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Post by bigfan on Jul 23, 2017 21:37:37 GMT
Summer Swelter has 14 exciting matches, we hope you enjoy them and let us know what you like or don't like. Even just let us know with a quick sentence that you read our work.
Now it's on to Red, White and Bruised.
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Post by therjdt on Jul 25, 2017 21:48:45 GMT
Some vague thoughts as usual:
Bianca is still very confused about her place in FAWN. Dayna isn't confused at all, she made short work of the arch jobber. She seems to be looking for a step up in competition, and given her background I imagine she can make that wish come true. In the next match Lil' So-So showed some emerging lucha skills and a big helping of Mexican fire but Soledad was just too wily. Cooper brings an interesting style clash to the tag match, lets see if the new friends' fighting spirit can overcome the experience of the more established pair.
Caity got an impressive win over Calliope, although seeing how Candice greeted her at the end there I'm not sure if she should carry on poking that particularly ruthless bear. Mason doesn't strike me as the type to back down though. Neither is Estrina Starfire, still throwing everything she has at Claudia despite that lingering injury. Logic suggests she would be best to either give herself some proper recuperation time and rehab or just try to move on past Rooney.
Cassidy Woolridge is a serious mid-level talent with some strong wins on her resume. So it says a lot that Mallory Slade was able to take her best cheap shots and power on through to a relatively straightforward victory. I guess that seeing her great rival Elise Winterrest forcing herself even further up the card is just spurring Slade on.
The wonderfully-named Pinstripe Panthers are both elite-calibre wrestlers, but in the end it was experience, teamwork, and a good healthy dollop of cheating that beat them. The Black Hats are far more than the sum of their parts, old-school and new-school blending into a dangerous duo. There are going to be sparks flying whenever Alexis and Lyssa tangle.
Park vs Lemarchand was stealing the show, riiiiight up until that ending. The two of them surely have to tangle again at some point, even if it's just in a terrible poetry slam. The Raven's Hellhole connection might have exposed a few of Yoona's secrets, but in the short term she'll have to put those worries aside to focus on Adelaide. Can she go one better than her girlfriend and send the vampire back to her crypt for good? In the meantime Elise Winterrest continues to just be really goddamn nasty. It seems unlikely that she's actually going to win in a straight up fair fight with Lenore given their experience gap, but then Miss Murder probably has a lot of ideas for making things less fair.
A few years ago the thought of Kylie Sanders outlasting the Mitchell family would bring joy to a lot of people's hearts. As a former world, lightweight and tag champ Sanders clearly had the edge on paper, but Skylar showed enough to suggest that the Mitchell legacy still has some life left in it, even if Vanilla Chill is doing her best to snuff it out. In the short term though, the baby of the family might be better off focusing on someone her own size, of which there are many in the sub-125lb division.
Talking of lightweights, Zoe Scott seemed awfully angry (and a little confused about title shots), but it took yet another intervention from her assistant to really get her message across. Chloe Fields seems to have dealt with her mite problem for now, a hugely impressive win alongside her Upstart sister. If Scott is next on her list then the champ will face her with sky-high confidence and the knowledge that she has the Upstart Nation at her back. On another night Domi and Janel might have squeaked the victory. It remains to be seen whether their recent reconciliation is temporary or permanent.
Amara has been living up to her imperious nickname ever since she took the EA title off the Invasion. The only exception to this was her previous match against Fiona Waterford, and this time the Duchess clearly just had her number. It would be easy to write Fiona off as a has-been, and there must be a few on the roster licking their lips at the prospect of a title shot against the aging warrior. She did just turn a dominant Empress into a bawling mess though, and that sends a strong message to the locker room.
We then had a more successful championship defence, which was action packed from the first bell and ended in utterly brutal fashion. Justine is developing a reputation for coming close but falling short; she'll be very keen to change that. But it's going to take a major effort to topple the Minnesota Mountain. Trisha seems to be enjoying the title, but the open nature of the challenge means that any night might be her last.
The PPV was capped off with a world title match f or the ages. Two veterans, both knowing each other inside out, going hold for hold and word for word. In the end it seems like JJ's prediction might be true; she was just a little more ruthless and nasty than her former roommate. Olivia might have held back just a fraction out of respect for the memories, but it seems that her old friend is vanishing. For Jenny's sake I hope she doesn't lose her fabled powers of innovation, from now on her challengers will be out for blood.
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Post by dsb on Jul 27, 2017 6:14:32 GMT
Fourteen matches! These PPVs are getting super-stacked.
Rookies looking for their first win:
Pitting Bianca against Dayna must have been some cruel joke that everyone was in on except for Bianca herself. Despite her irrational confidence, there wasn't much that Simpson could do when outskilled and outmatched to that degree. At least Dayna got the job done in very convincing fashion and showed that she's ready for a massive step up in competition. So-so came up short in her inaugural outing as well, but an alliance with Bunny Cooper is encouraging. IMO she could find her way into the Upstarts sooner rather than later if she develops chemistry with Bunny. Meanwhile, Caity Mason finally picked up that first win on PPV for her Wikipedia page, though it seems like it could be a Pyrrhic victory. Calliope as Candice was dangerous enough to be a Black Courtier not so long ago, and I'm not sure if it's in Caity's interests to keep pushing her luck, especially since Anna seems quite fond of Calliope / Eve Choldstone.
A lot of bravado and fury from Estrina, and understandably so after Claudia directly / indirectly caused her to suffer two straight humiliating submission defeats, but I think that going in at less than 100% was a rash decision. Given her character, there's no way that Estrina just lets things drop, so we can only hope that she gets her body fully recuperated before seeking another war with Rooney. The spirit is unbroken, but the flesh needs to heal.
Like RJDT said, Mallory and Elise seemed to be equally matched dating all the way back to their days in the Jungle. Elise has already found a top flight opponent to sink her claws into, thus I think it's only a matter of time until Mallory does the same. In her first night in the Jungle, Mallory gave the then-graduating Veronica all she could handle, so Slade is absolutely ready for some bigger fish. Cass Woolridge was game, but not quite on that level, IMO.
Speaking of Veronica, I really thought that she would be the one to have a vendetta against Lyssa Zahn, considering what Lyssa did to her sister a while back. Alexis vs. Lyssa should be a good one too of course, and Alexis / Veronica always have great, acerbic chemistry together. Leah and Veronica have history as well IIRC, since Montoya really tried to brutalize a young Ronnie when she had just arrived on the main roster.
Yoona vs. Lenore was looking like a five star match until the ghost of Christmas Past came back to bite Park in the ass. The last time she shared a ring with Adelaide at Mania last year, she committed a war crime, and now it's time to pay the piper. Adelaide has been stewing on that humiliation for the better part of a year now, and any match against Yoona will surely be a war of annihilation. Lenore was unfortunate here, IMO. Elise is opportunistic as hell, and if it weren't for Adelaide running in first and causing a ruckus, she may not have attacked Lenore so brazenly in the ring. Then again, Lemarchand wanted to get her hands on Ms. Murder, and now she has the perfect opportunity next month.
Death, taxes, and Sanders vs. Mitchell. Who would've thought that Mitchell would be the lovable babyface in such a pairing though? Must make for some awkward holiday dinner conversations. Skylar still has some work to do before she's full-time on the main roster, but this was still a strong showing for her against a FAR more experienced opponent despite the loss. I think this is the first time we've seen Kylie roll out here alone since the formation of H&B, and Murphy's Law mandated that she pay for it in the form of an ambush by another FAWN original.
Oh Zoe, Zoe, Zoe... I suppose she's technically not wrong in her statements regarding the LW picture and the events of Mayhem. Her ring skills are legit, but even more formidable is the way that she connives her way into getting what she wants. Receiving permission from the CEO to suddenly turn the match into No DQ meant that Olivia Barker was in for a NASTY surprise. Though one has to wonder if having Bel annihilate these LW's is actually building any cache for Zoe herself, and if Chloe would demand any stipulation for a potential title match that would take Bel out of the picture (steel cage, perhaps).
And speaking of Chloe, she really did grow up, along with the rest of the Upstarts. Putting away the reunited Mites is no easy task, and they did it with panache too, courtesy of a nasty double team maneuver. I wonder what's next for Domi Daly as well after returning to the dark side. Is she going to re-insert herself by crook or by hook into LW title contention? That race is suddenly becoming very, very crowded. Gabby and new partner Ginnifer must be chomping at the bit to get back into the picture.
And thus the Golden Empire crumbles for Amara. She'd had an absolutely dominating run dating back to last September, but Fiona was just too good. I guess age ain't nothing but a number when you have immaculate genes and millions of dollars to spend on trainers to stave off the ravages of age. Gotta wonder if Fiona will go on a similarly dominant streak as EA champion. If she does, then she could reasonably make a case for being the Best Brit Ever at the peak of her powers, even if her cumulative accolades don't stack up to those of hated rival Shea London.
Trisha Belle continues the proud tradition of the Intercontinental Open Challenge. She has A LOT of enemies though, so the wisdom of such a choice is debatable. Too bad for Justine, despite oodles of talent it really does seem like she has trouble winning the big one, so to speak. For someone who can give Sue Burlingame all she can handle, Justine really should be a much more consistent winner, but things always seem to go awry for her. Women in situations similar to hers (such as the current world champ) have often walked down a darker path out of frustration, so that is definitely something to beware of.
If there was still any lingering doubt that JJ had turned, there shouldn't be any more. Going old-school on one of her best friends isn't something that the old Jenny would have done, and now I wonder how far she'll go to keep that belt around her waist. And how far can she go before she's irredeemable? Has she crossed that line already? Most importantly -- she still owes the Raven a favor, dating back to Sydney Deschain's retirement tour. Will she honor whatever request Lenore might have when / if Lemarchand comes knocking? I'd wager this is going to get a whole hell of a lot messier for Jacobs in ways she may not have foreseen.
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