Re: ASCENSION ARC DISCUSSION THREAD - DEFtv #60 IS NOW LIVE!
WELCOME TO THE SHOW
Me. Also, hope everyone liked the banners for the show. It's been overdue for us to start adding a little extra flair to our events, I'll be working on more of these over time.
OMEGA vs TROY MATTHEWS
Simply brutal. There's really not a lot to say, this is a one sided dissection of a character and it does exactly what it's meant to do, which is highlight Omega as the monster that he is. Big Thanks go out to Rob for letting this transpire, hopefully this also effectively does what you needed to be able to put the character away going forward. Good work, the both of you.
LANCE WARNER: HYPE MAN
All thanks go to mom for filling in with a last minute spot here. Welcome to the madhouse, Bobby, Jason, and Murrr fulltime!
JASON NATAS vs JONNY BOOYA
Perfect way to start this. Natas is aggro as fuck now and he'll figure out the rest as he goes, win or lose... Like how you bring up Natas' stamina and how the relentless pace he's using has worked against him, but also how in a pure fight scenario, this might be deep in the heart of his wheelhouse... See, Booya is dumb, but even he learns, pointing out Jonny not wanting to engage Natas in a strike exchange is good... Good play with some of this Angus dialogue too, he's fun to use... Loved the back and forth from the midway point on and the refusal to stay down by Natas until Booya finally scores a kill shot. Well done, Andy.
WHAT YOU GET IS WHAT YOU TAKE
This is just Brunk doing what he does, being one of the best pure promos in efeds. The style is also perfectly acceptable as there's no need for tons of extraneous sceneplay (if that makes sense). Love the message with Dan Ryan putting over what is DEFIANCE is all about, how he's earned his place and built a legacy here. LOVE IT... and DAT MEAN GIRLS REFERENCE! All of the points to BRUNK! If I could promo like Brunk does, I would go to rp feds and crush it for the lulz.
SAM HORRY vs JAKE DONOVAN
Derp, coulda sworn I centered the music lines on this, my bad... Putting over leveled up angry Sam in the commentary to explain the Muay Thai war dance, dig it... Love call backs to injuries from previous matches (Sam's face burn)... The vibe of this is a nice blend of real fighting and pro wrestling, really dig it... Love that you wrote Sam take Jake's speed away with a punishing leg hold that leaves him all but helpless against Sam's superior striking skill... NITPICK: Why not have DEFIANCE's actual in house doc, Iris Davine?... I cleaned that up and changed it... I agree with Seth, prolly coulda had Keebs explain this, I might have left it out and just had Jake be a tough bastard who would rather bleed out than give up against Horry, but no big deal, and now I've learned something about coagulants, hah... BUT, Sam pulling this deal out does show how ruthless he can be when he's in revenge mode, makes him a bit of a wildcard than a true heel or true face... This Angus commentary about turning Sam over every 10 minutes, hah... Saw the video that was an example of the finish Sam had in mind, it's fucking brutal... The one little stretch in the mid-to-late aside, this was just a straight up fight that highlights Sam's style perfectly, made Jake look tough as hell... Kind of a missed opportunity IMO with the post match, should have had Jake talk some shit to provoke Sam into coming down, but that's more of my nitpickiness than anything... Sam going forward could go in a multitude of directions off this, Jake's got something set up as well, just need to see you both step up off this two arc set you had.
ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET
Dig the history lesson and how it relates to ladder matches, gold star... PAY PER WHO?! HAHAHAHA! That's gotta go in the signage for the next DEFtv... And I lulz'd at Sharp taking the deep breath to get all of his final thoughts in at the last minute... These two are going to kill it for the next two arcs. Fucking awesome to have Mikey on board and working my broseph, Sethrow!
CHANCE VON CRANK vs HENRY KEYES
Short fights are good stuff, just a bowling shoe ugly fight with the heel getting the cheap as fuck win with help from the outside after getting the old school heel would be pinned three or four times if not for the heel shenanigans. Good work, Dan. Not a bad way to cap the first half of the show, IMO.
A DARK CLOUD LOOMS
Me with Ed's advice on how to write Omega's actions here, big thanks to you, sir.
ANGEL TRINIDAD vs FRANK DYLAN JAMES
I love how Angus marks out for HOSS, I know you showed me the Land, Sea and Air quote as you were writing it, but the full context when you're actually reading the final product is so much better, haha... HAH, that Angus crack about Keebs mom, that was hilariously unexpected, good stuff... BAD FUCKING ASS MATCH, SETHROW! Didn't have much to comment on because you done did jacked this sumbitch outta the park. FDJ looks like an absolute savage that needs to be killed just to lose, Angel shows his amazing evolution from when he first appeared in DEFIANCE. Angel is basically our Brock Lesnar and I love that. Absolutely outstanding work.
BRINGING RESPECT BACK
Good solid promo before the LADDER SPOTFU FEST OF DOOM!
LADDER WAR for the SOUTHERN HERITAGE CHAMPIONSHIP
THIS FUCKING PROMO IS WHY CURTIS PENN IS AWESOME (that's all I got to say about that)... HAH, YES! Good play on the some commentary where Angus is conflicted when Ty and Harm are mixing it up... Tracey, alls I got to say is, you've earned your place in DEFIANCE as a champion with this match... and you thought you were gonna freak when I said you might wanna shoot for a minimum of 15 pages haha, handled it with flying colors IMO. Really good spotfest, which is exactly what it needed to be, and (even though I'm not there yet) I'm sure it will differentiate itself from the main event quite nicely due to the vastly different set of characters and styled used in both matches.
DRAWING SOME BLOOD
Once again, Lindz and Evan just killing it in a promo situation. I've said it time and again, there is a reason why Lindz, Brunk, Dames, and Evan have DOMINATED the top of the card for all of this first season, it's because of this and many other examples of this. If you want to know how to be a top handler in DEFIANCE, you can't go wrong by talking to either of these four, and any one of them would be glad to dispense advice, which again, is why they are among our very best.
DUSTY GRIFFITH vs ALECZANDER the GREAT
Me. I had some serious fun writing this and appreciate the kind words from Seth and his trust to lemme to run with what I wanted to roll with. I think this and the Boxer match is basically what I want to do with Dusty from here on out, just full steam ahead strong style brawls rather than the classic All Japan 90s 40+ minute head drop dramafests that I did with Kai Scott, Eric Dane, and even Eugene Dewey. Those are fun to write too, but they take a lot more planning and a lot more writing due to how I like to get really detailed with selling and everything.
AND THEN SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENED...
Kept it short and sweet, it's Eric Dane coming back to the house that he built, nothing more needs to be said honestly.
LADDER WAR for the FIST of DEFIANCE
OKAY DOKAY, time to read the swan song... YAS with this recapping commentary, good detail... DAT EUGE/BOXER SHOWDOWN!... HAH, should have called the spot with Box spinning the ladder around a HELIBOXER, Dames!... OH GOD, that spot where Box falls outta the ring on to a ladder bridge... Then that spot where Lindz looks at Ryan, and Ryan looks at Lindz, and both paralyzed by indecision, good, good stuff... TWINKLE CAVE!... BOX NEVER SAYS DIE!... ZOMG LINDZ GOING CRAAAAAAAAZY ON BOXERS FACE! (more on this in an rp Evan and I will finish soon!)... DAT FINISH SEQUENCE!... Fucking AWESOME match, that's all I'll I got.
LAST WORDS AND SUCH:
MVP: I'm giving this one to Dames (Euge for our new handlers) for nearly two years of excellence, being one of our very best examples of what it is to be a top handler in DEFIANCE. I know you really wanted the full two years, wish I could have engineered it for ya, but time just wasn't on our side to get you the extra thirty or so days you needed.
FACE: Gonna go Harmony finally winning the SOHER / ending Penn's dastardly bastard reign as champion.
HEEL: Gonna say Omega with that SAVAGE destruction and constant refusal to finish Matthews quicker.
MATCH: No question, it's the main event, it was the final chapter to Dewey's near two year reign as the King of DEFIANCE.
SPOT: That stretch where Lindz is going full maniac on Boxer's face.
SEGMENT: Too close to call IMO. The Dan Ryan promo was great, the Boxer promo too, Penn talking shit before the SOHER. All of that was various degrees of awesome and can't rightly choose one over the others.
FINAL THOUGHTS: This show was bad ass from top to bottom. Everything had it's place and nobody looks bad who wasn't meant to (RIP #KICKPADS). We've got two more arcs to wrap up the majority of what was setup this season and blow it all off with DEFCON in the early summer (most likely). Excellent effort everybody, thanks for being part of it.