Re: MAXIMUM DEFIANCE ARC DISCUSSION THREAD - DEFtv 69 IS LIVE! FEED THE BACKS!
DEFtv 70 Beef!!!
The Rundown
"Did you see the jugs..." Never change, Angus. Not a huge fan of this one, though. I know Angus Skaaland has Very Important Opinions but it did sort of feel like he undersold the importance of the DEF*MAX completely because of his feelings on most of the participants. I think he should've had more to say about Impulse hoping he'd beat McFuckass, and more to say about Bronson Box, at the very least. But that's just me.
Shame On Me!
I wrote with McFuckass. I wrote the second half, and I think Mikey is doing a great job as the cheap heat master in the first.
Cayle vs. Levi
Angus' refusal to acknowledge Cayle beating Dane is a thing of beauty, but is he really that down on hold-counterhold wrestling? I know his thing is HOSSFITES but as long as Cole and Cayle aren't flippy-dooing all over the place, I'd think he'd be okay with it. Nice showcase for Cole, though - he'll be ready for the big time in no time.
Parking Lot Interlude
Poor Shirley Dan Ryan. I think Mom and Dad did a good job explaining who these people are attacking Daniel Ryan without overexplaining it. They just need to make sure that Rayne or Elliot scoop her heat.
Ask and you shall receive
Perfection gets a tryout match - against Codename: Reaper. Interesting choice since it's a double debut match with two guys who have had a lot of buildup - Perfection has to win or he doesn't get a contract, but Reaper needs to get off on the right foot... it's gonna be tricky.
Bronson Box vs. Frank Pastrami
Poor lunchmeat - he's in there against a man with an angry mustache and something to prove. I don't think the newcomer lost anything in this one - he still has a pinfall over Bronson, and with this mugging he's got something now to prove as well. Good match.
Cheap Heat
The anger will either propel Box to the top, or cost him dearly.
Perfection vs. Creepy Reaper
Not a fan of cutting back to Reaper being in the ring, it looks too much to me like enhancement talent. I think it would work better if we came back, the commentators were talking, and all of a sudden Reaper was in the ring - that would have the stealth type aspect that I think Justin is going for. Just my opinion, however. Angus' reactions to them both were spot - on; and the controversial finish gives this conflict some legs.
Quit living in the past
The obvious subtext, that if the Bruvs had beaten Pulse and Cole at 69, JFK would be talking about it incessantly - is glorious. Of course, JFK then talks at length about LAR and Andy Sharp, which completely ruins his point. This is why the SEG are such effective heels.
Pre-match Fuckery/ PCP vs. Drunkbros
The "Let's beat on the Brazen guys" slant the PCP have been taking goes a bit off the rails because they never actually specified that they only wanted to beat up on Brazen guys, and it bites 'em in the ass. This is the kind of match that I've been waiting for; the SEG and the Drunkbros have never really had a lot of interaction until DEFtv 69, but it always felt like there was something brewing. Slow - burns for the win!
The Itch, part 6
Looking forward to Scott Douglas' eventual debut, it's gonna need to happen sooner than later, though with the DEFMAX happening it could clearly be delayed as long as we get segments.
Penn vs. JFK
A draw was the only way to play this - both men need to look strong coming out of indirect losses at 69. And since they're both hated men in the company there's nothing to be gained by a win by one or the other; let them beat up on the other two in the bracket.
Scottish Civil War II
I do love the fact that they're fighting over who had the right to beat Eric Dane's ass.
The Turnaround
Penn is such an ass, he's awesome. Interesting interruption by Jane Katze... I wonder where that's headed.
Impulse vs. Mikey Unlikely
Mikey and I co-wrote this; he plotted out the majority of the match and I think he did an outstanding job with it. I think he balanced out both guys' strengths and weaknesses and made everything both enjoyable and BELIEVABLE. Angus' interference was totally Mikey's idea and it was awesome.
Sorry & shit
Natas and FDJ are going to tear the Drunkbros apart.
Daniel Ryan vs. Wade Elliot
This was just a brawl, short and painful. It served its purpose, and it was appropriately placed, but with the rest of the show taken into account it seemed to me to be a bit jarring to have a non-finish fistfight cap off the show. Would've been interesting, maybe, to have had Pulse vs. Mikey as the main event and Dan Ryan interrupt the post-match to demand a fight with Wade, and that he'll be waiting at DEFtv 71 for him - and then have the entire DEFtv 71 show intercut with scenes of the two men trying to fight each other, getting pulled apart, etc. Again, just my 2 cents.