Page 167 – Welcome!
So now we know who’s officially on the card. Sara Valentine vs Xtina Carpenter, Victoria Buckingham vs Josephine York and Jennifer Needles (Hell’s Belles) vs Sabrina! Now just because certain wrestlers aren’t officially on the card, doesn’t mean that their presence won’t be felt. You know what I mean? 😉
The sign idea in the last panel was suggested by longtime reader, Salazen! XD Â Thanks man! Â Look for more reader suggested signs to appear in the backgrounds. 😀
And thanks to Jamie for the super sweet VOTING Incentive! Â Check out his picture of the high society, York Sisters! Â Be sure to let him know how cool it is. 😀
EDIT: Jamie gave me a good idea with seeing how the brackets unfold.  Maybe we should do a contest, March Madness style where you guys guess who’s going on to win the TV Championship.  Maybe a Rival Angels book as the prize?  What do you guys think of that?  And more importantly, what’s the best way to have you submit your guesses?  Email?  the Forum?
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Nice! Four matches in a row, and all of them are for TV Tournament. Now this is what I call good for storyline advancement. I expect the story will go on until ….. umm, end of March probably ? (near Wrestlemania time) Or if some matches are being cut short (especially the matches that don’t feature Hell’s Belle member or The Upstarts), I hope the story will still end sometimes at the end of February.
The Battle Royal, I predict that the last five person in the ring would be Amanda Breaker, Angel Soprano, Franchesca York, Lover Lola, and Zombie Luna. That’s if Hell’s Belle didn’t take some action and perhaps attack Franchesca York backstage so she couldn’t make it to the Battle Royal. Then I expect her to be replaced by Brooke, Krystine, or Sun.
Sara VS Xtina, Victoria VS Josephine, hopefully these two matches are short so the rest of the pages could be dedicated to the Battle Royal and Sabrina VS Jennifer. But if the drama between York sisters and Hell’s Belle somehow continue, I expect the Victoria VS Josephine will take a few more pages than Sara VS Xtina.
As for Sabrina VS Jennifer, I think this one would be the focus of the show. Could be lots of drama happen, with perhaps TONS of intervention. Either from Hell’s Belle, Brooke, or … Monica Rumble perhaps ? Either way, I predict that Sabrina will still be able to win this as Sun will definitely back her up.
Wow, this must be my longest comment to this date. But then again, I’m just sayin.
Always an introduction before the “Monday Night Meltdown” a great way to start the show.. applause!!
I like ps2kids comment about the “Bonus Life Battle Royal” injuring  Francesca York.. and then it will replace by Sun.. I really like to see “Shinobi” “Lil Dragon” Sun Wong in action in tonight’s “Monday Night Meltdown” But I disagree your prediction that Sabrina will still able to win.. unless “THE ELDER GODS” favors her.. I might say, kinda abuse in her part,  undefeated.. making her spoiled.. Sabrina lose and learn some lesson. lose few study the mistake, and overcome it.. but I have full confident that Jennifer Needles will win, I fully support Jennifer Needles..
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Not much comment for me here.. Before I end it.. just a opinion..Today’s  Monday Night Meltdown, it’s great showing other wrestlers. other than the upstart girls.. but, this monday night meltdown is kinda undercards.. the main event “Ultragirl” Sabrina Mancini VS Jennifer Needles is the only great match.. coz Jennifer Needles is my top 3 favorite Angel.. it’s kinda sad that Sun or Chloe doesn’t have a match.Â
Maybe, and I hope we can see in one Monday Night Meltdown, Sabrina isn’t participating.. why i said this.. reason is that in this Monday Night Meltdown we won’t see Sun, Krystin or Brooke having a match.. so it’s been “Ultragirl” Sabrina Mancini all..   so I hope in one “Monday Night Meltdown”, Sabrina won’t be in action. so to have balance in the upstart girls..Â
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Buzzcomix isn’t working.. and about the Voting incentives.. York Sisters, Jospehine York looks kina bigger, bit fatter than Francesca York.. hehehe..
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Seeing “Shinobi” “Lil Dragon” Sun Wong in match, always like a main event… and the only upstart girl below the Hell’s Belles rank..
I wonder what’s the relationship between Yvonne Carmichael and Chloe De Sade? are they friends? allied? so if Sun joined the Damage Inc.. could it be that Sun could work with the Hell’s Belles too.. right?
Episode 30.. who is who? which one is Nikki Foxx and whose Yvonne Carmichael?
oddly, i find it amusing that the schoolgirl is facing against a canadian wrestler, as that was both candy cane AND miss spencer’s home country in RR xD
Seriously MGC, what’s with the hatred to Sabrina. She’s the main character of the story. So her becoming the main focus of the story is no strange at all. If she did lose, she should lose in a better spot. Like perhaps in the final of the tournament. And the way she lost shouldn’t be clean. So even though she lost, she can still look good. After all, she’s the main character of the story.
Your hatred toward Sabrina is somehow similar with all of those hatred toward John Cena.
Hooray! Some action! Too bad we have to wait until the end of the night to see The Pin Head fall to UltraGirl.
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Hate Sabrina Mancini.. I’m trying not to hate her.. I already made her my top 6. favorite angel honestly her favorite to me is still fluctuating. but “Ultragirl” Sabrina Mancini is  just below The Hell’s Belles, Sun and Catgirls.. and I say “Ultragirl” Sabrina Mancini lose, it’s because Jennifer Needles it’s better than “Ultragirl” Sabrina Mancini. Jennifer Needles is the top 3 favorite angel..
I’m saying “Ultragirl” Sabrina Mancini lose because of her unexpirience.. her matches where base on luck.. review..
“Ultragirl” Sabrina Mancini VS Suzy “Love” Cettina.. “Ultragirl” Sabrina Mancini won via countout..and with interferance of Marina Ortiz.. let’s say Marina didn’t interfere.. “Ultragirl” Sabrina Mancini still could have won.. via disqualification..
“Ultragirl” Sabrina Mancini won the fatal four way.. another stroke of luck.. without Sun interrupting Krystine, surely “Ultragirl” Sabrina Mancini will lose.. either Brooke, Krystin or even Sun will win..
“Ultragirl” Sabrina Mancini VS Loretta Diaz.. it’s easy to predict who will win.. coz I know, “Ultragirl” Sabrina Mancini is a hard working wrestler.. she already studied Loretta Diaz move.
“Ultragirl” Sabrina Mancini and Brooke Lennox won against the tower of terror.. again luck.. a disqualification..
after all, “Ultragirl” Sabrina Mancini loss to Mistress Dark, in which she said that it thought her a lesson there, about the fans.. there are still more learning lesson to “Ultragirl” Sabrina Mancini, and the upstart girls, but I’m not betting on “Ultragirl” Sabrina Mancini to win.. also maybe even learning lesson  to Chloe De Sade in the future..  like maybe in the future, “Ultragirl” Sabrina Mancini will tell Chloe De Sade about the fans cheering.. we’ll never know..
ooo I hope Sara gets a win this time around, but I’m guessing it’s gonna be face vs face next round ;.; lol.
Personally, I don’t like John Cena. I’m just not a fan of the guys that are all lovey dovey to other faces. When Stone Cold was a face, he still hated everyone on the roster… Same with DX. That, and Cena doesn’t do anything THAT impressive in the ring. Now Jericho… he always impresses.
I can’t wait to see how the brackets fill out after the next few pages. I like the attacking Franchesca angle so she can’t compete. That would be kinda cool to see another upstart in the match. It’ll probably be Brooke thanks to Michael.
And I don’t think Josephine looks any thicker than Franchesca in the incentive… granted I’m a little biased, but with body angles, and josephine’s hip shot out like that…Â they are roughly the same size.
Yep, ps2kid, Chapter 9 is all about Monday Night Meltdown.  Four matches,one of them being the battle royal makes for a good card. Friday’s going to get us going well, I think. Because I’m still working on Chapter 9, I don’t  know how long it’ll last, but I can tell you that March is a good guess.  Ah, love the predictions!  It’ll be fun seeing if they’re right or not. 😉
there were different members of Damage Inc.. Waaa!!! Is that means that there are more members in Damage Inc.. now? there not only 3 members. Nikki Foxx was there? is she in the left, middle or right side? .. kinda like “Akatsuki” in the anime “Naruto Shippudden” hehhehe..
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I meant was “Ultragirl” Sabrina Mancini, will appear in the comic on a “Monday Night Meltdown” but won’t have a match.. just like “Shinobi” “Lil Dragon” Sun Wong, Krystin Moline and Brooke Lennox in this monday night meltdown.. they’re not in a fight card so they won’t have a match.. not having a match in Monday Night Meltdown, doesn’t mean she won’t be showing in the comics.. maybe a guess “Ultragirl” Sabrina Mancini will be a guess commentor. hehhe..Â
The complete roster of Damage Inc will be revealed shortly. Â 😉 Â There are still members that you don’t know about, or I should say, have not been introduced yet.
I’d be down for the Madness. prolly forum would be the best.. Keeps you honest… just so you don’t automatically give it to MGC, for example.
I’m actually kind of digging that we’re getting to know people outside of the rookie four and the Belles in the fed. While naturally the four are the protagonists and should get the most focus, the FED is made up of a full roster of wrestlers. It’s kind of a reminder that things happen in Rival Angels that don’t directly involve them.
That’s why I take issue with the comment that most of the matches seem lower-card. We have to remember that while the comic revolves around Sabrina, Sun, Brooke, and Krystin, the Rival Angels fed does not. Just because we haven’t seen much of them in the comic doesn’t mean their matches aren’t important, and if anything it may showcase some of the characters our girls are going to encounter in the future in one way or the other.
Panel one: Is the arena the “Angel Dome” all the time? Or is the sign removable and does it change for hockey and basketball?
Panel two: Wierd how our commentators say the Dome is packed yet we can see there isn’t anyone in the stands… and it’s Dawn talking. Jeff is the one that’s wrong all the time, though he says it’s full too.
Panels three and four… good work illustrating the fans. The fellow with the ‘wardrobe malfunction’ sign… is he hoping there will be another one?
Just an idea: the more excited fans are drawn with more detail, the idea is the more interesting fans have more to them, a way of depicting you will notice someone who is enthusiastic. I hope that makes sense.
I see Dawn and Jeff are drawn with such refinements as layered hair and 3D-esque shading.
For example, one fan, known only as “M”, has a flaming bell on his shirt, is wildly thrilled when Jennifer Needles is winning and is dejected, and thus simpler drawn, when she’s at a disadvantage. Not that I’m suggesting any of the fans should become major characters. ( Creepy Stalker Fanboy turned ref Vincent being the exception and even so he’s a minor player )
You know the storytelling is working when our comments address the characters as if they were real people…
First off, I have to say Woohoo! My sign! Go me! *marks out totally*
Ahem.
Now that I’ve gotten that out of my system, it’s time for a flashback to Episode 95 for a review and to see if my opinions have changed with time….
Match 2: Buckingham v York. I’m going out on a limb here. There’s a lot of power been showing up and the technical sorts have had some issues. I just have a feeling that Miss York is going to show the other techs we’ve seen how to play that sort of game and poor Buckingham is going to suffer. Add to it a sister that is likely to get involved and look for York to advance.
VICTOR: J. York
I stand by this one as written back then. York wins.
Match 3: Valentine v Carpenter: As much as I feel the schoolgirl pulling one off, I just can’t seem to shake that her recent loss will have her off her game and Carpenter is going to pull a win here. I have a feeling that this is going to be one of the closest matchups of the first round.
VICTOR: Carpenter
This feels right too. No need to change a thing.
Match 4: Needles v Ultragirl. Now -this- is going to be a brutal matchup. Ultragirl will not give an inch and with the stance of Hell’s Belle’s about Ultragirl going on in the tourney, she’s going to be in a lot of trouble here. I see a hard fought match with the Belles interfering and setting Ultragirl up for a loss with some skilled attacks. Unfortunately for poor Jennifer, Diaz strikes me as the sort to hold a grudge and she’ll attack as well, and where the Belles will do it well, Diaz will do it badly and get Needles DQed.
VICTOR: Ultragirl.
This one changes, mostly from A: seeing more of the commish and B: seeing the plotting from the Helle’s Bells. Not the result. Jennifer Needles isn’t wrestler enough to win the match. I doubt she’d be in the Belle’s if not for Kat. Diaz won’t be involved. The Belle’s will try to help her but I think Sun, and maybe Krystin too, will show up to have Sabrina’s back and keep it more even. Still, however it happens….
Winner: Ultragirl!
Noiw, there’s the whole battle Royal thing going on, and with a new twist that makes me think my old idea of Jennifer Needles getting a second chance by being added to the tourney because of the Diaz interference is totally out the window, no matter how cool a Ultragirl v Needles v Wild Kat mtch would be.
Looking at the current situation, I see some serious conflict brewing. Thanks to her treatment of the Belle’s last episode, I think Miss York is in for a -lot- of trouble, but I also think they’ve been there before. You don’t leave a stable with a name like Damage Inc. without fighting for your freedom. By now, the Yorks are probably used to being hunted and they likely know how to use it to their advantage. I think that the battle will be won by Miss York, much to the shagrin of the Helle’s Belles.
Hey Jamie, I think it’ll be a combination of the two. Â Email me your entry and discuss it on the forums!
I’m in. Looking forward to seeing if I was right, and I’ll be bringing my guesses for the rest of the tourney up as we finish rounds also, to see if I was right all the way to the first champion.. even if it can’t go like I first thought if I’m right about the Bonus Life Battle Royal now.