Post by Senator Phillips on Aug 29, 2024 4:30:36 GMT
The Professor's Guide to the 2024 Pan African Tour
By Professor Mark Gizenga
Professor Gizenga: Hello, I am your teacher for this session, I am Professor Mark Gizenga, expert in agricultural science and also in catch wrestling! I am here on behalf of World Wrestling Daily Digest to make the Pan African Tour easy for you to understand! I promise I will not take long, so there is no need to copy off each other's answers or hold any study groups. So we first have this very handy schedule to let you know where we will go and when we will go there, pay attention so you do not have to ask any questions later!
Gizenga: We start in Cairo with the PEWA, and the beginning of Block A in the Pan African Cup. From there, we have our first non-televised house show in Tunis, Tunisa, home of the greatest flash pinner in the world, Ibrahim Rahman.
Gizenga: It is then that we travel to Dakar, Senegal for the TIPWF and the start of Block B in the Cup. This is followed up by a house show in Doala, Cameroon in Lanna Ndi's homeland, where she learned how to become unstoppable in Kyokushin Karate!
Gizenga: The third major stop is in Gaborone, Botswana, with Lightning Pro and quarterfinals for both Block A and B as things get more exciting. After that, we travel to the island to go to Antananarivo, Madagascar with the Moraingy Maniac, Wesley Rakoto for the next house show.
Gizenga: Our last regular event of the tour is in a place near and dear to my heart, the home of me, and my university, in Kinshasa! Here, we have the semi-finals for the Pan African Cup and we join with UCSS! Our leader, the Pan African Ambassador made sure our last house show is back to his own turf in Lagos, Nigeria.
Gizenga: Finally, at the end of September, we make it to Kampala, Uganda for the Pan African Finale! We will see King Bemba travel to his native soil to defend his Victorious Medal while he challenges Ajax for the Senatorial Office Number One Ranking, both championships on the line in one match! We have the Pan African Cup finale here! We have the Pan African Tag Cup play out in one single night here! We will have much more, but I do not yet know what else will be in store, so I remind you all to stay focused and take your notes!
Tour Schedule
Stop #1: PEWA - Cairo, Egypt - 8-30-2024
Stop #2: House Show 1: Tunis, Tunisia - TBA
Stop #3: TIPWF - Dakar, Senegal - 9-6-2024
Stop #4: House Show 2: Douala, Cameroon - TBA
Stop #5: L-Pro: Gaborone, Botswana - 9-13-2024
Stop #6: House Show 3: Antananarivo, Madagascar - TBA
Stop #7: UCSS: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo - 9-20-2024
Stop #8: House Show 4: Lagos, Nigeria - TBA
Stop #9: Pan African Finale: Kampala, Uganda - 9-27-2024
Gizenga: Here, I have the seeds and the home nations for all our wonderful competitors! I know that I am personally cheering for my fellow Congolese diaspora competitor, The Beat, Lilou Ibara, but you can choose who you want to support! The brackets are below, so if you want a step up on the bookings, just look down there and you will know well ahead of time what's going to happen!
Pan African Cup 2024
#1 Seed: Ibrahim Rahman (Tunisia)
#2 Seed: Moustahpa Ndour (Senegal)
#3 Seed: Lanna Ndi (Cameroon)
#4 Seed: Lilou Ibara (France/Democratic Republic of Congo)
#5 Seed: Djibril Ba (Senegal)
#6 Seed: Onika Santos (Brazil/Angola)
#7 Seed: Esther Musambi (Kenya)
#8 Seed: Ali Ahmed Mehrmohammdi (Nigeria)
#9 Seed: Warsan Caaliah Ali (Somalia)
#10 Seed: Yetunde Oya (Benin)
#11 Seed: Mohammad Ramses (Egypt)
#12 Seed: Lucia Shikongo-Calhoun (Namibia)
#13 Seed: Innocent Mugisha (Rwanda)
#14 Seed: Wesley Rakoto (Madagascar)
#15 Seed: Anwar Omar (Somalia)
#16 Seed: Killer King Jones ("Eritrea"(Philadelphia))
Bracket
Block A
-#1 Ibrahim Rahman vs. #16: Killer King Jones
-#8 Ali Ahmed Mehrmohammdi vs. #9 Warsan Caaliah Ali
-#4 Lilou Ibara vs. #13 Innocent Mugisha
-#5 Djibril Ba vs. #12 Lucia Shikongo-Calhoun
Block B
-#2 Moustapha Ndour vs. #15 Anwar Omar
-#7 Esther Musambi vs. #10 Yetunde Oya
-#3 Lanna Ndi vs. #14 Wesley Rakoto
-#6 Onika Santos vs. #11 Mohammad Ramses
Gizenga: And here is the Pan African Tag Cup lineup! Four amazing teams, fan favorites, Shaka Zulu from South Africa reunite for the Tag Cup! Layla Al-Amin has maybe thirty teams she could enter, but she chose the classic here with the Black Star Cyclones and Esi Dogboe! The Botswanan Bombers have won before, and they are here to scare everyone else again, I know I am very afraid of them! Finally, we have the upstarts, our chippy underdogs with Ayanda and Djeneba Koumane headed over, a team formed in the Blackwood Academy of Phoenix Rising, and two ladies who I think will be strong in UCSS in the future.
Pan African Tag Cup 2024
Shaka Zulu (Shaka Corbin(South Africa)(Rose Garden) and Zulu Lionheart(South Africa))
Black Star Cyclones (Layla Al-Amin(Egypt)(Phoenix Rising) and Esi Dogboe(Ghana)
Botswanan Bombers (Thunder Fist(Botswana)(ZIP Japan) and FENYANG(Botswana))
Ayanda/Djeneba (Ayanda(South Africa) and Djeneba Koumane(Ivory Coast))(Phoenix Rising)
Gizenga: Thank you everyone for your attention, I hope that I have covered everything that you wanted to know about this year's Pan African Tour, and I hope that you'll pay attention to us all the way through!
Senatorial Office Roster Updates for August '24
By Kevin "The Internet" Anderson
Kevin Anderson: The Senatorial Office has decided to undertake a big mid-year roster shuffle between the end of Mid-Year Lariats and the start of the Pan African Tour. There have been a number of notable transactions here, and I'll break them down briefly in this World Wrestling Daily Digest first to press early exclusive.
Anderson: To begin with, the PEWA has decided to do right by the veteran Railjumpers, sending them to the TIPWF, a promotion historically friendly to older wrestlers, and a place to reunite Jumpin' Jim Malone with his protege, Local Larry. They also dispatched Marcus Xavier there, with Mr. Moonsault once again unable to set roots in any fed. Inward, the PEWA welcomes the entire NBNF stable, a group with a deep history with PEWA President Bodybreaker Brown. I think the PEWA came out far ahead with these moves, letting a low end team and one of the most mercurial people in the business go and bringing in a group that is almost custom made for the Philly hardcore scene. The X-Treme Kid may not be getting any younger, but he can still reliably work with anyone and has a few top end years left and the rest of NBNF are a net positive.
Anderson: The TIPWF has been bolstered not just by the PEWA exports, but also by gaining UCSS's Agile Warriors, a team that could be absolutely devastating in a promotion better suited to their fast pace. They send out a large amount of talent, though, with the P.A.C. mostly departing for free agency as Steve Phillips looks to de-anchor himself from any single promotion, Byron Worthy takes his talents to UCSS and ARENA return to L-Pro. Also, of note, Generalissimo Kool Q leaves the Cogburn Ranch for UCSS in a move that I certainly didn't see coming. All in all, a massive loss for the TIPWF, even if Phillips, Kalb or DeWalt still occasionally show up again, the P.A.C's departure far outweighs the gains of Mr. Moonsault for the upper card and the Railjumpers for the tag and Old Guard scenes. Moonsault has a lot to prove and hopefully can do so against the heavy hitters in the Lone Star contender list.
Anderson: L-Pro regains ARENA and makes the return of the Muscle Machines official, even if they didn't really ever leave. Outgoing are NBNF as a whole and the D-Train founding duo of the D-Team. ARENA are wildly popular and should be routed instantly into challenging Pure Gold for the Victorious Tag Medals, and re-signing the Machines was a strong enough move. These are fairly neutral set of transactions for the most loaded promotion in the Office, cutting underutilized talent and declining veterans to shore things up, the D-Team might actually be better now with a leaner, meaner core and NBNF were spinning their wheels for a long while.
Anderson: Unsurprisingly, UCSS was fairly static, adding in a workhorse in Showtime Byron Worthy and what looks like a surprise teaming between the inbound Kool Q and Hakim Fields, a move that hopefully salvages the decorated career of the 52 Blocks legend. The Agile Warriors leave on a high note as Onika Santos scored a knockout win for the team in their last UCSS match, but the UCSS tag division was already close to overloaded and the duo will almost certainly be better off in the TIPWF.
Anderson: In closing, the PEWA had the best showing of the window, bringing in a much-needed talent infusion to a depleted roster and sending out older and underperforming talent, while the TIPWF had an abysmal last place ranking here, losing top end talent while they took on the PEWA's scraps.
Transactions
PEWA In: NBNF(X-Treme Kid, Emerald Santiago, Taylor Nguyen, DUDE Smith, Gray Thomas)
PEWA Out: Mr. Moonsault, Railjumpers(Jayne Payne, Jumpin' Jim Malone
TIPWF In: Mr. Moonsault, Railjumpers(Jayne Payne, Jumpin' Jim Malone), Agile Warriors(Onika Santos, Anatoly Shkuro)
TIPWF Out: The P.A.C.(Steve Phillips, Anthony Kalb, Kevin Fitsharris, ARENA(Rena LeBlanc, Arisa Hashimoto), Showtime Byron Worthy(Warrior Pro), Christine DeWalt, Monica Tesfaye), Generalissimo Kool Q
L-Pro In: ARENA(Rena LeBlanc, Arisa Hashimoto), Muscle Machines(Gary Gear, Adonis Avery Alexander)
L-Pro Out: NBNF(X-Treme Kid, Emerald Santiago, Taylor Nguyen, DUDE Smith, Gray Thomas)NBNF(X-Treme Kid, Emerald Santiago, Taylor Nguyen, DUDE Smith, Gray Thomas), D-Train(D-Man Daunte Thomas, Freight Train McMichaelson)
UCSS In: Showtime Byron Worthy(Warrior Pro), Generalissimo Kool Q
UCSS Out: Agile Warriors(Onika Santos, Anatoly Shkuro)