GOING TO WAR: The Rich Family are good characters; I was glad to see them and starting to set the foundation for some future stories. Since this is a wrestling show and not a sitcom, I go into it knowing I will probably get a teaser into future story-building.
DREAM ON: I like that we are building off the push Dream got from the first show and his showing. He cemented himself as a top player after the first show going into show two. Having him follow up here is a nice touch.
SECRET SANTA: I like a well-timed themed segment, and with Christmas coming up just a few days after this show, this hit with me. Could it have been placed later in the show, as Hopper suggested? Yes, I think so. However, when you pick your segment early, and there isn’t much moving around to fit the show later, things like that are bound to happen. Either way, the segment was quality work, and I dug it.
ALECZANDER THE GREAT VS FLANAGAN: Another strong showing for the Hall of Famer. I am still getting used to the match style here, but this was pretty cut and dry as Aleczander was put over strong and looked like a top-tier character in GLOBAL, which he should be. Back-to-back strong showings by the character. Well done.
THE DIAMOND CASINO: I liked the work - it was short but sweet as we continue to learn about the character (or at least I do.) If I have any small suggestion - it’s a layout to the fed - We just had a segment (DREAM ON) a few ago where we talked about Dream. Moving this one down to bring up Dream throughout the night could have worked better for the show layout. However, that is just a tiny suggestion. It still works and does its job the way it is, though.
OUT OF LINE … OR BACK IN LINE: Short and sweet, but has a point. No complaints - easy to read, and looking forward to more here.
THEY’RE NOT THE SON OF GOD: I am not sure of this purpose yet. I was a bit confused about the placing and why it was a segment for DOM 1. Maybe this will make sense later. I may need to re-read it again.
ADVERTISEMENT: I let the cat out of the bag last show - I am not a fan of advertisements, but they can be fun. This one has some purpose, as it’s pimping another project I can get behind.
THE FLAMES: I like Christian Pierson and the gimmick quite a bit. I think it has a lot of promise, and I enjoy seeing Chris do something different and making it work so damn well.
AUGUST LAZAR vs. CHETT MARX & FRIEND: A second squash this early feels a little off. Dom, isn’t WCW Thunder or AEW Rampage? Where are the competitive matches? Maybe, I am missing something with that. But, back to the character building for Lazar, I thought it was fine.
PRIME TIME FAILURE: When writing this, I wasn’t sure how much I liked it or how it would go over. I know this is a cycle-long story that was kicked off with a teaser. So obviously, there is more in the bag here, but a lot of the time, these can be an eye-of-the-beholder type thing, and I wasn’t sure if I was writing it to entertain myself. I see it missed with Scott and perhaps others.
VIRAL COMEDY 2: I like Jerry David's chemistry and EZ Rah's chemistry. It’s a different feud than anything else that is going on, which is a good thing. It’s a small segment that is leading up to more.
HAVING A NICE CHAT: This is another placement issue for me. I think one thing I’d try to work on is the placement of segments. Too many of them would work in different spots, and this one is for sure. Outside, the obvious, though - Aug has a lot of potential and is a pretty fun character I have high hopes for.
AMBER LEE VS EL PRINCIPE: Another small squash match. Match-wise, this show hasn’t done much for me - it has a WCW Thunder feel for me for sure - for a second show, I’d have liked to see things a bit more competitive.. But, a big win for Amber - El Principe is a fun character.
A NEW DAY FOR OLD MEN: A small segment for Malta. I know he is an excellent solid veteran-type character. I want to see more from him; hopefully, it’s building for more.
BEST LAID PLANS: Solid character work, and it looks like GLOBAL has some good tag teams. My apologies to the writer for taking some of the steam out of the RP by using a similar setting earlier! However, we are on a wrestling show, and seeing teams staying in shape isn’t the worst setting we could be redundant in.
ONLINE COACHING: Well-written content that builds the character. It’s a style I am not used to, and I appreciate this type of RP that challenges me. Well done.
CHRISTIAN PIERSON VS JOE PUBLIC: Okay, I will not beat a dead horse. I see a trend with the matches here, which must be intentional. The match was a quick squash that put Pierson over, and it did its job. I was happy to see Pierson in action; he was about how I expected him to be: dangerous.
HOUND DOG ADVERT: It was well written.
VIRAL COMEDY 3: More angle work between Davis and EZ…
THE QUEEN'S ARRIVAL: Short segment that fits the character or what I assume of the character I should say well.
YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST: More quality story writing - I am warming up to these segments, and as I mentioned earlier, I like segments that challenge me. This did its job.
PAWN TO QUEEN FOUR: More of the Queen and some promo work delivered here. I dug it and want to see more from the character.
JERRY DAVID VS SON OF MALTA: This is the first match; I feel reading it isn’t a squash or obvious result match. I guess it had a purpose; it felt short on the small side, primarily since I built myself up for a competitive match. I know both characters are solid characters and deserved the limelight in a match - but the purpose was to further the David E Z feud. So, I guess it accomplished its result. I just felt down because there hasn’t been what I’d consider a wrestling match up to this point. So, I am looking forward to an actual quality match here.
POLITICAL PARTY ADVERT: Funny.
CAN WE: hehehe… I am glad we are bringing such an essential matter to the boss! I dug it, even if it had some inside jokes here.
JED JOHNSON VS VALORIE VITALITY: It Felt like the most competitive match of the show thus far. So that made it feel like a big win for Vitality.
A LEGENDARY NIGHT: I wrote this with guidance from Keegan on what he wanted and the task of selling Dom 1, Dream, and GLOBAL. It was meant to be backstage with a smaller gathering documenting a historic night/moment in GLOBAL’s short history thus far for later use. I am not sure if that point got through, especially since Scott thought the whole arena nodded, which is not the case! Either way, I hope it did its job. Face-sell jobs don’t always hit with audiences.
TEAM UNITED vs THE UNITED KINGDOM: Some good back and forth - being exhausted a bit on quick squash-type matches, this was a breath of fresh hair. Enjoyed the match.
TWO MASKED GEEZERS AND … HEEERE’S ALFIE: Alfie sells the match for later tonight; I felt this was well placed because it’s been a while since we had all those Dream segments earlier and with all the segments, advertisements, and squashes since then I have almost forgotten we have Alfie vs Dream after. Alfie pulls me back in.
EVOLVE OR DIE: Good segment, but I remember some of the Keegan/Davey stuff in SCW, so it resonates with me.
MAIN EVENT - ALFIE BUTTON V DANIEL DREAM: Spacing seemed off compared to the rest of the show. I like when matches are uninformed, but that is a minor squabble. This match was the easiest to read due to its style. The spaces were manageable - A solid main event that followed last week's great main event. Dream is looking like a top guy, and Alfie looks strong. Two good main events and is my most fun read of the show. I like well-done matches, so good job to the writer. It sort of saved the night in wrestling matches/competitions for me.
HOME ALONE: Alex Reyn, it’s about time you joined the party.
OVERALL THOUGHTS:
The Good: The Main Event was good stuff. Some people are starting to stand out for me - off the top of my head.
Dream now has back-to-back good showings.
Aleczander has two shows of solid character-building work, and I want to see what happens with him and Aug.
Queen had a good showing on this show.
Tag Division is looking stacked.
E Z and Jerry have an actual feud brewing.
Christian Pierson is going to be huge eventually.
The writing here is good. All of the segments are darn good. I am enjoying things as I break them down from segment to segment.
A few things that stand out to me that I’d look at - Segment placing is sometimes confusing. Match competitiveness really looks weak overall on the show. I get characters to need to be built, and match writing can be a bear. This is a wrestling efed, though, no? We need a few matches at the least that come across as competitive.
However, for a young fed, it’s a solid second show. The first was a bit better, but I don’t think there is any reason to feel down, Keegan.
As always - thanks to everyone for their hard work. I enjoyed the show and looking forward to seeing what everyone brings on DOM 3.
