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Hey Hey Hey, It's Rick O'Shea! Hello everyone in SFT land, my name is Rick O'Shea and I'm here to bring a new zest to SFT Reporting. This is my inaugural report. What you can expect from me is the usual news and rumors, along with hot and cold lists, and in the near future I will have full length interviews with various superstars here in SFT. So let's get on with the show.

Well, New Beginnings have come and gone and I think the SFT staff did one hell of a job starting new storylines. I'm not sure who did a better job of that...the SFT or the WWE. The first PPV of the new year was a huge success. Buyrates were through the roof and there was over 1.5 million dollars received at the gate. And now we're left wanting more from the SFT front office. We have Co-Heavyweight Champions in Connor MacDaddy and Sean Lane. One is a member of SFW and one is a member of XCW. If that isn't spark enough to rekindle this Stable War, I don't know what else you can do? And this will really blow up if one of these guys loses the title for the other person. Whoever came up with this storyline is a genius. And from what I've heard, because of one staff member, this angle almost didn't happen. Well, thank god it did. Because this is gonna be huge. And one more thing on this topic...I've been around for a long long time and to see Connor MacDaddy be where he is today is awesome. That guy worked really really hard to be the number one guy around here and he deserves a lot of respect for that.

Another angle we saw at the New Beginnings was the returns of both Triple X and XCW Founder Kevin. Wow, that's huge. Kevin is back to make sure his XCW stable stays strong, and I can guarentee he'll have an impact here in SFT. Much the same way he had an impact on XCW. And with Triple X joining the fray, the XCW stable is looking stronger than ever. Hey, wait a minute? I thought ICON beat Triple X in an ambulance match and drove the ambulance into a river? Hmm...I guess Triple X survived, good for him.

Finally at New Beginnings, we saw Dave Van Dam's Recurring Nightmare make his presence known costing DVD his US Title which now sits on the shoulder of Lucas Balkan, who is claiming that he's the 2 time ANTI-US Champion. DVD's stalker has been sending him notes threatening the Legend's life and career. And at Inferno, the stalker is going to reveal himself. From what I've heard, DVD's stalker is someone close to Dave. And from what I've heard, this angle is gonna play itself out all the way to February's PPV. Which means these guys are gonna have one hell of an angle all month long for a huge climax at the end of the month. I seen the week by week plans for how to draw this feud out and it's looking like a classic. With the way it's being built up, this could make DVD face of the month, the stalker heel of the month, the match as match of the month, the rp's as rp of the month...when this is all said and done, these guys could sweep most of the awards. For anyone who is looking for ideas on how to come up with feuds and angles, and for the rookies looking how to improve their rp'ing skills, this is definitely one angle to watch out for.

In other news, it's apparent that the SFT are looking for more staff members, ones that are highly reliable. Results haven't been up on time for quite some time, especially the PayPerView's. Apparently, New Beginnings would have been up on time, but the World Title match was not up to par for the staff members and they had to spend time rewriting it. So if anyone has an extra time and thinks they wanna help out, contact Erik Dean or Shadow.

2004 looks like it could be a great year for SFT. In recent years, the company has seen it's share of failures. They've been steadly coming down from the peak they were in at the turn of the century. But things are gradually picking up. The return of veteran superstars along with the influx of new talent has really given the SFT it's new juice that has been revitalizing the SFT. And from what I hear, the reason there was an influx of talent was because The ICON spent 5 days straight just scouting around for new talent. So we should give him props for doing his share to help out the SFT. This guy gets a lot of flack for the way he portrays his character, but OOC, this guy really does care about SFT and does anything he can to help it out. So even if you don't like him, you've gotta respect his dedication to the SFT. This could be the first year in a long time where the SFT ends the year better than it started it. If the staff keeps up the intriguing storylines and the rookies step up to grab the ball, it could be great. But what you've gotta remember is that you always need to keep things fresh, and the best way to do that is to spread the word about SFT to new people. For every 10 new guys you get in SFT, you find atleast 2 or 3 that will stick around and be great. And that's pretty good.

Connor MacDaddy and Sean Lane now have to act as a cohesive unit. With the two working side by side now, for what could be awhile because these two are hard to beat, I wouldn't be surprised to see one of them leave their stable for the other. Watch out for that.

Well folks, that's it for this first edition. You can go on the OOC board and let me know what you think of this article. If you feel I should have a second edition, make a post and I'll continue this article, and if you dont like it, let me know and this will be the first and only. Can't wait to hear feedback. Also, if you have anything interesting coming up especially with angles, email me at rickochet8@aol.com so that I can drop some tidbits in upcoming editions.