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    [HYPE] The Ultimate Challenge Mod ::: January 1990

    in Total Extreme Wrestling 2020 Mods

    Posted

    LGp4RKu.jpg

     

     

    This is a new project I've been working on for a few weeks, I have permission from Fleisch to use his 1992 MOD as a base.

    Why 1990? Well two reasons, one is personal, I was a child when the Ultimate Warrior was hyped and won the world title, and this makes me very nostalgic. The second is that it seemed like a good time for a change in wrestling, everything seemed to indicate that The Ultimate Warrior would be the figurehead of the WWF for the next few years (of course we then saw Hogan starring in Wretlemania again in 1991, 1992 and 1993! !!)

    WCW was going through something similar, it seemed that Sting would finally be world champion and that the product would improve after a great 1989.

    Likewise, the AWA was still around, although it was getting worse and worse, a stagnant product and almost empty arenas, it still had talent on its roster and a TV show on ESPN.

    I don't know much about how the situation was in Japan, Europe or Mexico around 1990, so there will be things to improve in future updates.

     

    ===============================================

     

    The World in 1990, so far...

     

    WWF

     

    By 1990, WWF was all over cable and national television.

     

    It was running four successful Pay-Per-Views (Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series).

     

    New story-lines and angles were executed to perfection due to the vast amount of talent that headed to the WWF from recent defunct organizations.

     

    The WWF World Heavyweight Championship was around the waist of Hulk Hogan heading into the new decade. His feud with "Macho Man" Randy Savage during 1989 was outstanding.

     

     

    After defeating wrestlers like Andre The Giant, Savage, Ted Dibiase and Zeus in the past few years, the big question heading into 1990 was...who was going to be Hogan's next foe?

     

    The choice was the current Intercontinental Champion Ultimate Warrior, who's popularity was second to only Hogan. It may have actually been greater than the World Champ.

     

    The match was a "Champion vs. Champion" match with both titles on the line.

     

     

     

    AWA

     

    After failing to succeed in its latest business relationship with WCCW and CWA, Verne Gagne left the creativity and business decision to a young salesman name Eric Bischoff.

     

    Bischoff went from selling advertising time to running a company that was over 40 years but was on its last leg.

     

    The AWA World Title was no longer recognized as a "World" title, but as a second class championship.

     

    Eric's idea to bring back the fans was to create a long running tournament dubbed the "Team Challenge Series".

     

    The wrestling rosters were divided into three teams, led by Larry Zbryszko (Larry's Legends), Sgt. Slaughter (Slaughter's Sniper's) and Baron Von Raschke (Baron's Blitzers).

     

    Some of the matches were held in a studio, without fans, due to the small attendance. Others were held in the Rochester Civic Center to be aired on ESPN.

     

     

     

     

    WCW

     

    After acquiring Jim Crockett Promotions, WCW struggled to identify themselves with the current ownership. Ted Turner wanted to make changes and instill new ideas to a promotion that was becoming stale with its story-lines.

     

    Guys like Jim Herd and Skip Frey were not qualified and others like Dusty Rhodes, Bill Watts, and Ole Anderson still believed in their "old school" ways.

     

    The biggest feuds heading into the 90s was Ric Flair and the WCW's two youngest stars, Sting and Lex Luger.

     

    Usually with the help of his fellow Horseman, Flair would escape with his title.

     

    I decided to change the start date from April to January

     

    USWA

     

    After SuperClash III, the AWA severed its ties with CWA and WCCW. But, the United States Wrestling Association was formed without the AWA to continue their plan in competing with the WWF and WCW.

     

    The main focus of the USWA were Jerry Lawler and the Von Erichs.

     

    The talent of both organizations were pretty deep, but the story-lines were staled. It was basically what made each promotion successful in the early 80s.

     

    The roster also included The Soultaker (aka Papa Shango), Kamala, Eddie Gilbert, Jeff Jarrett, Eric Embry, and the Southern Rockers.

    [HYPE] The Ultimate Challenge Mod ::: January 1990

    in Total Extreme Wrestling 2020 Mods

    Posted

    LGp4RKu.jpg

     

     

    This is a new project I've been working on for a few weeks, I have permission from Fleisch to use his 1992 MOD as a base.

    Why 1990? Well two reasons, one is personal, I was a child when the Ultimate Warrior was hyped and won the world title, and this makes me very nostalgic. The second is that it seemed like a good time for a change in wrestling, everything seemed to indicate that The Ultimate Warrior would be the figurehead of the WWF for the next few years (of course we then saw Hogan starring in Wretlemania again in 1991, 1992 and 1993! !!)

    WCW was going through something similar, it seemed that Sting would finally be world champion and that the product would improve after a great 1989.

    Likewise, the AWA was still around, although it was getting worse and worse, a stagnant product and almost empty arenas, it still had talent on its roster and a TV show on ESPN.

    I don't know much about how the situation was in Japan, Europe or Mexico around 1990, so there will be things to improve in future updates.

     

    ===============================================

     

    The World in 1990, so far...

     

    WWF

     

    By 1990, WWF was all over cable and national television.

     

    It was running four successful Pay-Per-Views (Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series).

     

    New story-lines and angles were executed to perfection due to the vast amount of talent that headed to the WWF from recent defunct organizations.

     

    The WWF World Heavyweight Championship was around the waist of Hulk Hogan heading into the new decade. His feud with "Macho Man" Randy Savage during 1989 was outstanding.

     

     

    After defeating wrestlers like Andre The Giant, Savage, Ted Dibiase and Zeus in the past few years, the big question heading into 1990 was...who was going to be Hogan's next foe?

     

    The choice was the current Intercontinental Champion Ultimate Warrior, who's popularity was second to only Hogan. It may have actually been greater than the World Champ.

     

    The match was a "Champion vs. Champion" match with both titles on the line.

     

     

     

    AWA

     

    After failing to succeed in its latest business relationship with WCCW and CWA, Verne Gagne left the creativity and business decision to a young salesman name Eric Bischoff.

     

    Bischoff went from selling advertising time to running a company that was over 40 years but was on its last leg.

     

    The AWA World Title was no longer recognized as a "World" title, but as a second class championship.

     

    Eric's idea to bring back the fans was to create a long running tournament dubbed the "Team Challenge Series".

     

    The wrestling rosters were divided into three teams, led by Larry Zbryszko (Larry's Legends), Sgt. Slaughter (Slaughter's Sniper's) and Baron Von Raschke (Baron's Blitzers).

     

    Some of the matches were held in a studio, without fans, due to the small attendance. Others were held in the Rochester Civic Center to be aired on ESPN.

     

     

     

     

    WCW

     

    After acquiring Jim Crockett Promotions, WCW struggled to identify themselves with the current ownership. Ted Turner wanted to make changes and instill new ideas to a promotion that was becoming stale with its story-lines.

     

    Guys like Jim Herd and Skip Frey were not qualified and others like Dusty Rhodes, Bill Watts, and Ole Anderson still believed in their "old school" ways.

     

    The biggest feuds heading into the 90s was Ric Flair and the WCW's two youngest stars, Sting and Lex Luger.

     

    Usually with the help of his fellow Horseman, Flair would escape with his title.

     

    I decided to change the start date from April to January

     

    USWA

     

    After SuperClash III, the AWA severed its ties with CWA and WCCW. But, the United States Wrestling Association was formed without the AWA to continue their plan in competing with the WWF and WCW.

     

    The main focus of the USWA were Jerry Lawler and the Von Erichs.

     

    The talent of both organizations were pretty deep, but the story-lines were staled. It was basically what made each promotion successful in the early 80s.

     

    The roster also included The Soultaker (aka Papa Shango), Kamala, Eddie Gilbert, Jeff Jarrett, Eric Embry, and the Southern Rockers.

    [HYPE] The Ultimate Challenge Mod ::: April 1990

    in Total Extreme Wrestling 2020 Mods

    Posted

    I am very excited for this. I have played the September 1990 mod and I feel like I am missing so much of what was my favorite year. January or April - I am just excited to see how it all comes together. Please let me know if you need any help!

    Thanks I am working in Titles and Title's History, Planning maybe going to January, since many interesting facts and changing of titles happened between January and April 1990. Thanks

    [HYPE] The Ultimate Challenge Mod ::: April 1990

    in Total Extreme Wrestling 2020 Mods

    Posted

    I was incredibly tired when I posted this and it seems more blunt and rude than I intended.

     

    In reality, I was trying to help the project, not bash what you had written.

     

    I'm one of Eric's biggest fans, but he didn't have any backstage powers or input until he was in WCW.

     

    Hopefully that helps and doesn't make you less interested in the mod as we are in dire need of a 1990 mod. I'd prefer a January start point, but that's just a personal bias.

     

     

    No problem , everything is welcome with respect, your comments were fine. About Team Challenges Series there was a lot of controversy who came with the idea Greg Gagne who is in bad relationship with Bischoff since WCW days, claimed (when they were in good relationship in AWA days) for a long time that Bischoff came with this "new" gimmicky ideas. But with the time an the book "Controversy creates cash" Bischoff said that Team Challenge Series was a Greg Gagne idea, and he never had a creative role in AWA dying days. He was just a sales employee turned into an interviewer. About the start month I am working on April, I saw another post who says January would be fine. if more people prefer January than April, I can make it work.

    [HYPE] The Ultimate Challenge Mod ::: April 1990

    in Total Extreme Wrestling 2020 Mods

    Posted

    This would be a very interesting start date for AJPW. At this point Genichiro Tenryu was the second most popular wrestler in the company and was being established as the potential successor to Jumbo Tsuruta. In the middle of 1990, Tenryu and some other key talent left to join the new SWS promotion. This forced Giant Baba to create new stars fast. Mitsuharu Misawa shed the Tiger Mask gimmick and led the Super Generation Army faction (Kobashi, Kawada, briefly Taue, and Kikuchi) to war against Tsuruta-gun. As someone who is currently watching through the AJPW archives for the first time, a January 1990 start date is perfect for fantasy booking an All Japan where Genichiro Tenryu, Yoshiaki Yatsu, Great Kabuki, and others stay with the company and figuring out how the four pillars fit into that story.

     

    Thanks, very helpful. I know by 1990 AJPW was a big deal. I am working on rosters now. But this help me I only know tgat Jumbo Tsuruta, Genichiro Tenryu were ver hyped, algo very good tag team division, by even that I would try to get more info about Japan, maybe after BETA release you can help me with more suggestiones, thanks.

    TEW Discord community in Spanish

    in Total Extreme Wrestling 2020 General Discussions

    Posted

    Hello, I had a long time ago a Spanish language server in Discord, but for personal reason I closed.

    So I decided to reopen again and make a spanish speaking community, if interested, this is the link

     

    https://discord.gg/EGEbt8Kr

    ***********************************************

    Hola, hace un tiempo atras tuve un server de Discord en español, por motivo personales, lo cerre.

    Pero ahora he decidio reabrir uno, y crear una comunidad de TEW en español, si estan interesados, este es el link.

     

    https://discord.gg/EGEbt8Kr

    TEW Discord community in Spanish

    in Total Extreme Wrestling 2020 General Discussions

    Posted

    Hello, I had a long time ago a Spanish language server in Discord, but for personal reason I closed.

    So I decided to reopen again and make a spanish speaking community, if interested, this is the link

     

    https://discord.gg/EGEbt8Kr

    ***********************************************

    Hola, hace un tiempo atras tuve un server de Discord en español, por motivo personales, lo cerre.

    Pero ahora he decidio reabrir uno, y crear una comunidad de TEW en español, si estan interesados, este es el link.

     

    https://discord.gg/EGEbt8Kr

    Risky Business - 1985

    in Total Extreme Wrestling 2020 Mods

    Posted

    Hi, I am stick to this MOD and he awesome a great time to start booking wrestling, but I got an issue about TV show : World Championship Wrestling by January 1985 was not a JCP tv show, that happened on April 1985. By January World Championship Wrestling was still a studio wrestling tv show from WWF (Black Saturday) . For a future update, maybe. thanks
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