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Post by troy on Aug 12, 2022 11:11:38 GMT 1
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Post by troy on Aug 12, 2022 15:59:15 GMT 1
Champion Carnival '93 Block A Akira Taue is arguably the favourite to win Block A. He already has tournament experience having made the Real World Tag League Final in December alongside partner Jun Akiyama. He has never won a singles title however has an All Asia Tag Team title reign and an AJPW World Tag Team reign to his name. Since the diagnosis of Jumbo Tsuruta having hepatitis C, Akira Taue stepped up to take the lead of Tsuruta-Gun and has done a respectable job so far. Now in his first Champion Carnival since taking leadership and the sole representation of Tsuruta-Gun, One would expect Taue desperate to make a claim. Al Perez is an experienced man having travelled everywhere stateside from Texas to New York to Puerto Rico, He is a former NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion, PWF Florida Champion, Texas Heavyweight Champion, AWF Puerto Rico Champion, and WCWA World Heavyweight Champion. He has also wrestled a number of icons in the business from Sting to Kerry Von Erich. Now Al Perez is looking to add to his title collection with success here in Japan
 Doug Furnas is half of the Can-Am Express along with Dan Kroffat. He has never won singles gold and isnt considered a great up and coming singles talent either but he does have 4 All Asia Tag Team Title reigns to his name. That experience in high pressure situations could be what pushes him on in this tournament but he's always had someone to look to in his corner, He won't have that in singles competition, but Doug Furnas should not be taken lightly.  Hideki Hosaka has only been in the business for a sole year, but while travelling the Japanese indies has gathered a plethora of experiences. To date he has never won a singles or tag championship but he could be a shock if he's not taken seriously by his competitors.  Jun Akiyama is one of the hottest prospects in Japan, let alone AJPW. He only made his professional debut in September but has earnt himself a spot in the Champion Carnival. He made the final of the Real World Tag League teaming with Akira Taue. While he's not one of the favourites he's certainly a threat to the rest of the field  Shinya Hashimoto is one of the favourites to win the whole thing. He recently won the Million Yen Battle Royal and lost the resulting title challenge to Mitsuharu Misawa. He is also a former IWGP Tag Team champion. If Hashimoto can get past the challenges in this block then there's no reason he can't go all the way and win the Champion Carnival. The whole world will be looking forward to matches against Akira Taue, Steve Williams & Toshiaki Kawada in his block.  Steve Williams is a dangerous prospect for the rest of the tournament. Dr Death is easily able to win the entire tournament, the question is not whether he's good enough, It's if his opponents are better. Dr Death is looking like the odds on favourite to win in Block A with his last singles loss being back in early January. With momentum on his side, Williams looks unstoppable. But we've seen shocks before.  The Gladiator AKA Mike Awesome. This is his first appearance in AJPW so we have no idea how good he will do but I would imagine that he will be a surprise package for everyone. He has no title wins to his name however it's only a matter of when. And for The Gladiator. "When" might be now.  "Dangerous K" Toshiaki Kawada needs no introduction. A 2x AJPW World Tag Team Champion and won the Real World Tag League in December. Toshiaki Kawada's tag team partner, Mitsuharu Misawa is the current AJPW Triple Crown Champion. He'll be hoping to go all the way to meet him at the inaugural Hall of Champions event. Kawada & Misawa have known each other since high school and have been friends ever since. But even friends can meet on the battlefield.  Big Van Vader will be making his AJPW debut in the Champion Carnival and it's a fright for everyone in Block A. Vader will be looking not only to win the Block. but he'll be looking to dominate Block A. Big Van Vader is a monster the whole word should be scared of. |
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Post by troy on Aug 12, 2022 20:54:04 GMT 1
AJPW Champion Carnival Block B:
Dan Kroffat is one half of the Can-Am Express and is expected to do well. The 4x All Asia Tag Team Champion is definitely worth keeping an eye on.  Dan Spivey is currently AJPW World Tag Team Champion alongside Stan Hansen. He has plenty of tournament experience having fought in multiple Real World Tag Leagues and multiple King of The Ring tournaments. Dan Spivey could be a threat if he's not taken seriously  All the way from Mexico, the son of the legendary El Santo, El Hijo Del Santo, will make his AJPW debut in the Champion Carnival. He was rank 15 in the 1992 power rankings and is now looking to make an impact in AJPW.  Gary Albright is one of the biggest talents (literally) in AJPW and is looking like a big threat in the Champion Carnival, Could he be the one to go all the way?  Johnny Smith is half of the British Bruisers alongside Dynamite Kid. He's not considered to be much of a threat however he could be a big threat to some of the competition if not taken seriously.  The Orange Crush, Kenta Kobashi. The once lovable underdog of the Super Generation Army has matured into a warrior worth his weight in gold. He's considered one of the favourites to win the tournament as he tries to prove that The Orange Crush can hang with the best of them. He stands the chance of beating his stable mate, and Triple Crown Champion, Mitsuharu Misawa. He has yet to win a singles honour but has 4 All Asia Tag Team title reigns to his name. His last singles lost was on January 2nd against Shinya Hashimoto, over 2 months ago, and now he looks like he's ready to go to war in the Champion Carnival.  No doubt many people's favourite to win. Mitsuharu Misawa has been Triple Crown Champion since August 22nd when he won the belt from "The Lariat" Stan Hansen, Misawa is the leader of Super Generation Army which sees a whole 3 members enter this league in Misawa himself, Kawada & Kobashi. Misawa wrestled as Tiger Mask II between 1984-1990 before unmasking mid tag match, instantly making him a star. Misawa has yet to win the Champion Carnival and if he does win he gets to choose his challenger. He has to get past stable mate, Kenta Kobashi to do so however.  The Lariat, Stan Hansen is one of the best foreign wrestlers to ever step foot in Japan, a champion all over the world, This is one cowboy who's shots don't miss. He won the 1992 Champion Carnival and is looking to go back to back, The 3x AJPW Triple Crown Champion has a tied record with Jumbo Tsuruta as most Triple Crown wins, both on three. Stan Hansen will be looking to go onto the Hall of Champions looking to seal the record ang get a 4th Triple Crown win.
(I'm not arsed to do more I have written 18 ****ing mini bios just pretend theres something good for Takashi Iizuka & Terry Gordy)
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Post by Moore on Aug 12, 2022 21:15:00 GMT 1
"(I'm not arsed to do more I have written 18 ****ing mini bios just pretend theres something good for Takashi Iizuka & Terry Gordy)" Constructive criticism incoming: that's where your flaw is, in the lack of care or detail. Do you have good ideas? Sure. Is TEW only a way to spend time? Sure. But when we start a diary, it becomes a bit more than that and people will only get our ideas and think "oh, that's great booking" if there is some more detail. I firmly believe the people clicking thumbs up read it. If they should comment more? Maybe. But that's not the point. You stacked 7 months or so of booking into 3 thread pages in 3 days. And that's fine, but if there was more attention to detail and you had only posted 2 or 3 months, you'd probably like it better, just like the prople would follow up your ideas better. In no way is this a "nah, this diary sucks". Because it's got some potential. But why would I care for Takashi Iizuka and Terry Gordy (who's a strong B Block candidate, for sure) if you don't?  Both blocks are loaded. Hashimoto and Hansen win their respective blocks. Hashimoto wins the league. |
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Post by troy on Aug 12, 2022 21:27:58 GMT 1
"(I'm not arsed to do more I have written 18 ****ing mini bios just pretend theres something good for Takashi Iizuka & Terry Gordy)" Constructive criticism incoming: that's where your flaw is, in the lack of care or detail. Do you have good ideas? Sure. Is TEW only a way to spend time? Sure. But when we start a diary, it becomes a bit more than that and people will only get our ideas and think "oh, that's great booking" if there is some more detail. I firmly believe the people clicking thumbs up read it. If they should comment more? Maybe. But that's not the point. You stacked 7 months or so of booking into 3 thread pages in 3 days. And that's fine, but if there was more attention to detail and you had only posted 2 or 3 months, you'd probably like it better, just like the prople would follow up your ideas better. In no way is this a "nah, this diary sucks". Because it's got some potential. But why would I care for Takashi Iizuka and Terry Gordy (who's a strong B Block candidate, for sure) if you don't? Both blocks are loaded. Hashimoto and Hansen win their respective blocks. Hashimoto wins the league.Yeah thats more than a fair criticism. The main thing I need to work on is my extremely short attention span. I'll be halfway through writing it and then just stop caring and then it's hard to continue but I'll try work on that |
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Post by Moore on Aug 12, 2022 21:52:09 GMT 1
"(I'm not arsed to do more I have written 18 ****ing mini bios just pretend theres something good for Takashi Iizuka & Terry Gordy)" Constructive criticism incoming: that's where your flaw is, in the lack of care or detail. Do you have good ideas? Sure. Is TEW only a way to spend time? Sure. But when we start a diary, it becomes a bit more than that and people will only get our ideas and think "oh, that's great booking" if there is some more detail. I firmly believe the people clicking thumbs up read it. If they should comment more? Maybe. But that's not the point. You stacked 7 months or so of booking into 3 thread pages in 3 days. And that's fine, but if there was more attention to detail and you had only posted 2 or 3 months, you'd probably like it better, just like the prople would follow up your ideas better. In no way is this a "nah, this diary sucks". Because it's got some potential. But why would I care for Takashi Iizuka and Terry Gordy (who's a strong B Block candidate, for sure) if you don't? Both blocks are loaded. Hashimoto and Hansen win their respective blocks. Hashimoto wins the league.Yeah thats more than a fair criticism. The main thing I need to work on is my extremely short attention span. I'll be halfway through writing it and then just stop caring and then it's hard to continue but I'll try work on that Fair play to that, mate. I didn't want to make you feel bad at all. I know how hard it can be to focus on one thing. Sorry for anything bad, mate... |
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Post by troy on Aug 12, 2022 23:03:34 GMT 1
Champion Carnival Night 1 (Block A)
In the first night of Block A... We saw Steve Williams defeat Doug Furnas, The Gladiator beat Al Perez, Vader defeat Hideki Hosaka, Akira Taue beat tag partner Jun Akiyama and Toshiaki Kawada of the Super Generation Army beat Shinya Hashimoto vs
Steve Williams started the tournament by defeating Doug Furnas in 15:32 with a Doctor Bomb. 73 did surpass my expectations slightly to be completely fair. I dont know why I expected so little out of this when I know Doc and Furnas are brilliant workers and regularly pull off great matches, But anyways back to the actual stuff, Doc is definitely a potential winner of the Champion Carnival. I'm not saying I absolutely will pull the trigger on him but it's one way I'm considering going. Although saying that half of the tournament are potential winners with how stacked it is 😂 Also if anyone has partner ideas for Steve Williams let me know. Still exploring options not called Terry Gordy since if Williams gets injured he's getting carried in tag matches by a guy who barely hits 60.
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Was this a throwaway match? Absolutely. The Gladiator & Al Perez are mainly here to eat pinfalls to the bigger names like Taue, Hashimoto, Kawada etc. Al Perez has no future in AJPW and is probably going to be released after this tournament as he's got basically no pop and is just average in the ring while The Gladiator definitely has a place in AJPW with a solid run in the company planned. I'm a big fan of 90s Mike Awesome especially his FMW shit. I'm not normally one for hardcore wrestling but Mike Awesome was just so big but could move so well. Definitely makes me think of Brock Lesnar a little bit. So obviously I gave The Gladiator a W
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Vader beat Hosaka in 9:12 with a Vader Bomb but is anyone shocked? Because I certainly am not. Vader might stick around after the tournament he might not. But if he does he will be getting the main event push of all main event pushes most likely as Prime Vader is one of my favourite big men ever. Maybe having him beat Hosaka in sub 10 minutes was a mistake as it could have buried Hosaka but at the same time, Its Vader Time!
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Akira Taue got the hard earnt pinfall victory over Jun Akiyama in 20:54. I could've gone down the same route I went with Vader & Hosaka but Akiyama is obviously someone I have big plans for when he grows up from his young lion status so letting him last that long with a company star feels like the right thing to do. I obviously didnt go all the way with it and give him the win because that would be down right moronic, giving a young lion a victory over Akira Taue feels like something out of the Vince Russo playbook and I am not here for it. Akira Taue is also a strong contender to win the whole tournament and I think he would be a brilliant option but again with how stacked the field is there is no obvious winner yet.
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I dont think anyone quite understands how close I was to giving this 30 minutes and making it a time limit draw. Maybe it would've been the best story option but instead I gave it 29 and had Kawada win by roll up. Both men are great options to win as Kawada has the story of facing his tag partner, his best friend. While Hashimoto lost his first title challenge to Misawa and would be looking to avenge that at Hall of Champions. Kawada feels like slightly more of a star in my opinion however because of the lack of tour shows most people here probably think Hashimoto is the biggest star outside of Misawa (I plan on changing that dont worry) It was a good match hitting an 80. Maybe it hits 90 if I have it on a big stage, give it the best ref, the best road agent, etc. but that's not what I did. Also off topic but am I the only one that gets Santa Claus vibes from that picture of Hashimoto?
Champion Carnival Night 2 (Block B)
Before I say anything this show is easily my biggest disappointment yet but I'll get into that (looking at Misawa vs Santo specifically)
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I did Gordy dirty in the block introductions, I'll be first to admit that. But he starts the tournament on a loss to Stan "The Lariat" Hansen in 16:25. Both men are options to win the block but to be honest if you've paid attention to my constant ramblings against Gordy you'd probably guess he's not high on my list whereas Hansen is probably in my top 5 options. Stan Hansen could end up going all the way and doing a double but I'm unsure if that's what I want to go for but it's a good option.
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Next was Hansen's partner, Dan Spivey, taking on Dan Kroffat in a losing effort in 17:21. Like Perez vs The Gladiator, a bit of a throwaway match as neither man has a shot at winning the Champion Carnival despite how good each man has been so I'll leave it there and just say that I'm not planning on giving either man a singles push.
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Again I did Iizuka quite dirty in the introductions which I feel bad about so I gave him a W over Johnny Smith since I feel Iizuka has a lot of potential to be a big time player in AJPW. He's not quite in the potential winners list but in him I know I have a dependable hand should the worst happen.
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The best match across round 1, I say with regret (Misawa & Santo makes me cri) I knew this match would be great I just didnt expect Santo & Misawa to bomb so hard that's why this wasn't the main event. Kenta Kobashi won with Orange Crush in 22:34. Kenta Kobashi is definitely in my bigger plans I think everyone knows that but Albright also is in my long term plans as I'm a fan of his work with him being in my eyes the original human suplex machine (Taz aint got shit on Albright in ring) and I think he could be an amazing monster gaijin if handled well.
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Where to begin with this... They had 0 chemistry which was no help at all but even still. Not even a 60 is... depressing I honestly am so disappointed in that match and hopefully they do better against other opponents. Misawa is obviously on the winners list, Santo is not but only because hes not on a written deal and hes only here for 3 months. Obviously I know the champion is capable of far better but as far as first impressions go... El Hijo Del Santo couldn't make a worse one. |
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Post by troy on Aug 12, 2022 23:05:04 GMT 1
Yeah thats more than a fair criticism. The main thing I need to work on is my extremely short attention span. I'll be halfway through writing it and then just stop caring and then it's hard to continue but I'll try work on that Fair play to that, mate. I didn't want to make you feel bad at all. I know how hard it can be to focus on one thing. Sorry for anything bad, mate... Honestly lad (or lass if your a woman or.... I dont know what the non-binary version of the word is but that) I'm a sports coach constructive criticism is a nice change of pace from the normal shouts of abuse 🤣🤣🤣 |
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Post by Moore on Aug 13, 2022 1:07:44 GMT 1
Nice results from the first two days. That Misawa vs. Hijo del Santo match was a miss, but it happens. I'd give Gordy vs. Hansen the main event spot if I was booking that show (and I'd be wrong, as Kobashi vs. Albright was the top rated match). P.S. I'm a lad, then! And also a former sports coach!  |
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Post by troy on Aug 13, 2022 13:52:05 GMT 1
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