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Just finished King of the Ring 1986 using jhd1's Wrestling Timelines mod. THE ROAD TO WRESTLEMANIA II Unlike in real life, the main event of Wrestlemania II would end up being Hulk Hogan defending (and defeating) Terry Funk in a Texas Deathmatch match. The duo had faced off against each other before in a regular match at Saturday Night's Main Event IV (which Hogan had won), and then in a tag match at SNME V (with the real-life SNME VI match of Hogan/JYD vs Terry and the recently-debuted Dory Funk Jr taking place at SNME V instead). After SNME 5, Terry would request one last shot at the championship at Wrestlemania II, in his own stipulation (that being the Texas Deathmatch), a match which Hogan would accept. After a gruelling 15-minute bout which saw both men bleed heavily, Hogan would end up pinning Funk, with Hogan having earned Funk's respect afterward. The brutality at Wrestlemania II may have started earlier, however, as the semi-main saw Randy Savage defeat Paul Orndorff in a Steel Cage match, ending a very personal rivalry that started with Paul Orndorff telling Savage not to be so overprotective of Miss Elizabeth. The fiercely protective Savage, who had easily dispatched George Steele at SNME IV, had his fury directed to Orndorff instead, with the two having to be separated several times. At the end, Savage would walk out of the LA Sports Arena victorious. Elsewhere on the card, Roddy Piper would defeat a hot newcomer in 'All Business' Ted DiBiase (who is neither a heel nor has his millions of dollars), who debuted by interrupting and brawling with the Scotsman on an episode of Prime Time Wrestling. Whilst DiBiase didn't win against Piper at either SNME V or Wrestlemania II, his strong numbers indicated that he'll likely be a fixture in the roster for years to come. Ricky Steamboat would finally finish his feud with the Magnificent Muraco by defeating him, whilst Andre would defeat three of Bobby Heenan's giant goons by himself (with those goons being King Kong Bundy, Big John Studd and Abdullah The Butcher, before scaring Heenan away. Two new champions were also crowned that night, as The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid) would win the WWF Tag Titles from Johnny V's Dream Team (currently consisting of Greg Valentine and Brutus Beefcake). The other new champions to be crowned were for the inaugral WWF Six-Man titles, as The Fabulous Freebirds (consisting of Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy and Buddy Roberts) defeated the Von Erichs (consisting of Kerry and Kevin Von Erich, and the Junkyard Dog, who substituted in-kayfabe for Lance Von Erich). SATURDAY NIGHT'S MAIN EVENT VI A breather between the spectacle of Wrestlemania II and the gruelling King of the Ring tournament saw Hogan defend his title against the Magnificent Muraco. It may be fair to say that the Hogan v Muraco match didn't even have the most impliciations for the WWF Championship that night, as that night also saw Randy Savage officially crowned as Number 1 contender, defeating Ricky Steamboat. While it may not have been the classic that you may be expecting from Wrestlemania III, it was still a very solid match worthy of its main event spot. The rest of the card provided quality action to those watching on NBC, as Roddy Piper would defeat Paul Orndorff in the semi-main via roll-up, somehting that Piper was willing to brag about for the next couple of months. The Bulldogs would defend their newly-acquired WWF Tag Team Championships against Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart, whilst the Freebirds would hold off the Von Erichs (now with Lance back on the team) to retain their WWF Six-Man Championship in something of a clunker. However, whilst Terry Funk may have been unsuccessful in his championship hunt, brother Dory was able to claim some gold for himself, defeating Tito Santana to become the WWF Intercontinental Champion. KING OF THE RING Officially coming to PPV 7 years early, the King of the Ring changed from a house-show-exclusive Elimination Tournament format to a 10-Man G1 Climax-Style Round Robin, with each win being worth 2 points, and a time-limit draw being worth 1 point. The winner of the King of the Ring would be declared King, and allowed to make one proclamation, whilst the last-place wrestler would have been fired by the WWF. In a stacked tournament lineup that saw the likes of Abdullah The Butcher, Tito Santana, Ricky Steamboat and the Magnificent Muraco, the winner of the tournament ended up being none other than...Michael Hayes? Despite a lackluster feud with the Von Erich family, Michael Hayes managed to get himself over massively with the crowd (thanks to being booked strong and cutting killer promos), elevating his popularity from the mid 30s all the way up to the low 70s in the span of a few months, and after winning the tournament by beating Ricky Steamboat in the finals, became officially classified as a Major Star (with his only loss coming against Abdullah The Butcher (who despite being in the very early stages of Time Decline, also saw a decent increase in popularity himself)). He may very well currently be my biggest success story in this save. As for who got fired, it'd end up being a tie between Bret Hart and Corporal Kirchner, with Kirchner managing to get a surprise draw out of the Magnificent Muraco in the finals, and Bret Hart losing a key match against Ted DiBiase, who was also at-risk of being fired. A sudden-death match saw Bret get a quick rollup on Kirchner, leading to Kirchner officially, in kayfabe, getting fired by the WWF. Outside of the tournament, the main-event saw Hulk Hogan retain his title in a hard-fought match against Randy Savage, with surely another match between the duo on the horizon. On the undercard, Paul Orndorff finally won in a major match, using both the taunting of Roddy Piper and a Partial Ligament Tear on an episode of Superstars that saw him sidelined for a couple of weeks as motivation for revenge. Dory Funk retained his Intercontinental championship in a match against the Junkyard Dog, and George "The Animal" Steele officially retires, doing a stretcher job to rising star Akira Maeda on the way out (who had then decided to take a MMA fight in a couple of months). Dino Bravo also made his televised debut, introducing himself as the Canadian Heavyweight Champion and declaring himself to be looking for competition. We'll see how that pans out eventually. The next major show on the horizon is...not Summerslam, but The Big Event, a month and two weeks from now. We'll see how it all pans out eventually.

<p>Something like RAW is absolutely perfect for running hair vs hair matches on TV (and look at all those fancy hairdos, theyre basically asking for a hair v hair match anyway <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />)</p><p> </p><p> I wish there was a way I didn't need to mess with the event formulae a little bit (nor use the editor...i don't remember if the ingame editor allows you to make someone bald or not) but...ah well. I'll still play through RAW anyways.</p>

I've been thunkin it over and would it be befitting of RAW to host occasional big shows as televised events on A.S.N? i just want to so i can shave someones head in a future game (its either gonna be Blake or Loxley, both only want to shave their heads at an event) but it'd be a cool idea having to build towards a grandly spectacular wrestlemania/summerslam type show.