Q+A with Mat!!

I've come up with the very original idea of offering you all the chance to have a Q+A with your favourite commissioner and all round great guy.

So yeah, fire away and I'll try to respond as quickly as possible.

On average, how many PM's do you get a week?

is the scorpion the next young star to win a world title?

Who do you think is the hardest character to book??

On a scale of one to ten, how much of a prima donna am I?

Do you prefer being commish or an active promoer?

will you answer my PM with the character sheet?

how far into the future have you written with regards to the over all story of 6WF?

With the amount of guys taking part, are there any future plans to have 2 separate shows a week? (like Raw & SD do)

Y I Man wrote:On average, how many PM's do you get a week?

I'd say 10. But taking this week, My inbox is 100% full from messages just this week.

TheBrahmaBull wrote:is the scorpion the next young star to win a world title?

I can't answer that question, spoilers

anything you regret booking?

Sainty wrote:Who do you think is the hardest character to book??

On a scale of one to ten, how much of a prima donna am I?

Do you prefer being commish or an active promoer?

The hardest to book was Mike Hill, because It's hard to know what to do with yourself without making it look like you are abusing your power. Now, I'm not sure to be honest.

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I love being commish, and now being in 6CW I get to be an active promoer as well, though I do wish that at times I had more time to promo when in 6WF, as I don't think I did myself justice with some of them.

Lee wrote:how far into the future have you written with regards to the over all story of 6WF?

We are normally one month in advance, but we do tend to draw up rough plans for our big PPV's(Born In Fire and Night of Glory) a good 3/4 months in advance, but obviously things do get changed with people coming and going etc.

Y I Man wrote:With the amount of guys taking part, are there any future plans to have 2 separate shows a week? (like Raw & SD do)

Do you mean solely in 6WF? If so, then no not in the near future anyway. I think it's worked really well us having only one show a week instead of two, the only issue being the gap between the last Lockdown and the Supershow but that's only a minor thing that little can be done about.

Who's your favourite promoer?

What is your most favourite character gimmick you have seen in the 6WF?

Uryu Ishida wrote:anything you regret booking?

Bringing back River and Acer, trying to put them in with the Church but there being no promos. Not booking Solomon Riddick to win the world title, not taking the belt off Tyson Armstrong sooner.

How annoying was i in the build up to my return?

Sainty wrote:Who's your favourite promoer?

This is a tough one.

I'll start with 6CW, I'm really enjoying Leone's work at the moment. In 6WF, it is a very tough call. Beer and Marshall have been excellent, Steve's improvement is something to behold, JJ's promos since returing have been brilliant and yours aren't too bad either

Y I Man wrote:What is your most favourite character gimmick you have seen in the 6WF?

Not a single character, but I felt that the Church gimmick was fantastic. But apart from that, I'd say MC Zom-B was pretty special

King Beer wrote:How annoying was i in the build up to my return?

Very.But I think it paid off in the end.

I've already cited in my Q+A that I didn't get on with River, and struggled in my tenure as commish as a result. How did you really find working with him??

How tough has it been being the one constant commissioner in 6WF while working with around 4 different guys that I remember.

Do you think 2012 will see the 'old guard' take a back seat as the new guys take centre stage?

Sainty wrote:I've already cited in my Q+A that I didn't get on with River, and struggled in my tenure as commish as a result. How did you really find working with him??

I didn't actually work with River that much, only in the time I had running Meltdown. But it was hard, I relied on JJ for getting information about future plans etc and he let me down a couple of times with not doing Meltdown matches despite the amount of work I did on Lockdown.

Leone wrote:How tough has it been being the one constant commissioner in 6WF while working with around 4 different guys that I remember.

The only tough part has been the transition from one to the other as obviously some plans will have been made that the incoming commish wouldn't want, and of course they'd have ideas of their own. But then I feel very lucky to have worked alongside JJ, GDC, Marky, Leak and then JJ again.

King Beer wrote:Do you think 2012 will see the 'old guard' take a back seat as the new guys take centre stage?

To an extent we've seen that this year, with Chaos and Patricks main eventing BIF and obviously the feud between Marshall and Clarke being the most talked about on the card imo. If the level of promoing continues, I expect to see some first-time world champions crowned throughout next year.

When can I have a world title again??

How long do you think you have left and do you have a successor lined up?

Sainty wrote:When can I have a world title again??

When you begin to give better bribes than those currently offered.

I'll never PM you again if i can be world Champ?

King Beer wrote:How long do you think you have left and do you have a successor lined up?

As long as you guys want me, I'll be here. I have no plans on giving up anytime soon as I am enjoying it more than ever.

Successor's? Who knows. There's plenty of guys who could do it, Crimey if he fancies it again, Sainty, Dubs has experience.

King Beer wrote:I'll never PM you again if i can be world Champ?

You haven't PM'd me for a while anyway!

Whats the best match you've ever written?

Your thoughts on 6NG?

Which character do you find hardest to write matches and segments during the show for and why?

Mat wrote:

King Beer wrote:I'll never PM you again if i can be world Champ?

You haven't PM'd me for a while anyway!

Cause you moan about it.

Go on, admit it, you miss me?

Were you genuinely shocked when you took the title off me very early into your career? And on a non ppv show to boot!

Gregers wrote:Whats the best match you've ever written?

Your thoughts on 6NG?

Which character do you find hardest to write matches and segments during the show for and why?

The first one is a toughie. The match for the undisputed title this year, the elimination chamber last year and when Abe won the world title.

I thought 6NG was a fantastic concept and it has certainly helped the developement of many of the characters we see today such as Scorpy, McManus and Churchy when he was here.

The toughest to write segments for were JJ and Solomon. JJ because he has such a unique style and Riddick because his promos were just on a completely different intellectual level to the one I work on! Hence he didn't talk much on my shows! Toughest to write matches for, La Pulga because none of his moves really linked together.

Adam D wrote:Were you genuinely shocked when you took the title off me very early into your career? And on a non ppv show to boot!

The shock was definitely genuine! There was so many guys who were better than me, I'd beaten you on the show before the PPV aftet interference from your opponent, so I expected it to be a revenge match plus I'd just won the Hardcore Title the week before on PPV. Didn't expect it at all, shame I haven't won another since!

King Beer wrote:

Mat wrote:

King Beer wrote:I'll never PM you again if i can be world Champ?

You haven't PM'd me for a while anyway!

Cause you moan about it.

Go on, admit it, you miss me?

Apart from last week with the little man sausage up, How do you think my match writing have been and how would you improve them?

Do we have a ppv like the royal rumble? If so when is it?

How do you think Yarmouth Blade has developed since I first started?

What were the plans for the Church if Hero had stuck around?

Why were Acer and River Ace kept around for what seemed like ages when they'd both disappeared?

What was the biggest storyline you had planned that was buggered up by someone leaving?

yarmouth blade wrote:Apart from last week with the little man sausage up, How do you think my match writing have been and how would you improve them?

Do we have a ppv like the royal rumble? If so when is it?

How do you think Yarmouth Blade has developed since I first started?

1.Don't worry about that mate, Our wires crossed a little. Your writing is really good, the only thing I'd say is to get the names of the finisher in there rather than just the type of move it is but that's merely personal preference.

2.That would be Destiny, and it's in September.

3.I can't believe the progress you've made mate, a massive improvement. I like Dragon as well, so keep the good work up!

Marshall wrote:What were the plans for the Church if Hero had stuck around?

Why were Acer and River Ace kept around for what seemed like ages when they'd both disappeared?

What was the biggest storyline you had planned that was buggered up by someone leaving?

Some of them have stayed the same. Obviously the ultimate ending would have been the break-down of the Church with some of/all of you turning on Hero which I'd liked to have played out for a fair while.

In the desperate hope that they'd promo. When I realised they wouldn't, I took one for the team and feuded with them.

We had a fantastic plan for a New Breed vs Old School feud, but for various reasons, it couldn't get going.

Any characters that you didn't like?

Sainty wrote:Any characters that you didn't like?

Even though his promos were fantastic, I just didn't like the idea behind GDC essentially being the scottish equivalent of JBL.

Any people you were glad to see the back of?

Have you or would you ever go up against jj in a match, Am sure the promo's would be just out of this world.

Make it happen dude.

what do you have planned for scorpion after the feud with sainty?

what would you do to make the scorpion unique ?

TheBrahmaBull wrote:what do you have planned for scorpion after the feud with sainty?

what would you do to make the scorpion unique ?

He's hardly gonna tell you the first one is he?! Jesus!

he might in a PM you never know

Where would Mike Hill be if it wasn't for his Max Adamson feud in the early days?

Genuine question, I think it made us both better and settle into 6WF quicker!