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Marq:
MEMO

From: M. Abriko
To: NRWF Interns

RE: NRWF: Carnage Week One Recap

Writers,

If there's something I can't stand in this business, it's people who say they're going to do stuff and they don't. This is TELEVISION, gentlemen. We literally cannot afford to fuck around, and when we ask you to do something, it's not for my benefit, it's for everyone in the NRWF who busts their ass to put on a good show. Everyone, from the workers to the guys in the production truck, need us in Creative to step up. And when people leave us hanging, the entire company suffers. To all of you who snaked away spots from people who'd give their right arm to be in this business? Fuck off. We don't need you, and that's all I'll say about that.

On the bright side, for those that did send in their scripts, we did get some really good stuff on camera, and for the most part, the boys in the locker room were satisfied. Here's some notes I got from them, as well as the rankings as we, here at Creative, see it so far.

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Darrius King: "Real talk, I wasn't feeling the 'royalty' gimmick at the opening of the show. Too literal, know what I mean? Ain't really a good fit for the fans when LeBron James starts talking like some cat with an Masters in English Lit. Where's the swagger, dog? On the other hand, the brawl was tight. Good booking in that respect. As or the last segment, both scripts were off the hook. Wish we could've gone with the whole 'chain' gimmick in the first one I read, but both were pretty dope, regardless. Really dug the tension with Hale in his locker room."

Johhny Revolver: "Eh, decent fire in the opening segment and it got the point across... but I felt kinda bland up there, no offense. Didn't feel like a rock star so much as some basic babyface from the 80's or something like that, and the fact both Darrius AND I sounded like Hale? Y'know, like... all 'proper' and stuff? Well, let's... not do that again, okay? Didn't exactly 'click,' and I'm being nice, here. Maybe up the attitude and humor a bit so I don't gotta feel forced to improv on the spot? Just saying."

Hale: "In all three parts I read for, I think you guys have me down for the most part. The metaphors were great in all of them, but I think it was the atmosphere and setting of Valdez's segment that really caught my attention. Keep going -- this push is moving in the right direction."

Jinx: "Happy to see my sex tape is more over than Chance right now, haha. I kid, I kid! But yeah, the segment with the bike was pretty funny, but took way too long to set up. The one with the toy or whatever? Liked it a lot, really pushed the 'loser' part of the gimmick by involving some of the roadies, who I suspect loved it just for the screen time, alone. Glad we went with that one."

Bones O'Brien: "Too talky in the first script. Great in the second. Less I say, and the more Salem mouths off, the better. Brains and brawn -- remember."

Chance: "Sorry, guys -- but I gotta ask: do I have a gimmick yet, or what? This 'greenhorn' thing is starting to wear thin, and the last thing I want is to bite off Jinx with the whole 'loser' angle. C'mon, give me something to sink my teeth into -- a catchphrase, an attitude, anything... especially since my match with Price was 'Match of the Night.'"

Lee Gardner: "Not enough meat on the bones for me. Execution was fine, but far too 'Point-A to Point-B' for my taste. Didn't get the kid over, either. And while I'm at it, toughen it up a bit, too, will you? I didn't make my mark in this business doing a Tony Robbins impression."

Jericho Price: "Impressive stuff from both guys, but the bit with the poster? Oh, mate -- when I read that, I knew it was gonna be a cracker. Universal praise, across the board. Credit to that Reaper bloke, though. Solid, if standard promo. Can't wait to see what he can do with a more dialogue-heavy spot."

Goodson: "Some funny-ass one-liners, if I may say so myself. The line about Greg getting kicked in the head by his MMA buddies? Couldn't have said it better. Though, I do think we can really use some more ga-ga for the fans. I mean, did you hear them when I came out? That's enough heat to last a guy like Hale, like, ten years! Anyway, we're heading to San Francisco next week, right? Please, please, please let me rip on those uppity fucks, yeah? I promise I won't fight anybody after the show, this time."

Greg Anthony: "I was a little reluctant to actually come out and start us off, but calling out my discomfort is exactly what I needed, I think. Thanks for that."

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Rankings are as follows, boys. Pay attention to what the top guys on the list did, and build off of it for next week, yeah?

1.) Kieran King
2.) David
3.) MDK
4.) Russ
5.) Doug E. Fresh
6.) Black Death
7.) Reaper
8.) Gary
9.) AlexK

Also, some good news? No one who did their jobs is getting sacked this week. Our ratings went up about half a point, mid-way through the show, so we must be doing something right. And for all of you who didn't send a script in, save your bitching. In the immortal words of an old friend of mine, "If you don't like what I do, get the fuck out -- NOW."

Marq:
MEMO

From: M. Abriko
To: NRWF Interns

RE: NRWF: Carnage Week Two Recap

Writers,

You know what I hate? Like, really despise? Having to go to the locker room and telling these guys that we at Creative don't have anything for them. Not 'cause they're not talented, and not 'cause of politics, but because our goddamn interns don't pay attention to our schedules. We had three, count it -- THREE -- holes to fill last Carnage, and well, the ratings speak for themselves, don't they?

Fucking hell, people. We had guys like J-Rev and Price having to improvise on-camera when they didn't have to, but for every good line they did have, we had absolute disasters in guys like Jinx and Chance. I don't think I've seen our technical director slam his head against the control panel as many times as he did that night. And despite many of you sending in scripts a day or so after the deadline (some of which were actually GOOD, which bothered me more), the fact remains that we had to put on the show without you. It might sound harsh, but this is a business. Time is literally money, here.

So, get on it. Pay attention to the deadlines we give you. And most of all? Give us your best, and do it early. There's an old adage that goes, "Those who are good, do it. Those who are great, do it quickly." Remember that.

Oh, and before I forget?

Alex, you're fired.

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Understandably, a lot of the guys couldn't be bothered to give you feedback. Those who got their scripts in on time, I've CC'd the workers you wrote for. Expect an e-mail from them, soon. As for the rest of you? If you don't have the consideration for their time, I don't imagine it'd be right for them to give you any of theirs. Check out the results of last week's clusterfuck of a show, and gleam what you can for next week.

~

Results for Carnage:

Opening Segment: Revolver, King, Hale (Rating: 3.8 - Not our best, but some great lines, here.)

Singles match: Kenzo Hikaru vs. Flash Daniels (Winner: Daniels, via pinfall. 2.5 stars.)

Second segment: Bones O'Brien/Lee Gardner/Chance (Rating: 3.5 - Got our asses chewed out by sponsors for Bones' "colorful" improvisation. Fun to watch, terrible to do damage control for. Thanks, guys.)

Tag team match: Stormfront Inc. vs. The Lost Boys (Winners: The Lost Boys, via pinfall. 3 stars.)

Third segment: Goodson (Rating: 3.6 - Solid segment with Grant. Word is he warmed up to the new catchphrase.)

Singles match: Chance Delfino vs. Bones O'Brien (Winner: Delfino, via pinfall. 4 stars. Another "Match of the Night" for Chance.)

Fourth segment: Jinx/Jericho Price (Rating: 3.3 - An absolute dud. Jinx's improv was a let-down, and Price did his best to hang with it.)

Singles match:  Jinx vs. Jericho Price (Winner: Jinx, via disqualification. Hardly a match, was written to be a squash with a DQ finish.)

Fifth segment: Lee Gardner/Bones O'Brien/Greg Anthony (Rating: 3.6 - Another solid segment. Brawl at the end was clean.)

Singles match: Greg Anthony vs. Harlem (Winner: Anthony, via submission. 3.5 stars. Goodson run-in near the end was brilliant.)

Final segment: J-Rev (Rating: 3.8 - Leave it to J-Rev to make something out of nothing. Great segment for him, but only due to this star power.)

Triple Threat match: Johnny Revolver vs. Hale vs. Darrius King (Winner: Darrius King, via pinfall. Hale's post-match freakout and beatdown on King/Revolver made this the must-see in wrestling last week.)

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Rankings won't mean much for this week considering all the dropped scripts, but know that we aren't afraid to fire any of you. Next week is the go-home show for our next pay-per-view, so do your best. Only 'cause the boss is riding me, we're getting rid of TWO interns next week. Cheers, and I hope you had a happy new year. For one of you at least, 2011 will be something worth celebrating.

Marq:
MEMO

From: M. Abriko
To: NRWF Interns

RE: NRWF: Carnage Week Three Recap

Writers,

Well, would you look at that -- an entire week without any no-shows from you scrubs. Good to know, as SHOWING UP is the most basic fundamental for doing a good job, here. Anyway, not trying to be a dick or whatever, but as you may or may not know -- John Rivas, aka Johnny Revolver -- suffered a pretty horrific leg injury last week at "High Voltage." There's a ton of blame going around as to whether it was his fault, or King's, or Hale's -- but regardless, the fact of the matter is that we've lost our number-one babyface in a fairly shitty and reckless manner. What a way to start the new year, huh?

This, to put it lightly, will change a few things as far as the company's direction going forward. All of us here at Creative are scrambling to put stuff together, but let's focus on that later. Anyway, as for the go-home show, I was very surprised with some the quality stuff we'd gotten in. Save for one segment, everyone put over each and every point we asked for, which definitely made our lives easier. Here's some of the feedback from the workers below:

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Darrius King: "Things was cool, got no hard complaints, man. Personally, though, I think it could've used a little more selling on my part. If I was supposed to put Hale over, I got away with the bare minimum which is a damn shame. The guy's tryin' real hard, and I just wanna make sure he comes across as the sinister motherfucker he's supposed to be."

Johhny Revolver: "Whoever wrote the piece with me in the hallway needs to get a damn promotion, stat. The little water bottle spot was dead-on, the vibe was as 'rock star' as you can get -- and unless I imagined this, did he seriously write in a spot with me messing with my hair? Fucking brilliant! Loved it. As for the segment with Hale, it was solid, man -- no real gripes, but I think I lost some of the cool points I had ub the first segment by coming off as 'generic babyface #1' again. Not nearly enough attitude as I'd have preferred, but hey, it got the job done, right? Now, let's shoot up some 'roids to get this leg back on track, and -- haha, just kidding. Or am I?!"

Hale: "Glad you guys got the memo about the rafters when you did, as I'd been waiting on that promo for quite a while, now. I thought the locations were perfect, and even though the dialogue in both segments had a tendency to sound kind of clunky, it wasn't 'bad' by any stretch of the imagination. Only thing I'd wanna look into is balancing my lines with my actions. A guy can be pretty scary without having to outright say how scary he is."

Jinx: "The laces? Loved it, loved it, loved it. The... 'Queer Eye' thing... uh, not so much. At least I did my other job, and totally took the spotlight from Chance. Haha -- fuck that guy!"

Bones O'Brien: "Probably one of the best in-ring segments I've had all year. Salem was on fire, and it was great how you nailed our personas even when we weren't talking. Good shit, brother."

Chance: "Honestly, I don't even know why I bothered signing up for this thing. I've been waiting close to a month on a new gimmick, and so far? Nothing -- in BOTH segments this week. Hell, I went from the 'fresh-faced rookie,' to the 'cookie-cutter babyface,' to a fucking prop for Jinx, now? Is that a joke? I'm in the consistently highest-rated matches every week, and the sheets are STILL calling me the 'Vanilla Thrilla.' Will you guys get it together already?"

Lee Gardner: "What're you calling me for? I wasn't even in the show last week. Putz."

Jericho Price: "Got some good stuff out of both scripts, but I was glad we ended up going with that Ramon guy's. Not only was the dialogue snappy and natural, but he put over how much of a bitch-boy Goodson is, which is ALWAYS good. Sad to see that MDK bloke's didn't make the cut, but hey -- I was supposed to get the last word, and he didn't give it to me. That's what happen when you don't follow directions, mate."

Goodson: "Hey, did that Union Jackass seriously call me a bitch-boy? Hmm. Well, looks like we know whose luggage I'm taking a shit in, next week. Anyway, great stuff from both guys, but yeah -- Ramon's segment by a country mile. Thought the bit with the bagel was genius and showed a lot of our character in a pretty short amount of time."

Greg Anthony: "It was perfect -- strong, silent, and letting my actions do the talking for me."

~

Rankings are as follows, boys. Pay attention to what the top guys on the list did, and build off of it for next week, yeah?

1.) Kieran King
2.) Doug E. Fresh
3.) Jose Ramon
4.) Reaper
5.) Russ
6.) MDK
7.) Gary
8.) Black Death

Reading your assignments -- that's what it came down to this week, and as much as it'll suck to see some of you go, neither of you guys got the point of the assignment. Now, sure, you guys did what you could to get Jinx over, which he always has been -- but you left Chance high & dry. We're trying to generate some real buzz on this guy, and for the third week in a row, he's been glossed over. I can't stress this enough, but remember we're here to make money -- and as much as I love Jinx, Chance is the guy we're betting the farm on in the next couple of years. All of you still here? Give the guy a break and let 'em shine a little without forcing him to kill himself out there, alright?

Gary?
Black Death?

You're fired.

Gary:
the most racial firing ever!

Black Death:

--- Quote from: Gary on January 24, 2011, 05:05:48 PM ---the most racial firing ever!

--- End quote ---

agree

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