Board 8 > Board 8 Wrasslin' League: son of return of reveangance: the squeakquel

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I kept the topic going through months of inactivity and dropped it right before the comeback, but with it being summer (and mental health getting back up to steam, and other stuff calming the heck down, maybe, ever) I think we can get back to a decent pace! At least for a bit and hopefully forever.

Anyway this is a weird frankenstein of a project using two different board games to simulate a wrestling fed! (It's Face to the Mat for PPVs, and the died-on-kickstarter-but-I-have-a-beta Total Control Wrestling for TV shows) We have a mix of B8ers, actual wrestlers, and fictional characters. Signups are welcome. You get some input into your own character, I get a bit more input, but we're all mostly at the mercy of the dice/cards/random.org.

Gonna get a shower and then get this party (re)started with NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS! Hopefully the traditional rave.dj will have processed by then. In the meantime, tonight's card and some recaps:

SHOW 2-24: NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS
Liv hosts
Liv and Maniac have found themselves as friends after leaving the Knights Radiant, but will the freshly heel turned Phantom Thieves, lead by Panthera, have something to say about tonight's discussion?

Boko v. Maniac
They are both faces now, but there's still a bit of bad blood here from before!

HC: Bang (c) v. Bison
Bangladesh DuPree has been absolutely running amok over the B8WL! Payback could be coming in the form of a triple title defense, but possibly the most dangerous and certainly the most personal hurdle is her former (friend? ally? lover?) M. Bison!

CeNation v. MLMF
Cena and his friends (currently ScareChan) have been feuding off and on with the Men of Low Moral Fiber for almost the whole history of this fed! But with R-Truth now heading up the oldest heel stable, is it time to put that to bed finally?

UCA: Bang (c) v. David
Bang's dispatched David before, but this time he's fighting for the honor of the UCA and she'll already be a bit tired surely!

MoT: Strife (c) v. Kora
Strife's finally got some gold, but Kora's itching to take it back!

B8WL (HC): Bang (c) v. Mario
In Bang's second hardcore match of the night (I'll probably penalize her as the matches pile up) she's up against a man who never lost the belt!)

Show 2-24: Night of Champions

@IhatethisCPU
-The ailing Liv Morgan nonetheless gamely trots out to get to know B8WL's newest addition, Beatrice! Beato calls out Daniel Bryan, but she's been struggling ever since she revealed her presence, and the fans know it (that and Bryan's kinda banged up so we're not getting a match any time soon anyway). The promo kinda bombs, and Liv ad-libs that she'd be a better spooky villainess.

@MajinZidane w/Matt Stryker v. King @Maniac64
A rare face v. face match! I'll be honest, I forget why Stryker is on Boko's side, but my notes say he is. They tie up and grapple for a while, with Maniac coming out on top and then flinging Boko into the turnbuckle. Maniac bounces Boko's head off the corner a couple times before Boko powers out and grabs a headlock. Maniac powers out into a snap mare and knee drop. Running knee to Boko as he tries to find his feet. Maniac hits a curbstomp! He goes for the Implant DDT, but Boko slips out and clinches until the ref breaks it up. Maniac with the running crossbody, and he covers! 1...2....3!
Winner: Maniac

-Maniac has just one thing to say after that...."Hello Mario"
(HEY BOKO and also Maniac a little bit: per the Charts Maniac is now going to act like you and you have to find a new shtick :( You can help if you want or I'll just pick something, let me know!)

-HARCDORE TITLE: Champion Bangladesh DuPree v. M. Bison
Bang smacks Bison with the title belt while the ref is talking to him! Meh, hardcore rules anyway. Bang with a facebuster, trying to end this fast. Bang grabs a chair, only for Bison to punch it into her head. Scissors Kick! Bison's trying to prove he belongs in this match, but gets caught with an armbar of all things. Bang removes the turnbuckle pad and launches Bison into it. Bison rolls out of the ring...but comes back with a weed whacker, that he applies to Bang's face as the announce team wonders why the arena has that handy. Bison plays to the crowd (for once in his life) with the weed whacker a bit....allowing Bang to hit a suicide dive! Both are down...Bison brawls her back into some sound equipment, then tosses the champ into a pile of boxes. Bang takes a shot to the head with a tool box, but still isn't staying down. In fact, she slams Bison through a spotlight! ....But only gets a 1 count! A series of chair shots....only gets a 2 count! A toss into the boxes will do it, though, and Bang gets the win.

-Bang limps to her feet, having won her first title defense of the night, but clearly feeling the effects. She calls for a mic and lets Goldberg and Iskandar know they could've helped a LITTLE tonight, but that's fine, she'll do it herself! XIII left YMD to strike out on his on, but she's gonna do one better and disband it entirely!

@TheSultanOfSlam is here to remind you that just last week, Cena was made to kiss his feet! Everybody is tired of that guy, and MLMF are just the ones to take him down a peg...like they did last week. When he kissed Sultan's feet.

CeNation (Cena, @ScareChan , and @davidponte ) v. Men of Low Moral Fiber (Truth, Bowser, and Ludwig)
Cena and Bowser to start, Bowser grapples him down to the mat, but Cena powers out and tags in David. David gives Bowser an arm wringer. Maybe David is looking past this to his UCA Title shot, because Bowser reverses into a hammerlock and tosses him into the heel corner! Tag to R-Truth, who makes the mistake of whipping David to the opposite corner....where Cena gets the hot tag. Springboard Stunner, then a tag back to David! Maybe they want the new guy in the stable to prove himself. David launches Truth over the top to the floor, and he lands hard. Scare puts the boots to him, Bowser and Ludwig come over, and Cena fights them off. David is smart enough to stay out of all this.....long enough to get a countout win amidst the mayhem!
Winners: CeNation

-Rocky is watching backstage, likely scouting MLMF.

(IIRC these take two posts so here's a good break point)

I did not remember leaving Knights Radiant. My own stable abandons me!

And hey since I'm apparently stealing Boko's gimmick (bye bye King gimmick) now can we just make Boko United? Boko, Maniac pretending to be Boko, and Mario?

-David grabs a mic. People were worried about him having to work back to back matches, but he's a smart cookie. He's in better shape right now than Bang for dang sure! Her reign of terror ends tonight, in this very match!

-UCA Title: Champion and B8WL and Hardcore Champion Bangladesh DuPree v. Davidponte
David does seem a bit fresher, but Bangy Three Belts is scary as ever. She gets a wrist lock right off the bell, and turns it into a slam. David roars back with a forearm shot, Bang answers with a big suplex. Bang picks up the challenger....but he counters! End of Days! David goes for the UCA Special! .....Bang gets to the ropes, but not before getting stretched a bit. David runs into a big boot. Bit out of Bang's standard playbook, but she rolls with it and adds the big legdrop. 1....2....no! Bang's really starting to flag, she wanted to win there. She goes for the Big Bang, but David slips out. She trips him into the ropes, and hits the 619 for some reason! 1....2....3!
Winner and STILL Champ: Bang

-Bang's 2 for 2, but really slowing down. She's offered a mic, but blows it off, foregoing her usual swagger in favor of rushing backstage to rest up.

Kora is kinda ticked that there's all this attention on Bang and her matches, when the real highlight is gonna be his reclamation of the MoT!

-MASTERY OF TAYBLES: Champion @Strife2 v. Korayashi
Kora grabs a drink from a fan and launches it at Strife, rude. Kora spears him! This could be over real fast, and Kora knows it. He sets up a table on the outside, then climbs back in....except Strife knees him in the head on the apron...knocking him onto and t'rew the tayble! Well then!
Winner and STILL MoT: Strife

-(The next day, Jeff Bezos would mention in an interview that he was a big Kora fan)

-B8WL TITLE HARDCORE: Champion, UCA Champ, and HC Champ Bangladesh DuPree v. Mario
Mario lets her into the ring nicely- they're not on great terms but he's gotta do SOMETHING face-y since she's the one who's already wrestled two barnburners tonight. Bang repays the favor by coming to the ring with a sandwich that she throws in his face, then she headbutts him. Mario tumbles out of the ring, and Bang whips him into the announce table. Mario's right back up, only to get smacked with a chair. Bang tries to clothesline Mario into the crowd, but he flips her over instead. They brawl up the aisle, with the champ getting the better of it. But as soon as some distance is created, Mario runs up and hits a flying head stomp! Mario pins her on the concourse....1....2...reversal!...1....2...3!
Winner and STILL (triple) champion because we can't have nice things: Bang

-Mario can't believe he lost! He HAD her! He's quite upse-THIRTEEN ROCKS! @XIII_rocks has laid Mario out! He tosses the defeated challenger down the aisle stairs and mocks him!

Maniac64 posted...

I did not remember leaving Knights Radiant. My own stable abandons me!

It's a recent development! You did a double turn with Panth who got a little too draconian with his anti-stable crusade, and you also sided with Liv (who was never really a heel) over the rest of the Knights.

-Nobody voted on that Heat bonus thing I wanted to do, so maybe I'll scrap that for now.
-Don't think we need more celebs on the list for now.
-Should we keep Kora around? He ain't around much but he's been one of the bigger players. Same question might apply to Panth down the line but currently he can be @ at least.
-I....have no idea what to do with Bang lol. She's not that OP on paper, she just....keeps winning. Everything. Forever. Might be at least time to unify B8WL+UCA or something, especially because....

-Next PPV is the inaugural Tag World Grand Prix! 16 teams from a mix of here and elsewhere compete in a tournament. If one of our teams wins, I'll give them a new tag championship! If one of the outside teams wins, they get B8WL contracts!
-Rounds 1 and 2 on TV, semis and finals on the PPV.
-I'll put together obvious teams but if you want to be in with somebody, let me know! Please try to pick somebody that makes sense on some level.
-I'll also take a few suggestions for outside teams. Maybe 3? I wanna come up with some slots myself too :P But I'll see how much people care.

Maniac64 posted...

can we just make Boko United? Boko, Maniac pretending to be Boko, and Mario?

Done! But Liv's coming too, and you have a now-friendly rivalry with Mario over leadership.
(and Boko still gets a gimmick change)

Excellent. Boko United vs Knights.

And also I want to challenge Bang for one of her belts. Maybe I can finally solve this dilemma (and yeah merge UCA at this point.) Maybe Boko United will give me the same power boost it did in UCA and then I will clearly deserve to be the leader.

Tom Bombadil posted...

It's a recent development! You did a double turn with Panth who got a little too draconian with his anti-stable crusade, and you also sided with Liv (who was never really a heel) over the rest of the Knights.

Amusingly I remembered all that but somehow didn't think that meant I left. Which should have been obvious.

Time for Kora to lose a retirement match? (I know you don't normally rig matches).

he DID just get dunked by Strife pretty bad, if we decide to cut him I'll probably have him just pull a Flair and not show back up

Hahahahahaha IT'S A ME BITCH

*Grabs title, a piece of the broken table, and leaves*

Time to make more taybles for more victims*

Boko United is back, baby.

I don't know what to do about a new gimmick.

Then perhaps I shall make one up!

already got a field picked out in case nobody makes or suggests any new teams so don't delay if you were gonna do that!

I request the Wild Samoans debut

Maniac+Boko
Gimli+Legolas
Cena+Scare
Goldberg+Iskandar
Bowser+Ludwig
Wild Samoans

(and Zangief+Kora as the last remaining Knights if we keep Kora)

Bracket is set!

Boko United (Maniac+Boko) v. The Outsiders
OkaKoro v. Goldberg+Iskandar

The Fellowship v. The Wild Samoans
Hardy Boyz v. MLMF (Bowser+Ludwig)

Strife+Konnan v. Catra+Scorpia
Tangle+Whisper v. Zangief and Kora (or Beatrice)

CeNation (Cena+Scare) v. Young Bucks
Jurassic Express v. Eddv+Sultan

it occurs to me that TCW will probably screw with this bracket a lot less than FttM does, so if KoT seemed silly to you it probably won't happen that way again! (except I've now jinxed it)

Starting here, I think I am going to start giving guests and new debuts custom ratings instead of trying to start everybody on the same playing field. I feel like the Outsiders and Hardy Boyz are probably bigger threats than vtubers and more popular than IDW Sonic characters, so their starting power level will reflect that. Still stacking the deck against them slightly though- I put all of this tournament's guests in the 220-300 range where the average is currently around 280 (and the highest are approaching 400)

*-the default baseline is 250, but I think people gain more often than lose, and we've retired some of the weakest. Power creep!
**-it's difficult to calculate a hard number because managers are a big factor but aren't rated directly
***-not like the FttM point buy system I used to start the fed really turned out all that balanced anyway!

Time to recruit Scorpia into Boko United

one of the nice things about TCW is it's a lot easier to do shows piecemeal if I need to, as I intend to demonstrate tonight unless I super get on a roll before bed

Show 2-25 (Part 1 of ?)

-Rocky Balboa hosts Bangladesh DuPree, who comes out with only the B8WL and HC titles. She explains that she proved herself yet again last night, three times over, and thus she is unifying UCA into B8WL. She'll go back two being Bangy Two Belts, since she's clearly miles ahead of anybody in UCA OR B8WL anyway! Ludwig von Koopa cuts in here, not to dispute that claim, but to hassle Rocky. Why does some no-name loser get to interview the champ, anyway? She'd be a better fit for, say, the MLMF! Rocky is tired of hearing Ludwig and others insult him and his B8WL track record. When listing his credentials doesn't stop the mockery, he takes a swing at Ludwig, and a brawl breaks out! Bang parks on a corner and enjoys the show until officials separate the two.

- @MajinZidane , @Maniac64 , and Mario hit the ring together! They've clashed in the past, but they have now settled it in the ring, and are indeed good buddies. Boko, who is dressed as Surfer Sting for some reason, Maniac, who is dressed as Boko for some reason but with a crown, and Mario, who looks like he just got thrown down a flight of stairs, announce the newly (re)formed BOKO UNITED. Liv's coming too once she recovers, but since she and Mario are not cut out for the tournament, Boko and Maniac will be repping them!

-Tag Prix R1: Boko United (Boko and King Maniac) v. The Outsiders (Hall and Nash)
Boko and Maniac fall right back into their old groove despite both of them suddenly impersonating other people. Solid opener, but the spotlight is clearly on Boko U, and they pick up the win after Boko slips out of a Jacknife and reverses into a Scorpion Death Drop.
Winners: Boko United

-The announce team debates whether Rocky can ever shake his underdog status.

-Tag Prix R1: Nekomata Okayu and Inugami Korone v. Goldberg and Iskandar w/Waver Velvet
YMD might be dissolved, but the enforcers are still buddies I guess, at least for tag division purposes. One would think that they'd be a dominant force, but two little tiny vtubers take them to the limit in their first official outing. Waver makes several saves, but regardless, Korone eventually hits the Yubi Cutter for an upset win! We're headed for face v. face territory next round!
Winners: OkaKoro

-Announcement is made that Mario gets a rematch for the B8WL title TONIGHT! This might just be Cueto's idea of a joke, dude got beat clean and chucked down some stairs and looked real banged up in the promo earlier.

-The Fellowship of the Rings will take on the Wild Samoans next! ...is what we thought, but the Fellowship are jumped on the ramp by a frustrated Goldberg and Iskandar! They brawl into the crowd, so I guess the match isn't happening.

-Speaking of things that are not happening, Iskandar's popped for drugs! He's gonna be suspended for a long time.

-Why let the tournament folks have all the fun? @davidponte and @eaedwards6400 will be teaming up against R-Truth and M. Bison in a CAGE MATCH for no reason! Truth summons Bowser to ringside, and David decides to counter by calling on @ScareChan .

-CAGE: david and eaed w/Scare and Time Cop 2 v. Truth and Bison w/Bowser
Bison is the clear boat anchor in this one, and Truth isn't quite up to par picking up his slack. The faces have both heels down, but are focused on Bison...Truth sneaks towards the door for an escape win! The surviving Time Cop (Zangief kidnapped the other one a while ago) moves to intercept, but gets taken out by Bowser! But Scare's free, and he smashes the door into Truth's face! Meanwhile the UCA vets are able to finish Bison off.
Winners: david and eaed

that's it for tonight, see you tomorrow night maybe!

I am greatly amused by Boko United starting off as a team of Boko and a person dressed as Boko

Complete global bobkbpbiblbob

.... It's hard to do that on a phone

won't be much tonight but let's see

Show 2-25 (Part 2 of ?)

-@Panthera is still on a quest to cleanse the fed of all stables, but he has come to realize....that includes his own. Every time he has recruited allies, every time he has fought numbers with numbers, he has failed. That's why he's kicking the Phantom Thieves to the curb. There's only room for ONE Phantom Thief 'round these parts, and that damn cat kept trying to tell him when to go to bed anyway.

-Tag Prix R1: Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff) v. MLMF (Bowser and Ludwig)
Barnburner of a match, with four dudes not afraid to take some bumps. As such, the ending comes when the Hardyz set up a sweet double swanton to the outside through the English and Spanish announce tables! Nifty spot, but, uh, nobody can make it back in the ring.
Double Countout

-Fellowship/Samoans will be rerun next week as a result, this time as a R2 match!

Tom Bombadil posted...

it occurs to me that TCW will probably screw with this bracket a lot less than FttM does, so if KoT seemed silly to you it probably won't happen that way again! (except I've now jinxed it)

man

bit now, maybe a bit later as well

-Tag Prix R1: MoT @Strife2 and Konnan v. The Horde (Catra and Scorpia)
@TheSultanOfSlam is on commentary, and he's apparently still got a bit of a grudge against Konnan for taking MoT a couple PPVs back. More of a fight than a match, and fairly even throughout. Eventually Catra missteps and gets caught with a Black Hole Slam from Strife! This would be a great double team opportunity on Scorpia, but Konnan's too busy arguing with Sultan at the announce desk! Scorpia's the legal woman, and hits the Scorpia Death Drop! Konnan's too slow to make the save, and that's 3!
Winners: The Horde

-Zangief is backstage talking to somebody. Maniac and Liv have left the Knights, and Kora's been missing ever since NoC. He needs as his partner somebody who likes hurting people, who shares his need to grind the opposition into dust. That's why he's happy to have Beatrice as a replacement.

Konnan, that p******* (That's Spanish for fuckhead right)? Next time he wants to get in someone's face, do it when I'm not in his business.

Hahaha, great match from BU

Show 2-25 Part 4 (of 4 I hope)

-Tag Prix R1: Tangle and Whisper v. Zangief and Beatrice w/Ronove
Straight out of IDW Sonic, Tangle and Whisper are revved up and ready to go....but so are the heels. We get grappling from Beato and Whisper, while Tangle and Gief pull some David and Goliath spots. The faces have heart, but the heels have a sneaky witch and a butler friend, and Beato pulls all sorts of shenanigans behind the ref's back. Whisper snaps after a particularly egregious run of interference, and pulls out her Variable Wispon to even the score! The heels take a satisfying bump, but they also take a flagrant DQ win to advance.
Winners by DQ: Zangief and Beatrice

@Eddv is out to announce that he wanted a piece of the Tag Prix action, so tonight's main event will feature the long-awaited reunion of himself and @TheSultanOfSlam ! Bowser and Ludwig come out to mock Eddv- he's gotta resort to random teamups because he couldn't cut it in MLMF! Eddv reminds them that at least he is still in the tournament, unlike SOME turtles that couldn't make a ten count. R-Truth comes in from the crowd and hits the distracted Eddv from behind! MLMF put the boots to him for a second before Sultan makes the save.

-Mario limps out to the ring. He's glad to get another shot at the title, even if it's probably only because Cueto wants him to suffer! He came up short last time, but all you can do is try, try again...and as for @XIII_rocks , he'll get his receipts whether or not a title will be on the line. Mario's got a long list of enemies in this fed, but XIII put himself at the top.

-B8WL Championship: Champion and HC Champ Bangladesh DuPree v. Mario
...Yeah, Mario talked a big game, and he gives it the old college try, but if three men couldn't beat Bang, one very hurt one sure can't either.
Winner and STILL champ: Bang

-Goldberg comes out to announce that Iskandar's gonna be gone for a while. No matter, he's better as a solo act anyway! The Fellowship's music cuts him off. Legolas and Gimli jump him in the ring and beat him down! Payback's a Nadorhaun, and their clever little attack didn't even work, since it just got them and the Samoans a free pass to round two!

-Tag Prix R1: CeNation (Cena and @ScareChan ) v. Young Bucks
No real crazy twists here, just some good ol' tag team wrestling with a goofy bent. CeNation go over clean, but the Bucks get their spots in first.
Winners: CeNation

-Ludwig hops in the ring with a mic to talk to Scare. He asks how it feels to ride Cena's coattails, knowing he'll never be anything more than a glorified couch potato. Scare's answer is a Strangest Thing.

-Tag Prix R1: Jurassic Express v. Eddv and Sultan w/Caelus
Caelus is heavily involved this time, keeping the heels (and Eddv in particular) in the fight against the speed of Jungle Boy and the power of Luchasaurus. ....Unfortunately, he goes to the well one too many times, and the ref catches him smashing a bottle over Jungle Boy.
Winners by DQ: Jurassic Express

For those of you playing the home game, round 2 looks like:
Boko United v. OkaKoro
Fellowship v. Samoans
Horde v. Zangief+Beato
CeNation v. Jurassic Express

four more existing v. guest matches, nice!

for those of you playing the other home game, round 1 had 8 matches with 2 DQs, a no contest, and a double countout <_<

for those of you playing the other home game, round 1 had 8 matches with 2 DQs, a no contest, and a double countout

Oh hey. Attitude Era Booking!

I THOUGHT TCW was a little less prone to wacky booking than FttM but it is proving me wrong lol. Good thing I grew up on WCW and don't mind wacky!

Haha guess not.

After this tournament I will achieve Peak Boko and then go on to avenge Mario and stop Bang's reign of dominance.

Maniac64 posted...

stop Bang's reign of dominance

the ol' Lesnar/Taker build

Whoever beats Bang is going gonna slip on a banana peel and lose it next show to Danhausen

you'll pay for this jungle boy

Up with ye

and again

Oi

soon I shall be freed from the chains of daily TEW-related quotas

I ran a show! But my internet's down so it'll have to sit in Notepad for a bit.

SHOW 2-26

The announce team recap the tournament so far, with a focus on Konnan and Strife losing to Sultan's shenanigans.

@MajinZidane @Maniac64
ROUND 2: Boko United (Boko and King Maniac) v. OkaKoro (Okayu and Korone)
OkaKoro got perhaps an upset win in the first round against Goldberg and Iskandar, possibly benefitting from the latter's suspension. Their luck does not hold out here, as the newly formed Boko United are able to somewhat cruise to a win.
Winners: Boko United

NON-TITLE: B8WL and Hardcore Champ Bang v. Eaed w/Time Cop 1
Bang was expecting a quick squash, but she didn't get one! Between her overconfidence and the Time Cop distracting her, Eaed is actually able to give her a run for her money. She still wins tho.
Winner: Bang

Eddv calls out R-Truth. He says that Truth is a weakling and a coward! Truth...kinda proves him right, by jumping him from behind. They scuffle for a bit and Eddv actually manages to send him packing, laughing off his former comrade.

@TheSultanOfSlam
Match: Konnan v. Sultan
Konnan gets a shot at a little revenge here after Sultan distracted him in the Tag Grand Prix. Both of 'em are fired up and ready for a brawl, and brawl they do. The ref gives them a lot of leeway, but eventually has to call for the bell after Konnan introduces a chair (to Sultan's face)
Winner by DQ: Sultan

Scare cuts a promo backstage. Last week Ludwig screwed around and found out. Tonight he and Cena are gonna take down Jurassic Express in the main event, but if Ludwig wants to try again....He's Feeling Lucky.

ROUND 2: Fellowship (Legolas and Gimli) v. Wild Samoans (Afa and Sika)
They didn't get to have their first round match, but lucked into another shot when the Hardys and MLMF went to a double countout. They waste no time, getting the brawl started before the Samoans even make it to the ring. It's a hectic match, but seizing the momentum at the beginning eventually pays off for the home team!
Winners: Fellowship

Rocky comes out to announce that he's going back to boxing! (I wanted to make a FWA reference but he's in the B8WL fed there too lol) It's been fun but the boxing ring is clearly the one he belongs in. Before that though, he wants to settle things with Ludwig, right here and now!

RETIREMENT MATCH: Rocky v. Ludwig
It's less of a match and more of an excuse for Rocky to punch Ludwig in the face until the ref calls for the bell. A moral victory, if a weird note to leave on.
Winner by DQ: Ludwig

David calls out Bison for a match, but what he gets is Bison flanked by the MLMF! In a revenge for last week, they start putting the boots to him, but Cena and Scare even the odds and make the save.

Match: Mario v. Bowser
The classic! Except Mario is still selling his injuries. Bowser ragdolls Mario around the ring for an extended period. Mario gets a hope spot after Bowser misses a Hip Drop off the top, but XIII comes down to the ring! Mario persuades XIII to come up to the apron, then throws him into the ring, hitting Bowser! That's kinda a DQ tho.
Winner by DQ: Bowser

XIII laughs at Mario losing the match in this fashion and stumbling around in exhaustion. Mario takes a swing, but XIII escapes to the outside.

XIII is onscreen again after commercial. Mario was a shadow of his former self even before XIII chucked him down the stairs, and now he can barely even move! If Mario wants to finish the fight, he'll be happy to put him down for good. He rips the head off a Mario doll and throws it in a trash can!

ROUND 2: Zangief and Beatrice w/Ronove v. The Horde (Catra and Scorpia)
Neither team got a particularly clean win last round (Horde won by interference, others by DQ) but surprisingly everybody stays mostly on the level here. We get some fun power spots from Gief and Scorp, and some shenanigans from Beato and Catra. Catra eventually overextends by not tagging out when she gets the chance, and Beatrice is eventually able to get the hot tag to Zangief for the win as a result.
Winners: Zangief and Beatrice

Bowser approaches Konnan backstage. The MLMF saw how vicious Konnan got with Sultan today, and they liked it! Konnan's gotten rowdy many a time....perhaps he'd like to join them and make some trouble? Konnan thinks about it, but decides he's perfectly capable of making his own trouble. Bowser advises him not to bite off more than he can chew.

Match: Davidponte v. M. Bison
David gets his match after all! Sorta. After a while Bison decides he's had enough, and leaves up the ramp. He gets a mic to give a lame excuse about it not being the right time, but we're pretty sure he's just scared.
Winner by countout: David

@Strife2
MASTERY OF TAYBLES: Strife2 (c) v. XIII_rocks
Just a good dang match. Strife has the upper hand for the majority, but XIII turns the tables (pun intented) by slipping out of the Black Hole Slam and bulldogging Strife through the table!
Winner and NEW MoT: XIII

Legolas joins on commentary to talk about the rapidly narrowing Tag Grand Prix field, in which he and Gimli could be considered favorites. The CeNation are jumped on the entrance ramp by the MLMF! Legolas, david, and even Jurassic Express make the save, but not before some serious damage is done.

ROUND 2: CeNation (Cena+Scare) v. Jurassic Express (Luchasaurus+Jungle Boy)
Cena and Scare, of course, are far too heroic and underdoggy to call off the match, so Jurassic Express reluctantly go forward. They clearly feel kinda bad about it, but not bad enough to hold back on winning.
Winners: Jurassic Express

SHOW 2-27: TAG WORLD GRAND PRIX
Mario hosts
HC: Bang (c) v. Strife
SEMIS: Boko U v. Fellowship
MoT: XIII (c) v. eaed
SEMIS: Zangief+Beato v. Jurassic Express
B8WL: Bang (c) v. Bryan
FINALS

(hey a bunch of people are simultaneously back from injuries now! actually they were supposed to be back for this show whoops)

(man very few of the b8ers in this are still taggable >_>)

I wonder if some of it are account name changes

Boko United we back baby

Plan is for tomorrow afternoon!

BOARD 8 WRASSLIN PRESENTS
TAG WORLD GRAND PRIX

-Mario is here to interview Zangief. He and Beatrice have shockingly made it to the semifinals as a new tag team, but he'd rather talk about Liv Morgan. Rumor has it she's back in the building after he hospitalized her two PPVs ago! Well, if she had any guts, she'd come out and face him man to- Liv's music hits, and she does indeed come out to face him! She didn't get mad about their match or the subsequent beatdown....but now she's gonna get even! She wants Zangief in a STRAP MATCH!

-XIII (okay how is THAT a person I can't tag) is asked how he's feeling about defending against @eaedwards6400 tonight. He's a bit offended that you'd even ask that question- Eaed has never been in his league, not in the ring, not with the book, and not here either!

-HARDCORE TITLE: Champion and B8WL Champ Bangladesh DuPree v. @Strife2
They open with...grappling, actually? Bang gets Strife in a chicken wing for a bit, then turns it into a weird pumphandle slam. She ducks a clothesline and dumps Strife to the outside, but he grabs her foot and pulls her out after him. Strife rolls under the ring, and when Bang gives chase, he pops out and stomps her back. She retaliates by coming back with a ladder, swinging it along the ground to trip him. Bang plays to the crowd with the ladder a bit too long, and Strife boots it into her face! But she lands a low blow when he approaches! Bang grabs the ring announcer mic to cut a ten second promo about how nobody's ever gonna stop her, before landing a running kick to the head. DDT onto the ladder! Followed by,,,the Big Bang! 1...2....3!
Winner and STILL HC Champ: Bang

-Patrick Stewart is here! He's chillin' with the Fellowship, and will be rooting for them in the tournament!

-SEMIFINAL: Boko United ( @MajinZidane and King @Maniac64 w/ Mario) v. The Fellowship (Legolas and Gimli)
Face/face action! Maniac slams Legolas' head into the canvas before a quick tag out. Boko riles up the crowd, Mario riles up Legolas, and Boko lands a suplex. Legolas escapes to tag out, Gimli hits a quick tackle and a knee drop. Dropkick back into the Fellowship corner for a quick doubleteam. Gimli with a high (relatively) crossbody off the second rope before a tag out. Boko regains control with an arm twist, then drives Legolas into the opposite corner for a much needed tag to Maniac! Implant DDT! 1...2....3!
Winners: Boko United

-The Miz comes out to applaud both teams and reminds us that he's still the assistant commissioner! (ie, whenever we need a face authority)

will actually have to take an extended intermission to charge my laptop lol

Damn. Was hoping to be the one to do it.

BTW the next PPV is SUPPOSED to be Cyber Sunday but I'm wondering if there's still enough interest to do that, so I guess just sound off if you're still actually on b8 and reading >_>

Hello

TAG WORLD GRAND PRIX, cont.

-MASTERY OF TAYBLES: Champion XIII_rocks v. @eaedwards6400 w/Time Cop 2
Crowd solidly behind eaed from the start. They lock up and Eaed goes straight for a Monkey Flip! XIII slides out of the ring, grabs Time Cop 2's nightstick, and gets one sneaky shot in at a bad angle for the ref. Time Cop complains, but that just distracts the ref long enough for XIII to hit him a couple more times. Eaed's taken quite a beating here, and XIII is able to quickly put him away after setting up a tayble.
Winner and STILL Master of Taybles: XIII

-XIII wants to quit beating around the bush and face Mario at Cyber Sunday[?]! Instead of Mario though, he gets david, who thinks he should be the one to put an end to XIII's reign of terror!

-It's the last surviving outside team against the last surviving heel team in the second semifinal! We ask Jurassic Express for their thoughts, but before they can answer, there's a CLANGCLANGCLANG and a [that one Umineko damage sound effect] and Jungle Boy has a stake in his foot! He's able to fight, but probably not gonna be doin' too hot.

-SEMIFINALS: Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus) v. Zangief and Beatrice
Early doubleteam on Luchasaurus before the bell. The ref restores order, and Luchasaurus just piledrives Zangief. Inadvisable tag to the wounded Jungle Boy, but just long enough to hit a senton off of Luchasaurus and tag back out. Luchasaurus plays to the crowd for too long, and Zangief is able to recover and hit an impressive deadlift suplex on his fellow big man! Zangief tries to end it early with the Spinning Lariat, but Luchasaurus blocks it and tags in Jungle Boy, who just does a quick trip and tags back out. Zangief whips Luchasaurus into his corner and is finally able to tag out to Beatrice. Beato runs straight into a towering flapjack! Cover! 1...2....3! Jurassic Express is going to the finals!
Winners: Jurassic Express

-Dario Cueto comes out to trash talk the winners. He's not Boko United's biggest fan, but when they stop the freak and his limping child friend, he will be happy to award them a tag team championship!

-Bang's getting real tired of this multiple defenses a show thing, but she'll take everything the B8WL can dish out and send it right back!

-B8WL Championship: Champion and Hardcore Champ Bangladesh DuPree v. Daniel Bryan
Bryan's back, but is he ready for title action? Come to think of it, is Bang, after that HC Title match? (not that it has stopped her before!) Bang grabs the challenger by the beard, and then locks on a full nelson for a full two minutes! Bryan eventually slips out, only to get kicked in the head. He ain't going down that easily, though, and they start rapid firing punches at each other. Bang gets knocked out of the ring, then hit by a suicide dive! Yes Lock, but on the outside, so all it does it hurt real bad until time to beat the count back in. Bryan locks on a sleeper hold, but Bang gets out via mule kick, and Bryan knocks over the ref with his sell. Bang follows up with a Curb Stomp! Both of em running on fumes now....Bryan up first, and he grabs the title belt and hits Bang with it!. She staggers....and runs right into the Knee Plus! (this was a topical name back when I carded Bryan) 1.....2.....3! We did it!
Winner and NEW B8WL Champion: Bryan

editorial: I AM GOING TO THROW MY GAME BOOK OFF MY FRIENDS' FIFTH STORY BALCONY but I'm still not gonna rig the dice

@Maniac64 comes out to ringside to celebrate with his longstanding frenemy Bryan! They hug, and then Maniac pulls the ref aside to tell him something. The ref convenes with a few other officials, and they look at the tape. Bryan's in-ring celebration is starting to wind down when Maniac grabs a mic. It hurts him so very much to tell Bryan this, but the officials have reviewed the tape, and Bryan used a foreign object. Therefore, Dario Cueto has issued a ruling that the decision is reversed, and Bang wins by DQ, keeping the belt! That's....technically correct, but what a jerk move! Boooooo!

-Jungle Express are backstage watching the TV. (from a weird angle, of course) Sure, Bryan did technically cheat, but....man, what a jerk move, the fans were so mad! They'll just have to take him down a peg.

@MajinZidane
-TAG WORLD GRAND PRIX FINALS: Jurassic Express (competing for B8WL contracts) v. Boko United (competing for an inaugural B8WL Tag Championship)
Well, Boko did nothing wrong, but he's teaming with the only heel in the match, so he's kinda working heel too. Maniac and Lucha start. Maniac pokes Lucha in the eye, but he tags out and Jungle Boy lands a dropkick. Maniac drags Jungle Boy to the opposite corner for a quick doubleteam. Maniac goes for a powerslam, but Jungle Boy kicks himself out of it! Big tag to Luchasaurus. Lucha tosses Maniac out of the ring, but Maniac is able to outsmart him, circle around, and tag Boko, who kicks Luchasaurus in the head as he re-enters the ring. Boko tries a clothesline, but Luchasaurus reverses it into a spinebuster! Jungle Boy lands a headbutt when Boko staggers into range. Big ol' electric chair drop from Luchasaurus! Maniac doesn't really bother breaking up the pin....1.....2....3!
Winners and NEW B8WL Employees: Jurassic Express!

-Dario Cueto is backstage with Liv Morgan. He wants to know if she will go to the dark side with Maniac, or stay with her new friends in Boko United. She's staying in Boko United, but if Cueto wants a dark side.....he'll get one..........*Lucha Underground ending noise*

man I didn't even get Maniac's alignment updated on the sheet before he turned again, I'm as upset about him going Big Show on me and heckin' up the stories as I am Bang retaining via shenanigans

Haha well so much for that stable idea. And man what a way to turn heel.

At least it got Boko some wins. And clearly it's tine for the King to take his shot at the champ. Afterall she owes me one now.