So now I take my place in the Champions of the Galaxy universe with my version of the wrestling of the future. All of the weekly shows, known as Planet Wars, will take place at the Deimos Intergalactic Arena. The first Pay Per View will take place on January 26, 2087 on Earth in New York City at the new Madison Square Garden. The PPV will be known as Earth Wars 1. The GWF Championship will be decided in the finals of a tournament taking place starting with Planet Wars. And now the start of my version of GWF>

Planet Wars

01.06.2087 from Deimos Intergalactic Arena

- Welcome to Planet Wars -

Ace Action welcomes wrestling fans from all corners of the galaxy to the Deimos Intergalactic Arena for Planet Wars, a weekly Monday night event which leads to Earth Wars 1 on January 26, 2087. tonight will start a tag team tournament and the first round of the GWF Heavyweight Title Tournament. Ace Action sends the camera to the ring for the first match of the night!

Greek Gods vs. Neptunian Space-Croppers vs. Pulsar, Pit Viper

Actagon defeated Pulsar 

Match Rating: 4.25

Match Notes: The Greek Gods go on to the tag team championship next week!

- Interview with Gladiators of Aethra -

Ace Action has with him the Gladiators of Aethra members of Brute and Massacre. Brute tells Ace Action that they are ready and that they will be the ones moving on to the Championship match next week.

Gladiators of Aethra vs. and Killer Queen, Exo-King vs. and Ghengis Khan, Invincible Krakan

Brute defeated Ghengis Khan 

Match Rating: 3.75

Match Notes: The Gladiators of Aethra move on to face The Greek Gods in the GWF Tag Team Championship next week!

- Ace Action Hypes Tournament -

Ace Action now presents the first round of the GWF Championship leading to the title match on January 26th.

Star Warrior vs. Mutant

Star Warrior defeated Mutant with a NOVA LAUNCH at 2:07

Match Rating: 3.25

Match Notes: Star Warrior moves on to the 2nd round!

Omega vs. Death Knight

Omega defeated Death Knight with a TOMAHAWK THRUST at 5:45

Match Rating: 3.25

Match Notes: Omega moves on to the 2nd round!

Commander Sam vs. Vanity

Vanity defeated Commander Sam with a PULVERIZER at 2:03

Match Rating: 3.75

Match Notes: Vanity moves on to the 2nd round!

Massif vs. Executioner

Executioner defeated Massif with a deathjump at 5:24

Match Rating: 2.25

Match Notes: Massif moves on to 2nd round after DQ Finish!

Wolf vs. Thantos

Thantos defeated Wolf with a MASTERLOCK at 14:46

Match Rating: 4.00

Match Notes: Thantos moves on to round 2

Overall Card Rating: 3.50

Next week, the action returns to the Deimos Intergalactic Arena for round 2 of the GWF Title tournament as well as the finals for the GWF Tag Team titles

GWF Tag Team Title Match

The Greek Gods vs The Gladiators of Aethra

Round 2 GWF Tournament

Star Warrior vs Vanity

Omega vs Thantos

Massif vs Exo-King (added)

Beastrider (added) vs Comrad Terror (added)

Plus other suprises!

Rankings will be posted after Earth Wars 1! Join us for Planet Wars next week!

The Beginning!

So this is a test card of my new Champions of the Galaxy blog I am doing. Just a sample of a card I did. I am starting in the year the set starts, 2087 to be accurate. And I set it in Birmingham, Alabama on Planet Earth.

War on Earth

01.04.2087 from Birmingham, Alabama

Comrade Terror vs. Invincible Krakan

Comrade Terror defeated Invincible Krakan with an ATOMIC WARHEAD at 3:27

Actagon vs. Brute

Actagon defeated Brute with a GRECIAN SLEEPER GRIP at 8:14

Ghengis Khan vs. Massif

Massif defeated Ghengis Khan with an out of the ring at 18:37

Gladiators of Aethra vs. Greek Gods

Massacre defeated Actagon with a DECAPITATOR at 13:03

Wolf vs. Pit Viper

Wolf defeated Pit Viper with a SAVAGE FACE CLAW at 4:46

Proteus vs. Lord Nexus

Lord Nexus defeated Proteus with a TITAN DROP at 8:26

Please remember that this is a test card and I am just playing around with this at this point. I will run the next card tomorrow night and will post Monday. We gonna have some fun with this one! Later dudes and dudettes!

Changing Things Up CotG Style!

Haven't been here in ages it seems like. Once I get into a way of doing things I try to stick with it. Once in a blue moon personal problems, whether they be home or work get in the way and I walk away from this site. Well no more. Now I an going to take my readers on a grand adventure into time and space. I have to decided to bring to you my take on the wrestling universe known as Champions of the Galaxy. Champions of the Galaxy is a tabletop wrestling card game which was invented by Tom Filsinger. Here is the story of the game:

PSYCH TEACHER INVENTS GALAXY GAME

When Cuyahoga Community College psychology instructor Tom Filsinger became bored with high school classes his creative mind wandered but it didn’t stop working. Ten years later, no longer bored by school, he is reaping the results of his boredom and is marketing the game he literally dreamed up in his high school classes.

His game “Champions of the Galaxy” is a return to those creative days of yesteryear when games were not controlled by joy sticks and TV screens but rather by cards and dice.

Star Warrior, Massif, and Wolf are some of the good guys who wrestle against the likes of Thantos, Conrad (sic) Terror, and the Executioner. The wrestling matches take place on Deimos, a moon of Mars, in the Galaxian Federation founded late in the 21st century.

A roll of the dice indicates the degree of arm twisting, facelocking, or karate chopping exerted against the enemy. The card belonging to each competitor tells the defensive players how badly they are hurt and how to negotiate their next move. Players alternate between defensive and offensive positions. Matches can last anywhere from three minutes to an hour, depending on the luck of the roll.

Filsinger is marketing the game by mail order this year. The characters are drawn by free-lance artist Chuck Carter, and they have all the charm and charisma of the Star Wars gang.

Filsinger says that creative minds, research shows, often don’t do well in school and feel constricted by the structure imposed. He has a few other educational games in mind and has copyrighted the ideas. One involves the process of evolution as players struggle through the Ice Age, the Paleolithic Era, through the Age of Dinosaurs and other beasts to eventually become Homo Sapiens, the eager embryo excited to emerge.

I have invested in the online version of the game and will bring my unique twist to this universe. More details to follow. See you folks later.

THE BEST WRESTLING NIGHT? Sunday Nights!

Guess you thought I would say Monday night or Thursday night, huh? No, no, I actually think that THE best wrestling show on TV now is...PRIME Wrestling! In my last post, I thought that PRIME Wrestling would be the next company to make it big. I'm talking ECW big! And everything I see points this thought out to be true. Let's start with the announce team of Joe Dombrowski and Aaron Maguire. As I listened to these two call the action on Sportstime Ohio, my mind takes me back to the time when I would watch WWF just so I could listen to the banter between Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and Gorilla Monsoon. Or, to Monday Night Raw when they had Jerry "The King" Lawler and "Good Ole" Jim Ross calling the action. They are that good!

Just looking at the roster, starting with the PRIME Wrestling Krimson, new PRIME TV Champion (as of this posting) Matthew Justice, and PRIME Tag Team Champions "The Megastar" Marion Fontaine and Jeremy Madrox, I would line these champions against any list of champions any company has right now. Then you round out the roster with stars such as "Big Bear" Benjamin Boone, Johnny Gargano, "M-Dogg 20" Matt Cross, Jason Gory (one of my personal favorites along with Krimson) among others and you have a talent roster which, again, I would line up with the best companies today.

Last night, I saw a match between PRIME Wrestling Champion Krimson against a wrestler named Rickey Shane Page. This match brought a new meaning to violence as it harkened back to some of the wars I saw between Raven and Tommy Dreamer from the ECW days. This match even came close to the level of a Ric Flair/Dusty Rhodes match. These two put on quite a show. And to think that I came close to spending money on Slammiversary. Glad I didn't because I would have missed that PRIME Wrestling main event! With this company, the sky's the limit!

The Next Big Promotion In Wrestling?

The Next Promotion To Break Out?

While watching the "Rise and Fall of ECW" dvd, I was thinking if that could happen again? Right now is a great time to be a wrestling fan.You have WWE, the "sports entertainment" side of wrestling. Then you have Impact on Thursday nights, which focuses more on the wrestling. And you have ROH, for those who like the "strong style" wrestling. And while I do watch all three, plus CMLL on Galavision (even though I cannot understand a word they say) I have been watching a wrestling program that many may not know about. It is called Prime Wrestling, which is on Sports Time Ohio (662 on Direct TV). 

I have been watching since Wrestlelution 2, and I have seen this company grow to a powerhouse in he Ohio market. This promotion boast a number of fine wrestlers, starting with the Prime Wrestling Champion, "The Whole Shebang" Johnny Gargano. Gargano overcame an attack during one of the episodes by a masked man. That masked man was later revealed to be "The Zombie Princess" Jimmy Jacobs. The very Jimmy Jacobs who is one half of the ROH Tag Team Champions (with Steve Corino).

Another great wrestler is billed as "The Most Dominate" Jason Bane, who had a once in a lifetime match at Wrestlelution 5 with "The War Machine" Rhino! 

This was a wild match with Rhino coming out on top, dominating "The Most Dominate Man"! A tag team I truly like are the Prime Wrestling Tag Team Champions, The Dead Wrestling Society. They are "The Embodiment of Evil" Krimson, and his partner Kirst. Along with Jason Gory, they have been running roughshod over all in Prime Wrestling. Jason Gory was the TV champion, but had his title "stolen" by "The Neon Assassin" Michael "The Barber" Facade. 

With the great wrestling action, and the great wrestlers in the company, I predict that within 2 to 3 years, this company would and should go more national. I know that, as a fan, I will do my part to promote Prime Wrestling. Check it out every Sunday at 9pm Central on Sports Time Ohio.

Another Thought About Video Games

I have been posting a lot about the new NASCAR game, called NASCAR The Game Inside Line. Last week I picked up Black Opps II, and this year's version of the F1 game. I took back four games to Gamestop to exchange. EA's FIFA Soccer 13, and NHL 13, and their Need for Speed games. And I took back WWE 13. Why, as a wrestling fan, would I take back WWE 13. Because wrestling games are not done right.

THQ brings out a game that disappoints on many levels. First, the AI leaves a lot to desire. When you can defeat the biggest name in wrestling on the hard level just starting out, the AI needs working. Plus, as the games progress, they have taken out a number of great things. Create a Belt, Create a PPV from other games are absent from these games lately. 

But wrestling games are done all wrong in general. THQ makes the game as competition. Wrestling is not a competition based form of entertainment. Never has been. All anyone has to do is watch A&E's documentary "The Unreal Story of Professional Wrestling" to find that out. While I plan on buying NHL later in the year, I will not buy WWE 13.

If THQ wants to do it right, then any wrestling game should be a promotional based game. Being able to hire and fire wrestlers, create your own promotion and your own belts and championships. Sign TV deals, and create PPVs and weekly or monthly cards, and have it on a video game system. Much like the MLB game that 2K Sports put out for those who want to play fantasy baseball. Make it where you can compete with other promotions, and watch out for promoters trying to steal your guys. That's what I like about TNM 7 SE and Greydog's TEW 2010. (2013 coming out later). While they are text based games, they are easy to get lost in.

Because you have more to do than pushing buttons. All of the above plus some, as far as TEW 2010. TNM 7 SE makes it easier to run fantasy wrestling leagues. I use it for MWF, and the resurrected NWL. Many others use it as well. If only someone in the video game industry would have the....wherewith all to do this, I would be the first in line to buy the games.

Before I close, I have run the MWF card for tonight, and will post Friday. The NWL I mentioned earlier will start up Friday as well. Go to the web site by clicking here. That's it for now. Adios Amigos!

A Thought and More on NASCAR The Game Inside Line

Ryback- The Real Deal or A Goldberg Wanna Be?

I am always puzzled when a wrestler comes from nowhere and makes it big in his "first" year in the WWE. I have been watching Ryback over the last few weeks and I am impressed with his quality of his wins. But I had mentioned to a friend that I thought that this was Goldberg reborn. 

Ryan Reeves was signed to a developmental deal after being the last to be voted off  Tough Enough, then on Smackdown in 2004. He wrestled for Deep South Wrestling from 2005 to 2007, first teaming with Lash LeRoux and various others before starting a singles career there. Later, he went to Ohio Valley Wrestling (2005-2006) and was sidelined for a month due to a broken thumb.

Later, he was suspended for 30 days for failing a drug test as a part of WWE's Wellness Program. Reeves said that he was taking several over the counter body building supplements which gave a false reading. The supplements were taken off the shelf, but his suspension remained in place. Then, from 2006-2007, having bleached blond hair, he formed a tag team with Jon Bolen calling themselves High Dosage (lol).

In 2008, he returned to OVW as Ryback, and won the OVW title on September 15th after defeating Anthony Bravado, only to lose it back to Bravado two weeks later. WWE re-signed Reeves to a developmental deal, thus was booked to lose a Loser Leaves OVW match to Bravado.

After a stint in Florida and a cowboy gimmick in WWE as a member of Nexus (Skip Sheffield) in 2010, he broke his ankle August of that year. After a layoff and three surgeries he came back this year as the newly reborn Ryback, and the rest is history. 

In my humble opinion, Ryback, with all due respect to him and the WWE, is just a Goldberg wannabe. In a battle between Goldberg in his prime, and Ryback now, Ryback would be next...the next to fall to the Jackhammer!

More on NASCAR The Game Inside Line

I have been reading more reviews on NASCAR The Game Inside Line, and, as I said in my last post, most have been mixed at best. The best review comes from NASCAR Informer. The link to the review is here:

http://nascarinformeronline.com/2012/11/08/nascar-the-game-inside-line/

I started a career on the game earlier today. While I was disappointed that I couldn't use my custom car in Career Mode, I was then more pleased with the outcome. The first thing you do is take a couple of test runs on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Then, the game determines what assists you may or may not need. In my case, all assists were turned off except for limited driver assist and ABS assist, which I can live with And it also started the opponents on Hard. Again, I can dig it.

Then, you get your first sponsor, in my case, it was Direct TV. Then you go to the Career Mode which starts you in Daytona with qualifying, then you race in one of the Bud Shootouts. The opponents do not play. I started out in the pack, starting 15th, only to be pushed back to 21st spot. Then the fun began. Having to work your way back up to the front, with the banging and rubbing, because "rubbin' son, is racin.". After the smoke cleared and the metal was crumpled and 60 laps later, I finished 8th in the Bud Shootout. Next will be the Daytona 500. Can't wait!

Check out Fridays edition of MWF This Week where I will recap the tag team tournament and introduce you to the brand new MWF Tag Team Champions, and they are a familiar name team. Ta, ta for now!

And Now For Something A Little Different

MWF Update

I have just ran the MWF Tag Team Tournament, and there are three major news items. Check out MWF This Week, where the results will be posted on Friday.

I want to give a review on a video game I just bought today. I love racing games. My style is mostly that of a driving megalomaniac. However I have played a game which I love now. The game is callled NASCAR The Game Inside Line. Last years game left a lot to be desired so I went to this game with some thought. I have read some of the professional reviews and they are mixed. Now, I bring you a non-professional review.

The first thing I did was go to the paint booth. I loved the EA Sports version of the paint scheme. You could download the blueprints ans use Paint to place your own logos and paint scheme. Much like Teambuilder in EA's NCAA games. In NASCAR TGIL, you have the paint in game. And it is deep, though not where you can upload your own logos. I will give this feature an "A" for what it is.

The graphics are outstanding! The cars look awesome, and the wreck scenes are much better this year than last year. Although the cars in the race I ran looked like some kid took his collection of Hot Wheels and rammed them together. But it is an improvement, and I will give this an "A" as well.

The gameplay is where it counts, and the gameplay is much better than last years. I played on Bristol, and went with the assists on at first. The car drove great. I went back and took the assist off and was able to drive pretty good. The the race. I did 50 laps, and we all wrecked in at least 20 of those laps. By the time I was done, my car looked like a crumpled up piece of paper. I enjoyed it. I give the game play an "A+".

The game is an overall improvement and overall, I will give the game an "A-" because I would like to see a way to upload my own logos. Maybe a little less wrecks, and a career progression. EA had it right when that game had you start with the Craftsmen Truck Series, then move to the Nationwide Series, and the the Sprint Cup Series. I want to see that put into next years game. But kudos to Activision for giving us a Highlights option where we can relive and replay and rewrite NASCAR history. The game will upload telemetry from actual races and you can see if you can come out on top. And this starts in 2013. I recommend that you buy the game. You'll love it!

Wednesday, I will post on wrestling.