Overdrive July 19th Feedback and Discussion

[President Jeff]

Thanks to Jules, Tmarv, Slade and Biggs for writing matches this week

Thanks to CJ, Tmarv, Jules, Keaton, Harris, Evan, Kurt, and Yarmouth for segments. If I missed someone, let me know so you can get Ranking points


Feedback on the show is welcomed, good or bad

[Jules]

I'll give full feedback tomorrow or at the weekend. But from my initial skim reading it was a great show. Just wanted to post to extend my congratulations to Steve Stryker. I think this guy has the potential to be a really fun and interesting Xtreme Champion. Well deserved and I wish you a long and prosperous reign, good sir!

[Johnny Rebel]

This is the first time that I haven't written a match, segment or role-played for Overdrive in over a year...and what a treat to sit back and enjoy the card.

Love seeing some new guys step up and take the mantle on the card. APW has a long history of developing great RP'ers and there is always another 3-4 one step behind. An incredible amount of competition!

[T-Marv]

Overdrive sucked... I hate you Jeff.... WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!



Will give serious feedback later

[Delikado]

Not gonna lie, it feels good to have "made it" among a fed of so many great guys (and gals). I want to thank both Terry Marvin and Mark Mania for making this feel very much like a hard-fought match and a decisively well-earned win. At no point before or after RPs were posted and results started popping up did I hold any certainty on how the match would go between us three. Now hopefully I can do the Overdrive title the justice it deserves, and here's to a continued successful business relationship with you all!

[Kurt]

Did we really just give my brother a title? You guys don't know what you've done... >_>

But in all seriousness, this was definitely the kind of show that laid all kinds of groundwork for Shockwave. The show starts off with one of those really intense Terry Marvin promos that I'm so used to seeing be about Keaton Saint...hey, now they're about me! Very good start to the show to really up the intensity.

I kind of like the Carmen/Envi/Harris/etc. angle. It definitely seems like a multilayered story that'll give us a lot of development across Overdrive's roster. Speaking of Envi, it was really great to see him on the show because I feel like he adds yet another entertaining face. Glad to see him in the mix so early!

T-marv's little sacrifice was interesting. Makes sense from an in-character perspective, and is a really subtle way to build Noble/Tmarv. Again, congrats to my brother, and I look forward to seeing Delikado/Mania!

This seemed like a show for relationship problems, ha. Biggs and Ellie had their problems, Noble and Amy, and Harris and Carmen...and I might have missed some stuff! Liking seeing the dynamics here.

I do think the show was stacked a little unevenly. It seems like most of the story-building segments happen very early in the show, while some of the later, more singular segments (mine included) didn't feel as impactful when you look at the first half of the show. Not a shot at anyone's segments, moreso my own in context...I hope that makes sense, ha.

Shame Dionysus's angle won't get played out, but I'm sure he'll find a new angle soon. Congrats to Stryker!

Main Event was incredibly well written. Personally, it highlighted a lot of the changes I'm hoping for Noble, while giving everyone in the match something to work with. Terry Marvin's trickry was good without being too strong.

I feared with Rebel gone and L1 out for a bit, we were going to see a hit in segments...but I was wrong. This was a phenomenal effort across essentially the entire roster, and while it was a bit bloated from the bottom, I consider it a fantastic show that built up a lot of Shockwave. One of the most personality-filled, surprised filled shows (especially with titles) I've seen in quite a while.

Great job everyone!

[T-Marv]

Coming off what I feel is the best PPV APW has put on this year so far, I was ready for a bit of a let down on this Overdrive. I mean...everything has been running so hot and heavy, consistently building....I figured with alot of angles ending and new ones beginning it would be a slow show.

I was wrong.

Opening Segments:

The "Get Real" Thing is something I'm really beginning to enjoy doing. I wanted this one to focus on my TFTB celebration mixed with the beginning build of Noble/Marvin. Hope this came over correctly.

Harris/Envi/Carmen - Not a terrible way to introduce Evan to Overdrive. It's a good way to introduce the pairing for the tag team match later tonight. Not sure what's going on with Harris/Carmen, but then again I never really got that whole dynamic.

I liked the Evan/Noble segment too. Kinda another great way to introduce the former champ to "Noble's Show." However, if you're going to start appearing in a bunch of segments every night and steal my role Evan, we're gonna have some words.

OD Title Match:

I'll admit it's not my best work. I wanted to do something a little different with my dropping of the title and kinda have Marvin have a "hand" in who got the belt next. This is to set up future collaborations and story-lines, even if Delikado isn't aware of them yet.

Congratulations to Deli for winning the title... you definitely deserve it my friend. Use it well. Great showing by Mark Mania as well. I felt it could go either way....I'm sure this isn't the last of Deli/Mark.

More Segments:

Good to see Yarmouth getting some more recognition. This motherfucker is a workhorse. He tries harder than anyone else in this fed and hopefully that pays off for him soon. Keep up the good shit Yar.

Gates/Marvin - More to come? Maybe. I kinda wanted to tie everything in the world in with what's going on with me and Noble...and Gates is a big part of Noble's past. I'm excited.

Slade vs. Biggs
Very well written match and kept me interested in reading it even though I knew the outcome. Nice job.

More Segments:

Envi, you segment whore....wait, who's that handsome guy appearing at the end of your segment? This is another thing I'm extremely excited about.

CJ / Keaton.... how can you go wrong there? Good segment, good pre match booster there.

Tag Match:

Good to see AC and Nick get a bit of a victory here though it's a shame to realize that the outcome may have been changed because of an Over Limit Rp. Either way, big and bright things coming from all 4 men in the future.

Segments:

Kurt Noble....great segment but I've got to think that you may be confused about which one of us is the real arrogant asshole in this feud. lmao. Just kidding... love the tee-shirt spots and the commentary throughout. like the dynamic going with your Wife/manager. Don't think Terry won't use that to his advantage

GREAT spot there from Dionysus. I love this character more and more every day.

Xtreme Title Match:

WTF!!!! Steve Stryker out of no where and I'm marking out right now! Sad to see John drop the belt but congrats to Steve who more than earned it. Thank god you didn't bring that fire to Experts last week Congrats bud.

Tag Title Match:

Nicely done jules, very nicely done. I love the marvin spots and the continued mind games that I was so hoping would get in there. perfection at it's best.


Overall this show got me very excited for things to come. Get redy APW....fireworks are coming.

[C.J. Gates]

It's hard to find much wrong with a show coming off the heels of the biggest/best PPV we've had this year.

When you've got someone like Evan Envi putting himself out there so much, it's always a good thing especially when he's been so good on Meltdown. Hopefully he doesn't end up "segment whoring" himself as time goes on. I know on Meltdown there were weeks he was the only one putting out segments, but on Overdrive there are so many that hopefully he doesn't overdo it.

Congrats to Delikado. I wasn't sure how things would play out, but kind of enjoy a new face on the title scene while Marvin chases Noble. It's a well deserved title win, especially since you've been putting out quality work since day one of being here. Well earned.

Congrats also to Stryker. Definitely a surprise and definitely a mark out moment. Sucks to see Dionysus drop the title, but it's always good that it's to a worthy/deserving talent. Hopefully Dionysus is able to build off of that, and become even better then before.

Overall the matches were well done. I haven't had time to read everything, but from what I did, I thoroughly enjoyed. Props to all the segment writers, too. Definitely had a lot of story building stuff and match hype.

[Slade "The Main Man" Craven]

I am sorry I am not providing more in depth feed back. I am working on it I promise.

I was really glad tis ee everyone roleplay for the show (Biggs we know you were sick dude, it's cool). That always something that speaks well for a federation.

Two titles changed hands on Overdrive, thats pretty big. From what I remember, tt doesn't happen very often. Congratulations to the winners. This really signals an era shift as people move up. With Rebel and Level One taking a little time off, a lot of people have stepped up.

I am very excited for Overdrive this week. Should be a damn good show.