"Not Part of the Plan" segment- Very well written, as usual. Impulse is a solid, down to earth guy with sarcastic wit, who always seems to have the world against him no matter what he does. Now he's targeted by the Windhams, and I'm intrigued to see how this plays out.
Jack Bryant vs. JJ Deville- Entertaining match; love that Problem Child gets called "Peter Windham" now, lol. I also really like the Jack Bryant character and hope to see Biron stick with him.
State of the Union- Wow. NFW is really at a crossroads right now, both in character and out. Eddie doesn't hold back his contempt for the league's champions, which is kinda funny actually. Wasn't much room left for JTP to come back short of a Jesuit miracle, should Devin ever stumble out of the tall grass. St. Luke's basically said Troy, Dorch, and Dan Ryan turned JTP into a half a crippled retard, so if the man who rape-choked Hornet with barbwire didn't roll back into NF-Dub in a wheelchair, I'd have to question whether or not it was actually the Ultimate Warrior's purported twin. That or Doink 2.
Main Event- I've never minced words about the fact that Gregg is my favorite writer of all-time in this hobby. I don't think I've ever read a match or promo of his that wasn't at least an 8 out of 10. So I hope my good buddy doesn't take offense when I say I absolutely hated this match. Yes, my complaints have to do with the use of my own character, and yes, that does make me a douche. But I accept this. As for the match...
-Castor's entire experience in this match amounted to starting the match off against Dan Ryan, getting raped by Dan Ryan in what would have been record time if not for the slow count of Troy Windham, and crawling to tag in his 5'8 partner for the save, who proceeds to give Dan Ryan enough trouble that he rushes to tag in 5'11 Impulse. Question: why are 6'3 245 and 6'7 335 lb men running to their cruiserweight partners for the power tag? And given that Castor gets Humility Bombed after the match like everybody else, does it make sense that his only other experience in the match was an assbeating that actually made the Humility Bomb look tame by comparison?
-Dorchester hits his finisher on Impulse, only to pass up the victory to nail Windham to a pop. Kinda heroic for the sleaziest, most underhanded heel in NFW, no? Wouldn't that be something that Castor or Impulse do, given one's violent obsession with Troy and the other's experience with him earlier in the night?
-I understand not wanting to get too heavy into Castor/Impulse, but does it make sense for the two biggest rivals in NFW to not even cross each other once in the match?
-Castor's abject paranoia toward Troy Windham played absolutely no part in this match. In light of Castor/Impulse not getting spotlighted at all, shouldn't this have gotten just a little play?
- "H'WOOD: While both Castor and Dorchester have been victimized by Windham Clan attacks…
they do not seem to bare personal grudges against Troy." Huh? I spent the last month writing exactly the opposite, in Castor's case. He's blamed Troy for every unfortunate event that's ever occurred in his life. I'd call that a grudge.
-Saving grace: Dan Ryan joining the Windham Clan was definitely cool. Not sure why a 6'7 48-time champion needs to murder everyone within the Vancouver city limits to get heat off the turn, but it certainly makes things interesting going forward.
Final thoughts: Again, this was a mostly self-interested analysis of the match, but I just feel like we had four of the top guys in a tag match, and everybody got something spotlighted except Castor. Considering his beef with Impulse and Troy, it wouldn't have been difficult to write a paragraph or something to get one or the other across. Castor couldn't have been more of a non-factor. In essence, that typo about the match being Impulse/Dan Ryan vs. Dorchester/Dan Ryan wasn't too far from the truth.
He's mostly looked strong before this, and I'll continue to do my best to get him over afterwards, but there was honestly no point in having Castor in this match other than to put over Dan Ryan and Dorchester.
Like I said, I've never disliked anything GG ever wrote before. No big deal, it's just a hobby. But this one time I'm gonna be honest and say I wasn't thrilled with the match.
Overall, the card was decent, but we've put out better. Maybe it's just a reflection of the lull in activity around here lately, I dunno.