LegacyWHF

I bought a license for this game, and have been playing it successfully for quite some time. I recently reinstalled windows & moved TEW to my backup drive, thinking I could move it back over, but it has lost the license registration during the transfer. My email doesn't save my old emails past 30 days, so I can't check that to get my order ID. Is there any other way to retrieve the license?

I've historically just let Auto-Booker take care of my B-Show, and rarely use Pre-Show matches unless I'm trying to get someone on a PPV. However, I've recently started a new project and want to be more hands on with the booking of my B-Shows and use the Pre-Show of the Main Show to develop some of my newer workers. Is this possible? Will my newer guys get experience, momentum, and exposure by winning matches on the B-Shows and Pre-Shows? I'm basically having unimportant rookies beat other unimportant guys (jobbers, essentially). Eventually, I'd like those rookies to be recognizable with some degree of popularity so I can have them beat jobbers on the Main Show for more exposure, but I'm very unfamiliar with how the systems work. I do know the shows and pre-show do not impact the popularity of the show itself, but I'm more worried about how it impacts the workers.

Here's an update on this, if you find this thread and are looking for a solution. Gimmick Change is the silver bullet. I took Edge & Christian, gave them Gimmick Changes, and had them beat a team on the PPV. Edge's gimmick change was awful, and he stayed Ice Cold Momentum w/ terrible popularity. Christian's gimmick change was a success and got an initial rating of great. He shot back to neutral momentum from Ice Cold and gained 6-7 points of popularity.

I swear I've read every thread with information, tried strategy after strategy, and I'm just at the point of banging my head into the screen trying to solve this riddle. I'm playing a WCW '97 Mod, Specifically, The War Rages On. I hired Edge & Christian, two very young guys, that I thought I could easily develop. I also picked up Matt & Jeff Hardy, Rob Van Dam, and a few others. I've given Edge & Christian promo after promo where they perform quite well with skill increases that make sense. I've put Edge in barnburner matches with Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Eddie, Benoit, etc. on my "A" show. I've done the same w/ Christian. They lose, but they're protected. I've let them beat people on my 'B' shows, often people with MUCH higher pop that are on their way out of the company. I've hired workers for one night shows, put them against them individually, put them against them in tag matches. They're involved in one of the HOTTEST feuds in the company. Members of a stable that is fighting both the nWo and the Horsemen. They've only gained 1-2 points of popularity over the course of 6 months. Nothing I do seems to get them over and this puzzle is hard to figure out...

Coming off an abysmal Starrcade where the Main Event featured "Rowdy" Roddy Piper defeating "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan in a non-title match, Eric Bischoff tries to figure out how he can stay on top and put Vince McMahon's WWF out of business. This is WCW 1997. The Monday Night Wars are far from over. Mistakes have been made, but it's possible to overcome them. Because the NWO is....4-4-4-4-4-LYF!

Now that cinematic matches are becoming a thing, I think it would be cool to have an option to get retired legends to sign contracts to only do cinematic matches. Dream matches are possible with no risk.

Is there an easy way to find free agents?