Monday Night Chores

I’m not a huge fan of using code on forums. I’d ideally like to be able to use word or PowerPoint or something that just feels a bit easier for designing stuff. Is there like a standard size that will look the best on every device? I don’t want it to look fine on a desktop for example but then look too big or small on a mobile. Hope that makes sense!

Sorry buddy and hate being “that guy” but is there any chance you could sort out the formatting of the pics? The sizing is all over the place and dragging the text all over the place which is really hard to read on my mobile? I know it’s being picky, but I really enjoy reading people’s takes on AEW and this is just hard to read.

I’m going to start properly planning it out this week so hoping it’ll come together.

I’m thinking of doing a written/YouTube dynasty. I was going to book 1995 wcw at the start of nitro as I already record a podcast on the Monday night wars so got a decent idea of how things were at that time. The written element would be done like a sports report, but YouTube I would use as a way of taking a look behind the scenes of how I book things and how the game is running. Is this something that would interest abyone?

To each their own I guess. I think you hit the important part, being well written. I guess anything that’s written well and makes sense then no matter how bonkers it still makes sense.

The beauty of tew is you play how you want. I’ve played RL saves as wwe and had Bullet club there with Omega and the Bucks etc. I would say if someone shares their save as a diary/dynasty it has to make some sense. I don’t want to read a 1990 diary with Hogan doing leg drops off the top of a cage through a table or by 94 you’ve got NWO vs DX happening as a mania main event. Like when you see people have Daniel Bryan vs CM Punk as two teenagers headlining Mania etc. It has to feel at least possible.

I only moan about things cause I like it! I could list all the things AEW does right and it would be much longer. But then people just dismiss you as being a fanboy!

I think what I said has been miss interpreted. I said both shows are match and angles in a similar format when saying its booked like a traditional wrestling show. I would say that isn't exactly what I would class a traditional wrestling show and they are very similar in that way. I do think AEW does much better world building than WWE. I stopped watching WWE for a couple of reasons, there was too much to keep up with. And I was a bit bored by wrestler A coming out and demanding a match with wrestler B for them to have 3 matches over 3 PPVs and its over. It felt very paint by numbers. The only modern wrestling I watch is AEW so consider myself a fan, and I'm not one of those that watch it just to say its terrible. Personally I'd disagree about them revisiting feuds like Omega and Mox. I think Mox is feuding for th title again simply because they haven't managed to build anyone else to the main event level where it makes sense for them to get a shot ahead of the likes of Mox. So in some ways feuding again and calling back to the past is cool, but I also feel its because they've kinda booked themselves into that situation, but thats another point. What I think AEW do best is outside of story arcs and feuds. They actually allow wrestlers to grow and build their characters outside of feuds. You start to get an understanding of them, so when they do sip into a story you are invested and makes sense. With WWE you'd have guys just appear and thrust into a storyline and its almost like sensory over load in working out why this happening and what these characters are about. Where as AEW for example have build Jungle Boy up as this kinda plucky under dog, never say die attitude without putting him in feuds constantly. But when FTR feud with Jurassic Express it makes sense they are riled by this plucky young dude who gets under their skin. Immediately it all makes sense why something is happening. But ultimately I still think these companies are sports entertainment companies. What history has proven is people love that product and what sets AEW apart from WWE are those subtle nuances that, for me at least, make it superior. But to say thats more of a traditional wrestling show to me is wrong. But I'm thinking traditional wrestling shows as being 70's kinda stuff. AEW is painting with delicate water colours and Vince is painting with big, fat crayons!

In what sense is it traditional and that different to wwe? I think in essence they are very similar in its match - angle - match - angle. Their products are incredibly similar. I think it’s so popular as it’s an alternative to wwe in a time when wwe isn’t at its greatest.

First off the only currant wrestling I watch is AEW so is really my only reference to how wrestling is booked currently. I think AEW is booked like it’s done by a bad TEW players. - They hoard massive amounts of talents on their roster. They start storylines abs just totally drop them if there’s no heat without explanation. Owner is saying they have to have a women’s division but they have zero clue how to book one. They seem to struggle with creating any real main event talents so tend to stick to the same guys over and over leaving the rest in this sort of mid/upper mid card floundering. They have a bunch of guys that could be booked to move up the card yet they debut them and just let their momentum drop with lack of any focus on them ie Wardlow, Miro, Will Hobbs, Brian Cage, Lance Archer Every week their match aims, particularly tag matches are the same. 17 minutes over booked with multiple false finishes. Everyone has to have a manager or be in a a stable. They also spam the life trying all these different combinations to find ones that have half decent chemistry. They look at everyone’s favourite personnel and signing them to keep people happy. When they have people they want to push but zero clue how to raise their pop they just stick an over as hell vet and spam the life out of that. Sting is rated on pop, Taz is rated on pop, Brian Cage and Will Hobbs on menace, Ricky Starks on mic/sex appeal and Darby Allin is just there doing nothing to gain some of that rub. All that said it’s still the company I watch. But obviously you’ll never really watch something and expect it to be perfect. Oh and they’ve downloaded a stupid database as well which includes people like Shaq and Snoop Dogg who shouldn’t be wrestling!

I've been booking a main event feud where basically my champion is refusing to bring the title back to the show. So I'm seeing how long I can build this with just him appearing on pre recorded segments every couple of weeks. This also means he doesnt wrestle at all. I'm seeing how I can get on with PPV's without my biggest couple of stars wrestling at all.

Where to begin. They are a huge fish in a reasonably small pond in the UK. Which some will see as a negative and some a positive. It means oyu can experiment alot with them and not have to totaly worry about ratings too much. SNP in Scotland is no real match for you, so you can afford to colour outside the lines and if it doesnt work you aren't going to be too heavily penliased. Its England, so for me being English means you can book and have characters slightly different. For example in my mind a big British company wouldn't be booked in the same way as a US one. For it to be successful here it would need to be quintessentially British. No obnoxious MJF frat boy type characters, replace them with ASBO annoying kids who play music on their mobile phones, you get me fam types. Everything can have a bit more of a tongue in cheek approach than you would in the US. The roster is strong. My complaint in 20 is it hasn't moved on much from where it was in 16. Meaning for a long term player like myself the excitement of firing up 20 to see the same guys there was a bit of a let down as felt like I'd booked alot of the feuds to death already. But for anew player the roster has alot of talent. Probably verging on a little old. But still talent to build below that. If big guys are your thing as well the roster is full of them. I saw someone on the forum (I can't remember who) created like a heavyweight division. Essentially Vince McMahon's wet dream! The Cornell's! LEts be honest Tommy Cornell is one of the biggest names ever and early 40's the man can still go. 21CW are known for long building storylines. For a long term player like me the Edward vs TOmmy Cornell story has been done before. But a new player you are dumped into a company with a storyline between two guys from one of the premier wrestling families of al time feuding. You've got you most over guys, you've got time. And even now I STILL love this feud as you can do so much with it. Even more so by protecting both guys. I'm currently writing a dynasty I want to post on here and the Tom v Ed story is different to how I've done it before and loving it. It also means you've got PPV main events ready made for at least a couple of months with them while you find your feet and work out who you want to push and who you dont. The challenge to grow. Dominating the UK is great. But its kinda ike beating a midget in a fight by putting your hand on his head so he can hit you and just kicking him in the balls. Sure its fun for a while, but soon the novelty runs out and you have to take on another challenge. Being such a powerhouse you have so many options, but each will be a real slog. Want to take on Europe? Australia? Or go hell for leather and try and take on the big boys in the US. This is where 21CW comes into its own. In many ways its like a big fed tutorial at first as there so little to fail. But actually growing outside the UK is when you start challenging even the best TEW players as making head way into other continents from such a low standing is an uphill battle. So overall I love 21CW as theres a mixture of easiness to it combined with a real challenge if you want it. I like alot of the big guys on the roster. You've got great talent like the Cornell's, Matravers, some really solid tag teams. Theres just alot of options. The roster starts a bit bloated and samey. But is still easy to work with, or if you like making top to bottom changes theres plenty of scope to go in and wield the axe and sack a bunch of people.

I ALWAYS book 21CW but just wondering what are the up side of other feds. I want to book something else but don’t know where to start.

For me B shows are a free for all. Anything can happen. I tend to avoid unimportant v unimportant as usually I'll have someone who is unimportant I want to push so might give them a win over someone higher up the card. But normally B shows are for my mid card guys to pick up wins. So to answer your question I would have one recognisable guy in a match. I'm not sure any good comes from unimportant v unimportant simply because if the guy is a jobber and beating another jobber it isn't going to do great stuff for them either as they aren't picking up a win over anyone of note.

Isn’t that basically what indy wrestling in real life is like now a days!?