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Martel vs. Saito and Choshu seems like a great series of mains. Murdoch vs. Valentine sounds like an incredible match. Not entirely sure I'd have run it 30 minutes though.

He had a great 2004 match against Kazuyuki Fujita. I thought it was one of his better matches as it highlighted his ability to play FIP really well.

Loved the main, Kabuki and Kevin sounds like an awesome brawl. Tito as TV champ is awesome, means we get to see him weekly.

I try to do either 6-man tags with 1 and a half feuds or a singles match with half of a tag feud on the midcard and above feuds to set up the 2 on 2 matches. To me, it doesn't matter what matches you put on a card with feuding teams/people across from one another, as long as it's not the money match on something like a 2,000-3,000 seat house. You may or may not have noticed that the Can Ams and the Tongans, despite feuding, have not had a 2 on 2 match yet. That and matches like Condrey/Rose vs. Jacques/Raymond are saved for the 18,000 seat Montreal Forum shows or something like that. Also, the first Can Ams vs. Tongans match is being used to lend significance to the new title they will be wrestling for in it. At some point I may work a bigger building in Ottawa on a Thursday after a TV taping or something, hit a nice 10,000 gate as a follow-up to the previous night's TV with a marquee matchup or two that gets teased on the TV. It's also the reason why my lowest title is a singles title. The guys who are getting pushes get good experience in a lot of tag matches & six mans to build to the title matches and a chance to work a semi-featured singles match now and again. Gives them the training they need for what will be expected of them on the midcard.

What a great Boston show! I think the only match I'd not care for was the Mil vs. Harley match. Bock at the end is great. I'd put him in my top 3 heels on the continent so far.

Yeah, I can't believe Eddie Marlin is so good to the RnRs. Only way they could hold a candle to the Assassins. So what sort of shenanigans do Ladd and Sonny King have up their sleeve exactly?

I feel like I started this more than a little, so I just want to clarify what I was trying to say. I think that after the draft and first week a lot of folks slowed down on this whole deal. Some had other stuff they needed to put time into I'm sure, while others have simply burnt out on the fantasy booking. I feel like we should be very careful about removing territories without the person running them saying they are done. You've all read my shows and how long they get. I am written a month and a half in advance just writing on weekends. I wrote three weeks of TV last weekend while knocking out season 1 of Breaking Bad. If somebody like Rocket, Boricua or Wahoo's really wanted to catch up it wouldn't take very long at all. So I think we should have patience with anyone who hasn't been posting for a while. I also think that those of us who are here more often than others can help by reading through what other people write and letting them know what we think. It's a small thing, but knowing what works for your audience (and that your audience cares enough to reply at all) can be a big help. I've been trying to be better about that lately after having a bit of a lull myself.

No reason to make it an argument. Let's just try to talk it out without throwing anything back an forth in the process.

Fliers for the International Wrestling Association have been turning up all around Quebec and in several new Brunswick towns. The fliers are promoting International's again expanded touring schedule for September. September 5th, Colisée de Saint-Jean, Saint-Sean-Sur-Richelieu, QC September 6th, Palais des Sports, Granby, QC September 7th, Palais des Sports, Sherbrooke, QC September 8th, Pavillon de la Jeunesse, Quebec City, QC September 9th, Colisée de Rimouski, Rimouski, QC September 8th, Moncton Coliseum, Moncton, NB, joint show with Maple Leaf Wrestling September 12th, Halifax, Nova Scotia, joint show with Maple Leaf Wrestling September 13th, Aitken Centre, Fredericton, NB September 14th, Colisée de Rimouski, Rimouski, QC September 15th, Centre Georges-Vézina, Saguenay, QC September 16th, Pavillon de la Jeunesse, Quebec City, QC September 17th, Palais des Sports, Saint-Georges, QC September 19th, Centre des Loisirs, Thetford Mines, QC September 20th, Auditorium de Shawinigan, Shawinigan, QC September 21st, Colisée de Trois-Rivieres, Trois-Rivieres, QC September 22nd, Colisée des Bois-Franc, Victoriaville, QC September 23rd, Centre Civique, Drummondville, QC September 24th, Colisée Cardin, Sorel, QC September 26th, Paul Sauvé Arena, Montreal, QC September 27th, Robert Guertin Centre, Gatineau, QC September 28th, Earl Armstrong Arena, Ottawa, ON September 29th, Paul Sauvé Arena, Montreal, QC October 1st, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC Television commercials are airing on local TV stations during the evening hours in addition to the fliers.

Yeah, I'm guessing there are several of us who are written far enough ahead that we don't need the shot in the arm. I won't have room for anyone new until at least mid-November. I understand the feeling that all those workers are just sitting there, but we can't just kick people out because we like their roster.

So do we give people a little more time to get their stuff going again? I'm not sure how we want to set the protocol on this because both of the other people who have left have done so voluntarily. The way we handle this is going to determine how it works going forward, so we better be sure it's how we want to do this every time before this is finished.

So Boricua's perfect WWC roster is going to get a boost? Sweet. I imagine that random draw is going to be closely watched given Florida's roster. I tend to agree with Grimmas on the sideways moves also. I don't know if Florida is one of those, but it would be fine for somebody from a smaller territory to move in if you ask me.

Ooh, a recap show. I was thinking I would add one of those sometime in 84.

Another great show! Tully is easily one of the top heels across North America right now. Khan is gonna give a HUGE rub to whoever puts him away. I'm liking the Tiny Anderson stuff. Gilbert seems like he is in over his head, but I imagine he's gonna find a way to overcome.

Hogan ripping things up in wild brawls is an interesting twist on Hogan. Wild Bills and Road Warriors seems like a great tag team brawler feud. Could Embry become a part of Garvin's stable?

Russians with a clean win is interesting. I'm sure the last two matches were taped and will come out on your first batch of commercial releases? If not, fuck you world.

Way to go Rogers & Fulton! Those Germans are not done yet though. Steve-O is quite the young lion in his way. Wrestling 2 no selling the low blow is a bit odd. Was wondering when we'd get one of them in your booking though. Brody vs. the Sheik is a perfect way to use Brody. Tag championship match looks fun, but I'm no huge fan of Mascaras. Now the main event....you are going to get Ted killed, sir. I hope you don't mind having that on your conscience.

Great lead-in to the Chicago show. Really loaded card with what seem like no throwaway matches in the Amphitheatre. When Bock is in match #2 you know you've got a pretty beefed up roster. Also, Colon vs. Abby with two matches to go seems a bit off. I think the mat is going to be blood red by the time that match ends and probably not very safe to wrestle in.

Yeah, Georgia is right up there for me too. I'm loving the tag division and the whole Jake/Adonis/GC/Reed/Koko situation. It's a concept I had thought to use right away but will have to wait a bit to employ due to having to remake the entire structure of the roster through the shows. It's one of my favorite promotions to read with Southeast and Southwest neck and neck (and neck?).

Man, what a great Coliseum show. I smell a certain football playing Indian chief coming in sometime soon to make Casey pay for his crimes. Darsow had a great show even if I'm not a fan. Taylor and Guerrero are showing signs of dissension in the ranks, but I would have loved to see that match. Sheik vs. David seemed like it was sort of shoehorned in, but it works for what you were doing during that part of the show. The tag championship match was great and I hope alternate universe me has the good sense to watch that some day. Damn those sneaky Russians anyway. Last two matches were a great way to send the crowd home happy. All in all, I'd say you knocked the big show out of the park.

I'm thinking I would like both of your promotions. Ever since I did my 2000s Japan watch I've had this idea that 20+ minute matches are very often bloated by unnecessary stuff when in the hands of all but the very high tier pro wrestlers. So my thinking is that ideally eighteen minutes or so is more than enough to tell the story that needs to be told. That and my recent love of tag wrestling makes me gravitate towards show like yours.

I'm digging all the tag action myself, but I have to think that Georgia and Southeastern have the 1 and 2 tag divisions as far as name value and actual tag matches being produced. I tend to save a lot of the marquee matchups (face vs. heel ones anyway) in 2 on 2 action for the big shows and run a lot of 6 mans.

August 20th, 1983, Pavillon de la Jeunesse, Quebec City, QC (4,200) Dan Johnson defeated Alex Gerrard with a power slam Gino Brito & Tony Parisi defeated the Kay Brothers with a side suplex/flying senton combo on Rudy Kay Armand Rougeau & Rene Goulet defeated Dave Kochen & Tony Ricco with a flying fist drop/scorpion claw hold combo on Ricco Jim Brunzell defeated Tonga John with an inside cradle before quickly escaping the ring Quebec Heavyweight Champion Richard Charland defeated Louis Laurence with his feet on the ropes to retain the Quebec Heavyweight Championship Phil Lafon defeated King Tonga by DQ when Albano ordered King Tonga to not release a nerve hold, Brunzell ran out to save with Tonga John close behind, resulting in another crowd-clearing, bloody brawl Mad Dog Lefebvre, Gilles Poisson & Dennis Condrey defeated the Invaders & Raymond Rougeau with a bearhug/second rope superplex combo on Invader 1 Jacques Rougeau defeated Randy Rose with a schoolboy

Yeah I try to at least get one of my last two or three matches with a babyface win. If I can make the main a babyface win more often than not, it's a win for me.

The Japanese do not have capital letters. So all capital letters means it's in English, which is obviously the evil language since it is foreign. It's basically the exact same as how American wrestling works through a different mechanism.