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<5/18/11 @ 11:36 PM PST>

- Fuck! We missed April. You think you're on top of things and then boom, a month flies by. Probably because we were having so much fun with the Australians and Siege who were here for a good chunk of the month. But we'll get to that later.
- You know how we said we'd be releasing a steady series of episodes last update? Well, unfortunately, we followed through on that. Unfortunate because now we have a shitload to catch up on. Gotta go show by show:
Show 10: Damn, we're starting on a big one. This was a PPV-calibre show, and we may continue the trend of booking a PPV-level show at the midway point between PPVs in the future. Special K had a meeting with Daniel Makabe backstage to see when his title defense versus PSYCH had been postponed to as a result of the last show. K was rather shocked to find out that it had only been postponed one show, and he had to make the defense TONIGHT. Before we got to that, we had Yakuza J and Drew Sarian take each other on in a very competitive contest despite Sarian giving up 100 pounds. We saw no clear winner, as they were still fighting when the 15 minute time limit was reached. Next up came the moment that Scott Henson had been waiting for since almost Show 1 it seems: he finally got to get his hands on Chester A. Tabby, even if he did have to put his hair on the line against Chester's mask. Despite being attacked from behind at the beginning, Henson was able to turn the tides and unleash offense on Chester in a much more aggressive and angry manner than we're used to seeing from Henson. Chester shifted the momentum back to him and after hitting an F-5, looked to smash Henson's head in with a steel chair. The referee stopped this illegal attack, allowing Henson to regain his senses and hit two vicious CRITICAL!s, immediately following up with the Crossface of SCOTT and not letting up until Chester was forced to submit. So now finally we would get to see who was under the mask. Despite rumors of several different culprits, very few touched on the actual one: a certain ALLAN CREASY, who has not been seen in a wrestling capacity in over three years, when he left VCW. Henson, after cooling down somewhat, confronted Creasy in the backstage area and asking the simple question, "Why?" Creasy, after months of mental (and some physical) torture of Henson, explained his motivations. He said that despite not being involved in VCW or ISUXDIX since he left, he had kept watching very closely. He said that Henson has accomplished NOTHING in the three years since he's been away, and he told Henson to think about why. He told Henson that despite the fact that Henson is part cat, he hasn't been embracing one simple truth: "Cats. Are. Jerks." Creasy said that Henson was too busy trying to be a crowd favourite and put on great matches, and it got him exactly nowhere. With that, Creasy packed up his bag, and as of the time of this writing, has not been seen since. That's it for Show 10. Oh, except for the FIRST DEFENSE OF OUR WORLD TITLE. Special K took on PSYCH in a singles match that has somehow never happened, and it did not disappoint. An easy Match of the Year contender; watch Show 10 if you don't believe that. At the end, K, perhaps frustrated and still resentful that he had to go through a whole tournament for a title he feels he never lost (he was VCW Triple Crown when VCW closed) and now having to wrestle PSYCH sooner than he expected, brought the ISUXDIX title belt into the ring, presumably to use as a weapon. However, it appears he relented before using it, but PSYCH immediately jumped on him, and hit an amazing Somersault Van Terminator for the win and his first World Title victory ever. While a proud and wonderful day for PSYCH, it was the exact opposite for Special K. With a total of ZERO successful title defenses under his belt, and in fact no belt at all now, K had now lost what he worked so hard (harder than he felt he should have) to gain. This was all too much for K, as he shoved the referee, trashed the ringside area, and even punched a fan, before leaving the building still in his wrestling gear and walking off into the night.
Show 11: We kicked off with Yakuza taking on Zeus McFly is what was an expectedly hard-hitting encounter. Yakuza got the decisive win when he KILLED McFly with the Half-Hatch Buster. Brutal. We then saw Scott Henson take on Drew Sarian in an excellent encounter, just after a quick backstage meeting between partners Henson and Yakuza J, where Henson told J that everything is back on track and they can get back to being a great team. In the match, Henson didn't seem to take Allan Creasy's advice from the show before, as he appeared no more aggressive or "jerky" than previously. This apparently did not serve him well, as he fell victim to a Drew Sarian Superkick and took the loss. This may have been the turning point for Henson, as maybe Creasy's words to Henson rang truer now after a loss than after a win over Creasy himself the week before. Regardless, Henson unmercifully attacked Sarian after the match, aiming to injure him. Thankfully, this was interrupted by a run-in by Special K, who had not been seen by anyone, even his family, since the last show. K put himself between Henson and Sarian, only to turn around and boot Sarian in the head, commencing a double-team attack by Special K and Henson. Special K, who was clearly mad at the world since his title loss to PSYCH the last show, had something perhaps snap in him, and Sarian, one of K's greatest allies in ISUXDIX, was the unfortunate brunt of this anger. The show went off the air with Henson and K standing over Sarian's near-unconcious body.
Show 12: Henson was back at it on Show 12, taking on Zeus McFly, and this time seeming to adhere very closely to the "cats are jerks" mantra. Henson was more aggressive than usual, as well as taking more shortcuts than usual, including at the finish, where he hit a low blow on McFly away from the referee's vision, raked his eyes, and rolled him up with the Cat's Cradle for the win. Next, Drew Sarian, victim of last show's vicious attack, came to the ring and demanded C.E.O. of Matchmaking and Baked Goods, Daniel Makabe, afford him some chance at revenge. Makabe agreed to this and booked the main event for the upcoming PPV: Scott Henson and Special K taking on Drew Sarian... and of course Sarian would need a partner, and Makabe could think of none better than Yakuza J. J, of course Henson's regular tag partner, threw a new wrinkle into this, as J had not been around for any of Henson's attacks on Drew Sarian the previous two shows, and it was unclear where the J/Henson relationship stood since Henson's change in attitude. Sarian was grateful for this but wanted some more immediate revenge against Special K, and was granted a singles match with him tonight. A mere 3 minutes into the match, Scott Henson interfere, and picked up right where he and K left off last show. This time, their attack was more focussed, as they completely decimated Sarian's leg with a steel chair, finishing with a CRITICAL! from Henson to Sarian's leg as Special K held him up off the ground by the same leg. At this point, not being able to stand it any more, Yakuza J ran in, perhaps to protect his partner for the upcoming PPV, perhaps to talk some sense into his regular partner Henson. As soon as he entered the ring, though, Special K was all over him. After thinking about it, Henson pulled K off Yakuza and told him to back off. No sooner had he done this than Henson wheeled around punched Yakuza right in the jaw, dropping him in a poignant end to their partnership, and friendship. With their opponents for the PPV taken out, Henson and K took a moment to speak to the camera. Henson stated what had now become clear: that he had taken Allan Creasy's advice and embraced his feline side. Special K said that after being CHEATED (not true) out of the title, and getting no respect from both live and internet fans, he had had enough. He said if they were going to treat him like an animal, that's what he'd be. Henson and K formally introduced their new alliance, "Fur and Loathing." A furious Daniel Makabe came out and asked these two what they thought they were doing, and they simply thanked Makabe for signing Yakuza J's death warrant at the PPV, because Drew Sarian, with his now-injured leg, was clearly in no shape to be wrestling anytime soon.
Show 13: Much of Show 13 was interviews leading to the big PPV next show. The longest, and perhaps most revealing of these was Scott Henson and Special K (well, not Special K, more on that in a minute) alone in a dimly lit room. They further explained their thoughts and motivations from last show. Henson said that despite some success, no one had ever really respected him, because they see him as being less than a person. He mentioned having wrestled the first half of his career LITERALLY with his tail tucked between his legs, because he was ashamed of what he was. But no longer, said Henson, as he has full embraced his biology and his nature, and has aligned himself with someone in a similar situation, Special K. K explained that he had been hiding and denying what he was for a long time, but he wasn't going to do it anymore and was going to let his lupine side out. He and Henson had a bond on a level that no one else in the fed could relate to. K also said he refuses to be referred to by his "slave name", Special K, any longer, and that from this point forward will be going by his true name, Kaden Talbain. In other news on the show, Daniel Makabe announced PSYCH's first title defense for the PPV, international superstar Tai, all the way from Australia. The one match one the show was Zeus McFly taking on Dr. Unk and getting the win with the 420 Piledriver, giving McFly good momentum going into the PPV. Yakuza J spent the entire show trying to find a new tag partner for the PPV, lest he be stuck in a Handicap Match. He was unsuccessful for various reasons with PSYCH, Zeus McFly, and Senor Cerveza, and as a very last ditch effort, asked Daniel Makabe. Makabe appreciated the thought, but couldn't due to his career ending back injury suffered in 2009. A dejected Yakuza J, while Makabe walked to and entered the ring, perhaps starting to reconsider his answer. As he lightly ran to ropes to remember how it felt, he was rudely interrupted by, who else, Scott Henson and Kaden Talbain. They verbally intimidated Makabe, and in case that wasn't enough and Makabe was STILL considering getting back to active wrestling, the two physically attacked him, finishing with Henson completely laying Makabe out with the Ka-Blamo 2K6.
Show 14/PPV 2: Big one! We kicked off with Zeus McFly taking on Senor Cerveza, and the ever-accomodating McFly requesting a Lucha Rules 2-of-3 Falls Match. After this was explained to Cerveza (why did lucha rules have to be explained to a luchadore?), he agreed. McFly got a decisive first fall with the Camel Clutch, but then almost immediately gave up the second fall to an out-of-nowhere hurancanrana pin by Cerveza. Cerveza looked to finish the job in the third and final fall, but McFly reversed Cerveza's Bottle Cap attempt into the Abdominizer for the win. Next up, PSYCH was ready to make his first defense of his recently won title against one of the best wrestlers in Australia, or anywhere else for that matter, Tai. What followed was the most blindingly fast seven minutes of title match action you could ask for, culminating in PSYCH and Tai springboarding at each other from opposite sides of the ring, with PSYCH able to take out Tai with amazing dropkick in mid-air. This got PSYCH the win and his first successful title defense, but also resulted in a bad concussion for PSYCH, and he has only recently been medically cleared to wrestle, which unfortunately caused him to miss the Dreamslam shows. Then was the main event, Fur and Loathing of Scott Henson and Kaden Talbain taking on Yakuza J and... well, no one. Unable to find anyone to team with him, Yakuza was faced with a 1-on-2 situation and was resigned to "getting this over with", when out of nowhere, Daniel Makabe's music hit. It played... and played... and played. No Makabe, though. Henson and Talbain, who were at first worried about this possible development then began to openly mock the situation when Makabe didn't appear. After the music stopped and Fur and Loathing were just about ready to commence their attack on Yakuza J, NEW music played, none anyone had heard before. When the music reached its climax and kicked in, we were in fact treated to the triumphant return to in-ring competition of Daniel Makabe, coming out as fired up as he's been since his surprise appearance at BYE 5, and maybe even more than that. Makabe and Yakuza embraced, their differences of years ago long forgotten. Henson and Talbain settled in, knowing this was going to a much tougher ride than they originally anticipated. What followed was a near 40-minute epic that saw everyone do almost everything. Makabe, if he was rusty, didn't let it show, and he was firing on all cylinders. He was able to take out Talbain late in the match with a huge Trapper Keeper Bomb, which we later found out pinched a nerve in Talbain's back, forcing him to ALSO miss the Dreamslam shows, unfortunately. Henson, who had carefully avoided Yakuza J all match, was finally able to get the window of opportunity he needed, and he slaughtered him with two CRITICAL!s, taking him out of the match too. This left one of the greatest rivalries in VCW, and now perhaps ISUXDIX, history with Scott Henson and Daniel Makabe as the two men standing. Henson went for a Ka-Blamo 2K6 which seemed to do the trick on Makabe the show before, but Makabe was able to escape and apply an Abdominal Stretch, which seems to be his new go-to move judging by earlier in the match. He then transitioned THAT into a very mean Octopus Hold, and Henson was forced to tap out, lest his shoulder be ripped out of its socket. A better return for Daniel Makabe it could not have been, as he celebrated with Yakuza J after the match, leaving Fur and Loathing to go home and lick their wounds.
Dreamslam I: Know what? We'll give you those whole Dreamslam I & II reports next time. You've read enough. You look tired. Get some rest.
- In other news, the Results, Roster, Title History, and Music sections are 100% up to date. Additionally, the same can be said for the Bios, which are not only totally current but have also been slightly revamped. Enjoy.
- Media wise, still to come are the 7/5/09 and 7/26/09 full shows as promised, as well as the debut of ISUXDIX commentated full matches, LESS than two years after they happened, which may be a first for this site.

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