I've already sent Lee a PM but I think this warrants being said publicly... I just wanted everyone in the fed to know how much I truly appreciate what Lee has done for me with this fed. I want to thank him not just for being a pleasure to work with throughout this feud, but for taking the feud in the first place. Way back when me & JGlass were talking about possible feuds for Vega, he threw out the notion of me facing Titus and I just thought it was a pipe dream. I thought there was no way a legend like Lee would want to go from working with Kermit to working with me. JGlass asked him via PM and almost immediately Lee said he was in... and I was floored. Humbled, even.
From that point on, it was pretty much gangbusters. Our feud started off merged with the Showtime/Barbosa feud and then branched off into it's own monster of Good vs Evil... and I think we did a pretty damn good job building it up. I feel in a lot of wrestlers' careers (in real life) the stars can attribute their careers to one opponents "making" then in a sense. I've heard people say John Cena was made by Kurt Angle, Stone Cold was made by Bret Hart, Hulk Hogan by Andre, etc. Now, I'm not calling Vega the next Cena, Austin, or Hogan... but I do truly believe that any major success I have in WZCW from here on out is going to be mostly due to Lee. Him agreeing to do this program with me, IMO, put Vega on the map. It made people realize he's one of the names to really look out for. During our feud, I've gone from hotshot midcarder to becoming perhaps the #2 or 3 heel in the company. I have no hesitation in saying that Titus/Red Mask made Vega... so thank you Lee. Truly.
With that said, onto the show. Obviously I'm ecstatic about winning and being the final champion... but the rest of the show deserves so much accolades as well. I was hoping too see an homage to the history of the title so I'm very happy with all the former Mayhem champions talking about what the title and the division meant to them. Baez returning was pretty cool. I wasn't around for KJ's rnu as Baez but I had heard about KJ's character history in one of the Podcast episodes so I knew what was going on. Part of me feels a little like KJ turning back into Baez to take on SHIT is a little too similar to Titus turning back into Red Mask to take on Vega... but perhaps you two will go a slightly different route. Really glad to see Bowen participate in the show in some form, even if it was to further this feud. Thought it was done well... and honestly, the focus should be more on the current wrestlers/feuds to help build the future... so I liked this segment a lot. Tipping our caps to the past while building the current feud. Well done.
I thought the reveal of the poster was absolutely hilarious, and I don't know if it was done on purpose... but you've got all these synonyms for the end of the world, and then ::boom:: a picture of Ricky Runn on a PPV poster with his stupid smile. It's like saying... the world must be ending because Ricky freaking Runn is the focus of a PPV poster. Hilarious, and perfect.
Great little match between Stormrage and Beard that should not go unnoticed. Big win for Yaz there. Coupled with a big win for Shotaro earlier this week and both of you are picking up some steam headed into Apocalypse.
Triple X coming in and taking out Blade... again... was... just okay. I think part of me just felt a little exasperated at this point... if I'm not mistaken, I believe Triple X may be the only person to have been present at all three shows this week. I thought it was a little much for such a new feud that is obviously going to have plenty of time to play out... but the segment was well done regardless. Triple X came off very heelish... and in one round his character has been progressed a lot. Maybe that's the reason he was given so much "air time" this week.
If you ask me... it's the Barbosa/Runn feud that should be encompassing multiple shows a round. That program needs some momentum, and fast. The notion of Ricky Runn challenging for the title is more exciting to me than the actual build up for the match thus far. Hopefully that changes in the next and last round before the PPV.
Well done by creative on an overall great show.