Back to the Drawing Board...

Welcome back to indulging Synn, friends and foes. This week was the first bit of action that we've had in quite some time as the XHW gears up to get on with life after Superbrawl II, and it started off with a bang this Wednesday.

On Warzone, it was the night that Claire Logan took over, filling in for her sister Lucy as she has yet to be tracked down after Superbrawl II. It was a busy night, with three matches from the X-Core division in total, not to mention what happened to start the show...

Starting off the night was brand new Undisputed Champion, Jay Adams, and the rest of the Dogtown Raiders, Draven Torette and Jay's cousin, Frankie Adams. I got to welcome the faction personally, and it was quite an interesting encounter as we heard the announcement of the "Draven Torette Tribute Tournament," or the "DTTT" for short, where the entire X-Core division will take part in a battle for the last-man-standing position opposite of Torette at Barely Legal with the belt on the line. I also got a couple announcements out of the champ himself as Jay threw out a challenge to the returning Jakk Levy for next Warzone, as well as taking it upon himself to start the "Jay Adams Invitational," a tournament for 15 wrestlers hand-picked by Adams to determine the new #1 contender for the Undisputed Championship. The first invite? Conveniently, it was Torette himself. And to top it all off, we saw Frankie leave the Raiders to go chase the Tornado Tag Team Championships with her recently returned brother, Koby, adhering to her promise to leave the women's division should she fail in her third attempt at winning that division's championship.

Believe it or not, we did actually have matches this week, and it started off with Daman Arress and Johnny Sniper, both men looking to prove their mettle within the division. It looked like all Sniper early, but after stating earlier in the night that he was going to "take matters into [his] own hands," Scott Walker attacked Sniper, causing a DQ victory in Johnny's favor. Daman couldn't have been too happy about that either... More on this later.

The women's division is also looking for a new number one contender for Cordelia Murphy's title, and Grace Rourke made it known that she's got some unfinished business with the belt, gaining a victory over Casey Blue with a textbook GVR. Casey looked like she might have had a bit of ring rust in this one...

For those who have been living under a rock, Awesome Kong turned out to be the "It" that Margaret-Anne york was referring to leading up to Superbrawl II. This week, she made quite the statement in returning the TNA Knockout Championship to the federation, stating once again that she has her sights set on the X-Core gold.

Perhaps the earlier interfering took something out of Scott Walker, but he looked a little under-prepared for his match later in the night against Jimm Red. The NextGen star took it to Walker, eventually earning the victory, and causing Walker to look even more on edge after it was all said and done.

Immediately following the match, Red's faction friend, Johnny Diamond, decided to come out and let the world know that he wants another shot at the Undisputed Championship! Well, maybe he'll get invited to the Jay Adams Invitational, but somehow I doubt it. One man who does seem eager to give Diamond a chance is Anarchy star, Diego Cortez. The Spaniard called Diamond out after he put the Japanese Seaman out with an injury at Superbrawl II, and especially after hearing many of the veterans backstage telling Diamond he should start again from square one if he really wants to earn some respect. It took a little coaxing, but Diamond finally agreed to face Cortez on the next Anarchy. I'll be looking forward to this one without a doubt...

Could the new contender for the Undisputed Women's Championship be a rookie? It's beginning to look more and more like Talia Arroyo is unstoppable, as she made an example of Casey Dodge this week, getting the victory over the XHW veteran and Razor Stiletto leader. She's still undefeated, as far as I can remember... Speaking of the Women's belt, Cordelia Murphy came out just after the match to issue an open challenge to whoever wants to face her next week. If her opponent should win, they would earn a shot at the title.

In the match of the night, J.T. Cash took on the young up-and-comer, Aston Michaels. It was a great match throughout, only to be marred at the end by, guess who: Scott Walker. Apparently out there to deliver a message to Cash, Walker inadvertently clocked Michaels in the jaw, making it just a bit easier for Cash to pick up the win, moving him a little higher to that coveted number one spot in the X-Core division. Of course, all that hard work may be for naught should he not advance in the DTTT next week!

Not only did I get the chance to kick off Warzone this week with the Raiders, I was asked by Giovanni Valentino, the sole survivor of Superbrawl II's main event, to do a brief interview with him. Of course, I should have known that it was going to be mostly self-promotion and self-glorification, but it seemed like almost a waste of time as all Gio wanted to do was talk about Eddie Rourke's fashion sense. For those of us who read between the lines, however, could Gio be gearing up for a run at the Universal Champion? It's possible...

Speaking of Rourke, he was pitted in the main event against an up-and-coming contender in his own right, Joe Riggs. Still wanting to prove himself as a singles competitor as well as part of the most dominant team many of us have ever seen, Riggs put on quite an effort, but it fell just short in this non-title affair as Rourke got the pin with the Cutt Off.

Just as the show was about to come to a close, we were treating to a little contract signing event. Acting Warzone GM, Claire Logan, came out with a contract for Alex Homme, no doubt with devious intentions on her mind. However, a little quick thinking and sneakiness helped Homme to sign the contract before any shenanigans could take place, and he is officially back on the XHW roster. Welcome... Homme? Sorry... I can't help myself sometimes.

With Warzone wrapped up, let's get to the always juicy backstage news...

There are still stories trickling in from Superbrawl II. One such story is that of the confrontation between newcomer Jezter and Tiger Komaru of the DragonGate. The two not only had it out at the big show, but recently had to be separated by security after Jezter provoked Tiger and the disciples. This one is far from over... Another SB2 late-developing story is the interaction between Sara Foxx and Reinhardt, both of whom had big nights on that weekend, and got together to celebrate.

In a more upbeat story, it looks like the relationship between Reno Drake and academy student Jada continues to blossom. Check out this video of them keeping it light with a little friendly wager on hoops. In other relationship news, it looks like Morgan Garcia and Frankie Adams are still getting along just fine...

It doesn't look like sIMON will be getting into Project 242 any time soon. He and North Starr may share a manager, but they were both a little upset about having the share the ring on this week's Anarchy.

Let the rumors officially end: Roxas Knoxx and Maverick Harley have gone and sucked face on camera. They were seen getting together after Knoxx's brutal match against BlkOut at Xtreme All Access. Speaking of Harley, after being spurned by Asylum, he may have found that "you watch my back" partner in Koby Adams. They seem to have come to some sort of agreement, at least. Koby also had a long conversation with Cordelia Murphy... mostly about her crush on Harley.

The rest of us may not know who "Gentlemen" James Coburn is, but Ben Hampton certainly seems to. James showed up at Hampton's office recently to have a little chat and re-introduce himself. Coburn was also spotted giving advice to Jada down at the Academy as well as congratulating Giovanni Valentino on surviving the SB2 main event carnage.

After losing for the second time to Mr. Jingles, and after his personal friend, the Japanese Seaman, was injured at Superbrawl II, Diego Cortez was understandably in a down mood. After a conversation with Turbine, however, both men seem to have lightened their spirits.

Could Doc Hammer be the man to face Draven Torette? Not unless he drops that Anarchy Championship he earned at XAA and ponies up the cash to enter the X-Core division. However, he did approach Draven recently to discuss the topic.

An interesting face was spotted backstage talking to FiXX recently: Aaron Kay. The two talked about their children mostly, but it didn't end well. Kay also caught up with Cordelia Murphy, discussing plans and bail, and Dakota Burrows, a tense meeting to say the least. Last but not least, he tracked down the mother of his child, Riley DeSantos, and it was a little... odd.

J.T. Cash also ran into DeSantos, and their meeting was a little more flirtatious than anything else. Cash had a discussion with BlkOut too about keeping their respective factions separate from each other. In fact, all of Project 242 had a meeting to discuss their future plans.

Is Johnny Diamond going to get that coveted third shot at the Undisputed Championship? Not if Claire Logan can help it. She and Diamond had a confrontation backstage where she adamantly denied the former #1 contender's claims as she asserted her newfound power. There was also a mysterious note posted on XHW.com about the Universal Championship that many thought was Logan's handiwork, but she has denied it was her.

With all of that out of the way, here's the card for this week's Saturday Night Anarchy:

- The first four matches all feature debuts as Seraphim and Ironclad face off in the first XHW bout for both men, DDT gets his start against newcomer Joseph Woods, Jezter gets his second match against, believe it or not, the first match for the Arnold Classic, and wrestling veteran Taz gets his XHW opener against the always up-and-down Cleavan Audrey, "The Chance."

- In a very interesting tag team match-up, everyone's favorite dysfunctional couple, North Starr and sIMON, will be taking on the fire and water team of Wesley Burns and Shark Boy.

- The other tag team match will feature the brother-sister team of Koby and Frankie Adams against the brother-brother team of Doug and Danny Bean, the Sheglins.

- In the first defense of the newly minted Anarchy Championship, Doc Hammer will try to fend off Asylum, who's coming off a heart-wrenching first few months in the XHW.

- Anarchy's other belt, the Bronx Championship, will have a new number one contender named as Dirk Diver and Reno Drake square off for the right to face Mr. Jingles for the title. You can only imagine the fury that will be the Silent Assassin in this one...

- We're still not sure whether or not he'll be medically cleared, but Maverick Harley is still scheduled to take on BlkOut in a "Falls Count Anywhere" match in Anarchy's main event. Lots of animosity here...

That's in for this installment, friends. Come back next time, and as always, thanks for indulging me!