As someone new to actively handling here in Defiance, I can't say that I completely understand the ****bolts/Goldman dynamic yet...or how other wrestlers will interact with them in the future. That's not really a criticism as it is entertaining to read...I'm just not qualified to comment very much on it.
The Goldman/Dentari dynamic, on the other hand, I totally get. It is a more traditional wrestling plot thread...and it should be interesting to see how the Evo-leader and the Evo-manager can co-exist and possibly thrive in the weeks to come.
Beyond that, I'm not entirely sure of what storylines are being developed--nor, perhaps, should I...as Kiri & Anger are just noobs, blindly wandering into the Evo-woods hoping not to get eaten immediately. As Damien pointed out, the Evo-roster is pretty much a bunch of heels occasionally quarreling with each other. With some recent roster churn and many of us trying to find our footing, it might take some effort and time to see some grander scope...some on-going feuds/story arcs/etc.
My focus on this show was to get Nikas Kiri debuted. That's done. Now, we'll see what stories he has to tell and how those stories interact with the stories of the other wrestlers here. Hopefully it'll turn into something compelling.
As far as the show itself, I have no real complaints (and considering how well I was represented in the show, it would be rather churlish of me to have some.) That said, I'm still getting used to short form matches--not a complaint, I'd rather get a paragraph in a reasonable amount of time than wait until the twelfth of never for a fully written match...but it is harder for me to say "Yes, that was a good one" or "That could have been better." They all did what they were supposed to do and thank you to those who wrote them for their effort in making this all fun for all of us.
Here's my biggest critical comment...and it's less specific to Defiance as it is to the way that cards are built and written in modern e-fedding: One of the hazards of producing shows in pieces (as I learned from my short time in the WWA) is a certain amount of disjointedness. The show starts with Dentari *****ing to Goldman about being moved out of the main event--but no explanation is given for why the main event was changed...and no build during the show for what the main event was going to be... Things just sort of happen, one after another, in pretty much the order that they were assigned in the format sheet...but really things should be more entwined with each other to make a more cohesive and compelling whole--actions have reactions, tension should be built and then released, shows should build anticipation and expectations and then enjoy the drama of having those expectations met, subverted or transcended.
The parts that we handlers can't really contribute in this segmented style are the parts of the show that explain "what is this?" and "why is this important?" and "what happens now?"
I've read Defiance shows in the past that did those things very well...which was one of the major factors in my wanting to handle here. I expect good things in the future and I will work very hard as a handler to help those things to keep happening.