Post by chewey on Nov 29, 2007 7:44:35 GMT -5
POW!
The official newsletter of Pleiades Outlaw Wrestling Version 2.0
[/i]The official newsletter of Pleiades Outlaw Wrestling Version 2.0
Hello Ladies and Gentlemen,
Trent Lawless here, and I'm your favorite wrestling personality, whether it is by the broadcast booth or the journalist's pen. We have had several major events go down since Magnus Colby sold his wrestling promotion to Faustus Grael, and Grael renamed the promotion POW. Let's go down to the highlights.
On the very first episode of POW Goldmine:
New POW owner Faustus Grael entered the ring with Jack Hood holding a vintage copy of the CPC Promoter from when Magnus Colby and Sonora Pelf graced the cover sticking cash into the coat jacket of then-GWF commissioner Grogan. Grael announces that a new time has come, and that the CPC is dead and gone, as is all of the CPC history.
Grael: POW fans, you shall be pleased to hear that everything starts afresh at this point. The record slates have been wiped out! Every competitor and athlete is now back to 0-0, and from now on any challenge matches shall be submitted to the office of Commissioner Jack Hood!
Hood: Starting tonight, we march on the path of creating a new POW legacy. I'm a wrestler by trade, but nary a spectator would deny that mixed martial arts is the wave of the future. While the GWF thrives in producing sports entertainment, FWA/OLW excels in garbage wrestling, and who knows what goes on in that battle zone of the aCe, here in POW everyone shall fight like men. Our children shall fight like men, our women shall fight like men?and our MEN will fight like men! (crowd approval). Every bout shall be fought to a knockout or submission?and we bear our injuries like a badge of honor. For blessed is he who falls in battle, fighting to the last breath, taking arms against a sea of troubles?and while opposing, end them.
Tonight shall mark a night in which the POW begins a new era. I have drawn three brackets of eight men apiece ?the ladies shall have their chance at a future date ?and in each weight class the men shall contend for their division's crown. I myself, though a wrestler by trade, will compete in the heavyweight division tonight against one Mike Fortune. Good day, ladies and gentleman! (crowd approval)
In the first round of the Inaugural POW Super Heavyweight tournament...
The referee stopped the match when Gunnar gave a hard body shot to Puma in a classic striker versus grappler duel. Unfortunately for Puma, his attempts to frequently lock up in a clinch and wrestle on the ground failed him, as Gunnar outboxed Puma to advance to the second round.
Silas forced Hadrian to tap out to the STF in a ten-minute bout that was almost called by the referee due to fan boredom. This was a sloppy bout which garnered the jeers of all of the fans in the ring, as neither man was particularly adept on his feet as a striker. However, Hadrian lumbered around just as much on the ground, which allowed Silas to clinch the victory (no pun intended).
In the first round of the Inaugural POW Cruiserweight tournament...
Brainstorm defeated Scion Nexus with an arm triangle choke in a bout that lasted nearly twenty minutes. Both men appeared to be more comfortable on the ground, but slow action often caused the referee to put the men back on their feet. Nexus withstood a series of flurries from Brainstorm, and it was only when he tried a rear choke that Brainstorm reversed it with an elevator and forced Nexus to tap.
Dante knocked out Thayne with a left uppercut. While Dante is by nature a striker, Thayne managed to neutralize many of Dante's blows by constantly engaging in a clinch. Dante was unable to find any submission holds that would work on Thayne, so as the referee kept forcing the men back on their feet, Dante finally landed a barrage of punches that shook up Thayne, but did not cause him to go down until the last uppercut.
In the first round of the Inaugural POW Heavyweight tournament...
Shylock knocked out Indigo in under one minute with a sternum punch. The vastly overmatched Indigo surprised folks when he knocked Shylock down on the ground with the very first two punches thrown in the bout, but a quick reversal on offense was all she wrote for Indigo, as Shylock has arguably the heaviest hands of anyone in POW today.
Mike Fortune defeated Jack Hood by TKO with grounded punches to the head and body in a quick dismantling of the POW Commissioner. Hood noticeably did not tap nor give up, and was extremely disappointed by the referee's decision.
In the first semi-final bouts of the POW tournaments...
Silas forced Gunnar to tap out to the figure four armlock in a bout that lasted just over five minutes. The game plan for this bout was very simple. Gunnar was by far the superior striker, and Silas was by far the superior ground fighter. Trent Lawless noted that thus far in POW's revived history, a good striker has usually beaten a good grappler (contrary to conventional wisdom), but Silas managed to duck Gunnar's blows and take the fight where he wanted it to go. Silas advances to the finals of the Super Heavyweight division.
Dante knocked out Brainstorm with a punch to the jaw in the opening minutes of the Cruiserweight semi-final. In the first matchup of known rivals, Brainstorm entered the ring knowing the tale of the tape, but Dante made sure that he would also leave the ring knowing who was the better man.
Trent Lawless interviewed Dante after the match to collect his thoughts...
Lawless: Dante, we have recently seen you change your attitude in regards to your opponents. You weren't always this cocky?Dante: You don't seem so tough right now, do you Mr. Brainstorm? I'm a better actor than you, better-looking than you, and now I just proved that I'm a better fighter than you! (crowd pop) You've been after me for a while, like that nerd looking for revenge against the jock, but hopefully now I've put you in your place and I can look forward to facing my good friend Euritar in the finals!
Lawless: Well THAT certainly didn't answer any of my questions as to why Dante has suddenly gotten so cocky?
Shylock knocked out Mike Fortune with a right jab, left hook, and right knee. Shylock outclassed Fortune in nearly every aspect of the bout, as Fortune escaped a submission move on the ground only to be knocked out on his feet. Shylock eagerly looks forward to the finalist in the other side of the heavyweight bracket, as the man heavily favored to win the Heavyweight title was carried out on the shoulders of Splatter and Rhiannon.
