This week’s photo of the week came from “Hold the Line” Harry. It was a photo of the uncut promos that was gifted to him from Griff as the reward for the Con stamped promo cards from the last year. It was an amazing award for the hard work that Harry puts into his collection.
The promo of the week came from our Interim GM, Brad Eier. It was an amazing promo cut by an AI voice over, since Brad’s voiceover clearly pointed out that Bob Dunn wasn’t worth wasting his breath. This promo was great and in posting this, Brad accepted Bob’s challenge for Origins, which should be an amazing match between these two powerhouses in the LFF.
The other promo of the week was from Drew Madsen promoting the Rising Star finals between Phil Birch. This promo coming out of the leader of the TVA. This lead up to an amazing match that will be covered later.
The post of the week comes from John Polverino, in which he would wish a Happy Birthday to the one and only B O Double S.
The comment of the week comes from Craig Brett, out of character, giving a shout out to Phil Birch and Drew Madsen leading into the Rising Star final.
Week in Review
Jeremy took the week off, so this was headed up by the B O Double S. We already covered the tag team title match. Thursday night’s top cuts were Mack Attack, Drew Madsen, Rambo Apocalypse, Matt Barone, The Grump, Press 1 P, Candyman Dan, The Larper, Bob Dunn, Hold The Line Harry, James Booker and Dark Prince. The winner on the night was Bob Dunn, in second place was Drew Madsen, and in third place was Matt Barone.
Legendary Realms Pre-Show event was dominated by Bob Dunn. The discussion then went towards Legendary Realms first ever CAC. The event was capped at 40 players, the event ran with 38 players. There were a couple of play in matches heading into the top 16. Top cuts were first round Steel Cage, Dark Match
Welcome to the first edition of Rowdy Ron’s Recap of the Universe. For the episode airing May 10th, which covers the previous week of May 3rd through May 10th.
In an attempt to return to Recap of the Universe, we start the week off like every other week with the 3 P’s and C of the week. This week hosted by the B O Double S, with Schmidt, Chibi and Jeremy.
The first sponsor of this week’s episode is none other than The New York Phenom, Jason Fausone reminding everyone that the next round of the CCC starts at the conclusion of tonight’s episode of Talk of the Universe.
The second sponsor of this week’s episode is Legendary Realms, hosting the first ever CAC hosted in Long Island, at the time of the show, there were 7 slots left, which is going to be on May 28th. The B O Double S wonders if Anthony Gangone will show up after all their back and forth in the past weeks and history.
This week’s episode started with the Three P’s. The photo of the week was brought to us by Piglet himself, Matthew Curtis Turner. The photo was from last week’s episode of Expanding the Universe, where work was being done on the Ring Introduction by Piglet entrance card that was commissioned by Joel Williams, Brian Lee and members of the ACCW.
There was little doubt as to what the promo of the week was going to be, as the promo of the week was awarded to Cold Candy Crush, Le Penguin and Candyman Dan, for their tireless preparation for their Tri-State Tag Title match that was held on Sunday. With deck tech happening on the porch, in the bed, on the toilet, and even in the shower.
The last P was the post of the week came from the B O Double S, which was shouting out to Hold the Line Harry, Split, Grump, and Neil Nelan, Alec V for capturing an iconic moment in the LFF history as well as a shout out to Mike Denoya who has been hammering out amazing art for the community.
Comment of the Week came from Sage the Wiccan Witch, which highlighted the blank art cards that have been really pumped out over the last couple of weeks.
The Week in Review
As Chibi points out, Thursday Night Fights, which was 30 players, which cut to a Top 12, which included New York Rules, Beast Unchained, and Triad. Top 12, Cheetah as Johnny Korea, Possum Kang as Runtime Terror, Drew Madsen as Jay White, Candyman Dan as himself, Brian Wait 4 It as the Choppa, Mark Perre as Leader of the Postal Nation, Screaming Danshee as King Hyena, Jokerfish as himself, and The Mad Custodian as Lukewarm Steve Houston. Top three were Ronnie Rombs as Lord Garruth, Dewayne Rayne as CJ Spara and winning the night, Piglet as Krampus.
Friday Night was General Cannoli’s Fun Event, which had a top 3. Drew Madsen as Jay White, 2nd place was Matt Hass as The Invisible Man, and winning the night, was Brock Smith playing as the GOAT Brock Smith.
This lead into Sunday Night Fights. Cold Candy Crush vs Swift Justice for the Tri-State Tag Team titles. Cold Candy Crush tagged on the 3rd breakout roll at least 3 times. This match went to crowd meter 6, and the winners and still champions are Cold Candy Crush. There was a 2nd match, which was The Karnage Brothers vs The Unionverse, where Split and Eddy Fury won the match at crowd meter 1.
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Monday Night Foolishness did in fact happen contrary to what every member of the ToTU staff said, which was hosted by Prince Butters. 19 total competitors, 4 pods of 5 (with one jobber), cut to a top 8 after three Triad Matches. Top 8 included Aaron as Helen, Wait4It as Chopper, Carlos Lumbre as AJ, Simple Chuck as Macho Manny, Drew Madsen as Candymam. The top cut rounds were No DQ CM 1, Submission and a Steel Cage Final. Finishing in 3rd place would be Ken Foushee as Brett the Metal Head, in 2nd place, Tim Riley as Shogun, and walking away undefeated on the night would be James Booker, who played as the nWo custom art Gia.
Tuesday Night Dojo, the house only brought home two wins this week, which was an improvement from the previous week of only one win. The dojo deals of the week are Entrance: It Ain’t Easy Being Kheezy for $7, La Fénix for $8, and History Making Matt Pineapple for $8. The winners included Rambo Apocalypse, The Boombada, Drew Madsen, HR of the Unionverse, Simon Davner, and Micah Swafford.
The final match of Season 2 of Chibi’s Seat of Power tournament pitted Candyman Dan as The Norseman against Chris Pate as X Royce in a Main Event Match, and going back to back as the Seat of Power winner, Candyman Dan, emerged victorious.
The Intergalactic Title was defended at the conclusion of the dojo, between Citizen X and Jared Bridge and the 100th soul being consumed at the end of the match with Jared Bridge as EDM defeated Citizen X as General Lee Wong to become the new Intergalactic Champion. This segment was followed up with some video promos and story telling between Dick Thunderlips and Dr. Dick, going back and forth, leaving our newly crowned Intergalactic Champion with a choice to make.
Locals report began with New England Supershow, hosted from Candyland in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Bullet rounds that lead to a Steel Cage top cut. The top three were Steven Moonstar as Foxworthy, in 2nd place, Ryon Pierce as Robert “The Brain” Dunn, and finishing first, with homefield advantage, Candyman Dan as himself.
Legendary Realms started with an unusual defense. The Larper introduced “The Mix The Match” Championship, which saw Larper as Whippo Whip taking on The B O Double S as El Campeon de las Llama. The B O Double S would emerge victorious at Crowd Meter 1.
Following that, we saw 7 players in 4 rounds of swiss for Tornado night. The store champ the NY Phenom as the Ugly Ducklings, The Larper as Twisted Aggression, Jon Cardello as Mai Girls, Mike Dipp as Neptune/Jupiter, B O Double S as Tassa & Tuossa, a new player named Carmine as Crypto Currency and a new player named Doc as Black Lipstick. The top 4 would be New Guy Carmine, The New York Phenom in 3rd, Jon Cardello in 2nd, and going undefeated on the night, the B O Double S.
Miso’s Gaming held Week 2 of their Old School Pack Draft Challenge, in 4th place would be Mr Online Brian Johnston (as Reverend Good Brain, his drafted replacement), in 3rd place would be Slamilton as Old School Boy Howdy, in 2nd place would be Jon Maness as Old School Hollywood and in 1st place, Kirk Polka as Old School Cyclone. The main event of the night would be a match between Kirk Polka and Jeremy Steigerwald and Polka would emerge as the winner due to count out.
Looking Forward
Kicking off looking forward, Thursday Night Fights are Top 4 Ring of Fire and surprise Final match. Chibi will start Chibi’s Seat of Power Season 3 will kick off on Thursday May 18th, which will see the 1st and 2nd place players from each week will be placed into a tournament at the end of the 8 week series. This will finish up sometime mid August. Chibi will be posting the rules and providing further information in the coming days.
The poll for this week of the CCC went live at 10pm last night, which pits The Phil Birch, The New York Phenom Jason Fausone and Moxxie.
The B O Double S returned back to discuss his United States Contender tournament. The final four remaining are The History Daddy Big Match Pete who will face The Phil Birch. Colin the Chrononaut will face the winner of Ian Chambers and Eddy Fury, which were given a 24 hour grace period to get the match in. If the match does not take place, Cheetah will be counted out and Eddy Fury will receive the victory. The vote went live and the semi finals of the tournament will be a Steel Chair match.
The B O Double S discussed a Steel Chain Deck. 19 new cards, 8 alt arts and a Hold The Steel Chain card. First come, first serve for the number of the card. Val and Elvis will be doing the art for these decks. At the time of this post, there are 6 Elvis Art slots left at $90 a piece, 10 Val Art slots left at $100 a piece, 4 Elvis Alt Art slots left at $75, and 4 Val Alt Art slots left at $85. There are playtested card names already preselected. There other names must be on theme with Steel Chain. One to two characters, if you are not using a non playable character, you must provide a reference photo. There are preselected names, but the B O Double S will work with you on the name and card effects. The Steel Chain line will go across the other colors, meaning there will be an effect at 16 and 17 with flip 2 and add a Steel Chain back. Also discussed the stops at 25 and 26 having the same effects.
The Main Event of the Evening – Deep South Title Match
The night came to a close with a Deep South Title match which saw Prince Butters as The Unicorn Princess defend his Deep South Title against Brian Lee as Johnny Korea. This match started off extremely hot with a lead, follow up and grabbing submissions with Choke on the Smoke and grabbing his finish Submission. Butters finally won a turn and had to mulligan his hand. Korea rolled an 8 on the roll and Butters no sold the CM0 with a first 10 roll. Shortly after the CM0 kick out, Brian Lee realized he had three skill cards and Chibi ruled that the 14 would be blank. Butters would eventually break out Mist in the Face and Korea was forced to let it hit twice during the match. The match would go back and forth and Butters would pass and bury his finish Submission and on Crowd Meter 2, Butters would emerge victorious on his 3rd Deep South title match.
Due to technical issues and work related issues this Recap is roughly a day late. It will be my goal to have it up shortly after the conclusion of Talk of the Universe. Have a great week all! See you next week!
This recap covers the previous week of May 11th through May 17th.
This week’s episode of ToTU was changed to accommodate the Birdcage Match that was setup to provide us with a new number 1 contender for the LFF Heavyweight Title, currently held by the G R U M P. This match had been highly promoted over the last few weeks, and included Piglet, The Luchamanical Uberstar, Bobby Ohio, Kirk Polka, Chris Pagillo, and Alec V. The match started with Piglet as The Pretzel Wizard and Uberstar as Pat the Thinker entering the match first and Big Pig Energy, Piglet took no time in eliminating Uberstar before anyone else entered the match. The third entry into the match would be Pagillo as The Witch’s Apprentice. The fourth entrant into the match would be Bobby Ohio, entering as himself as Bobby Ohio. Entering fifth would be the Sheep of the Era, Kirk Polka as Hailey Stevens. The last entrant would be Alec V as non other than AJ Styles around the 40 minute mark. It would be a grueling couple minutes as Bobby Ohio would grind out strikes to eliminate Piglet. The Sheep of the Era would eventually take out the very hungry Bobby Ohio leading up to the final 3. The Boombada would eliminate The Sheep of the Era setting up a match up versus Alec V. The Boombada’s dice would go cold and after several attempts of hitting the Styles Clash, it would finally hit, and as Pagillo would roll his first two rolls, he would pop his finish submission spotlight that would allow him to reroll his final breakout roll, and it would be a botch, thus crowning Alec V the new Number One Contender for the LFF Heavyweight Title after this long 2 hour match. This was an amazing match and should be one to watch for months to come as so much deck tech and preparation was shown by all participants.
The Fastest Two Minutes in the LFF
The S R G B O Double S would kick off a very fast two minutes in covering the upcoming events.
Legendary Realms CAC is officially SOLD OUT! Beer, wine, and cider will be available at this event for the first time. There will be special guest’s that will be there, big names. Looking forward, the host will be hosting a King of the Membership Ring tournament, a single elimination event, the first match being 2 out of 3 falls, on Friday night. Going forward if you win this event, you would be given a membership ring challenge, which would take place on Dojo, which means Dojo rules are in effect, as well as crowd participation.
Friday, there will be a new delivery on Friday, the 19th. These will be new 1-27 decks, which will include 12 of each number, including original cards, alt art cards, upgraded cards, and some newer cards, which will be rarer. These will be in mystery boxes and payoff packs. In very rare form, there may be Autographed Matt Cardona sets in these boxes. The new competitors from this week will be released at Origins.
In the United States #1 Contender tournament, the finals are set as Big Match Pete will face Colin the Chrononaut in the finals in a Steel Cage Match as voted on by the ToTU viewers.
The Steel Chain deck still has cards for sell, if this is funded before Origins, there will be an additional promo card added to the deck. If funded even before that, there may be a tag team added to deck as well.
The Week in Review
Thursday Night Fights, as hosted by Chibi, would contain 30 players. The top 8 of the event being Craig the Meeple as Kaiser Wolf, Danny Thunder as Shogun, Bobby Ohio as Steel Wool, Bob Dunn as Ricochet, in fourth place would be Aaron as Helen, in third place would be Tim Riley as Duff Martin, and in the finals Submission Match, Michael Kerr as Quad H would get his grapple finish in play early and Screaming Danshee would not get another turn, and Kerr as Quad H would take down Screaming Danshee as Fast Hands Cam to go undefeated on the night and emerge undefeated on the night.
Monday Night’s Hardcore Event took place with 22 players, the top 11 players moved on, with 3 singles matches and a triad match for the the 11, with 3 players who had earned GMs favor with byes into the 2nd round. The first round of Top Cuts was a Ring Steps match, followed by a Tables Match, Kendo Stick Match in the Semi Finals, and the Finals being a Steel Chain match. Your top 8 would be Kai as New EC3, Candyman Dan as himself, Mad Custodian as himself, Dewayne Raney as Ultimate Grump, Ronnie Rombs as Lord Garruth, in third place, James Booker as Mr Snap v1, in second place, Bob Dunn as Flyboy, and winning the event Zach A as Ariel Lipstick.
Tuesday Night Dojo, the house was represented by Chris Pagillo and Hold the Line Harry. After a rough couple of weeks for the house, the dojo staff finally broke even with a .500 record on the night. Winners included Jeff McPeak, Mad Custodian and The SRG Turtle. Cards that would be on sale are Giant Mode, Runtime Terror, El Hombre Cybernetico, History Making Matt Pineapple and our new interim GM, Uncle Bradley.
At the conclusion of Dojo, there was a Trio’s Title Defense, which pitted Dewayne Raney as the Higher Class against The Cheetah as the mWo. Cheetah would take early advantage of his increased hand and get to the point where he would be passing and burying Cat Scratch, which is a finish in that deck, but the winner on the night and still LFF Trios Champion, Dewayne Raney.
The winner of this round of the CCC which included The New York Phenom, The BIG Picture and Moxxie would be won by none other than Moxxie!!! Congratulations Moxxie on moving on to the next round of this year’s CCC!
Locals Report
Miso’s from 5/13 would be a Mano y Mano event, top 3 being Moxxie as CandyMaM/Sabu, in second place would be Mr Alderful as Death Machine Sami Callihan and in first place, Harvey Luster as Fortress/Silver Marvel.
FCW from 5/14 was a quick Sunday night dominated by Kai going 6-0. Bob would demand a challenger as he would not be at the next event, and though Chuggy would dominate the majority of the match as Overgiver, Bob would come out victorious and still champion. Chugganomics defended his Trios belt as Warlords against Aaron’s Mai Girls, and will face Chris Savoi at the next meeting for another defense. The FCW tornado tag belt will be defended by Savoi will be challenged by Kai as Dirty Jerz. Lastly, there will be an underworld title shot at the next meeting, however a contender had not been decided as of yet.
Looking Forward
Chibi’s Seat of Power kicks off on Thursday 5/18 for the First of 8 weeks of Chibi’s Seat of Power Season 3 tournament. 32 Player Cap, Pod Rounds cutting to Top 2 from each pod. Top Cut if needed, top 16 will be no DQ CM+1, Top 8 Ligers Den, Top 4 Beast Unchained, and Finals Tables! Ladders! Chains!
Friday night will see the B O Double S hosting Friday Night Lucha Fight King of the Membership Ring tournament. Legal competitors are Cosmic Crusaders, Marauders of the Multiverse, any competitor from a 2 player SRG boxed set, any competitor from an SRG Faction Pack, any competitor with a Full Mask, any competitors from the Old School Packs, and Holiday and Full Art deck competitors. This event will be single elimination, first round being best of three, game 3 being New York rules. Later rounds are subject to random sticks, stairs, and chairs stipulations.
Friday Night at 9pm will see the team of iRoNic, Nic Baxter and Ronnie Rombs as Cheshire and Bandersnatch (Welcome to Wonderland) facing off against the current champions, Stoopid Rich, Belle and Griff, as Ms Southern Belle and LEO The Law for the Deep South Tag Team Championship.
Sunday Night Fights will be have three matches, Candymam vs Slamilton, The Beast Michael Kerr will attempt to dethrone Harvey Luster as the Hardcore Championship will be on the line, and the last match of the night will be a Veterans Title Match, which will pit Jeff McPeak against Chris Bridges, in what should be an amazing matchup.
This week was kicked off by The B O Double S, Jeremy, Chibi, and Schmidt. The Promo of the Week was awarded to two participants this week. The first was Swaggy D’s brilliant clip for promoting himself for a Trios title shot. It was short and sweet and to the point. The second promo of the week was brought to us between Thebes and the Antagonist, in which Ant West would leave several voice messages on Thebe’s answering machine, looking for help preparing for his Underworld Title shot against The Prize Fighter at this upcoming CAC at Legendary Realms.
The post of the week was from our Interim GM, Uncle Bradley, who would post to show appreciation to the upcoming release of Matt Cardona’s competitor in Supershow the Game. The B O Double S would discuss his favorite match involving Matt Cardona and discussing several moments in which Matt was thrown off the ramp by Kane.
The photo of the week came from Ohio at a GCW, in which our former Underworld Champion, John Mathys, would be sitting ring side. It was a great showing decked out in SRG gear.
The C of the week, came from the Sheep of the Era, which was a response to Matt Cardona being released in the Supershow. This comment put into question that Supershow was the first wrestling game ever made, which Steve confirmed was true.
Local Reports
Legendary Realms hosted seven days from the first ever CAC at Legendary Realms with 12 players in 4 rounds of swiss, cutting to a Top 4. The Top 4 would be Matt Hass, John P, Le’Penguin, and The Larper. After points were tallied, the Larper is the new number one contender for the Legendary Realms title and will face the New York Phenom during the Legendary Realms CAC for the belt.
ACCW’s main event of the week pitted Robbie G as himself defending the ACCW Heavyweight Championship as he took on Chris Brimer as The Man from Tomorrow. Brime Time was unable to overcome the matchup disadvantage as the ACCW title belt came up clutch, and Robbie G retained the championship.
The day’s tournament was a hybrid: singles matches in three Swiss rounds, to a top 8 randomly drawn into tag teams! The winning team was BRIAN LEE (as The Next Supreme) and CHRIS BRIMER (as Lukewarm Stephen Houston). They defeated the established team of LFF DARK: Jon Hodges (as Jessicka Havok) and Chip Allen (as Death Machine Sami) in the finals! For winning, Brian and Chris were given two options, they could stay a tag team and be entered into the match to determine the inaugural ACCW Tag Team Champions, or they could each choose a partner and both teams would get that entry. They naturally opted to select their usual tag partners, so two of the teams that will vie to become the first ACCW Tag Team Champions are The Mop Boys and BTE!
The ACCW Tornado Championship (held by Jonathan Thew as the Right Hand Men) was scheduled to be defended, but both contenders in line were unable to appear. GM PRACTISITE offered the shot to the players in the top cut play-in match in the day’s tournament in exchange for dropping out of it. DOWNRIVER DREW accepted, and the GM made the mistake of letting him use the Young Bucks. The champion was not able to overcome the Bucks’ flippy shenanigans, so Drew is the ACCW Tornado Champion with the Bucks for a second time.
The ACCW Underworld Championship was defended by Alex Marco (as Tetsuya Naito) against NICK ROSS (as Brett The Metal Head). Unlike many recent Underworld champions, Marco was able to successfully defend the title on his first defense.
Last month, ACCW Hardcore Champion Chris Brimer was unable to defend so the roster decided to make an Interim Hardcore Championship to play for, with Alex Marco winning at the end. This gave Marco a shot at the real thing, and he was able to overcome Chris Brimer to become a double champion!
Finally, Jeremy Steigerwald defeated KIRK POLKA by countout as Polka was afraid to show himself.
The Week in Review
Thursday Night kicked off with Chibi’s Seat of Power Season 3 tournament. Top 8 was Liger’s Den, Top 4 was Beast Unchained, and the Finals was a Tables Ladders and Chains match. The top 8 were Press 1 P as Perfect Assistant, John Mathys as Candymam, Drew Madsen was El Scorpion, Candyman Dan as himself, Eddy Fury as himself, Tim Riley as Rising Sun, in second place and booking The Shogun for the rest of the tournament, Grump, and winning was Dewayne Raney as CJ Sparra.
Friday night was a Luchador Membership Challenge, ran by the B O Double S, the finals match, it was Hold The Line Harry versus General Cannoli versus The Brain. The winner would get a membership ring challenge. The finals match would start at Crowd Meter 2 and went to at least Crowd Meter 5, and the winner would be Cannoli as Paper Bag Shade.
Sunday Night Fights had EmoMam vs Slamilton for the 357 Interstellar Hardcore Championship, and CandyMam would win and become the new Champion! The second match would pit Harvey Luster versus The Beast Michael Kerr, as Quad H, becoming the new LFF Hardcore Champion. In the main event, Crowd Meter 5, Six Stop Championship pitted Kirk Polka against Micah Swafford in a great match.
Monday Night Fights, top 3 would be “BOOM”Bada as Witch’s Apprentice, Simple Chuck as Runtime Terror, and winner as Emily Booker, James Booker.
Tuesday night prior to Dojo, Veterans Title was defended by Jeff McPeak against Chris Bridges and it was a very short match, but winner and still Champion, Jeff McPeak. And in the finals of the Tornado Online League which saw Jeff MckPeak and Simon Strauss, and finishing up on a hot streak for the night, would be Jeff McPeak.
Dojo was represented by Brain and Loud Mouth Leo, who had a rough start and finished the night at .500. Cards that would go on sale, Johnny T, Ninja Hummingbird, Leave It To Fate, and Shotgun Kick.
Real Quick, Real Quick!
The B O Double S would bring up the dice tower and dice up debacle from this week. If you have a problem with someone using a cup or tower, have a discussion with the player and move on. Chibi would chime in and bring up if you have an issue with someone, bring it up to the organizer and have it taken care of.
The next round of the CCC voting goes live at the conclusion of ToTU which will put Private Cuddles against The Trickster and The Survivalist.
Looking Forward
Chibi’s Seat of Power Tournament Season 3, Week 2 will kick off tomorrow night, May 25th, with Kendo Stick, Dark Match and Finals Ring of Fire as the top cut matches.
June 17th, Custodian Clean Sweep Championship, will be a free event, the winner will a Champion of Kickstarter from the Mad Custodian himself, and second place would get an Old School Pack. The stipulations will be announced this coming Saturday.
B O Double S also brought up the Legendary Realms CAC this weekend, in which there have been several announcements, including the fact that for the first time, beer and wine will be available for purchase during the event.
Tag Team Title Match
The LFF Tag Team Titles match would kick off around 9:30 which would have the Dangerous Alliance face off against The Transatlantic Express. The Champions, Big Bad Bobby D and Combat Chris would face The Big Shot and Zonda. Hold The Line Harry took a chance and spectacled early on CM0. Sean would attempt his submission finish and Jeremy would also blow his spectacle as well. While the match went back and forth, but Pate would hit the Guillotine Choke on Hold The Line Harry and with a finish roll of 10, Harry and Jeremy could not break out. The winners and still LFF Tag Team Champions, Michigan’s Most Dangerous Alliance.
