Singles
Jayden Thunder vs. Tyson Smith

Both no showed this match, and Jayden Thunder has been retired. Knux has created a new character, though. I'm glad you're sticking around. I'm not sure what's happened with Tyson, but if he'd like to shoot me a PM and give me an update, that would be much appreciated.

IC Tournament Match
The Pirate vs. Mack

Singles
James Carlisle vs. Spyro

Singles
Vladimir Strife vs. Dereck Walter

Vladimir Strife wins by no show. I'm hearing that Walter may have left us. Though I can't confirm that, so if I could get some confirmation from the man himself, that would be good. Thanks for showing Vlad, if you'd like feedback, don't hesitate to contact one of the team members.

IC Tournament Match
Rob Chapman vs. C5 Ion

Ion has no showed, so the winner is Rob Chapman. Rob, if you want some feedback for your match, just let us know.

IC Tournament Match
Greg Samuel vs. Akira Kobayashi
Grader: Riley

Singles
Azrael vs. Maddox Paine

Razor no showed this one, so your winner is Azrael. Decep, I'll give you some feedback for your match, because I know you'd like some.

Singles
Travis Levitt vs. Xtreme Icon
Grader: Kani

Travis Levitt: You really heeled it up to the max in this one, didn't you? Some classic heel work in a short match. Personally, I would have liked to have seen Icon get some retaliation after kicking out of the Dragon Suplex, but I know your circumstances, and I'm glad your boy is feeling better now. The match was good for a short match. The cheating made the victory feel believable, so it wasn't just a move then pin kind of deal. The deck was well and truly stacked against Icon, especially with LJ hitting the Thunder Bomb outside, and then the follow up kick from Summers. Not bad at all. Nothing wrong with the description, or the action. Good short match, Ace.

Xtreme Icon: I liked the beginning of your match with the brawling on the outside, but it's a bit of a shame because we only grade bell to bell, so I can't really talk about it as far as the grading is concerned. For what it's worth, it did set up some animosity for the match, and did well to put Levitt's heel persona over, as well as Icon's persona. I really liked that Levitt went right for the shoulder of Icon, as it really set the story in motion. As the reader, I know that this is going to be a factor in this match right away, which is good in terms of building a story. I feel like perhaps something other than Levitt just letting go of the hold could have added a bit more to the match, though. Even if Icon started to crawl one handed, then he was thrown to the mat or something. Your description was very much in "this happened, then this happened" territory. I don't know if you just didn't have time or what, but it could have been better. Icon also starts throwing elbow drops to Levitt on the mat, without selling his shoulder or anything like that. The high flying aspects of the match, with Icon flipping out of the ring, then later doing the Shooting Star Dropkick to Summers were nice to see. The rest of your match was OK, but not great. I feel that, all in all, this match was very rushed, and could have been much better than it was. Your action was fine, you had some good moments, but it was your description that really let you down. Had you worked more on description and selling, I feel I'd have enjoyed this match more.

Verdict: In a case of bigger not always being better, I'm giving this win to Travis Levitt. I felt that his match was a lot cleaner and well formed. Icon, your action was alright, and I have a feeling your match would have been great, if not for the description and such. I know you haven't written a match in a while, though, and I hope to see more from you in the future.

Singles
Evan Flare vs. Kahlan

IC Tournament Match
DC Hennig vs. Rellim

Tag Team Match
The Logging Crew vs. Cultural Experience
Grader: Meth

Logging Crew: There’s a couple of proof reading errors in your match, but I’m not going to penalise you for those just thought I’d make note. I do feel like your match could have benefitted from more description of the action. For example; “turning just in time to catch Sento-Ki coming off the ropes.  He drives the smaller man into the canvas with a vicious spinebuster.” I think a little more detail wouldn’t have gone amiss here. It reads a bit like a summary, there’s one incident followed by another and it’s missing the thick of it. Putting that extra bit in of Cletus catching and lifting the opponent up just helps create better imagery, especially if you can add in how it was performed (did Cletus strain? Was he breathing heavily? Is Takumi sweating? Etc.) Towards the end you seem to taper off too as the last paragraph just seemed like a rushed finish, though I did like the idea behind the ending (Cletus nailing the big move out of no-where and Jim having the wherewithal/tag team experience to keep the partner busy) it really helps to build the Crew as an experienced tag team that work well together. Overall a good match, but not the best I’ve seen you put out.

Cultural Experience: The first few sentences read like a moveset. “quickly x happened before y before z before a which quickly turned into b” The imagery and suspense of the match just runs away, and repeatedly using ‘before’ in that short a space just removes the reader from the match rather than hooking them into it. I understand trying to build up through a series of moves at the beginning of the match, but a more varied vocabulary stops it from sounding repetitive. Your use of reactions however are very well done. Mid-late match each move reads like it has some weight behind it, the victims reacting appropriately to being hit by whatever their opponent’s arsenal dictates. I’ll openly admit I did have a good chuckle at the whole “Korean vs. Japanese” bit you did with the commentary too (though that doesn’t factor in to the grading, I felt I should acknowledge that). I like you building up to a turn-around then cutting away Cultural Experience’s momentum and the use of Levitt is a nice touch, though I do feel a fireball to the face wouldn’t just lay someone out and should get more of a reaction from the opponent than that. You do well to show the Crew’s experience as a tag team and have them work as a flowing team should throughout the match. For a standard card match with no built rivalry I do think you undermine the Ol’ Bent Pine a bit. You’ve built up a focus on the knee and OBP is the finishing submission, for a standard card match a finisher should really be the be-all and end-all and making it so an injured, lonesome competitor and break out of it as easily as Sanu did makes it seem a bit weak, or at least in my eyes. Again I like the sudden turn around into the surprise finisher for the match ending, but would have liked to see a larger nod towards Sanu using his hurt knee to deliver the final blow such as a reaction from him rather than a passing comment acknowledging it was that knee he used. Overall though it was a solid match.

Verdict: I’m going to give this one to Cultural Experience. Both writers had similar flaws in their matches and both endings seemed a little weak in regards to the rest of the match writing wise but Snoopz’s match read a little easier, I could picture the match better than I could the Crews thanks to the reactions and I just think he put in that little bit more. Both matches did a good job of selling both teams as working well together and being experienced as a team, but Snoopz created a better atmosphere through better usage of the crowd (Crew’s match had no response to the CE hot tag near the end) which also helped his match. Good job the both of you.

Main Event
David Michaels vs. Jared Jerusalem
Grader: Ace

Note: A lot of no showing this week, with a few being due to issues regarding extensions. We will be addressing the extensions process shortly, which will likely come up in the GM Announcements.

Thank you to those who showed this week! As I said, not a strong card, but hopefully things will be better with the next card.