]

I am embarrassingly behind on this, and so I will not litter it with too many specifics. I just want to say that 200 Traumas (just Traumas – that’s not counting PPVs!) is really something to behold. We owe a debt of gratitude to all those who have made that happen over the last 10+ years, from Luis to those who have served as DWO to all those who have contributed to the match writing. I know I have benefitted from their efforts, because other than the occasional segment all I’ve ever done is write RPs, and, let’s face it, one RP every week-and-half-or-so is nothing compared to the work it takes to put these results together. So thank you, one and all.

200: I’ll be honest, when I first read Murdoc’s opening segment I was all, are you kidding me? He’s really going to do that? But then I went back and reread his recent RPs and lo and behold, he said he was going to walk after his match with Grimm. I’m curious to see how this World Title scene plays out.

All those highlights were a nice touch, especially the ones from back before Grimm had ever joined the federation, and those featuring folks I wish hadn’t had to leave for whatever reason.

Loco’s back! With an entire stable! What the what?

Okay, so in regards to this ten-person match…I can’t imagine how someone would even begin writing something like that. But there it is, and it was everything I hoped it would be – and we even got a Lantlas sighting! And Cory Steel is back! Huzzahs all around.

201: These Halloween shows are always fun. Zombie dance parties and costumes and fancy banners…it’s a sight, man.

Andy D retains! Alexa Black retains! Seromine retains! Judge ain’t dead! The World Title Contender is still up in the air! What a night!