TEW 2020 - TCW Episode 2: The Target

In this episode of the TEW 2020 TCW save, Aaron Andrews responds to Wolf Hawkins' declaration at Psycho Circus, Jay Chord squares off with Benny Benson, and Greg Gauge defends the Television title against Flying Jimmy Foxx.
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[@funkyenby2670]

Let's go, I was waiting for that !! That's a pretty cool first show, I love the idea of using Kyle Rhodes as an interviewer, it makes sense and gives some purpose to his good Mic skills, I just never thought of it. I'm a bit sad about you not using Edd Stone in the first show, as he's one of my favorite member of the roster (and one who turns out really good really quickly) but you obviously can't use everyone at every show. Still really excited to see what's next, especially for those who don't have a defined direction yet, like Matt Hocking, T-Bone Bright or Joshua Taylor !

[@wrestleblake]

Appreciate the feedback as always! We've got a plan for Stone, so he'll show up soon enough haha. No worries on that. And the others you mentioned are all currently booked for the next show!

[@MarioRomero-dd1im]

Good first show! Love how your keeping the default stories to start its a great chance to figure out every bodies character in TCW. If I were you I would do a PPV every 2 months so 6 total with specials sprinkled in. Without the PPV’s gaining popularity can be really difficult since SWF and USPW have such a head start. A main big 4 should include Total Mayhem, King of Kings, Hotter Than Hell, and Battle Ground. Can’t wait for the next part and see how your roster expands little by little

[@bryanpangburn1344]

I agree with this. I’ve been debating doing only six ppvs in my TCW save.

[@wrestleblake]

Thanks so much, Mario! Glad you enjoyed it. And that's a great point on the PPV frequency given the war with SWF and USPW. Might have to choose between 6 or keeping all 12 and promoting some as special events using the old WCW "Clash at the Champions: Insert Show Name Here" format. Certainly have a few options to work with there.

[@MarioRomero-dd1im]

@@wrestleblake it’s not a bad idea to have the other 6 be basically “Clash of Champion”/“In Your House” type specials that can resolve some stories lines but are more like extra content with a theme. A show like The War to Settle the Score would be perfect for this type of special since it’s basically a show full of multi man matches. Also remember to use your MAW developmental guys as jobbers if needed. It’ll actually help them to get that exposure even if Joshua Taylor is squashing Joey Fili for example since it’ll boost there popularity and they will get booked on MAW TV and events more

[@wrestleblake]

@@MarioRomero-dd1im Yeah I like that idea for the non-legendary or historic shows. I think I've figured out how to format those moving forward. And I kid you not, I booked the next episode yesterday and on the card is....Joshua Taylor vs. Joey Fili! 😂

[@MarioRomero-dd1im]

@@wrestleblake No way! 😂 Great minds always think alike lol Can’t wait to see my guy Joshua Taylor maul my other guy Joey Fili next episode

[@dastumpyone6110]

Great first episode! As someone that pretty much only plays TCW in the C-Verse I am definitely grabbing some of these ideas for my next save, haha. Though typically I run TCW a little bit closer to ROH meets 84-85 Mid South, definitely see some influences from Bill Watts as well as Memphis and World Class.

[@wrestleblake]

Thanks for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed it. I love the ROH and Mid-South combo. Plenty of fun options with that approach!

[@ajaazhussain443]

Great first show, good direction for the storylines. I always struggle to stretch the Andrews/Wolf storyline to Total Mayhem based on the storyline, so interesting to see how you manage that. Good luck! Will be watching. Also would suggest after each show, go to broadcasters and then ratings centre, and look at last nights tv shows based on rating, and you can compare your 'ratings war' with SWF for tuesdays. Re; schedules, theres a really good touring style schedule on the forums. I personally have done a schedule of 8 PPVs to have more time to build to each show, but just consider your PPV revenue impact on a monthly basis, and used the remaining events as special editions of tv shows, or forbidden door style shows or if i've run a show in another country.

[@wrestleblake]

Thanks as always for the great feedback! I'm working on a few different options for the Andrews and Wolf feud but haven't decided which I prefer yet. One is certainly a bold idea, but stretching it to Total Mayhem is going to be a challenge. And those are good ideas on the schedule format. I might just keep all of them and push some as special editions, or push it to 6-8. Also will start looking at the ratings after each show!

[@bryanpangburn1344]

Great first episode! I love how you interjected Taylor into the first episode and how you’ve booked everything basically. Using Benson in the main event was a smart idea,It makes the tv title, and gauge, feel more important, especially if gauge is paired with Jay, little bit of a teaser there. Wolf was great as always, and him with The Syndicate is always an easy rating. As for the events, I’d say either keeping all twelve or pushing it to just six, seems like the way to go. Can’t wait to see this unfold and to see who you bring in from the indies; Fro, Ernest, Ring Generals, American Cobras, Rich and Famous. Lol

[@mikemcdermott7811]

You forgot Logan Wolfsbane

[@bryanpangburn1344]

@@mikemcdermott7811 oh I have a whole list of people he should bring in. People from CZCW, FCW, MAW, NYCW and Ollie. And BHOTWG (Matthew Keith and KC Glenn)

[@wrestleblake]

Love the feedback, Bryan! I thought it'd be fun to do a Jay and Gauge pairing early on since there's a fun story there for the future. And you'll be seeing some of your indie favorites soon! Have added several additions since booking the first show haha.

[@darkhawkgames]

I don't know who most of these wrestlers are, but I'm here to find out. Solid first show, it really did feel like my first time watching a company whom I'd never seen before do a show, with the "there's stories going on, there's background you don't know, but here's a wrestling show" and you pick it up pretty easily. I'm guessing the big man stable (can't immediately remember the name) is being built up to be reminiscent of the nWo?

[@wrestleblake]

Glad you enjoyed it! And yeah, I tried to be a little more detailed for the first show to set up all the characters and storylines. We have some interesting plans for both The Syndicate and Sinner Society stables, so hopefully they're just as impactful as the nWo haha.

[@Huff98]

Excited to see where this goes and how you book things. Is the show that you're modeling things after NWA: Power

[@wrestleblake]

Hope you enjoy it! I hadn't thought of NWA: Power as a comparison, but now that you mention, there is an old school, studio show type vibe I'm going for with the way the format is structured.

[@Hyde_Hill]

Nice to take break of 100+ roster. Be careful about shiny new thing syndrome hehe, as there are many great independent talents around. I ended at 50 main roster and 28 developmental and was still fighting the urge on some. Now this was final roster goal roster, with the goal of jobbing out and releasing trash so the effective roster for a long time is around 60+ main as there is a good amount of trash in TCW. Main thing I used to limit myself was to have 6 workers/teams per division (and 8 for Women as hey it's called total for a reason). That forced me to be more selective. World title, International (brought it back), Hard Hitting (brawlers/technicians and has a cool belt in default database made on my order lol), Action (high flyers/technicians), Tag team, Women. 6 Jobbers/occasional wrestlers. Made the tv title the B show title but not as it's own division. So I really pushed the concept of TOTAL wrestling. No hardcore as that is not considered wrestling lol.

[@wrestleblake]

Awesome feedback! Really appreciate that. I don't have any current plans to push hardcore wrestling, so it'll mostly be the skilled wrestlers and big brawlers haha. The shiny new toy syndrome is totally a thing in my WWE and AEW saves, so hopefully I've learned my lesson. I just love having such a small roster and will probably job out certain wrestlers to make room for the new additions.

[@jondortch9903]

great 1st show... Seeing a TCW show start n end in angles is different. i like it tho. this did remind me of the smackdown 4 era. with the 4 big stars throughout the show

[@wrestleblake]

You know I love my angles, even for a wrestling heavy show haha. But this will obviously be nowhere near what I do for the WWE save, just a few more angles than usual early on to build the background for storylines and such.

[@jondortch9903]

@@wrestleblake yea ..1st show kind of have to do that to get high show rating. or you drop a level and 6 months no movement

[@tomkmb4120]

How comes all of your angles are 'Freestyle Segments' ?

[@MasterUpload2010]

Nice ratings for the first show

[@wrestleblake]

Appreciate you watching! This was an enjoyable show to book.

[@LilMayoTheYoungOG]

Are you the booker or owner in this series?

[@wrestleblake]

Playing as the booker!

[@jeremyrobertfreelance]

I would keep the 12 ppvs. Make 4 of the ppvs more important than the rest with Total Mayhem and Malice In Wonderland culminating your longest or most popular storylines

[@wrestleblake]

I'm thinking that's the most likely option. We'll push the others as special events Clash of Champions style. I wish Malice in Wonderland wasn't the first PPV, but next year's show should be a better payoff for a lot of feuds. Thanks for watching!

[@toddpatterson7684]

Mid South

[@wrestleblake]

I do love my Mid South Wrestling, Todd! Without question one of the inspirations for the format I plan on using moving forward.

[@toddpatterson7684]

@@wrestleblake just copied the Magnum TA Mr. Wrestling 2 angle in my NYCW save

[@wrestleblake]

@@toddpatterson7684 That's awesome. I copied a certain NWA/WCW angle (with my own twist on it) for the next episode. Working on a Mid South classic angle for a future edition.