January 2028 Alt Cverse 2020 Save. I have a medium sized company named League of Modern Gladiators (LMG) based in the Tri State area. I grew it from all 0s across the board to medium size. We have 75 pop in the Tri State.
Bret Kyle of Young and Wasted broke his neck in a match with Michael Tranter (heel) and was out of action for a year. During his absence, Taylor Norton (face) benefitted greatly from a year on his own. He was able to ally himself with our top babyface Kamikaze and win the tag titles, while also participating in major singles matches, including a shot at the World Championship. Bret Kyle eventually returns and goes scorched earth, accusing Taylor Norton and Kamikaze of moving on without him and not doing enough to avenge his injury. His new mean streak sees him choke Michael Tranter out insight the Fight Pit to get his revenge for the injury, before going on to cheat and shockingly defeat the World Champion Kamikaze and take the World Title, solidifying himself as a top level heel.
This was a case of the storyline being really interesting and justifying the title reign, even if the champion wasn't on of the best workers on the roster. Kyle was a solid wrestler after working off the ring rust, but I soon found out he would be capped at 70 popularity in the USA. Still, he held the title for a solid ~200 days. It was interesting because it was a situation where I couldn't just throw the World Champion in there with anybody and expect him to carry the segment. I needed to be creative and find ways to hide his weaknesses, as well as find ways to have him eek out wins and keep the belt so that the storyline could continue. Overall he had a solid reign and legitimized himself and Taylor Norton as main event talent. He just finally lost the title to Primus Allen. It was the third highest rated match we've ever had (87) and the main event of our biggest and highest rated event ever (89).
It was an overachievement for Bret Kyle that never would have happened if he hadn't broke his neck.