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Well a fan attack gets Jon Magnus the CI title, he's lucky the fan declined to press charges. I refuse to recognize Tom Arson as champ cause he wasn't signed to be in the ladder match. So what we have now, Tony G is the #1 contender to the heavyweight title in virtue of his win-loss record. Alas, it will be three months until the next show...

NMW Heavyweight Title
(C) Tyler Priegel (14-4-0-1) .778
1. Tony G (8-4) .667
2. "Mississippi Madman" Don Jackson (15-9-3) .611
3. Tom Arson (23-16) .590 [Won 15-man battle royal 11/21/2K9]
4. "Spotlight" Spencer Powers/EDS (38-27) .585
5. Mike Flannery (6-0) 1.000 [Won 20-man rumble 10/29/11]

Central IL Title
(c) Jon Magnus/Stan Sallinger (39-27-0-2) .591
1. Ryan Phoenix (11-9-0-1) .550
2. Guy Smith (42-37-0-2) .532 - [15-man Battle Royal win 7/2/2K3]
3. Scott Keyes (7-6) .538
4. Derek Moss (4-3) .571
5. Perry Winkle (3-3) .500

6. Steven Bishop/Khaos Kidd (17-19-1) .473 [15-man battle royal win 6/24/2K4]
7. Dan The Man (12-14) .461 [30-man royal rumble co-win 10/23/10]
8. Eric Logan (28-36-3) .440 - [20-man Battle Royal win 10/6/2K2]
9. Christian Rose (3-4-1) .438
10. Truk Thompson (5-9) .357
11. Justin McIntyre (14-26-0-1) .350
12. Dixieland Destroyer (2-2)
13. Matt Cage (1-1)
14. Randy Ray (1-2)
15. Bucky Collins (1-6)
16. Nate Knox (0-1)
17. Matt Winners (0-1)


NMW Tag Team Titles
(c) Guy Smith & Spencer Powers (12-7) .631 **
1. Southern Comfort - Dixieland Destroyer & Randy Ray (5-3) .675
2. Perry Winkle & Scott Keyes (2-1)
3. Kentucky Buffet - Matt Cage & Alex Castle (2-3) .400
4. The Crew - Eric Logan & Derek Moss (2-3) .400
5. Christian Rose & Joey O'Riley (1-1)
6. The Dudesons (1-3)

Those angry at North Carolina threatening to boycott the state for enacting the definition of marriage between a man and a women into their constitution...how's your boycott of the 29 other states before it that adopted the same thing going? Have those other 29 states gone bankrupt because the 1-2% of the population won't associate with them anymore?

I'm rather offended at people who are now going around telling people to stop being offended or outright trying to FORCE people to completely disregard their morality because they do not like how God created things and think it's bigoted, unfair, discriminatory, etc. That will fail and fail miserably. While the secular progressives get all pissy about morality being shoved down their throats, they in turn think they are entitled to shove THEIR belief system done everyone else's throats cause they believe their ideology is superior to all else.

After First Blood, Tom Arson moves ahead of Jon Magnus in ranking but all in all, little has changed in contendership. Southern Comfort despite losing are still #1 contenders for the tag titles. It seems like the roster is quite thin of late. Despite Benz jumping in the ring for an impromptu match with Magnus, I do not believe he has reactivated.

NMW Heavyweight Title
(C) Tyler Priegel (14-4) .778
1. "Mississippi Madman" Don Jackson (15-9-3) .611
2. Tom Arson (23-15) .605 [Won 15-man battle royal 11/21/2K9]
3. Jon Magnus/Stan Sallinger (38-27-0-2) .585
4. "Spotlight" Spencer Powers/EDS (38-27) .585
5. Ryan Phoenix (11-9) .550

Central IL Title
(c) Tony G (8-3) .700
1. Guy Smith (42-37-0-2) .532 - [15-man Battle Royal win 7/2/2K3]
2. Mike Flannery (6-0) 1.000 [Won 20-man rumble 10/29/11]
3. Scott Keyes (7-6) .538
4. Steven Bishop/Khaos Kidd (17-19-1) .473 [15-man battle royal win 6/24/2K4]
5. Derek Moss (3-3) .500

6. Perry Winkle (3-3)
7. Eric Logan (28-35-3) .447 - [20-man Battle Royal win 10/6/2K2]
8. Dan The Man (11-14) .440 [30-man royal rumble co-win 10/23/10]
9. Christian Rose (3-4-1) .438
10. Truk Thompson (5-9) .357
11. Justin McIntyre (14-26-0-1) .350
12. Matt Cage (1-1)
13. Randy Ray (1-2)
14. Dixieland Destroyer (1-2)
15. Bucky Collins (1-6)
16. Nate Knox (0-1)

NMW Tag Team Titles
(c)Guy Smith & The Spotlight (12-6) .667 **
1. Southern Comfort - Dixieland Destroyer & Randy Ray (5-3) .675
2. Kentucky Buffet - Matt Cage & Alex Castle (2-3) .400
3. The Crew - Eric Logan & Derek Moss (2-3) .400
4. Christian Rose & Joey O'Riley (1-1)
5. Perry Winkle & Scott Keyes (1-1)
6. The Dudesons (1-2)

**Titles were won by Shard & Powers.

There was a question as to whether anyone can afford a trios tourney...like the one I wrote out yesterday. Here's my answer, the costs of an eight-match show with five singles bouts and three tag matches is probably not much more than that. I know there's been some promotions around here that booked Royal Rumble and Survivor Series style shows with FAR MORE than 24 wrestlers on the card. So how is a Trios tourney any more cost-prohibitive to book exactly? Or did the promoters who booked those Royal Rumble and Survivor Series style shows had to leave the venue wearing a barrel? I say, don't be afraid to try booking such a show.

The King of Trios was announced recently...but what about a localized version of King of Trios? Someone in central Illinois should have a trios tourney. I wrote something up on this topic last year, and no one jumped on it. So here's an updated list of possible entrants --

*The C4/Team Overkill - Matt Cage, Alex Castle & Christian Rose - of course they're wanting in Chikara for their trios tourney.

*Team NBS - Derek Moss, Tony G & Randy Ray - three of the NBS rookies are grouped together, opening round match against Overkill.

*The Midwest Mob - Brett Gakiya, CJ Esparza & Nick Brubaker - this unit has been around a long time and thus would be a natural entrant.

*The Hooligans - Mason, Devin & Neil Diamond Cutter - another established unit that would be a natural entrant. First rounder against the Mob.

*Attitude Inc. - Guy Smith, Spencer Powers & Perry Winkle - Michael Shard is out, Perry Winkle is in. Apart from Winkle, not as well traveled as they should be and thus would be a major threat cause not enough people know their street cred.

*The Solution - Sage Ramsey, Jason Wells & Dareian Frost - this combo has pretty much dominated south central Illinois and feel they don't get enough credit because of the promotion they have worked isn't highly regarded by other promoters. Opening round match against Attitude.

*Team XXX - Joey O'Riley, Jay Spade & AT Brooks - Three high-flying cruisers that have teamed at various times would be put together as a trio.

*The Bandana Mafia - Pierre Abernathy, Evan Gelistico & Davey Vega - what started as a promo for a company's products, this trio is quite established everywhere they go. Last entry into the tourney. Opening round against Team XXX.


And there it is, eight teams from central Illinois that would make a great trios tournament.

ADD: I totally forgot about Team Sexy - Aaron Matthews, Jeff Harris and Jimmy Karryt. And I'd probably put them up against Team XXX instead of the mafia.

Well this will be fun...let's play a guessing game as to what that announcement could be that fans have been saying they want for years. How to play, you can rank the likihood of it happening or suggest one not listed...so away we go!

*NMW finally books Guy Smith vs. Mississippi Madman.

*NMW hires a completely new/different booking team.

*A particular wrestler is brought back onto the active roster. Names include Sage Ramsey, KC Jackson, Steven Bishop, Jake Manning...even Real World Jeremy.

*NMW brings back the Alexis Homeier Memorial Tournament...which was renamed at some point.

*NMW does outdoor fair shows.

*NMW goes to Jacksonville.

*NMW hires a new commissioner to replace LPC (somebody was asking for this before he went Sovreign!)

*New tag team and CI belts are made.

*NMW does another two ring Brawltoberfest.

*NMW has a change in ownership.

Any others?

ADD: Apparently the "big announcement" was an NMW women's match....but the women's match had ALREADY been announced...

I just love the fact that whenever I make a political statement about what's going on that the same couple people re-invoke the same ancient BS narrative that "there's no way anyone would think like that, so they must be gay!" And this after the front page article and all the chatter on radio this morning about Chick-fli-a possibly opening on the UIS campus. Springfield has wanted one to eat at for a couple of decades. There isn't a Chick-fli-a around here. You have to go to Urbana or Edwardsville to eat at one. Well when the news came out that a Chick-fli-a MIGHT open at UIS, who is running out to scream bloody murder? At first I thought it was militant vegetarians that go to UIS, but after reading the article, it's really militant christophobes. Why? Cause it's perceived by these nutjobs that Chick-fli-a funded anti-homosexuality groups. Yeah, really. But because I dared type out a Tweet that said --

"Apparently the reason why there isn't a chick-fla-a around here is due to militant christophobes."

Never mind the fact that so many UIS students and faculty would waste their time getting all worked up running around campus hanging flyers and picketing about a restaurant that no one is forcing them to eat at - there's something wrong with ME and ONLY ME. And supposedly when a person is married, anything happening around them is completely ignored about cause every waking moment your mind is supposedly on your spouse and only your spouse...which is utter nonsense.

Less Government
23 hours ago

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Seeing this played out in front of us:......again

If a Conservative doesn't agree with Chi-Fil_A, they don't eat tere.
If A liberal disagrees with Chik-fil_A, they demand no one can eat there.

If a conservative doesnt like guns, he doesn`t buy one.
If a liberal doesn't like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.

If a conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn`t eat meat.
If a liberal is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.

If a conservative sees a foreign threat, he thinks about how to defeat his enemy.
A liberal wonders how to surrender gracefully and still look good.

If a conservative is homosexual, he quietly leads his life.
If a liberal is homosexual, he demands legislated respect.

If a black man or Hispanic are conservative, they see themselves as independently successful.
Their liberal counterparts see themselves as victims in need of government protection.

If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation.
A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him.

If a conservative doesnt like a talk show host, he switches channels.
Liberals demand that those they dont like be shut down.

If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesnt go to church.
A liberal non-believer wants any mention of God and religion silenced. (Unless its a foreign religion, of course!)

If a conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it.
A liberal demands that the rest of us pay for his.

If a conservative slips and falls in a store, he gets up, laughs and is embarrassed.
If a liberal slips and falls, he grabs his neck, moans like he's in labor and then sues.

All right, last five categories...there isn't a Respect Award this year...so vote for you who think should win...and this is purely informational to us...this will not decide the actual winners.

Who would you had chosen as the 2012 NBS Central Illinois Wrestler of the Year? Matt Cage Christian Rose Ryan Phoenix Oliver Cain Brandon Espinosa Acepolls More polls: UEFA smslån Paris Sportifs	Who would you had chosen as the 2012 NBS Central Illinois Tag Team of the Year? Zero Gravity Kentucky Buffet The Hooligans Attitude Inc. The Becks - Bobby & Dixie Acepolls More polls: Free online polls polls & Surveys mikrolån	Who would you had chosen to be the 2012 NBS Most Hated Wrestler? Mason Beck Scott Parker Brandon Espinosa Austin Roberts Tyler Priegel Acepolls More polls: polls & Surveys Ski weltcup Free online polls
Who would you have chosen as the 2012 NBS Fan Favorite of the Year? Bucky Collins Joey O'Riley Dan the Man Mr. 450 Hammett Nick Brubaker Acepolls More polls: mikrolån polls & Surveys Free online polls	What is the 2012 NBS Central Illinois Match of the Year? Jason Hades vs. Davey Richards - Dreamwave Feb. 2011 Jimmy Jacobs vs. Brandon Espinosa - PWE April 2011 Jimmy Karryt vs. Austin Lane - NBWA Nov. 2011 Kentucky Buffet vs. Top Guns - IWAU 1/12/2011 Zero Gravity vs. Bobby Houston & Waylon Beck - Dreamwave June 2011 Acepolls More polls: mikrolån polls & Surveys Free online polls

Concerning the Johnny Courageous article on Huffington Post - yes I read the article, and my point is going out of your way to declare your sexuality to the world is pretty much a useless exercise to me. Why are we supposed to care? Why is it so important to tell the world about your sexuality? While he makes the point of sexuality is not part of his character or gimmick and it's supposed to be a non-issue, that argument is out the window. With this article published for worldwide dissemination, how can people forget or ignore it now that it is a fresh topic of discussion? It's gonna be a long time before it's out of the minds of the public. I don't even read the Huffington Post cause it's a left-wing hack political operation, but Google put it as a front page lead story on their news page so apparently they want this thing widely read very badly.

Apparently certain people didn't bother to go so far as to even read the FIRST PARAGRAPH of the piece cause they think he was interviewed by the Huff when really Courageous himself wrote it under his real name.

Well the winners will be announced soon, but wanted to hear from the fans on who they would have picked as the winners of the NBS Awards...so here we go...it's anonymous and you can vote for whomever you want. Crimefighter, MOAV and ISUFloyd should not vote here, neither should the nominees vote for themselves for obvious reasons. I'm sure this is gonna be a popularity contest more than anything but wanted to see what the fans think as it is highly unlikely a podcast will be done on why we picked the winners unless I personally speak out about it. DISCLAIMER - This is purely an informational thing...the top vote getter may not necessarily win the award.

A second group will be posted tomorrow - votes take about a minute to tally...

Who would you had chosen as the winner of the 2012 NBS Diamond in the Rough Award? Ace Hawkins Serenity Blake Reed Ace Martino Tony G Acepolls More polls: smslån Paris Sportifs UEFA	Who would you had chosen as the winner of the 2012 NBS Referee of the Year Award? Eric Davis Robbie McCann Carley Rae Scott Jackson Robert King Acepolls More polls: polls & Surveys mikrolån Free online polls	Who would you had chosen as the winner of the 2012 NBS Golden Microphone Award? - Cast Your Vote!. Tom Arson Ace Martino Christian Rose Brandon Espinosa Ryland Foxx Acepolls More polls: mikrolån Free online polls polls & Surveys
Who would you had chosen as the first ever 2012 NBS Manager/Valet of the Year? Miss Nikki Mayday C-Red Melody Steel Ryland Foxx Stephani King Acepolls More polls: Free online polls polls & Surveys mikrolån	Who is the 2012 Central Illinois Promotion of the Year? Dreamwave Wrestling IWA Unlimited New Midwest Wrestling United Wrestling Coalition Pro Wrestling Epic Acepolls More polls: mikrolån Paris Sportifs Free online polls	What would you have chosen as the 2012 NBS Feud of the Year? The Crew vs. Attitude Inc. Brandon Espionsa vs. Ace Hawkins Alex Castle vs. Christian Rose Oliver Cain vs. Shank Barzini Waylon Beck vs. The Beck Family Acepolls More polls: polls & Surveys mikrolån Free online polls

Ballistic Brent Myers....I WORK FOR THE STATE POLICE...so if you have a problem with me emailing you asking about a new promotion we hadn't had on the radar...you can come down to Springfield to ISP Central HQ to discuss the matter. Threatening to use your position as a "public safety officer" prosecute me for "electronic harassment" will get you a serious dressing down from your superiors. By the way, learn how to write.

Ahem, concerning those excessively anal people who are whining, moaning, and b****ing like little babies because I called a referee a moron when there was unauthorized people in the ring making contact with the combatants in an ongoing match and completely ignored it while running in to count the one two three...

PULL THE HOT POKER OUT OF YOUR @$$!

I make NO APOLOGIES whatsoever for calling it how I saw it and everyone else in the house for that matter. Maybe I should start writing reviews of shows again even though I don't have the time nor energy for it...lord knows how many people punched out their monitors every time I wrote one.

Man, the roster has SHRANK....and I have moved all the folks who've been gone a while or quit to the inactives. I know there's some folks who are chomping at the bit to make a return and with a reduced roster it's gonna be hard to argue against keeping them out. Southern Comfort was victorious at Broken Promises but their win does not count in the tag standings because it was a handicap match. Benz' retirement stands so no tally.

NMW Heavyweight Title
(C) Tyler Priegel (12-4) .750
1. Tom Arson (22-14) .611 [Won 15-man battle royal 11/21/2K9]
2. "Mississippi Madman" Don Jackson (15-9-3) .611
3. Ryan Phoenix (11-7) .611
4. Jon Magnus/Stan Sallinger (38-25-0-2) .603
5. "Spotlight" Spencer Powers/EDS (38-27) .5846

Central IL Title
(c) Tony G (6-3) .667
1. Guy Smith (42-37-0-2) .532 - [15-man Battle Royal win 7/2/2K3]
2. Mike Flannery (5-0) 1.000 [Won 20-man rumble 10/29/11]
3. Scott Keyes (7-6) .538
4. Lucious P. Cotrain (21-22-2) .478
5. Steven Bishop/Khaos Kidd (17-19-1) .473 [15-man battle royal win 6/24/2K4]

6. Derek Moss (3-2) .600
7. Perry Winkle (3-3)
8. Eric Logan (28-35-3) .447 - [20-man Battle Royal win 10/6/2K2]
9. Christian Rose (3-4-1) .438
10. Dan The Man (10-13) .435 [30-man royal rumble co-win 10/23/10]
11. Truk Thompson (5-8) .385
12. Justin McIntyre (14-26-0-1) .350
13. Matt Cage (1-1)
14. Randy Ray (1-2)
15. Dixieland Destroyer (1-2)
16. Bucky Collins (1-6)
17. Nate Knox (0-1)

NMW Tag Team Titles
(c)Guy Smith & The Spotlight (11-6) .647 **
1. Southern Comfort - Dixieland Destroyer & Randy Ray (3-2) .600
2. Kentucky Buffet - Matt Cage & Alex Castle (2-2) .500
3. The Crew - Eric Logan & Derek Moss (2-2) .500
4. Christian Rose & Joey O'Riley (1-1)
5. The Dudesons (0-1)

Lets break the percentages backed by Gallap down to a pool of a million people - 200,000 are libs, 370,000 are mods, and 420,000 are conservatives. The RINO gets the nom because they're scared the conservative will preach against debauchery. So the 200,000 all goes to the Dem cause they will NEVER EVER vote for a pretend Dem. The mod vote, splits evenly as it almost always does. 185,000 go to each candidate. the Dem wins with 385,000 votes to the RINO's 185,000. That's a landslide. For the RINO to win, he would have to get 78% of that moderate block to TIE which is 285,000. If it was a conservative candidate, he would only have to get almost 22% of that mod block to TIE which is 80,000. The mods NEVER EVER split 4 to 1 on ANYTHING. This is what I'm trying to tell people, and they refuse to process simple math because well they flunked out of school. The conservative has a big advantage as there are twice as many of them versus libs. The establishment GOP country clubbers are so dense to realize that and thus they keep losing....but they don't care if they lose.

Mitt Romney is on track to get the nom with just the mod vote alone making up only 30% of the party, cause the conservative majority is split between four candidates. The GOP makeup now is 67% conservative, 30% mod, 3% liberal. Whoever gets the nom better not alienate the base, or it will be the kiss of death for them.

BTW, as soon as I started talking numbers, he complained proving my point on not processing simple math.

I figure I should come out and speak about the St. Louis wrestling top ten news stories of 2011 that will come out next week in the next episode of the Nose Bleed Seats. The 2010 list I did got some complaints about the negative stories I put on the list...too much negative or too negative period and that somehow the list causes harm to the scene as a whole. This is to answer those critics who will make the very same charges when the next list is posted...probably on Monday.

My choices for the top ten are of events that had a direct effect on the local scene that influenced, impacted, reshaped, or reconfigured things. And that these events were things that were long lasting and not easily forgotten about or ignored. An event that was a topic of conversation for no more than a day or just a couple hours that didn't really do much probably garners no more than a notable mention. An example of that is so-n-so name wrestler being booked on a show. Dreamwave does that every month. Is it really that newsworthy? Will you be talking about it months from now in large numbers? And then we'd have to play the game of which booked name was the most significant. Some of the stories I chose for this list were ongoing sagas to where the event was making news for months and not going away.

And on the inclusion of negative stuff--just because it's negative, just because it's embarrassing, just because you wish it didn't happen, just because it gives the scene a black eye--does not make it unnewsworthy. Sweeping it under the rug and pretending it never existed will not make it disappear...the players who made the event happen have not gone away, they are still around and still able to do things. Knowledge is power; the power to fight back against it and enact a change for the better instead of repeat the same negative events over and over.

One of the biggest differences between the STLWC and MWR is this - we were way ahead of the curve on one story that made the top ten...we covered the chain of events that occurred with it over a several month period and interviewed a key player involved at length...MWR only did one story where one person fired comments at a lesser player in the story that merely echoed what was said on the podcast by the far bigger player weeks prior. But it didn't give the full picture of what was going on which was a major, major change because supposedly it was too negative to be reported on for them.

Negativity does suck, but that negativity does things that cause change. Thus, it cannot be ignored. And that is the rationale for a story making the top ten. There are positive things over the year that enacted lasting change but these seem few and far between...and THAT IN ITSELF needs to change. Make some lemonade out of these lemons!

Saw your awards post on the blog, and I thought I’d use some of my connections (Eric Gargiulo, RD Reynolds, among others) to revive the awards. I’m doing a call for nominations as we speak, which I hope to collect by January 2 or 3. They’re listed here: http://justinsport.webs.com/noms.txt If you post this, the e-mail to reach me is cynicjrh@gmail.com. I’m open to nominees from any promotion, just as Kunze and CRZ were, and I’m hoping for a big turnout.


Send him your noms!!!

What's Joey O’Riley’s Future?
by IWA Unlimited Wrestling on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 2:41pm

Joey O’Riley is one of the most talented wrestlers on the IWAU roster. Many have claimed that his athleticism would lead him to the top of the mountain, so to speak. And that very talent, that very athleticism has brought him a plethora of success within the company.

Debuting with IWAU (then IWAP) in 2009, Joey has amassed quite a resume. A four time IWAU Club Champion, countless main events and great matches have entertained the fans at the IWAU Arena on South Whittle Avenue. However, within the last month, IWAU Heavyweight Champion - Matt Cage has pointed out a fact:

Joey O’Riley has had more failed opportunities at the IWAU Heavyweight Title than anyone else in company history. Despite his numerous talents and desire to succeed, it seems as though Joey O’Riley cannot deliver when it counts the most, despite telling Matt Cage that he WOULD make good on his latest opportunity at Deep Impact this past Saturday.

Claiming that he NEEDED to win the championship, not only for himself, but for his fans, his family and for the company as a whole, Joey entered the title match this past Saturday a warrior on a mission. Cage himself has already admitted that he’s never fought as hard to win a match. However, despite bringing his absolute A-game, Joey failed yet again.

One has to question, “Where does Joey go from here?”

Within the last two months, Joey has had three opportunities at the Heavyweight Title and come up short. Certainly there are other wrestlers seeking contention for the title.

Christian Rose has been on a roll like no other, tearing through the competition as though it was the beginning of 2010 when Rose stepped up and proved himself to be “The Ace of IWAU”.

Alex Castle, who hasn’t been in title contention since the fall of 2009, has improved leaps and bounds and could easily make a claim to contend for the Heavyweight Title. After all, Castle is one of the only men to hold a pinfall victory over the current champion within the last several months.

Maybe even Cash Bordin, who debuted with IWAU and has impressed fans in his short time with the company, deserves a shot. Cash is the other man to gain a pinfall victory over Matt Cage shortly before he won the championship. Cash has got to be looking to make 2012 his year and another opportunity at the IWAU Heavyweight Title could be the way to make that happen.

Can Joey rebound after this crushing defeat or will this be the beginning of the end for one of the cornerstones of this company?

No more wrestling shows this year...so here's the breakdown --

NMW - 10
IWAU - 8
PWE - 4
GAW - 3
WLW - 2
NBWA - 2
IWA-MS - 2
PWA - 2
PWP - 2
RWO - 2
SLW - 2
ROH - 1
AAPW - 1
TNA - 1
EAW - 1
WWE - 1
MMWA - 1
CMW - 1
IHW - 1
ICW (WI) - 1

Total - 48

November Reign is in the books...so here's what I would put in as my lineup for the first show of the year Broken Promises --

Apparently they're desperate to have another "celebration" on the card so Mike Flannery can boast about winning Brawltoberfest and not fight for the heavyweight title. Whatever...

*Dan the Man vs. Perry Winkle - since it's now The Sovreign 4GQ vs. Everyone...after so many mismatches it only makes sense to pair the two smallest guys involved against each other.

*Justin MacIntyre vs. Lucious P. Cotrain - While neither man is particularly wanting to return to the ring more than a one-shot, this is really the only match either person should be in after that shocking turn.

*Tony G vs. Truk Thompson - Tony's the new champ, and as previously stated you can draw from a hat and it would be a sensible choice. But fronting the line with prior wins would be Matt Cage, Mike Flannery and Truk. I absolutely would not make a CI title shot what winning Brawltoberfest earns you - that would invite a lot of criticism.

*Attitude Inc. vs. The Crew vs. Kentucky Buffet vs. Southern Comfort - I suspect someone will call for a ladder match, but the other tag teams would have a legit gripe about the The Crew hogging it. The downside is that it's three heel teams with one face team. However, with KYB getting higher profile bookings it's unclear how often they would be able to get back to NMW so this could easily be a three-way elimination. Two new tag teams could fight it out in their own match elsewhere, and with the tag team initiative depleted that's probably what's needed here.

*Ryan Phoenix vs. Tyler Priegel - There's no question, he's the #1 contender after getting a win over Phoenix and having a higher win-loss ratio than anyone else - besides Flannery. Hey, why should he get a heavyweight title shot after losing the CI title? Putting it this way, in college football LSU is #1 and they're in a position where they could lose one game and not lose their slot in playing for the BCS championship...the same argument applies here. Flannery would best go in February.


The rest of the card is a bit hard to figure out as there's a bunch of random names left --

*Mississippi Madman vs. Jon Magnus - There isn't anything in particular that would call for this matchup...but two big men left in the hat, they have some unfinished business so I would pair these two. Madman unless he brings in KC Jackson to team with him I can't see Madman tag teaming for a long time.

*Mike Flannery vs. Bucky Collins vs. Scott Keyes - So I have a few names left, and a couple guys who were cheated probably wanting another crack at Flannery...so I'd be very happy if these two men broke up Foxxy's party to lead into a triple threat here.

*Tom Arson vs. Christian Rose - and lastly we have these two guys to face off which would provide a fair matchup.


So this is the best I can come up with for Broken Promises...got any better match combinations?