Post by Spike Kane on Jan 20, 2012 4:42:14 GMT -6
Spike TV Season 1 Episode 3: The Illusive Man
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This week I have a nice and simple little poll up here and it's based on the guy featured in the very first episode containing a “Straight Shootin'” interview, he calls himself the Face of the Franchise and has a penchant for getting under peoples skin, he is of course: Steve Awesome.
So what do you think about his disappearance? Where do you think he has gone, and even more so....Why?
Regardless, I've managed to get in touch with the guy and have a treat in store for you guys later on in the show.
~Best Match~
Roberto Verona Vs Lex Sense Vs Ricky Johnson– These three men are on the cusp of seriously breaking into the main event scene here in nCw. Ricky has had a great career over the years and has solidified himself as a depandable talent who can deliver when asked to, put him in the ring with two hungry young stars and this blew every other match out of the water. Exciting stuff, and a great prospect for nCw's future.
Ashlie and Mercedes Vs Amy Marshall & Kathy Conway– Epic Facepalm, just when I start to get a kick out of the Starlets division for the first time since Zelda was forced out of the company this retarded pile of crap goes down. I understand you dislike each other, but surely you can keep it out of the ring until the match is over at least....you know, like professionals? And people wonder why I don't like the starlets division.....pffft.
Roberto Verona stepping up and giving Kelly another option other than siding with the Hierarchy. It took brass for Verona to step into the line of fire and stand for something good in nCw, something that doesn't happen often enough.
Rose Acanthia kicking some major ass and starting to send a message.
Jimmy Zane getting arguably one of his biggest victories in recent memory, pinning the “King” of nCw in the process. Zane is certainly staking a claim for that world heavyweight championship.
Doc. My TV needs more Doc, and I'm glad to see him on there. He is one of those guys who performs at a high level week in and week out, if he can keep his run going it's only a matter of time before everybody is talking about my favourite Scot.
The Internationals winning.......ugh.
Mike Lazslo helping the Internationals win by turning on his partner. You massive douche you.
The Ace getting a victory over a team that includes Adam Knite. I just don't like the smugness that has been all over Conway's face recently. It needs knocking down a few pegs.
Crystal being on my TV again....and picking up a victory.........no, just no.
My version of the fab five. The five people who stood out this last week.
5: CDK: With an impressive victory over Doc, CDK seems to be forcing himself back into peoples minds and trying to remind people just how dangerous he can be. It looks like Ricky Johnson is now in the line of fire, and you just have to wonder, who will Curtis BANG! Next?
4: ROBERTO VERONA: Not only did the Italian Stallion step up and approach Kelly Knite in the middle of the ring, he also picked up one hell of a victory over two of nCw's top talents. It seems that Roberto has certainly made his stamp on nCw and a world title oppurtunity must be in his near sights.
3: XANDER FAMULARO: Stepping up from last week, Xander proves that he isn't just a throwaway champion and that he will fight week in and week out. The path of destruction he has wrought throughout nCw continues once again, and once again Todd Williams suffers because of it. I like that.
2: THE INTERNATIONALS: Sigh....I can't deny that these two have been on one hell of a roll since claiming the nCw Tag Team Championships, maybe they really are here to stay and to prove a point at last.
1: JIMMY ZANE: Getting a pinfall victory over The King, Hall of Famer, former world champion, tag team champion......it says it all doesn't it? Kudos Jimmy.
(Note: Draws of any kind do not count either way)
Last Week: 3 - 7
Total: 13-8
Wow this week sucked really bad. I need to stop going with my heart and going with my brain for once. Damn idiots not working as teams and letting me down....and damn Starlets ruining my damn predictions!
TRAUMA
Deathtrain Vs Caleb Lockwood
Joe Everyman Vs Jackhammer
The Internationals Vs Mystery opponents to be chosen
Rose Acantha Vs Mercedes Lewis v. Jazz
Main Event.
Tag Team Contenders vs. Champions Match
Jason Evans, Curtis D. Kanyon Vs Mike Laszlo, Ricky Johnson
COLLISION
Andrew Jacobsen Vs Matt Jackson
Nathan Webb Vs Charles Lee
The Ace Vs Jack Hammond Vs Doc
Jennifer Williams Vs Ayla St. James Vs Amy Marshall
Trent Helms Vs Gjenrei
Main Event
Contender Showcase
6 Man Tag
Jimmy Zane, Todd Williams, Alex Jones Vs Lex Sense, Xander Famularo, Roberto Verona
Spike: Now it is time for our first addition of Striaght Shootin' here on Spike TV with my first guest, Steve Awesome! Please bear with us during this interview as we were unable to track Steve down and have to conduct this via satellite.
Spike’s computer begins to dial up a number and soon a fuzzy image of Steve Awesome appears on the screen. He seems to be in some sort of cabin one would guess, thanks to the walls made of wood and the singing bass plaque attached to it. Steve has his hair pulled back and he gives his iphone a friendly smile.
Spike: Steve you there? Can you hear me?
Steve: Loud and clear, Spikey.
Spike: So…where are you?”
Steve: No way man, i'm not revealing my location. Do you know how hard it is to just vanish without a trace? I’m talking legit ninja style Spike…..it’s hard. So I’m going to enjoy it while it lasts. When I want people to see me, they will.
Spike: Fair enough, so tell us Why have you decided to disappear all of a sudden?
Steve: I just had too man.
Spike: That’s sort of a cop out answer man.
Steve: My every move was being analyzed by wresting critics, sponsors were on my back, people knew about everything that happened to me. They saw my personal life hit a train wreck that I just couldn’t really recover from and they saw all of it effect my ring work. I just had to take a step back and take some time to just figure everything out and where I’m going to go next.
Spike: Have you done that?
Steve: I think so. Being out here by myself, away from that life…even for the three weeks that it’s been, it’s been really nice Spike. To be able to just breathe without hearing all the jokes and cracks about me every five seconds, it’s pretty awesome. And then I compare it to the grind. Where my job is to be in five different places at once and then wrestle that same night. Where I have to look into the faces of these people telling me that I suck, and smile back at them, and keep going. Let me tell you dude, being out here is winning hands down.
Spike: I understand that. Take some more time off then Steve. Live life to the fullest, really recharge your batteries and then when your ready, come back to NCW.
Steve: That’s the thing Spike……I don’t know if I am coming back.
Spike: What do you mean?
Steve: I mean my contract with New Championship Wrestling officially ends directly after A Night To Remember and I don’t know if I’m even going to resign.”
Spike: But what about from now till then? You cant keep no showing.
Steve: What are they gonna do? Fire me? Cry me a river.
Spike: So your sure about this?
Steve: Positive. It’s time to step back and finaly let these young guys do what they’ve been saying they were gonna do for months now and take over.
Q. Do you feel like the lack of Steve Awesome has an impact on the overall quality of nCw?
I think it will be bad at first. But overtime the people that are still here will find away to come up with the next best thing to at least try to replace the gaping hole I leave in this company. No, I’m kidding…sort of….but in all honesty there are tons of guys in this company that are just itching to step up to the next level, guys like Roberto Verona, Lex Sense, Jimmy Zane, even Todd Williams…..and if he ever gets off his ass and does some work in that ring….Mr. Bob Pooler……I think if you give these guys a chance to run with the ball, you guys wont even remember I’m even gone.
Q. Who would you say was your biggest influence in creating the character of Steve, the on screen persona?
A. A little bit of this and little bit of that. I’m always taking mental notes of things I like from other wrestlers and then I see if I can use it for myself. I used to watch wrestlers like Charlie Velez and Venom and Doc from that other place we worked, and wrestlers from my days on the British circuit, guys like David Shand and Mike Rocket. Even guys from this company like Lance Ryan and Trent Helms have sort of helped me form and mold myself into the wrestler I am today. If I could give one lesson to the guys trying to make it right now it would be that you can ALWAYS learn something from everyone around you. Maybe it’s a good thing, or maybe it’s a bad thing….but it’s something that could quite possibly make you that much better next week. You just have to be able to find them.
Q. Where did you train to become a professional wrestler? What made you want to do it?
A. I trained in Michigan, near my home town of Detroit. With this crazy teacher named Stink Balls McGleeson. Let me tell you, his name was no lie. Smell him coming a mile away. I trained and I was always a competitive guy plus I enjoyed performing so you know pro wrestling was definitely the way to go. At first I didn’t really know if I liked it. But once I wrested in front of my first crowd and they all “ohhhh”d in unison when I jumped off the top rope, and all these flashes went off while I was in mid air. Then they counted with the ref for the pin count and let me tell you man I was hooked.
Q. How would you rate your time in nCw? A - F
A. Would I sound like a pretentious douche if I said my career is an ungradeable masterpiece?
Spike: Yes, yes it would.
A. Well then I’ll go with an A+.
Spike: That isn’t much better dude.
Steve: Come on, hall of famer, two time world champion, two time national champion, tag team champion, Road to the Gold winner, the only man to ever make Zelda Knite submit, and quite possibly the only man to be undefeated at A Night to Remember. That career is what dreams are made of dude.
Spike: I almost don’t want to ask you this next question but, How would you rate your career in professional wrestling in general?
Steve: I’ve done so much in such a short amount of time. I’ve only really been doing this for eight years and I’ve accomplished sooo much. This life in professional wrestling is unlike anything I’ve ever asked for, I honestly feel blessed. Like God is with me……man I really wanna break out a Tebow right now. You think the X-Box Live Crew would like me better if I did one?
Spike: Hey-yo….I’m not touching that one with a ten foot pole. Lets move on to word association.
Lance Ryan.
Idol.
Leonard Fox.
Second Father.
The Hierarchy.
Stables battling for power is so two thousand and…….crap just pick a year we’ve been open I’m sure there’s a stable questing for power in each of them.
Trent Helms.
My greatest rival period.
Smokin Aces.
The best tag team in the world. Where’s there’s smoke…..
*Steve holds up the one minute sign and presses a button on his phone and suddenly The Ace pops up on the screen in a little square in the upper right corner.*
The Ace: ….there’s fire.
*Steve clicks him off*
Spike: He was on two way the whole time wasn’t he.
Steve: He begged me to let him do that.
Spike: How did he know I was going to say Smokin Aces?
Steve: He didn’t. He just stayed quiet and hoped for the best.
Spike: Weird guy.
Steve: I know.
Spike: Okay next up, Alex Jones.
Steve: That dude has a big mouth. And he needs to close it.
and finally, Spike Kane.
Steve: Oh that guy? Yeah he sucks. Wrestled him once…..smelled like cabbage. Small penis. Just a horrible person to be around.
*Spike just dead pan stares into the screen as Steve smiles an innocent smile back and him and bats his eyelashes all cute like.*
Spike: I hate you so much.
Steve: Ha ha, you know I love you girl. Catch you on the flip side Spikey poo.
Steve throws them up.
Steve: Deuces.
Kelly Knite has one hell of a decision to make, and it looks like it needs to be made sooner rather than later, because this is nCw and things always end up with violence.
Collision's Main Event looks to absolutely thrill us with six of the best nCw has ever had to offer in the ring at the same time, it's put up or shut up time and I'm looking forward to it.
Who is Gjenrei, and why does Trent have such a hatred for him? Will we find out this week why the Super Sayain has the assumed X Champion in his sights?
Steve Awesome can still antagonise me from an undisclosed location......damn him, but seriously, nCw still needs Awesome. Looks like there is some beef building between him and Alex Jones. I wonder what the real story is there?
Until next week folks, enjoy an awesome weekend of nCw Wrestling!
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This week I have a nice and simple little poll up here and it's based on the guy featured in the very first episode containing a “Straight Shootin'” interview, he calls himself the Face of the Franchise and has a penchant for getting under peoples skin, he is of course: Steve Awesome.
So what do you think about his disappearance? Where do you think he has gone, and even more so....Why?
Regardless, I've managed to get in touch with the guy and have a treat in store for you guys later on in the show.
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RECAP
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RECAP
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~Best Match~
Roberto Verona Vs Lex Sense Vs Ricky Johnson– These three men are on the cusp of seriously breaking into the main event scene here in nCw. Ricky has had a great career over the years and has solidified himself as a depandable talent who can deliver when asked to, put him in the ring with two hungry young stars and this blew every other match out of the water. Exciting stuff, and a great prospect for nCw's future.
~Worst Match~
Ashlie and Mercedes Vs Amy Marshall & Kathy Conway– Epic Facepalm, just when I start to get a kick out of the Starlets division for the first time since Zelda was forced out of the company this retarded pile of crap goes down. I understand you dislike each other, but surely you can keep it out of the ring until the match is over at least....you know, like professionals? And people wonder why I don't like the starlets division.....pffft.
~High Points~
Roberto Verona stepping up and giving Kelly another option other than siding with the Hierarchy. It took brass for Verona to step into the line of fire and stand for something good in nCw, something that doesn't happen often enough.
Rose Acanthia kicking some major ass and starting to send a message.
Jimmy Zane getting arguably one of his biggest victories in recent memory, pinning the “King” of nCw in the process. Zane is certainly staking a claim for that world heavyweight championship.
Doc. My TV needs more Doc, and I'm glad to see him on there. He is one of those guys who performs at a high level week in and week out, if he can keep his run going it's only a matter of time before everybody is talking about my favourite Scot.
~Low Points~
The Internationals winning.......ugh.
Mike Lazslo helping the Internationals win by turning on his partner. You massive douche you.
The Ace getting a victory over a team that includes Adam Knite. I just don't like the smugness that has been all over Conway's face recently. It needs knocking down a few pegs.
Crystal being on my TV again....and picking up a victory.........no, just no.
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All Hail!
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All Hail!
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My version of the fab five. The five people who stood out this last week.
5: CDK: With an impressive victory over Doc, CDK seems to be forcing himself back into peoples minds and trying to remind people just how dangerous he can be. It looks like Ricky Johnson is now in the line of fire, and you just have to wonder, who will Curtis BANG! Next?
4: ROBERTO VERONA: Not only did the Italian Stallion step up and approach Kelly Knite in the middle of the ring, he also picked up one hell of a victory over two of nCw's top talents. It seems that Roberto has certainly made his stamp on nCw and a world title oppurtunity must be in his near sights.
3: XANDER FAMULARO: Stepping up from last week, Xander proves that he isn't just a throwaway champion and that he will fight week in and week out. The path of destruction he has wrought throughout nCw continues once again, and once again Todd Williams suffers because of it. I like that.
2: THE INTERNATIONALS: Sigh....I can't deny that these two have been on one hell of a roll since claiming the nCw Tag Team Championships, maybe they really are here to stay and to prove a point at last.
1: JIMMY ZANE: Getting a pinfall victory over The King, Hall of Famer, former world champion, tag team champion......it says it all doesn't it? Kudos Jimmy.
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Predictions and Preview
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Predictions and Preview
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(Note: Draws of any kind do not count either way)
Last Week: 3 - 7
Total: 13-8
Wow this week sucked really bad. I need to stop going with my heart and going with my brain for once. Damn idiots not working as teams and letting me down....and damn Starlets ruining my damn predictions!
TRAUMA
Deathtrain Vs Caleb Lockwood
Joe Everyman Vs Jackhammer
The Internationals Vs Mystery opponents to be chosen
Rose Acantha Vs Mercedes Lewis v. Jazz
Main Event.
Tag Team Contenders vs. Champions Match
Jason Evans, Curtis D. Kanyon Vs Mike Laszlo, Ricky Johnson
COLLISION
Andrew Jacobsen Vs Matt Jackson
Nathan Webb Vs Charles Lee
The Ace Vs Jack Hammond Vs Doc
Jennifer Williams Vs Ayla St. James Vs Amy Marshall
Trent Helms Vs Gjenrei
Main Event
Contender Showcase
6 Man Tag
Jimmy Zane, Todd Williams, Alex Jones Vs Lex Sense, Xander Famularo, Roberto Verona
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Straight Shootin'
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Straight Shootin'
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Spike: Now it is time for our first addition of Striaght Shootin' here on Spike TV with my first guest, Steve Awesome! Please bear with us during this interview as we were unable to track Steve down and have to conduct this via satellite.
Spike’s computer begins to dial up a number and soon a fuzzy image of Steve Awesome appears on the screen. He seems to be in some sort of cabin one would guess, thanks to the walls made of wood and the singing bass plaque attached to it. Steve has his hair pulled back and he gives his iphone a friendly smile.
Spike: Steve you there? Can you hear me?
Steve: Loud and clear, Spikey.
Spike: So…where are you?”
Steve: No way man, i'm not revealing my location. Do you know how hard it is to just vanish without a trace? I’m talking legit ninja style Spike…..it’s hard. So I’m going to enjoy it while it lasts. When I want people to see me, they will.
Spike: Fair enough, so tell us Why have you decided to disappear all of a sudden?
Steve: I just had too man.
Spike: That’s sort of a cop out answer man.
Steve: My every move was being analyzed by wresting critics, sponsors were on my back, people knew about everything that happened to me. They saw my personal life hit a train wreck that I just couldn’t really recover from and they saw all of it effect my ring work. I just had to take a step back and take some time to just figure everything out and where I’m going to go next.
Spike: Have you done that?
Steve: I think so. Being out here by myself, away from that life…even for the three weeks that it’s been, it’s been really nice Spike. To be able to just breathe without hearing all the jokes and cracks about me every five seconds, it’s pretty awesome. And then I compare it to the grind. Where my job is to be in five different places at once and then wrestle that same night. Where I have to look into the faces of these people telling me that I suck, and smile back at them, and keep going. Let me tell you dude, being out here is winning hands down.
Spike: I understand that. Take some more time off then Steve. Live life to the fullest, really recharge your batteries and then when your ready, come back to NCW.
Steve: That’s the thing Spike……I don’t know if I am coming back.
Spike: What do you mean?
Steve: I mean my contract with New Championship Wrestling officially ends directly after A Night To Remember and I don’t know if I’m even going to resign.”
Spike: But what about from now till then? You cant keep no showing.
Steve: What are they gonna do? Fire me? Cry me a river.
Spike: So your sure about this?
Steve: Positive. It’s time to step back and finaly let these young guys do what they’ve been saying they were gonna do for months now and take over.
Q. Do you feel like the lack of Steve Awesome has an impact on the overall quality of nCw?
I think it will be bad at first. But overtime the people that are still here will find away to come up with the next best thing to at least try to replace the gaping hole I leave in this company. No, I’m kidding…sort of….but in all honesty there are tons of guys in this company that are just itching to step up to the next level, guys like Roberto Verona, Lex Sense, Jimmy Zane, even Todd Williams…..and if he ever gets off his ass and does some work in that ring….Mr. Bob Pooler……I think if you give these guys a chance to run with the ball, you guys wont even remember I’m even gone.
Q. Who would you say was your biggest influence in creating the character of Steve, the on screen persona?
A. A little bit of this and little bit of that. I’m always taking mental notes of things I like from other wrestlers and then I see if I can use it for myself. I used to watch wrestlers like Charlie Velez and Venom and Doc from that other place we worked, and wrestlers from my days on the British circuit, guys like David Shand and Mike Rocket. Even guys from this company like Lance Ryan and Trent Helms have sort of helped me form and mold myself into the wrestler I am today. If I could give one lesson to the guys trying to make it right now it would be that you can ALWAYS learn something from everyone around you. Maybe it’s a good thing, or maybe it’s a bad thing….but it’s something that could quite possibly make you that much better next week. You just have to be able to find them.
Q. Where did you train to become a professional wrestler? What made you want to do it?
A. I trained in Michigan, near my home town of Detroit. With this crazy teacher named Stink Balls McGleeson. Let me tell you, his name was no lie. Smell him coming a mile away. I trained and I was always a competitive guy plus I enjoyed performing so you know pro wrestling was definitely the way to go. At first I didn’t really know if I liked it. But once I wrested in front of my first crowd and they all “ohhhh”d in unison when I jumped off the top rope, and all these flashes went off while I was in mid air. Then they counted with the ref for the pin count and let me tell you man I was hooked.
Q. How would you rate your time in nCw? A - F
A. Would I sound like a pretentious douche if I said my career is an ungradeable masterpiece?
Spike: Yes, yes it would.
A. Well then I’ll go with an A+.
Spike: That isn’t much better dude.
Steve: Come on, hall of famer, two time world champion, two time national champion, tag team champion, Road to the Gold winner, the only man to ever make Zelda Knite submit, and quite possibly the only man to be undefeated at A Night to Remember. That career is what dreams are made of dude.
Spike: I almost don’t want to ask you this next question but, How would you rate your career in professional wrestling in general?
Steve: I’ve done so much in such a short amount of time. I’ve only really been doing this for eight years and I’ve accomplished sooo much. This life in professional wrestling is unlike anything I’ve ever asked for, I honestly feel blessed. Like God is with me……man I really wanna break out a Tebow right now. You think the X-Box Live Crew would like me better if I did one?
Spike: Hey-yo….I’m not touching that one with a ten foot pole. Lets move on to word association.
Lance Ryan.
Idol.
Leonard Fox.
Second Father.
The Hierarchy.
Stables battling for power is so two thousand and…….crap just pick a year we’ve been open I’m sure there’s a stable questing for power in each of them.
Trent Helms.
My greatest rival period.
Smokin Aces.
The best tag team in the world. Where’s there’s smoke…..
*Steve holds up the one minute sign and presses a button on his phone and suddenly The Ace pops up on the screen in a little square in the upper right corner.*
The Ace: ….there’s fire.
*Steve clicks him off*
Spike: He was on two way the whole time wasn’t he.
Steve: He begged me to let him do that.
Spike: How did he know I was going to say Smokin Aces?
Steve: He didn’t. He just stayed quiet and hoped for the best.
Spike: Weird guy.
Steve: I know.
Spike: Okay next up, Alex Jones.
Steve: That dude has a big mouth. And he needs to close it.
and finally, Spike Kane.
Steve: Oh that guy? Yeah he sucks. Wrestled him once…..smelled like cabbage. Small penis. Just a horrible person to be around.
*Spike just dead pan stares into the screen as Steve smiles an innocent smile back and him and bats his eyelashes all cute like.*
Spike: I hate you so much.
Steve: Ha ha, you know I love you girl. Catch you on the flip side Spikey poo.
Steve throws them up.
Steve: Deuces.
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Closing Thoughts
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Closing Thoughts
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Kelly Knite has one hell of a decision to make, and it looks like it needs to be made sooner rather than later, because this is nCw and things always end up with violence.
Collision's Main Event looks to absolutely thrill us with six of the best nCw has ever had to offer in the ring at the same time, it's put up or shut up time and I'm looking forward to it.
Who is Gjenrei, and why does Trent have such a hatred for him? Will we find out this week why the Super Sayain has the assumed X Champion in his sights?
Steve Awesome can still antagonise me from an undisclosed location......damn him, but seriously, nCw still needs Awesome. Looks like there is some beef building between him and Alex Jones. I wonder what the real story is there?
Until next week folks, enjoy an awesome weekend of nCw Wrestling!
