Greg The Smooth

At first I didnt like it as much, some of it was funny but not the best. Then when they revealed that it was Cartman's story I loved it. The best part was Kyle dying of AIDS.

I wasnt really a fan of this season. Nobody has really been memorable in the season.

Gammons is my favorite guy on ESPN. I never thought he would be in the HOF, but its cool that he is.

Card for HCW High Impact.  2/12/05 From the Viking Hall in Philadelphia, PA.

- Main Event, Grudge Match: Justin Credible vs. The Sandman

After Credible turned on Sandman last month, leading to a three on one assault, the Sandman has been asking for a match against Credible.  He has recieved it and is looking to dish out some payback.

- Dream Partners Tag Match: Jamie Noble and ? vs. Jerry Lynn and ?

Last month Noble and Lynn went to a twenty minute draw in a great encounter.  This month they have been told that they can bring in anyone to be their tag team partners.  This match could be another classic like last month.

- Grudge Match: CM Punk vs. Jack Evans

CM Punk and Roderick Strong battled in a great match last month which ended in Jack Evans and Austin Aries interfering on behalf of Roderick Strong.  CM Punk has requested a match against one of the two, and Jack Evans stepped up to fight him.  Will Evans, Strong and Aries truely be taking over?  Or will CM Punk stop them before they can get going?

- Hardcore Tag Match: Tony DeVito and HC Loc (The Carnage Crew) vs. Gary Wolfe and Mike Kruel (The New Pitbulls)

A former member of the Pitbulls has reinvented the team with a new partner, "The Shooter" Mike Kruel, and they will take on two hard hitting, hardcore wrestlers in Loc and DeVito.  This match is sure to be a violent encounter.

- Plus more with Team Hero, Raven, Stevie Richards, Paul Heyman, Roderick Strong and Austin Aries.

I guess you're right Mx. I wanted to establish them as a young heel group of solid workers, but I think I might have done this too early. Thanks for pointing that out, I will try to improve them as time goes on.

I will try to get a preview for the next show up this weekend, it depends if I ever get around to it.

HCW “Wrestling Redefined”

Team Hero promo

The show kicked off with Chris Hero making his way out from the curtain and making his way into the ring. Behind Hero was Lacey and Hero’s trainees the Wildcards. Hero played to the crowd as the Wildcards looked like they meant business and went straight into the ring. Lacey handed Chris Hero a microphone once they got into the ring.

Hero: “Hello everybody, I would like to be the first to welcome you sick Philadelphia slobs to Hybrid Championship Wrestling, the new home of Chris Hero and a group that I have put together that will be known as Team Hero. I would like to introduce to you, cravaters in training, Jack Marciano and Eddie Kingston.”

Kingston and Marciano raise their arms into the air towards the crowd to get a small boo from the crowd.

“Next, I would like to introduce to you the manager of the cravate, the lovely Lacey.”

Lacey plays to the crowd and gets a mixed reaction from them.

“Finally, I would like to introduce myself, the master of the deadly cravate, your hero, everybody’s hero, CHRIS HERO! Tonight I will introduce you Philadelphia slobs to one of the best moves ever used in professional wrestling history. The move that has put almost one thousand people in the hospital with serious neck injuries, the cravate. For years I was wrestling in small towns looking for a deadly move to get people out of my way and bring me up to the next level, then I dreamt up the cravate. I will torque anyone’s neck more than anyone here could imagine. Right now, I will show off the cravate as I dominate Izzy.”

Hero drops the microphone and stretches in the ring for a moment his “team” set chairs up for themselves in the entrance.

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Chris Hero vs. Izzy

Hero and Izzy lock up in a test of strength to start off the match. They go chest to chest with each other and Izzy gains the advantage with a headlock. Hero pushes Izzy away and sends him running into the ropes. Izzy returned the ropes and slid between Hero’s legs before going onto the ring apron and knocks Hero to the ground with a springboard clothesline. Pin by Izzy, one, two, no! Hero kicked out. Izzy picked Hero up from the mat and lead him over to the corner of the ring with a couple of forearms. He went for a back flip drop kick, but Hero blocked it and lifted Izzy up so that Izzy landed on his feet. Hero then ran hard at Izzy and locked him in the CRAVATE! Team Hero all got up to their feet and began to applaud Hero for the move before Izzy hit some back elbows on Hero to cause him to release the hold. Izzy then ran off the ropes and took Hero down with a sunset flip, one, two, no! Hero powered out of it. Izzy picked Hero up from the mat again and began to hit him with some more forearms, but Hero countered with his own forearms. Izzy managed to block one and knocked Hero to the ground with a spin kick. He climbs up to the top rope but before he could do anything Lacey distracted the referee and Jack Marciano knocked Izzy down from the top rope before taking him to the outside of the ring. Kingston was ready on the outside of the ring with a steel chair and he gave Izzy a big shot to the back before handing the chair to Marciano, who held it in front of Izzy’s face as Kingston gave Izzy a nasty chair-assisted head butt which knocked Izzy out cold. Marciano slid Izzy into the ring and Chris Hero soon picked him up from the mat and locked him into a cravate. With Hero twisting away at a knocked out Izzy’s neck the referee raised Izzy’s arm into the air once and it fell back down. It fell again on the second time. And on the third time the referee raised Izzy’s arm into the air it dropped once again. The referee rang for the bell and Chris Hero is victorious.

Winner: Chris Hero

63, 45, 81

Canadian Showcase: El Generico vs. Kevin Steen

These two are familiar with each other from their work in Canada’s Internet Wrestling Syndicate. They locked up to start the match off and Steen immediately gained an advantage by applying an arm wringer on Generico. Steen then whipped Generico around and yanked him to the mat by his arm. He kept Generico grounded and stomped on his shoulder a few times before locking him into an arm bar. Generico finally managed to roll free from the hold and get up to his feet. From there he ran off the ropes and took Steen out of the ring through the ropes with a dropkick. Somersault senton suicida by Generico! He rolls Steen into the ring and makes a cover, one, two, no! Steen kicked out. Generico picks Steen up from the mat and sent him into the ropes, when Steen returned he ducked underneath a leapfrog and then came back off the ropes to nail Generico in the back of the head with a lariat. He picked Generico up from the mat and went after his shoulder again. In the corner of the ring Steen wrapped Generico’s arm around the top rope and began to twist away at it. Every time the referee would get near the five count Steen would release the hold for a few seconds and then go right back to twisting away at Generico’s arm. Steen eventually changed his strategy and began to pummel Generico with some forearm shots. Generico tried to counter with a lariat, but Steen dodged it and wrapped his arms up for a dragon suplex, he makes the bridge, one, two, no! Generico kicked out! Steen picked him up from the mat and sent him into the ropes. Once Generico returned from the ropes he knocked Steen down to the mat face first with a tornado DDT. He slowly got up to his feet and ran the ropes before knocking Steen into the corner of the ring with a running forearm. In the corner Generico picked Steen up, BRAINBUSTER! Generico makes the cover, one, two, no! Steen kicked out. Looking to put Steen out of the match for good, Generico climbed up to the top turnbuckle and went for a 450 splash, but Steen rolled out of the way and Generico went face first into the mat. Steen picked Generico up from the mat and sent him into the ropes, when Generico came back he slid between Steen’s legs and went for a springboard moonsault, but Steen caught him, PACKAGE PILEDRIVER! Steen makes the cover on Generico, one, two, three. It’s over, Kevin Steen is victorious in this showcase of two great Canadian stars.

Winner: Kevin Steen

55, 33, 78

CM Punk vs. Roderick Strong

The match started with Punk and Strong grappling up. Strong gained the advantage by applying a waist lock on Punk, but Punk took him down to the mat with a headlock takeover. On the mat, Punk held onto the headlock, but Strong managed to power up to his feet and shoved Punk into the ropes. Once Punk returned he ducked under a lariat and ran the ropes again before knocking Strong down to the mat with a running leg lariat. Punk quickly began to work Strong’s neck with a front face lock. Once again Strong escaped a the hold and sent CM Punk into the ropes. Punk ran right into a nasty boot to the face from Strong. Roderick then picked Punk up from the mat and brought him to the corner of the ring where he opened up on Punk with a series of nasty knife edge chops. Punk’s chest began to bleed due to the chops. Strong went for a vertical suplex on Punk, but Punk rolled off from behind him and shoved Strong into the corner of the ring face first. Punk tried for a lariat to the back of Strong’s head, but Roderick had the move scouted perfectly and ducked, causing Punk to go right into the corner of the ring. In the corner, Roderick nailed Punk with a sidewalk slam modified into a backbreaker before going for a cover, one, two, no! Punk kicked out! Roderick seemed outraged that the referee didn’t count that as a three. He threatened the ref, but Punk turned Roderick around and took him down to the mat with a northern lights suplex. Punk bridged for a pin, one, two, no! Roderick kicked out. Punk caught his breath and waited for Strong to get up before hitting him in the face with his shining wizard variation. Roderick rolled out of the ring to avoid Punk, but he was followed and Punk went right after him on the outside of the ring. He slammed Strong into the barricade face first before telling a fan to hold up his chair. Punk slammed Strong’s face into the front of the chair and yelled, “I’M HARDCORE!” Punk then brought Strong over to a table and slammed his face onto it before laying Strong across a table. Punk then climbed onto the ring apron and starting running towards the table, but Strong rolled off of it before Punk even got off his feet. Punk noticed this and slowed down, only to dive from the apron to take Strong down to the ground with a diving spear. Punk rolled Strong into the ring and went for a cover, one, two, no! Punk picked Strong up from the mat and gave him a nasty knife edge chop, only to have Strong return the favor with a chop of his own and quickly following up with a forearm. Punk came back with a forearm of his own and then ran off the ropes and went for a clothesline, but Strong ducked underneath it. Punk then went for a running huracanrana, but Strong countered it with a powerbomb into a backbreaker! The crowd began to give Punk and Strong loud ovations for their great exchanges in this match, and they were all on their feet as Strong made a cover on Punk, one, two, no! Punk kicked out! Roderick slowly got up to his feet and tried to figure out what it would take to put Punk out of the match as he picked Punk up. Strong went with a few forearms before sending Punk into the ropes, YAKUZA KICK! Strong falls on top of Punk for another pin, one, two, no! Punk kicked out again. Roderick then called to end the match as he signaled the throat cut before lifting Punk up into the crucifix position. Punk countered Strong’s CX 03 with a nasty DDT. Slowly, Punk climbed up to his feet and brought Strong over to the corner of the ring. Punk went up to the top turnbuckle and picked Strong up with him, PEPSI PLUNGE BY PUNK! He makes the cover, one, two no! A hooded figure came out from the crowd and pulled Punk off from Strong. As the referee was distracted by the first hooded figure, a second much smaller one came from the crowd and knocked Punk to the ground with a super kick before climbing up to the top rope and hitting him with a vicious 630 splash! The two hooded figures ran away as Roderick Strong picked CM Punk up from the mat and hit him with the CX 03! Strong makes the cover, one, two, three! Roderick Strong is victorious with the help of the two hooded figures.

Winner: Roderick Strong

77, 55, 100

After the match, Roderick Strong grabbed a microphone from the ring announcer.

Strong: “Guys, get back here, I’ve got something to say.”

The two hooded figures come towards the ring as Roderick continues to address them.

“Lately, people have been talking about how guys like us are the next generation of wrestling. That is total bullshit. We are the best workers around NOW!”

The hooded figures remove their hoods to reveal that they are Jack Evans and Austin Aries.

“We are sick of being called the next generation of wrestling superstars. We are three of the best workers now, not three of the next best workers. Jack, Austin and I came here to HCW to prove this. HCW be ready, because we’ve got three words for you, WE’RE TAKIN’ OVER!”

The crowd erupted in boo’s as Strong said the bWo’s catchphrase. Strong, Aries and Evans played to the crowd to more boo’s before going backstage.

Jamie Noble vs. Jerry Lynn

Lynn put his arm up for a test of strength to start off the match. Noble locked his hands together with Lynn and bridged Lynn towards the ground. Jerry powered his way up to an even level before bridging Noble down to the mat, he even got a one count by getting Noble’s shoulders down to the mat, but Jamie kicked Lynn’s shoulder and quickly got up to his feet. Arm wringer by Noble, but Lynn counters out of it and gets Noble into a hammerlock. Lynn ducks under a back elbow from Noble, but Noble spun around and took Lynn right to the mat with a single leg takedown. He went around Lynn and applied an Orton-esque rear chin lock. Lynn powered his way up to his feet before driving some back elbows into Noble’s gut. He then ran the ropes and took Noble to the mat with a dropkick. On the mat Lynn stomped Noble a few times before running the ropes and hitting him with a senton. Lynn makes the cover, one, two, no! Lynn picked Noble up to his feet and sent him into the ropes. Once Noble returned he slid under Lynn’s legs and took his legs out from under him so that Lynn fell on his face. Side headlock by Noble on the mat. Lynn powered up to his feet and tried to back drop Noble to the ground, but Noble flipped and landed on his feet before taking Lynn down to the mat with a nasty enziguri. Noble makes a cover, one, two, no! Lynn kicked out. Noble picked Lynn up to his feet and whipped him into the corner of the ring, but Lynn flipped over in the corner of the ring and took Noble down to the mat with a sunset flip. One, two, no! Noble kicked out of it. Both men slowly got up to their feet and had a standoff in the middle of the ring. Noble took a forearm shot at Lynn, and Lynn came back with a forearm of his own. Noble then came back with a series of nasty forearms and kicks to Lynn before quickly climbing the ropes and dropping Lynn to the mat with a missile dropkick. Pin by Noble, one, two, no! Noble picked Lynn back up to his feet again and lead Lynn to the corner of the ring where he lifted Lynn up to the top turnbuckle. Noble called for a super ‘rana, but Lynn reversed it into a Superbomb. Lynn makes a cover on Noble, one, two, no! Noble kicked out! Lynn picked Noble up to his feet before dropping him back down to the mat with a scoop slam. He then climbed up to the top turnbuckle. Flying leg drop by Lynn, that could do it! One, two, no! Noble kicked out. Lynn picked him up from the mat again. He kicked Noble’s knee cap which took him down to one foot before running the ropes and going for a dropkick, but Noble blocked it and slowly got up to his feet. Noble picked Lynn up to his feet and called to end the match, but Lynn shoved Noble away into the ropes. Lynn charged at Noble, but was flipped over onto the ring apron. Noble went for a head butt to Lynn’s gut, but Lynn was ready for it and took Noble down with a guillotine leg drop. Slingshot senton by Lynn, he makes the cover, one, two, no! Noble kicked out. Lynn picked Noble up from the mat yet again and tried to whip him into the ropes, but Noble reversed it and took Lynn to the mat with a short arm clothesline before picking him up. Tiger Driver by Jamie Noble, one, two, no! Jerry Lynn managed to get his foot on the bottom rope! Noble began to pick up Lynn, but as he did the bell rang, as the time limit had expired at twenty minutes. As the fans chanted for “Five More Minutes” Paul Heyman made his way to the ring for the first time.

Winner: DRAW

80, 63, 97

Heyman: “Wait for a second everybody. You wont get five more minutes, but next month I will give you something even better than five more minutes. Next month here at the Viking Hall, Jamie Noble and Jerry Lynn will do battle again, but this time with tag team partners of their choosing. But that’s not all you will get to see next month as it will be the in ring debut of SABU here in HCW.”

A Heyman chant comes across the building as Jamie Noble and Jerry Lynn shake hands in the ring. Heyman shook hands with some of the fans near the entrance way before going backstage.

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The Sandman and ? vs. Raven and Steven Richards

Before the match the Sandman came to the ring without a partner. He entered through the crowd to a large ovation. He waited for almost a minute before just starting the match without his partner. He started the match off against Steven Richards. Sandman dominated Stevie early in the match with his brawling skill. He started taking it to Richards with some brutal lefts and rights before whipping Stevie into the ropes. Clothesline by Sandman. Sandman took a few stomps at Stevie before grabbing his Singapore cane from the ring apron and took a huge swing at Richards’ back. Stevie yelled out and crawled towards Raven, but he couldn’t get a tag in as Sandman pulled him back in the center of the ring. Another huge swing with the cane goes right into Richards’ ribs and the crowd really began to get behind the Sandman. He picked Stevie up from the mat and dumped him over the top rope with a hip toss. Sandman soon followed Stevie out before coming across the top of Stevie’s head with another Singapore cane shot. Sandman’s run on the offensive was quickly ended as Raven came to the outside and knocked Sandman to the ground with a clothesline to the back of his head before grabbing the cane from his hands and smacking Sandman across the head with it. Raven then posed on the ring apron until Justin Credible came out from the entrance yielding a Singapore cane in his hand. He rushed towards the ring and took out Raven with a nasty cane shot followed by delivering a nasty shot to Stevie. The crowd popped as Justin Credible posed with his cane in the air. He then helped Sandman up to his feet and they stared down Raven and Stevie on the outside of the ring. Sandman made his way to the outside of the ring, only to take a nasty Singapore cane shot from his own partner, Justin Credible. He began to beat the hell out of the Sandman with his Singapore cane on the ring apron until Raven and Stevie got up to their feet and went into the ring. Raven picked up the Sandman as Justin Credible and Stevie Richards hit him with a double superkick right to the jaw. Raven then picked Sandman up before dropping him face first to the mat with the Evenflow. Raven makes the cover, one, two, three. It’s over, The Sandman has lost due to his partner turning on him.

Winners: Raven and Steven Richards

76, 73, 80

After the match, Raven, Stevie and Credible looked as if they were about to beat the Sandman down even more, but suddenly the lights turned off. When they turned on SABU was on the entrance way holding a steel chair. He charged into the ring, and the three all ran away from him out into the crowd. The show ended with Sabu standing in the middle of the ring pointing up into the sky before helping the Sandman up to his feet.

71 OVR

2094 Attendance

I heard about this at school today and was really surprised.

RIP.

I just got caught up on these past 2 shows RSL and I've really enjoyed them. I'm disappointed with JOKER, Stevens and Lovell breaking apart, but the final battle No DQ match looks like it will make up for breaking up my favorite team.

None of the CD's that have come out recent really interest me. Its all bad rock, or just stuff that arent really my taste.

I agree, they are bad. I was getting so mad when I had to hear their song during the NBA Playoffs.

The Razors Edge- 7/10 A good movie, but despite Bill Murray being great not the best.

A Clockwork Orange- 8/10 Another good movie. An interesting look into the mind of the main character.

PureVolume has some pretty good bands on their site.

Card for HCW "Wrestling Redefined".  1/15/05 from Viking Hall in Philadelphia, PA.

- Main Event: Raven and Stevie Richards vs. The Sandman and ??

- Old School vs. New School: Jerry Lynn vs. Jamie Noble

- CM Punk vs. Roderick Strong

- Canadian Showcase: Kevin Steen vs. El Generico

- Chris Hero vs. Izzy

- All this and more with Paul Heyman and Sabu on January 15th from the Viking Hall.

In late 2004 the WWE began to cut a large amount of workers. Most of the cuts werent surprising such as Test, Gail Kim and even the talented Jamie Noble. The WWE just wasnt using these people and allowed them to freelance across America. But the most shocking cut made by the WWE was the release of Paul Heyman, the man behind one of the most influencial promotions ever in wrestling, ECW.

With the release of Heyman many of the ECW loyalists within the WWE were outraged and voiced their displeasure to Vince McMahon, including Steven Richards and Tommy Dreamer. Richards was fired for his comments, while Tommy Dreamer remained with the company dispite being very unhappy with how things were going.

Heyman stayed under the radar for a short while before speaking with Steven Richards. The idea to recreate ECW was sparked between the two, but they each knew that the ECW style would not sell as it once did. They would need fresh faces to go along with the old ones that were made famous at the ECW Arena.

Heyman and Richards made some calls and managed to secure an arena and some workers for a show in the beginning of the new year.

January 2005 will see the beginning of a new era. The Hardcore Era is over, it is now time for the Hybrid Era.

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This diary will be more of an indy style diary once I get further into it. At the moment it will be based more on the old school ECW side of things to show how the promotion is starting.

The main event tag team was weird. Who are Quiet Storm and Jamie Gibson that they would get to tag with Samoa Joe and Bryan Danielson especially considering the other names that were on the show. That was the worst thing about the show in my opinion but everything else was okay just not stellar.

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Good show on card but your matches need to be longer! Your diary will just be lost in the mass of other Indy diaries so you need to stand out!

LiL' D

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Anime is on too much, and its really bad.

Laguna Beach is pretty bad too, but for some reason I find myself watching it on sunday afternoons when the lions arent playing.

I was a Loc, I dont remember now.

Solid first show Punk, I'm looking forward to some more, especially the RVD vs. Lynn match.

The Leisure Top and Pants from ProLaps is your only option. Early 90's shell suit that is guaranteed to give you nightmares of yesteryear.

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I had that problem too, did you remember to raise your landing gear with R3?

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Dr. Dre- The Chronic

Underoath- A Changing of Times

I'm having trouble even getting into the circle on the third flying mission, i cant get high enough.

What is the PIT move that the game was talking about, I dont remember it.

For the Wu Zi Mu mission use an SUV and just stay consistent with your speed. I got the lead at about the 3rd checkpoint and was not touched since.