INCOMING! Velocity 10.31.13

"I WANT TO PLAY... ANOTHER GAME.  I WANT TO PLAY... MONOPOLY.  OR SCRABBLE.  OR... BOGGLE!  YOU LIKE BOGGLE?  OKAY, FORGET BOGGLE.  WHAT ABOUT HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPOS? OKAY, FINE.  BUT LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING ELSE.  HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT SEQUELS?  LOTS AND LOTS OF SEQUELS!" - HISHE: Saw

The World Tour is Over!

We're Going To Dallas!

ITS HALLOWEEN!

BEST SHOW EVER!

Maybe not ever, but it's a damn loaded card we're looking at for the first domestic normal show in about three months.  Which means less Jet Lag, more sleep, and no more Tokyo getting destroyed by Pennyzirra. 

Oh, and yes, for those of you wondering the show rankings are coming to for Indomitable and Breaking Point.  Writing was put off due to training to beatdown two detriments to society.  Mission accomplished, commence with the massive blog updates. 

TO THE CARD!

MICHELLE TAYLOR vs. EMI YAMAMOTO
The only way Michelle has any shot at this is if Emi is still too banged up from the Pride Ladder match. 
WINNER: And by banged up, I mean having her arm ripped out of her socket.  And a leg.  And maybe an eye to boot.  As Emi still seems to be her cute as a button normal self I'm pretty sure she takes her debut with grace and aplomb and not so much as a rope burn from Michelle. 

KANNA HAROSHI vs. CINDY WARREN
You think we'd have let Kanna make her debut in her home country, but thems the breaks.  Cindy's also making her debut, being a former nurse married to a doctor who both somehow managed to find time to learn to wrestle while at medical school.  My mom was a nurse too.  Apparently she wasted her life by signing up with an oncologist. 
WINNER: When it comes to the Steele/Warren family tree, the benefit of the doubt is not something you freely give.  Kate's awesome when she's not feeling sorry for herself.  Samara's decent.  Todd & Laura?  Yeah...  Then again, Kanna's not done much either, and DID lose to Hope fucking Osborne.  But she's Japanese, and we DO give them the benefit of the doubt.  It actually makes perfect sense if you think about it.  Kanna wins. 

JO MCFARLANE vs. GABRIELLE CRIMSON
Okay, could we just shut up for a second about the "Gabrielle Crimson is undefeated in singles matches" bit?  She's had TWO.  Against April Evans and Michelle Taylor.  If we get past this one, we can start acting like it's something.
WINNER: That being said, this is a helluva match.  Jo's done very well since June, but Gabby's really yet to show what she fully can do.  I'm tentatively picking Jo cause, devil you know, but look for this one to steal the show. 

STACEY vs. SERAFINA DECARO
Oh good.  Dreamkiller's back, to once again annoy us with how 'perfect' she is, when she's already proven herself to be a spineless piece of shit with no redeeming qualities.  DeCaro's been treading water ever since she bid adeieu to the No Surrender division, but a win here can give serious traction. 
WINNER: As much as I hate to say it, these are the kind of matches Stacey feasts on.  If Serafina pulls the massive upset here, I will GLADLY eat my words, but Stacey's the pick. 

TAG TEAM 
PURE ADRENALINE (Misty Whitmore & Kate Steele) vs. THE MEANEST GIRLS (Madelyne McTaggert & Holly Adams)
So far the only way to beat the Mean Girls is not move when they swing a chair at you, but I don't think that's going to be very satisfying for Misty & Kate.  This is clearly the toughest test the Blondetourage has faced yet.  
WINNER: I love PA, but Kate's gone and gotten herself into a funk, and Misty better get her out of it and quick, or they're going to be vivisected.  Until someone can actually crack the Blondetourage code, I'm going with them.  Holly & Maddy win. 

FEMME FOR ALL-SEMIFINALS
CAMILLA PAZZINI vs. MIKA DEMIDOV
The last time I saw an Italian and a Russian in the ring together, they were singing opera, and sucked so badly a black hole opened up and swallowed their careers for nearly a decade.  But enough about Luciano & Helga
WINNER: There's a reason why Gray/Demidov was considered the dark horse bracket, and that reason is Chunks.  The only way I see Mika winning this is if she casts aside all her usual arrogance, and hopes for Chunks to have the same quality in droves.  Otherwise, it's going to be a long, disappointing, painful, and scary Halloween for the Russian.