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Re: DEFIANCE ROAD Arc Discussion/Feedback Thread - DEFtv 83 is live!
DEFtv 84
HOW TO RUIN A GOOD MORNING: A decent little cold open. Not much to sink the teeth into, obviously, but a real twist following Penn’s title loss last show. Pretty much perfect.
THE RUNDOWN: My god there’s shit happening in the Runny D again~! Wasn’t feeling the shooty/meta bullshit with Angus and Keebs regarding the Impulse praise at the start at all. Totally unnecessary. Impulse’s promo is good, humble, and what I expected it to be. Curtis was fine, but I miss the old Penn, when he was just a whiny, insecure dickhead. Feel like he’s lost part of what I liked about him by becoming so assertive lately. The rematch clause is literally my least favourite wrestling trope, but this segment does succeed in setting up a hot main event.
YOUR TIME IS OVER: Stevie did a good job with this. Bit of a different format from mine, which is perfect. Here, Kendrix basically just takes one or two rudimentary questions and runs with it. I like that he’s going SPR SRS now, because this is a high stakes feud, and his bluster will be needed if he wants to win. Nice to see this contrast after the jokier stuff he was doing with the SEG.
KAZUSHI VS. MASKED VIOLATOR #2: I didn’t realise that Nigel was the LORD OF FANNYSHIRE. Lovely stuff. This was good. The STORM/Violators storyline has been excellently written throughout the teams’ respective tenures. “The Stinky Blur” Masked Violator 2 is one of the best lads in all of wrestling. What a beautiful mess of a match. Right up my street as a reader, and the shambolic finish keeps this thing moving.
THANK GOD THAT HOLLYWOOD DOUCHE IS DEAD: Hate the Ric Flair references at the start. PCPs banter was fun as always. Liked Haynes misinterpreting their banter/taking it too seriously. The basis for this segment is solid, but I’m wondering how much people who aren’t familiar with Haynes/Unlikely would get from it, as it approaches the topic very coldly. Fourth wall stuff wasn’t funny enough to be necessary. All-round, this was kind of mess and all over the place, as one minute Haynes is getting aggressive, and the next it’s story time. Didn’t get much out of this.
I’M GONNA TAKE IT ALL AWAY: The logisitics of this segment were fine, as it sets up something that happens later in the night. I got an odd lack of chemistry from Dane and Penn, though. I think it’s because much of the segment was Penn talking at Dane, rather than with him. The bear-prodding is good, but Dane’s stoicism just made Penn seem like a babbling lunatic, rather than crawling under his skin.
SCOTT DOUGLAS VS. CODENAME: REAPER: A good start with the Reaper promo, but he feels very disconnected from Impulse at the moment. This relationship really needs more interaction directly between the duo, regardless of Impulse’s FIST exploits. The stuff afterwards was good, with MKD furthering the DEF Road angle. Big fan of the “arrest” storyline and again, I’m looking forward to seeing how it unfolds.
PCPs vs. BASTARDS: Very cold intro from the announcers, no use of Darren Quimbey either. Quite a lot of jumping around tenses going on throughout the match, which made for a jarring read. Remember to keep everything in present tense. Once or twice is understandable, but the problem is present throughout the whole match. Good story continuation with the interferences, and I like the Bastards getting the win to set-up the title shot. The action here was fine, but the announcers lacked in personality, and the victory was very poorly sold at the end. A good match held back by some pretty major flaws.
CURTIS PENN VS. IMPULSE: A very good TV main event. Nothing negative to say about it, really. Good action, good length, good work from the announcers, and I like that Impulse actually tapped out, too. Really maniacal stuff from Penn, not releasing the hold and all. Excellent promo from Eric Dane to set up the PPV title match. No complaints -- this was the best thing on the show.
DEFtv 84
HOW TO RUIN A GOOD MORNING: A decent little cold open. Not much to sink the teeth into, obviously, but a real twist following Penn’s title loss last show. Pretty much perfect.
THE RUNDOWN: My god there’s shit happening in the Runny D again~! Wasn’t feeling the shooty/meta bullshit with Angus and Keebs regarding the Impulse praise at the start at all. Totally unnecessary. Impulse’s promo is good, humble, and what I expected it to be. Curtis was fine, but I miss the old Penn, when he was just a whiny, insecure dickhead. Feel like he’s lost part of what I liked about him by becoming so assertive lately. The rematch clause is literally my least favourite wrestling trope, but this segment does succeed in setting up a hot main event.
YOUR TIME IS OVER: Stevie did a good job with this. Bit of a different format from mine, which is perfect. Here, Kendrix basically just takes one or two rudimentary questions and runs with it. I like that he’s going SPR SRS now, because this is a high stakes feud, and his bluster will be needed if he wants to win. Nice to see this contrast after the jokier stuff he was doing with the SEG.
KAZUSHI VS. MASKED VIOLATOR #2: I didn’t realise that Nigel was the LORD OF FANNYSHIRE. Lovely stuff. This was good. The STORM/Violators storyline has been excellently written throughout the teams’ respective tenures. “The Stinky Blur” Masked Violator 2 is one of the best lads in all of wrestling. What a beautiful mess of a match. Right up my street as a reader, and the shambolic finish keeps this thing moving.
THANK GOD THAT HOLLYWOOD DOUCHE IS DEAD: Hate the Ric Flair references at the start. PCPs banter was fun as always. Liked Haynes misinterpreting their banter/taking it too seriously. The basis for this segment is solid, but I’m wondering how much people who aren’t familiar with Haynes/Unlikely would get from it, as it approaches the topic very coldly. Fourth wall stuff wasn’t funny enough to be necessary. All-round, this was kind of mess and all over the place, as one minute Haynes is getting aggressive, and the next it’s story time. Didn’t get much out of this.
I’M GONNA TAKE IT ALL AWAY: The logisitics of this segment were fine, as it sets up something that happens later in the night. I got an odd lack of chemistry from Dane and Penn, though. I think it’s because much of the segment was Penn talking at Dane, rather than with him. The bear-prodding is good, but Dane’s stoicism just made Penn seem like a babbling lunatic, rather than crawling under his skin.
SCOTT DOUGLAS VS. CODENAME: REAPER: A good start with the Reaper promo, but he feels very disconnected from Impulse at the moment. This relationship really needs more interaction directly between the duo, regardless of Impulse’s FIST exploits. The stuff afterwards was good, with MKD furthering the DEF Road angle. Big fan of the “arrest” storyline and again, I’m looking forward to seeing how it unfolds.
PCPs vs. BASTARDS: Very cold intro from the announcers, no use of Darren Quimbey either. Quite a lot of jumping around tenses going on throughout the match, which made for a jarring read. Remember to keep everything in present tense. Once or twice is understandable, but the problem is present throughout the whole match. Good story continuation with the interferences, and I like the Bastards getting the win to set-up the title shot. The action here was fine, but the announcers lacked in personality, and the victory was very poorly sold at the end. A good match held back by some pretty major flaws.
CURTIS PENN VS. IMPULSE: A very good TV main event. Nothing negative to say about it, really. Good action, good length, good work from the announcers, and I like that Impulse actually tapped out, too. Really maniacal stuff from Penn, not releasing the hold and all. Excellent promo from Eric Dane to set up the PPV title match. No complaints -- this was the best thing on the show.