Fit hit the shan for me tonight. I was supposed to do an overnight drinking/rock wall climbing (Safe? Probably not. Entertaining? You bet your ass.) thing, but that fell through. It gives me time to review Agg 50 though. I think I'll also read and review Destrucity II too later tonight and hope someone from the WFW:NE crew rps so I can get one up tonight while I have time too.
Right away we get the extravagance of our World Champion. Jamar makes The Blue-Eyed Badass surprisingly endearing for the OOC handler and its impressive. If I was actually an EPW wrestler or a fan I'd hate Stevens, but as a handler sort of watching the puppet show from above, you can't help but like the character, particularly the way Short uses him. I'd like to see more interaction in general from Anthology, but especially between Stevens and the rest of Anthology. I know OOC Jamar stated publicly he'd like to collaborate more with the rest of the handlers in the stable. I hope it happens.
The Stevens and Stalker seg was a fantastic storyline transition and much needed. Too often feuds and alliances die with little explanation. I'm really glad this segment happened so we can follow what is happening between the two most evil heels in EPW for the last several years. Plus an Anthology/Stalker, Black and Omega alliance is just scary for the rest of us.
That said, Stevens talked about Stalker leading his own stable and I really liked that. What's surprising is that Stalker has a "Career vs Career" match coming up. I'm not sure what to make of that, but it would be a damn shame to see either Stalker OR Rocko leave EPW. Let's hope some extenuating circumstances come into play related to this and they both stay.
I like seeing Winters stirring the hornet's nest backstage. He's the perfect character for it. I know Layne talked about moving up fast because of injuries against my character in rp and its good to see him staying congruent. Obviously he was all over the place in this show and he picked a good time considering the stage. That said I'd absolutely LOVE a Winters/Brown feud.
Heirs of Wrestling had an impressive win. Forgive me, but I can't remember your first name, but if its Seth I'll feel really dumb. Anyway, I've PMed this guy back and forth a few times and anybody who comes recommended by Lindz is definitely talented. Heirs has been thrown into the fire a bit and this is a huge win. I think ?Seth? also writes Tony "The Grin" Gamble as well. I rped against Gamble in the TiT a few years back and there's no question Seth is very talented. He's a welcome addition to a stacked roster. Forgive me if any of the multiple assumptions in this paragraph are inaccurate. Ask Stanton how often I f*ck things up on this blog. He's my editor. ;)
Whoever wrote the Brown/Fuse match (I'll guess again and say Jay wrote it) I really enjoyed reading it and I'm glad he put such an emphasis on how big the match was to the two wrestlers. Having Karl back in EPW is a real blessing. Hypothetically speaking, you give me Karl on the topic of most talented writer in EPW, I'll give you anybody else and we'd have one hell of a debate, let's put it that way.
Big win for Basterd. Tom is so good at taking just about any imaginable character and making him good. I don't know how he writes such diverse styles and still makes it work.
I wrote the tag title match. I hope everybody involved enjoyed it. I tried to make Stalker and Omega look good because they rped really well and I thought it was fitting for the new Anthology tag team to mesh well, hence the way it ended.
The Black/Dishon match was very good. I'd like to see Dishon bounce right back from this loss. Everything I've read from him shows a lot of talent and I truly think he'll move up in EPW swiftly. The Black/Winters rp period will be a fun read. Pitting those two characters against each other should cause some fireworks.
I'd love to see a solid Hart/Edmunds feud leading up to the next PPV. Aston's segs are always absolutely awesome and what I've seen from Sean is all talent so I hope they jump at this chance and really shine the next few weeks. The potential is there ten-fold. Plus it would be nice to see another good HOPE vs Anthology feud besides the First/Stevens one.
High Flyer's a hell of a talent. I loved reading the character in PRIME and he's done well in TEAM's interfed tourneys. I hope he sticks around because I think he can compete with anybody. It's really nice seeing this influx of talent.
I know I sound like a broken record, but there's really no one like Strawsma and the way he writes matches. I think he went the extra mile this time because Agg 50 was such a big deal. I truly loved it. Stanton puts so much effort into everything related to EPW and he really pushed Jay like crazy during that rp period. I also like seeing Cruise bounce back from what happened with Anthology. Great main event.
One last thing, I really liked how many segs there were with HOPE. There's a lot of drama there and its a lot of fun to watch all of them collaborate and put out entertaining segs.
I'd say Agg 50 lived up to the hype.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Aggression 49 review
It's been a while since I went into more detail and did one of these reviews, but I feel like this show really deserved it. There were some huge additions and losses that were both stunning and exciting as far as roster changes.
Before I get started, I'd just like to say that for about six to nine months now I've been steadily impressed with the level of talent on this EPW roster. Just when you think it can't get much better, the talent level rises yet again. With Karl and the guy who handles Windham now, there's a plethora of great writers. Then there's guys like the Toms and Larry Tact's handler on the sidelines now, but who could always come back. We might even see Jarret or Katz back too. It's pretty exciting.
Just wanted to throw that out there. Time for the review.
I like the anticipation and build-up right away to start things off with Lindz. We all know how this ended and I'm hoping this is just the beginning of an angle. It would be sad to see Lindz gone, but I'm totally guessing this is just the beginning of something major.
I enjoyed the Rocko/Stalker match and looking forward to another build-up between these two. They were both part of the biggest feud in EPW a few years ago and its possible things could get just as messy in the near future.
The segment ripping on all the past EPW tag team champions was well written and something totally unique, to me at least. In the couple years I've been here I've never seen anything like it and really enjoyed it. Nice way to start.
I wrote the Dishon/Doe match and I hope both of them enjoyed the read. There were a couple stabs at humor and I read the rp battle, as I always do before writing a match. These two are solid additions to EPW and I expect big things.
I also wrote the Fusenshoff segment, which was hopefully a little funny and built some anticipation for what was coming later in the show.
The next segment was awesome. It's always a treat when Aston writes a segment with the Doctor and having Anarky in there to play straight man made it that much better.
I think the highlight of the show was the job Billy did on the IC Contenders match. I'm not 100% positive he wrote it, but it has his fingerprints all over it. It was hilarious and intense. This was edge-of-your-seat matchwriting and the comic relief just made it that much better. Truly amazing.
On a side note, if someone else wrote this, you did one hell of a job. And nice Fight Club reference.
And Karl, what can I say? I loved the seg you wrote and can't wait until our match. I tried to keep it as under-wraps as possible, telling only Mike I think. I'm glad there were people that were truly surprised. Welcome back!
Stalker, Omega and Erik Black in a stable is pretty damn cool. It's not clear yet what they'll do to stir things up, which makes it that much more fun. The possibilities are many for these three to wreak havoc on EPW.
The First/Winters seg was fun. Mike is a pleasure to work with and there's rarely a sentence that goes by where Billy doesn't impress.
I'm looking forward to seeing what Windham can do. Surprisingly I haven't read any of his work. It'll be a lot of fun seeing just how good he is. The match itself was well-written, as Mike has had plenty of practice (I'm pretty sure Stanton wrote it, but could be wrong). We all know how dedicated he is to EPW, particularly picking up any matchwriting slack.
Big win for a deserving Anarky and this will probably generate a huge push for a guy who was already a big part of the Miles/Westcott feud. Also, what more can you possibly say about Ryan's matchwriting?
There were some real shocks at the end of this show. No more Lindz or Tact and almost no more Anthology. Plus the leadership in EPW is up in the air. It really builds some excitement for Agg 50.
This was a very Mayberryesque blog review. I guess Agg 49 was just that good. It was a little seg happy, but didn't feel that way while reading it. I really couldn't find any gripes and loved almost all of it.
Before I get started, I'd just like to say that for about six to nine months now I've been steadily impressed with the level of talent on this EPW roster. Just when you think it can't get much better, the talent level rises yet again. With Karl and the guy who handles Windham now, there's a plethora of great writers. Then there's guys like the Toms and Larry Tact's handler on the sidelines now, but who could always come back. We might even see Jarret or Katz back too. It's pretty exciting.
Just wanted to throw that out there. Time for the review.
I like the anticipation and build-up right away to start things off with Lindz. We all know how this ended and I'm hoping this is just the beginning of an angle. It would be sad to see Lindz gone, but I'm totally guessing this is just the beginning of something major.
I enjoyed the Rocko/Stalker match and looking forward to another build-up between these two. They were both part of the biggest feud in EPW a few years ago and its possible things could get just as messy in the near future.
The segment ripping on all the past EPW tag team champions was well written and something totally unique, to me at least. In the couple years I've been here I've never seen anything like it and really enjoyed it. Nice way to start.
I wrote the Dishon/Doe match and I hope both of them enjoyed the read. There were a couple stabs at humor and I read the rp battle, as I always do before writing a match. These two are solid additions to EPW and I expect big things.
I also wrote the Fusenshoff segment, which was hopefully a little funny and built some anticipation for what was coming later in the show.
The next segment was awesome. It's always a treat when Aston writes a segment with the Doctor and having Anarky in there to play straight man made it that much better.
I think the highlight of the show was the job Billy did on the IC Contenders match. I'm not 100% positive he wrote it, but it has his fingerprints all over it. It was hilarious and intense. This was edge-of-your-seat matchwriting and the comic relief just made it that much better. Truly amazing.
On a side note, if someone else wrote this, you did one hell of a job. And nice Fight Club reference.
And Karl, what can I say? I loved the seg you wrote and can't wait until our match. I tried to keep it as under-wraps as possible, telling only Mike I think. I'm glad there were people that were truly surprised. Welcome back!
Stalker, Omega and Erik Black in a stable is pretty damn cool. It's not clear yet what they'll do to stir things up, which makes it that much more fun. The possibilities are many for these three to wreak havoc on EPW.
The First/Winters seg was fun. Mike is a pleasure to work with and there's rarely a sentence that goes by where Billy doesn't impress.
I'm looking forward to seeing what Windham can do. Surprisingly I haven't read any of his work. It'll be a lot of fun seeing just how good he is. The match itself was well-written, as Mike has had plenty of practice (I'm pretty sure Stanton wrote it, but could be wrong). We all know how dedicated he is to EPW, particularly picking up any matchwriting slack.
Big win for a deserving Anarky and this will probably generate a huge push for a guy who was already a big part of the Miles/Westcott feud. Also, what more can you possibly say about Ryan's matchwriting?
There were some real shocks at the end of this show. No more Lindz or Tact and almost no more Anthology. Plus the leadership in EPW is up in the air. It really builds some excitement for Agg 50.
This was a very Mayberryesque blog review. I guess Agg 49 was just that good. It was a little seg happy, but didn't feel that way while reading it. I really couldn't find any gripes and loved almost all of it.
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