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Really gonna be interesting with the presumed Bloodline civil war. It's not out of the question that we can get: Roman, Jimmy, Jey, Sami, unknown (and the story of Roman trying to make up for his sins with the Usos and Sami will be great) vs Solo, Tama, Tanga Loa, Fatu, Hikuleo (who I presume will be signed as soon as it's possible) or maybe 4v4 with Fatu being face and Sami out of the picture. Or The Rock in there somewhere. There are so many options.

For some reason I forgot that Smackdown had a bracket too, lol. My bad

I wonder if they're giving us Dragunov vs Gunther for the KOTR finals already. It would be cool if they built Dragunov up like he's the Rollins to Gunther's Roman, in where Gunther/Roman is basically unstoppable but there's one guy who has him figured out. Oh... Ricochet vs Dragunov was a banger.

I smell a QOTR or MITB win for her during 2024. She is money.

Thanks for the great ideas! 🥰

Don't really know if this goes in here or in the rules for your game, but I'm trying in here... I'm still setting up my upcoming WWE game (when Questlove releases his June mod), and I want to have plans for some of the guys I rarely use in my saves. So, any and all ideas for any of the following is gladly accepted: Otis, Tozawa and Maxxine post-Gable heel turn (I want to keep them faces as Gable gets the Creed Brothers instead) Dijak The Final Testament (I'm having trouble with them considering none of them can cut a promo in-game) Apollo Crews Cedric Alexander Baron Corbin Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows (I'm thinking of turning Finn face and feud with Damien as the Judgment Day implode, maybe they could be the backup) It can be anything, high to low, just as long as they have something to do.

I enjoyed Backlash. The results were predictable, and there were a couple of rough spots (Why did R-KO take so long in their entrance? And the whole women's tag team thing) but the crowd was great and the matches were very fun. The whole two count-chant the crowd did got old very quickly, though.

Super excited for Ilja and Gunther to kill each other once again as soon as possible

Don't think it will affect much, my understanding is that at least WWE (and I assume the other companies as well) give a 90-day notice of termination, meaning they are still under contract for 90 days more, and getting paid, before their contracts are terminated and they are free to do whatever they want.

Took a break from my current day WWE save and started a WWF 1996 save. Just finished the Rumble in 97 (Bret won) and building towards Wrestlemania 13 with the following card: Main Event: Shawn Michaels (c) vs Bret Hart - World Heavyweight Title Rey Mysterio vs Hunter Hearst Helmsley (c) (with Regal, Finlay, Edge, Christian) - Intercontinental Title The Hart Foundation (c) (Owen Hart & British Bulldog) vs Hardy Boyz vs Sycho Sid & Marc Mero vs Legion of Doom - World Tag Team Titles Hulk Hogan vs Stone Cold Steve Austin The Undertaker vs Mankind Rocky Maivia vs Goldust Ahmed Johnson vs Kane Booker T vs Vader Planning on all titles changing hands, and Stone Cold going over the Hulkster (who I won in an insane bidding war against WCW. He's on double the wages of the next highest paid wrestler for me!). Tag division was really lacking so I brought in Hardyz and Edge/Christian right away, plus I just signed the LoD, who I'm thinking will win the titles at Mania. Really enjoy playing with a smaller roster. I managed to buy the American Wrestling Federation who I'm now using as a developmental, where I've placed Adam Pearce, Justin Credible, Charlie Haas, Chavo Guerrero Jr, Chris Harris and James Storm, Dave Batista, Ekmo, Homicide, Shane Helms, Taka Michinoku and Tomohiro Ishii for now, together with their original roster that includes Greg Valentine, Tito Santana, Barry Windham, King Kong Bundy, Honky Tonk Man, Bob Orton Jr... some pretty decent guys to learn from! The fight with WCW is tough! They are currently ranked #1 in the world, but I'm #1 in the US.

Looking for some creative advice on how to handle Jimmy and Jey Uso post-mania. I would ideally like to get them on the same page again in the longer perspective, but also have it making sense and not just "they worked out their differences off screen and are now tagging for no reason". I'm thinking Jimmy turning face. Jey, in kayfabe, has no reason to trust Jimmy, so creative advice on how to play to that and have him regain the trust of his brother. Preferably free of The Bloodline, I wanna keep The Bloodline and the Usos separated post-draft.

As always big thanks @Questlove for doing this

WWE January 2024 - Week 1 December, 2024 WWE World Heavyweight (79 prestige) Gunther (1x), def. CM Punk at SummerSlam 2024. Currently four defenses. Undisputed WWE Universal (83 prestige) MJF (1x), cashed in MITB contract on Cody Rhodes at No Mercy 2024 (week 2, October). No defenses. WWE Women's (67 prestige) Rhea Ripley (2x), defeated Io Shirai at Payback 2024 (week 1, September). Three defenses. WWE Women's World (67 prestige) Tiffany Stratton (1x), cashed in MITB contract on Becky Lynch at Survivor Series 2024 (week 4, November). No defenses. WWE Intercontinental (75 prestige) AJ Styles (2x), defeated Sheamus at Payback 2024 (week 1, September). Four defenses. WWE United States (62 prestige) Shinsuke Nakamura (3x), defeated Kevin Owens at Payback 2024 (week 1, September). One defense. WWE RAW Tag Team (70 prestige) Randy Orton & Bron Breakker (1x), defeated Imperium, The Bar and The Usos at Survivor Series 2024 (week 1, November). No defenses WWE SmackDown Tag Team (69 prestige) The New Day (2x), defeated A-Town Down Under at Survivor Series 2024 (week 1, November). No defenses. WWE Women's Tag Team (50 prestige) Tiffany Stratton & Nikkita Lyons (1x), defeated Liv Morgan & Dakota Kai at Payback 2024 (week 1, September). Two defences.

WWE Survivor Series 2024, Week 4 of November 2024 (Dual-branded PPV) Rose Bowl, 79,036 in attendance (biggest attendence of the save so far) Show rating: 91 Pre-show: Pete Dunne defeated Zack Sabre Jr. (82 rating) Zack hasn't debuted on the main roster yet, trying him out in dark matches to see where he stands. Pre-show: Mickie James defeated Lyra Valkyria (51 rating) Another random match as I wanted to give Lyra some exposure in a match with a veteran Opener: Giulia defeated Asuka and Io Shirai (87 rating) If you've been following along, Giulia turned on her Black Lotus partner Io Shirai a few months back. Asuka took the side of Io, but that didn't help in this triple threat match as Giulia picks up the win. The individual ratings for this match was 91 for Io, 90 for Asuka and 84 for Giulia. Safe to say these women are pretty great. Randy Orton & Bron Breakker defeated Imperium, The Usos and The Bar to win the RAW Tag Team Titles (76 rating) The newly formed team of Randy Orton and Bron Breakker managed to pick up an impressive victory over three very credible teams. I'm using Randy Orton to try and help Bron Breakker develop a bit faster, so featuring them a lot is one of my main targets. Team Cody (Cody Rhodes, Carmelo Hayes, Trick Williams, Rey Mysterio and Kazuchika Okada) defeated Team MJF (MJF, Alexander Hammerstone, Richard Holliday, Kevin Owens and Shinsuke Nakamura) in a regular 5 vs 5 Survivor Series Match (85 rating) The first of three 5v5 matches tonight, Team Cody picks up the win with Cody and Okada being the final two eliminations. MJF had a great showing but unfortunately the inexperience of Hammerstone and Holliday put them at a disadvantage. AJ Styles defeated Axiom and Vikingo to retain the WWE Intercontinental Title (75 rating) A high-spots match, the experience of AJ Styles managed to get the best out of both Axiom and Vikingo. I don't feel like Axiom and Vikingo, whilst very good, are ready for being title holders, so I kept the title on the experienced Styles. Rhea Ripley defeated Sasha Banks and Bayley to retain the WWE Women's Title (79 rating) Not the rating I was hoping for as Rhea continues her path of dominance over on SmackDown. I'm not really sure where to take this title as of this writing, but I'm toying with a face turn for Rhea in the future. The New Day defeated A-Town Down Under to win the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Titles (76 rating) Another tag title that changes hands today as the experienced New Day gets a win over Austin Theory and Grayson Waller, who I'm getting ready to move onto bigger things. New Day are pretty good in the ring and pretty good on the mic, so I can use them as an anchor in any tag feud. Team Becky (Becky Lynch, Candice LeRae, Indi Hartwell, Toni Storm and Ember Moon) defeated Team Stratton (Tiffany Stratton, Nikkita Lyons, Sonya Deville, Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne) in a regular 5 vs 5 Survivor Series Match (75 rating) Now, this match was interesting. Team Stratton had a tactic of trying to wear down the champ, Becky Lynch, as much as possible. Tiffany took on a leader role and bossed the other four girls around, but in the end Becky barely stood tall with the help of Toni Storm. However... post-match, a much fresher Tiffany Stratton cashed in her Money In The Bank briefcase on Becky, winning the WWE Women's World Title. Team Punk (CM Punk, Johnny Gargano, Tommaso Ciampa, Sami Zayn and Ilja Dragunov) defeated Team Rollins (Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre, Bobby Lashley, Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins) in a regular 5 vs 5 Survivor Series Match (83 rating) The last of the 5 vs 5 matches for tonight, the grizzled vet Punk leads his team to victory, with Punk as the sole survivor. This also concludes his feud with The Hurt Profits Roman Reigns defeated Samoa Joe (87 rating) Ever since Samoa Joe made his return almost two months ago, he's been a thorn in Roman Reigns side, telling him that there's one samoan that he can't control. As is tradition, Roman wins after Solo Sikoa interferes. Main Event: Gunther defeated Daniel Bryan in a Cage Match to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Title (93 rating) A slightly better match than their first encounter, Imperium once again proves too much as Giovanni Vinci interferes. These two are really, really good together with a 95 and 94 rating respectively for their in-ring performances. Bryan will get a final shot at Gunther at New Year's Revolution, our next PPV. As we turn the page on Survivor Series, eyes are now firmly locked in towards Royal Rumble, with Wrestlemania 41 in the distance. I've spent quite a long time making up a tentative plan for Wrestlemania 41, with 10 out of a planned 20 matches already as set in stone as can be four months out. One of the planned but not set in stone matches is a retirement match for John Cena. Who will step up, will it be an up and coming superstar, or will an old foe like Randy Orton be the one? Side note... it would've 100% been Edge if he wasn't contracted to AEW.

Yeah, there's nothing in there about it. It really seems like it just happened out of the blue